Study 16 Presentation The Story also talks about five movements that - - PDF document

Study 16 Presentation The Story also talks about five movements that take part in God’s Story: Movement 1: The Story of the Garden (Genesis 1-11) Movement 2: The Story of Israel (Genesis 12 – Malachi) Movement 3: The Story of Jesus (Matthew – John) Movement 4: The Story of the Church (Acts – Jude) Movement 5: The Story of a New Garden (Revelation) The Beginning of the End (of the Kingdom of Israel) Timeless Truth: God deals with disobedience, but His compassion never ends

• Evil continues from the leadership of the kings over God’s people
• Assyrian Army shows it power by marching against Samaria and deporting the

Israelites to exile under Assyrian power

• Reason why? Continued worship of false gods (apostasy) – they sinned against God

God’s Prophets and Messengers “Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.” (2 Kings 17:13) Now with the kingdom of Israel in exile – who is left? TRIBE OF JUDAH!! A Little bit about the Assyrian Army

• Very Successful at military expansion
• Ruthless and quite powerful in terrorizing those they conquered
• Deportation of thousands from Israel to ensure against organized rebellion
• Openly threatened the kingdom of Judah to the south (Hezekiah was king at the

time) King Hezekiah

• He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as His Father David had done. (2

Kings 18:3)

• Hezekiah destroys idolatry in Judah
• Keep in mind this is the remnant from which Jesus would one day come!
• Lord was with Hezekiah – success came His way – he rebelled the king of Assyria

and didn’t serve Him “The Story” – Pages 221 - 223

• King of Assyria taunts kingdom of Judah
• King Sennacherib sends commander to intimidate Hezekiah

• Assyrian commander openly says for the people to not trust in Hezekiah – for

Assyria will have the final victory “The Story” – Pages 221 - 223

• Hezekiah turns to Isaiah for wisdom as he knows Judah is clearly outnumbered
• Isaiah reassures Hezekiah that God would dispose of the Assyrian king and army!
• Hezekiah prays before God for victory (2 Kings 19)

A Prophet’s Response

• Isaiah prophesies King Sennacherib’s fall.

(Also found in Isaiah 37)

• Even though Assyria captures many of Judah’s fortified cities (2 Kings 18), God

will ultimately deliver Jerusalem (2 Kings 19) God’s Response through Isaiah

• “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come

into this city or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it. By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord. For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.” (2 Kings 19:32-34) What happens that very night?

• An angel of the Lord strikes down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrian army.
• Sennacherib departs and goes back home to Nineveh.
• God keeps His promise and covenant he made through the lineage of David and the

tribe of Judah!

• Even though Jerusalem will fall, God will have the final word of victory for His

people! Isaiah – God’s mighty prophet

• Began his work in Jerusalem in 740BC
• Helped King Hezekiah greatly in standing up to the Assyrian threats of exile
• Reign as prophet would last nearly 60 years

Importance of Isaiah’s Ministry

• His own calling found in Isaiah 6 (pg 224-225 of “The Story”)
• Announces that Jerusalem will fall in Isaiah 3 (pg 225-226 of “The Story”)
• Prophecies that God longs to have compassion on them and that they would return

home from Babylon to rebuild their nation in Isaiah 14 (pg 226-227 of “The Story”) Importance of Isaiah’s Ministry

• Isaiah speaks of a day when the Lord will give relief from suffering and exile in

Isaiah 49 (pg 227-228 of “The Story”)

• Isaiah then speak about ushering in a glorious kingdom that is without end – God’s

great plan and promise of a suffering servant – the Messiah – Jesus Christ in Isaiah 53 (pg 228-230 of “The Story”)

How does chapter 16 conclude?

• Hezekiah dies and is buried
• Manasseh takes reign and doesn’t follow the faithful example of his father
• God’s people endure a time of hardship, betrayals, and compromise as they wait

upon the Lord to bring His promised plan to completion! Applications

• The prophecies of Isaiah strengthen your faith in an all-knowing God.
• Isaiah describes the Messiah so clearly that the people of Israel and the whole world

could recognize Jesus as the One.

• The saving work of God involves his plan all along to reconcile helpless, rebellious

sinners to Himself.

• Because of the work of the Messiah, believers do not need to fear condemnation before

God.

• God deals with disobedience, but His compassion never ends.

Isaiah 53:3-6 (ESV)

3He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;

and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken,

smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one— to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.