Assyria Underestimated God

Isaiah 36:4 KJV

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

Sennacherib and Rabshakeh had heard of the God of Jews. These were not barbarian people with no education and little going for them but brute strength. They were knowledgeable enough to be able to speak the Jew's own language. They were knowledgeable enough then, to know of the Jew's God.

But knowing of God and knowing God are two different things. They could see no reason that the God of the Jews was any different than the idols of every other nation around Israel. As far as they knew, who was to say that the God of the Jews had not sent them to defeat Jerusalem? The tenor of the whole account betrays the fact that they did not know and understand God.

And it cost them.

Seems we live is a similar time. False gods abound on every side from the various religions that seem to be gaining steam to the idolatry of the average person toward:

• Money
• Materialism
• Humanism

Everyone has a god today and though they have generally heard of the true and Living God (in many cases they can even speak the language of the Christian) yet

• Their actions
• Their words and
• Their very belief system

betrays that they do not know our God.

Just as Rabshakeh and Sennacherib ignored the signs that they were treading on thin ice in surrounding Jerusalem, people today have ignored the signs of our times. The God who delivered Jerusalem from Assyria is still alive. He is still active in the affairs of mankind. He will still have His will done. And it would still be wise for the naysayer and modern Rabshakeh to repent and turn to Him.