Christ is Lord of our good and bad days
The Reformed Church of France, Paris, France (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered; and you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you! (Isa. 33:1a) When God destroys a nation, He is doing two things: He is exercising judgment on a sinful people and He is displaying His love for His church by showing that even the greatest nations cannot keep Him from caring for His people. In this first part of chapter 33, Isaiah is proclaiming judgment against the Assyrians and perhaps the Babylonians , for these were great nations that exercised power throughout the known world and were considered by many to be invincible. They believed their boundaries marked, their strongholds secure, and their prominence in the world eternal. But God had another plan. They would be brought down in a great display of God’s justice toward His enemies and mercy toward His most cherished people. Interpreters are not certain wh...