Brixham Community Church Podcast

https://youtu.be/FTYX7yHfXzQ   Hello! I’m David Petts and this is the first of a few talks I’ve been asked to give to encourage you at this difficult time. As many of us are in isolation at the moment, I’m going to be looking at some Bible passages where God’s people were in isolation. Today we’ll be looking at Isaiah 36 and 37 which is one of the most exciting passages in the Bible. The Challenge   Sennacherib king of Assyria has invaded Judah and captured all the fortified cities with the exception of Jerusalem. Most recent to fall is LACHISH 36:2 just a few miles from Jerusalem. From a bas-relief in British Museum we know they were being decapitated, impaled on stakes, and even skinned alive! Now Jerusalem itself is surrounded by a great army of the Assyrian forces and threatened with a similar fate. The entire city is cut off from the outside world. Its inhabitants are in fact in isolation. Defeat seems inevitable. Sennacherib’s field commander tells the people to surrender. It’s your only o