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Bricks and TreesBeginningPresented by Shirley Martin

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Isaiah 9:8-10The Lord sends a message against Jacob, and it falls on

Israel. And all the people know it, That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart -

“The bricks have fallen downBut we will rebuild with hewn stoneThe sycamores have been cut down

But we will replace them with cedars.”

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Divided Kingdom about 934 BC

Divided kingdom about 934 B.C.

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Assyria

Assyrian Kingdom

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Isaiah 10:5 &10:15

5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of MyAnger and the staff in whose handsIs My indignation,15 Is the axe to boast itself over theone who chops with it?Is the saw to exalt itself over theone who wields it?

         

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ISAIAH 9:13

13 Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them,

Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts.

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ISAIAH 9:12, 9:17, 9:21, 10:4

In spite of all this, His anger does not turn awayAnd His hand is still stretched out.

Samaria does not repent and will fall

eighteen years later          

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Babylonian Empire in 587 BC

Jerusalem falls to Babylonian Empire

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Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation,

But sin is a disgrace to any people.

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America's History

1607- Jamestown, founded and dedicated to glory of God1620- Mayflower compact.

1640 John Winthrop on the Arabella . 1643 New England Confederation

1775. National Day of prayer and fasting- declared by Continental Congress.

1789 Benjamin Franklin at Constitutional Convention 1789 Inauguration of George Washington

1863 Abraham Lincoln Proclamation of Day of Fasting and Prayer