THE ASSYRIAN CRISIS, A TIME OF GROWTH
The Assyrian Crisis in Judah appears, from the surface, as a time of great luck for the people of Jerusalem. However, by examining the situation with a more powerful lens, one can see the powerful religious infuence such an event could have on a resident’s theology. If I were a Judean during this time, my faith would have faced the toughest test of my life. Going into such a conflict with a nation as strong as Assyria, I could not help but be afraid. My bones would tremble at the thought of destruction of the Holy City of Jerusalem, of the people of Judah, and of my own being. Although I would have believed in God, I would still be filled with fear. This fear would escalate when I heard a messenger for the king of Assyria, as stated in Isaiah 36, mocking God, insulting His power and doubting His saving grace on Jerusalem. He goes on to try and convice us, the people of Jerusalem, that Hezekiah is not trustworthy, and that we will not find help in Egypt because they are not reliable. Finally, knowing the path of destruction that Assyria has already created, and their hunger for more, in addition to the messenger’s statement that the Lord has commanded Assyria to go and destroy Jerusalem, my feelings of fear and doubt would uncontrollably well up inside me. We are, after all, only human, and fear is a common feeling, despite where we stand with God. No man lives without fear, but though fear our faith is tested and strengthened.
Upon hearing and experiencing the truth of Isaiah’s claim that God will spare Jerusalem and force the Assyrians back home, my faith in God would be fortified. In the times of fear, I would have realized how weak, how immature, and how far I must go in my faith and trust in God. But once I heard Isaiah’s prophecy, I would use it as a way to do away with my fear. Knowing that God was going to save His Holy City, and that He was going to continue with His perfect plan for mankind that dated back as far as the times of Abraham and held a future for the arrival of the Messiah, I would know that my God follows His plans and keeps His promises. Through this, I would have peace. I would soon learn that I can trust Him in everything because as it says in Scripture, “if God is for us, who can be ...
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...of mockery and insults directed towards God. By attacking the Christian faith in this way, the king of Assyria was trying to prove the Christian’s God was just like all other gods, powerless. Similarly, Paul persecuted Christians by going to Damascus to capture them and bring them back to Jerusalem. He hated the Christian faith and persecuted it without mercy. He, however, converted to Christianity later and became an awesome tool of God’s for spreading the Gospel. Living such a life against God in his past, Paul could have easily compare himself with the king of Assyria. Paul would gain great peace and thankfulneess when he realized God’s punishment to the king of Assyria was death, and that he escaped such punishment and was saved by God. Additionally, seeing the successes of Hezekiah, like returning Judah to the luxury it once experienced, being saved from the Assyrians, and being given 15 extra years to live after his illness, Paul would soon realize that the only reason God was so gracious and merciful with Hezekiah was because he kept his eyes on Him. This would teach Paul that, if he were to be successful, he must keep his focus in life on God.
During Mesopotamian times, wars were what divided ruling periods. There were many different peoples that dominated Ancient Mesopotamia and the Assyrians were one of them. The Assyrians prospered mainly because of their divine talent to defensively resist and offensively overwhelm their enemies. At no point of Assyrian rule was there ever a time without conflict of some sort.
The Middle Ages was a time of instability and corruption, which was when Dante Alighieri lived. Dante wrote about the horrible era because he wanted to show his hatred towards the current leaders. In the Inferno, he illustrates the unethical community vividly by the use of influential figures that disobey the laws. Additionally, Dante uses imagery in Hell that shows the connection between the Earthly sins and gruesome punishments that portray a vivid image emotionally attached to the church. Furthermore, Dante’s orthodoxy expresses mockery because the church did not always have a clear interpretation for the placement of a multiple sinner, thus exposing the inconsistent church. Likewise, Dante’s character development shifts in a negative manner due to evil pressures around him and his exposure to the true earthly sins. In summation, Dante uses the Inferno to express his animosity toward the church and the corrupt environment to expound how people that follow the church would be contaminated, just like the pilgrim.
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Did you know that Merle and Patricia Butler from Red Bud, Illinois and three teachers from Baltimore Maryland won the biggest lottery in American history at $656 million dollars? That means every person acquired $218.6 million dollars each from the lottery (Carlyle). Unfortunately, the citizens of Shirley Jacksons’ fantasy short story “The Lottery” were not imbursed with money, but were stoned to death by their peers. “The Lottery” is a lottery of death in which the town uses to keep the population down (Voth). The story consist of many subjects to analyze which include: irony, imagery, and pathos.
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The lottery by Shirley Jackson is a terrifying and memorable masterpiece that is ignited and fueled by tension and confusion. It was first published in The New Yorker on June 26th 1948, which was ironical because the story is set on 27th June. The story begins on a light note but Jackson’s ominous undertone makes it clear that the story is not as straight forward as it sounds. The story brings emphasis on mob mentality, the cruelty of the human nature and irrationality. The story clearly demonstrates that tradition cannot be excused simply because it is tradition. In this analysis, the plot of this story will be analyzed to show the conflicts and complications that are notable in the story.
Dante Alighieri wrote The Inferno during the fourteenth century according to the common religion of his time. Specifically, he based his poem off of Christian beliefs. He uses a variety of special events such as Jesus’s crucifixion, descent into hell, and the fall of the angels to describe the setting and storyline. Dante Alighieri uses Christian beliefs as the basis of his epic poem, The Inferno.
Dante’s Inferno gives very graphic details about the conception of an allegorical Hell. Halfway through the poet Dante’s life, he becomes lost wandering alone in a dark forest. Dante sees the spirit of the great Roman poet, Virgil. Virgil proceeds to tell Dante that before they can climb th...
Paul wanted to gain the love his mother more than anything. He chose to conform to the path of luck. While pursing this personal desire, he became overwhelmed with in it and this ultimately led to his demise. If he would have been able to control his desire it may have been able to save him from tragedy. When an individual chooses to conform to meet the ideals of another individual in order to achieve there own personal desire, they can not sacrifice everything for that persons ideals because it can often result in tragedy.
The idea of modern policing and its implementation were introduced by Sir Robert Peel and his nine principles of policing including, This idea along with the bureaucratic structure was then reinforced by August Vollmer, Bruce Smith and O.W. Wilson. Professionalism was the first step in the direction of new, modern policing with the formulation of specialized police units and management principles borrowed from business administration (Walker and Katz, 2013). According to Steinheider and Wuestewald (2008), modern police organizations are mostly top – down, have centralized decision making and are extremely rule oriented, just like any large, modern day bureaucratic institution. Lastly, one important and possibly the most evident characteristic of p...
Paul believes that he was tricked into joining the army and fighting in the war. This makes him very bitter towards the people who lied to him. This is why he lost his respect and trust towards the society. Teachers and parents were the big catalysts for the ki...
Written by Shirley Jackson, the short story “The Lottery” focuses on a village with a tradition that provides fate by random chance. Jackson writes this story almost in a journalistic style. For example, "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green" (Jackson 132). The story seems to be completely stripped of superfluous information and chockfull of clandestine significances meant to deliver maximum impact to the reader. For example, the word lottery is defined as “an outcome governed by chance”. However, in this particular allegory Jackson uses the title to elude the readers mind from the ending to come. Throughout the entire
Micah was a prophet from Moresheth which was in between the Mediterranean Sea and Jerusalem in the region of Judah. It is believed that Micah was active as a prophet during the times of kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah who all reigned during the second part of the eighth century BC, we can assume that Micah’s prophecies were recorded during this time. (Hill and Walton 642). He prophesied and ministered during the crisis of the Assyrians and was a witness to the events that led to the destruction of Israel’s northern kingdom. During the life of Micah, Judah was invaded several times by the Assyrians , such as the campaign led by Sennacherib in which many of Judah’s cities were taken over and destroyed (Hill and Walton 643). It was during these
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