Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
So also did Sennecherib. He wanted Judah to surrender to him and threatened a siege, hunger and famine in the land if they did not. Sennecherib boasted of his exploits in annexing other nations. Unfortunately for Sennecherib, he took his boasts to the realm where he had no control. He claimed that his gods gave him the power to annex other nations and would in no time hand over Judah to him. He therefore cautioned the Judeans against heeding the advice of their King, Hezekiah. Hezekiah had advised his people to stay faithful to God and refuse to surrender to Sennecherib and his gods. Fortunately, the people of Judah listened to their King and stayed faithful to God to Whom all power belongs. Unfortunately for Sennecherib, he met a tragic end, at the hands of his two sons. They murdered him; ironically in the house of his gods while he was worshipping them.
Pharaoh had absolutely no respect for everyone. That explains why he asked Moses who God was that he should release the people of Israel from their bondage to him. Pharaoh’s subsequent arrogance in the negotiations show that he lacked respect and disdained everyone because he was Pharaoh. But Pharaoh seemed to forget something very significant – he was only a creation created by the Creator and because he was unaware; he did not for a moment consider that the Creator was the One talking to him through Moses and Aaron. His over bloated image of himself as Pharaoh who had successfully enslaved the people of Israel over a period of time; the fact that he ruled Egypt, the world power of his time; he controlled vast wealth probably made him forget that he was human, a tiny speck of blood and flesh in the vast ocean of human beings and that he could pass on any moment. After all, he was mortal.
Unfortunately for Pharaoh and like any of his ilk who always want fellow human beings to worship them, he had lost sense and reason and was well on his way to eternal destruction and untimely death. Both his game and time were up as he ended up in the red sea; sadly and unfortunately with the finest crop of his army – men who had no say but to obey the orders of Pharaoh even if such orders took them to the salty waters of untimely death just as the finest crop of Sennecherib's army numbering one hundred and eighty five thousand men were killed by a single angel in one night. Please read Isaiah Chapter 37 for details.
As if these are not enough lessons, Herod went too far and ended up dead. He launched a fierce attack against the Church of God by killing the leadership of the Church. Though he did not succeed in killing Peter because the Church prayed for Peter; God had taken notice and in no time, Herod was killed by an angel when he failed to give glory to God. Please read Acts Chapter 12 for details.
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