Day 181

2 Kings 16:19-20; 2 Chronicles 28:26-27; Isaiah 13-16.  “Faithful Prophecies”

It is amazing to read through the passage in Isaiah as it describes the fall of Babylon and to remember that this was written a century before Babylon even became a world power.  Assyria was the world power in the time of Isaiah, and Babylon is just a small part of that empire.  Isaiah predicts that it will not only become a world power (which it did), but that it will also fall in such a way that it will remain desolate and uninhabited.  Saddam Hussein tried for years to restore Babylon and make himself “the Nebuchadnezzar replacement”.
And the prophecies didn’t stop there.  Isaiah continues in chapters 44 and 45 to prophesy by name who it was who would overthrow Babylon.  Cyrus united the Medes and Persians and overthrew Babylon about a century after their reign as the world power.
The Medo-Persian Empire remained the world power until the Roman Empire overthrew them, which was also prophesied (very detailed in the book of Daniel).  
Moral: The Bible is 100% true 100% of the time.

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?