Isaiah 37:8

Isaiah 37:8 says, So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.  When Rabshakeh returned to Sennacherib, he was at war with Libnah.  There is no evidence that Hezekiah gave Rabshakeh any answer.  We may not always have to give an answer to the threats of the world, because God may often eliminate them before we are even aware of them.  What we need to do is always put our faith in God and pray for His guidance.

Verse nine adds, And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,  Even though Sennacherib heard that Ethiopia was going to make war against him, he was still unconcerned and had a message that he wanted Rabshakeh to take to Hezekiah. 

Verse ten continues, Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.  Sennacherib again told Hezekiah that his God could not deliver him.  So far, the god or gods of any other nation had not been able to stop Sennacherib, so he thought that the God of Hezekiah would be just as powerless.  There are countries today that are powerful and have no fear of God, but that does not mean that we are to live in fear of them.  As followers of Christ, our God has already brought about the everlasting victory over everything, even sin and death. 

Verse eleven states, Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?  Rabshakeh was still bragging on the power of Assyria stating that no nation had been able to win in a war with them.  He was still trying to dishearten the people of Judah.  People of the world still let material power and wealth lead them to believe that no one can stand against their power, and sometimes they especially feel this way about Christians.  As followers of Christ, we can never let this discourage us. 

Verse twelve adds, Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?  Rabshakeh then began to name nations whose gods had not saved them, believing that the God of Judah was no more powerful than any other god. Those who do not believe in the one true God often claim He is as powerless as any other false god and want to get those who believe in Him to question His power and ability to deliver them.  We can never allow this to happen if we are Christians. 

Verse thirteen continues, Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? Rabshakeh just continued to list kings of nations that had been defeated by the Assyrians.  He was still filled with self-pride, as the rulers of the world today who refuse to acknowledge God often are. As followers of Christ, we should never view any nation as more powerful than God.