November 03/04, 2013 "God Limits Kings & Nations: Historical Perspective" Week 8 Isaiah 7:1-10:34 ======================== DIVISIONS AND PRINCIPLES ======================== ======================== First Division: God tries to get Ahaz and Judah to repent and trust Him by sending Isaiah and giving signs. Isaiah 7:1-8:22 Principle #1: God uses people as signs to point other people to Truths in God's Word so they can repent and be saved. ======================== Second Division: God explains how He uses calamity to call Ephraim to repentance. Isaiah 9:8-10:4 Principle #2: God uses bad examples, hardship, and calamities as signs to point us to the need to repent. ======================== Third Division: God explains that He will punish His tool, Assyria. Isaiah 10:5-10:34 Principle #3: God does not want any false beliefs about how He works to interfere with a desire to repent. ========================