SPECIAL EPISODE - Covid-19 Hysteria and Isaiah 8 Bible Study

<p><br />The Coming Assyrian Invasion</p><p><strong>8 </strong>Then the Lord said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+8&amp;version=NLT#fen-NLT-17785a" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">a</a>]” <strong>2 </strong>I asked Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah, both known as honest men, to witness my doing this.</p><p><strong>3 </strong>Then I slept with my wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. And the Lord said, “Call him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. <strong>4 </strong>For before this child is old enough to say ‘Papa’ or ‘Mama,’ the king of Assyria will carry away both the abundance of Damascus and the riches of Samaria.”</p><p><strong>5 </strong>Then the Lord spoke to me again and said, <strong>6 </strong>“My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. They are rejoicing over what will happen to[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+8&amp;version=NLT#fen-NLT-17790b" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">b</a>] King Rezin and King Pekah.[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+8&amp;version=NLT#fen-NLT-17790c" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">c</a>] <strong>7 </strong>Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+8&amp;version=NLT#fen-NLT-17791d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">d</a>]—the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels <strong>8 </strong>and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.</p><p><strong>9 </strong>“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified.<br />    Listen, all you distant lands.<br />Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!<br />    Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!<br /><strong>10 </strong>Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless.<br />    Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed.<br />    For God is with us![<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+8&amp;version=NLT#fen-NLT-17794e" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">e</a>]”</p><p><br />A Call to Trust the Lord</p><p><strong>11 </strong>The Lord has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,</p><p><strong>12 </strong>“Don’t call everythi