His penetrating analysis of the social moorings of both states led him to predict the rise of two great powers who would one day challenge each other for world supremacy. His vigorous text of the early nineteenth century is carefully dated and multiple copies abound. Secondly, he observed that the American Republic will remain strong until the American people realize that they can vote themselves money and programs. You know, I have not read any charges that those observations were obviously credited to his texts in our day and age. Now, by no means do I intend to limit the supernatural ability of the Holy Spirit to inspire Isaiah in giving these two very limited human observations.
Most intelligent people can make somewhat vague general predictions.
A couple years ago, one of my classes was amazed at Jeane Dixon's annual attempt at predictions. She is only accurate ten per cent of the time in a good year. I told the class I could do better than she could. We certainly do, and in that spirit, let us turn to our text in chapter thirteen today. In verse two, we see that the Lord will cause a banner to be lifted up for the purpose of rallying the Medes far away in their mountain fortresses to travel to Babylon and destroy it in the distant future.