Rights

Wine is a Mocker - Proverbs 20:1 – 20:5 (commentary)

No other vice has so cursed the world and caused as much misery and suffering as alcoholic beverages. The idea is that “wine” mocks the one who drinks it and “strong drink” (which would include beer) refers to drinks made from barley, and other malt type …

Destruction of Assyria - Isaiah 33:1 – 33:12 (commentary)

� Isaiah’s sixth and final pronouncement of “woe” upon the kingdom of Israel and Judah deals with the devastation that shall come upon the land (v. 1). It is directed against Sennacherib because of his treachery against Judah. Hezekiah had tried to “buy off&quo …