Recently I read the book of Isaiah, and I noticed how God had become tired of all the sacrifices and offerings that were being offered up to Him. He had become burdened by the worship of the Jews after years and years of worship led by the Levites because they were offering sacrifices for their sins without truly repenting of them. They did not love God. And so God said these words, recorded in Isaiah 29:

In Part 1 of this series, I explained that warfare and violence are primary themes running throughout Scripture—themes that find their fullest expression in the cross of Christ. Jesus suffered violence at the hands of sinners, and in so doing He did violence to Satan, triumphing over him through he blood of His cross (Col. 2:15)....