Also God himself, does not want
the death of the sinner, but his complete salvation.
The Christian Church does not want
the death of the sinner, but his physical health and soul's health.
8:9; John 1:14, etc.) He dies
the death of a sinner (2 Cor.
In Ezekiel he says, «I don't desire
the death of a sinner.»
Poor Rabshakeh, at this point too he fails to see that this God is not like his own gods, that the Lord does not punish forever, that he not only unleashes the scourge but also holds it back, that he finds no satisfaction in the Assyrian terror and the church's misery, that he does not will
the death of the sinner and hence does not will the final victory of Assyria.
Perhaps now, with
the death of a sinner, the country may turn from his evil ways — and find life instead.