The *Lord declares that he is responsible for that foreigner’s appearance at such a time. The *Lord is using him to carry out a task for him. It is merely one event in the *Lord’s great plan that controls all of history.

• The use of the words ‘beginning’ and ‘end’ often appear in passages about the *Lord’s control of all history (see Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 48:12). His control is total.

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