2 Kings
\n21 \u2013 25<\/p>\n
Verse 21:4 begins the end of the kings ruling over the
\nJewish people:<\/p>\n
He constructed altars in the
\nEternal\u2019s temple\u00a0to foreign, pagan gods<\/i>. This was the temple the
\nEternal had spoken of when He said, \u201cMy name will dwell in Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n
As we have seen right from the start when Israel wanted to
\nbe ruled by a man and not God, things broke down. We find in each king
\nproblems, some greater than others but all had their weaknesses. God never
\nwanted us to be ruled by man, but rather follow His guidance. Manasseh\u00a0had
\nnot followed God and as prophesized by others (including recently read in
\nEzekiel) the land will be over run and destroyed.<\/p>\n
Verse 22:11 has the last \u201cgood\u201d king find the book of the
\nLaw in the temples ruins:<\/p>\n
While the king listened to the
\nwords of the book of law,\u00a0he was filled with sorrow, and<\/i>\u00a0he
\ntore his garments.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This repentance actually spared Josiah actually witnessing
\nthe impending doom. God felt compassion over Josiah\u2019s true remorse. Josiah did
\nall he could to warn and change the hearts of the people, but as we read it was
\nonly temporary. Sometimes I wonder if my remorse is true or plastic, since if I
\ndid tear my clothing I would second guess myself and think it was for show. See
\nJosiah did not know the stories of before, he had no model to go on and when he
\nheard God\u2019s word it moved him. <\/p>\n
Verse 25:9 sees the end of the first temple:<\/p>\n
Nebuzaradan set fire to the
\nEternal\u2019s temple, the palace, and every house in Jerusalem. He burned down
\nevery large house\u00a0and structure in Jerusalem<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
God did as He promised through the prophets before. As with
\nmost prophetic visions the people eventually dismiss them when they go
\ngenerations without being fulfilled. If you read all the New Testament,
\neveryone expected Jesus to return and free them from Rome. The prophecies were
\nnot fulfilled in their life time or in the past 2000+ years. The \u201cEnd is Near\u201d
\nplacard is getting old even in our generations.<\/p>\n
Everyone talks of \u201cGod\u2019s time\u201d but don\u2019t take it to heart.
\nWe want the riches and glory now, not some time in the future. The big score
\nhas replaced decades of hard work and savings. We want it now and why not, we
\ncan ask difficult questions in the middle of nowhere and get the answer quickly
\non our phones. So a prophecy that is 2000 years old does not seem real, even
\nthough we are witnessing much of what was written today.<\/p>\n
We have been saying that with each new evil dictator that
\nrises. That is the anti-Christ and then end is near. Only time will reveal if
\nit\u2019s right or not, unfortunately my belief is the anti-Christ will seem great
\nuntil he turns. Sure time will tell, but the end IS near.<\/p>\n
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2 Kings 21 \u2013 25 Verse 21:4 begins the end of the kings ruling over the Jewish people: He constructed altars in the Eternal\u2019s temple\u00a0to foreign, pagan gods. This was the temple the Eternal had spoken of when He said, \u201cMy name will dwell in Jerusalem.\u201d As we have seen right from the start when … Continue reading “How Do You Feel Remorse?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/emailsfromdad.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}