Very well done, Pastor Nelson. Hezekiah's story is one of the best illustrations of God's love, principles, and disciplinary stand no matter the person's status and service.
I really appreciate this summary. I had some questions... Why did God allow Judah to be captured even though Hezekiah did right in the sight of the Lord as "his father David"? For what reason(s) did Hezekiah apologize to the king of Assyria for "doing wrong?"
My another takeaway from this story is that we shouldn't ask things that are not in God's plan. If Hezekiah's life was not extended, the evilest king, Manasseh who led Judah apostasy would've never been born.
And neither would Joseph the husband of Mary. There is also the promise made to David that there would be a son to sit on his throne for every king who followed after the Lord. If you look at the Scriptures surrounding the reference to Hezekiah in Jeremiah, you will find the exile to Babylon was already prophesied. While you are correct in thinking to be careful to seek the will of the Lord, it is difficult to state Hezekiah's prayer was outside the will of the Lord, especially if the promise to David was Hezekiah's motivation. Indeed, it is not impossible the promise was given to David in part to draw out this prayer from Hezekiah.
All that faithfulness was to bless his own personal life I had no idea Hezekiah was responsible for the Babylonians taking the riches of God people and placing them in captivity. Yes Jesus is the only King of Kings and Lords of Lords to get us right . Any generation looking to man is doomed man just cannot do it they are not right. This is why they should have listened to God when he told them He didn't want them to have a King. God knew even the best of men are not good to do anything but for self. Even religious virtues are for selfish gain hey so Becareful when men boasting of faithfulness. It is never safe looking to man theyll have you broke and in bondage in the future after they lived a long good life . Wow Look to one King King Jesus he is faithful to All and sent to save us with no self serving motive.. Because in the end even the best of men are all self serving. Great overview of this King
2 Kings 18 chapter 4 New International Version Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. 6 He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses Again Jesus can not be king of king
The Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Israel were seperate. Jesus said he came for the lost sheep of the House of Israel. So why can't Hezekiah be the best king Judah had and Jesus be the eternal King of Israel that reunites the Kingdoms as they were under David?
Does it really matter? Galatians 4:19-26 KJVS My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, [20] I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. [21] Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? [22] For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. [23] But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. [24] Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. [25] For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. [26] But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
@@izzyKabs Jesus states that "The Son of Man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Matthew 13:41-42 Paul: "all things are lawful" 1 Corinthians 10:23 "Righteousness is apart from the law" Romans 3:21 "The Law is the Ministry of Death" 2 Corinthians 3:7 "The Law was nailed to the cross" Colossians 2:14 "Where there is no law there is no violation" Romans 4:15 "Sin is not imputed where there is no Law" Romans 5:13 "We are released from the Law" Romans 7:6 "The Law is a yoke of slavery" Galatians 5:1 "The Law is a curse and those who rely on it are cursed" Galatians 3:10 "I myself am not under the Law" 1 Corinthians 9:21 "Each man should be fully convinced in his own mind" Romans 14:5 "The Law has been abolished" Ephesians 2:15 "Hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh." 1 Corinthians 5:5 "Crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!" -2 Corinthians 12:16 Paul is the Man of Lawlessness and Paul preaches the Anti-Christ.
Paul is lying through his teeth about Hagar vs Sarah. It is Sarah's child Isaac who inherited the promises at Mount Sinai and Hagar who was set "free" by Abraham. Paul completely reverses the story because he is lying.
1:56 "Under Hezekiah's reform, revival came". Is that correct? There had been centuries of drift from the faith of Moses and Joshua, the Canaanization of the Hebrews during Judges, some Yhwh leadership under David but massively undermined by Solomon. The people of the land continued in synchretism with local deities. It is pretty clear from scriptures that the people as a whole did not embrace Hezekiah's attempt at reform. While Jerusalem might have been saved from destruction in 701 BCE, the land and region was devastated. If your were an ordinary resident of Judah at that time, you might well have questioned the wisdom of going back to some ancient, mythical, imagined idyllic past Yhwhism. The reality is that Manasseh presided over an economically successful period as a realistic vassal of Assyria who adopted Assyrian and Syrian deities and values and was determined to eradicate the harmful old myth of Yhwhism. There's a strong tradition that Manasseh had his father-in-law, the prophet Isaiah, murdered (eliminated as a harmful influence). Like so many figures in OT, Hezekiah failed as a father in that Manasseh not only did not follow the faith of Hezekiah, his maternal grandfather, and paternal his grandmother but viciously rejected it. Thus Yhwh faith was driven deep underground, kept alive in groups like Isaiah's disciples, until it proved able to survive exile and loss of the temple by developing synagogues based on scriptures. Hezekiah might have been a brief candle in the wind but his light hurt the eyes of his contemporaries. They preferred the dark, much as, this morning, I put my head under the duvet to ignore the light that comes on at 6am to wake me up. It is only with the triumph of Yhwhism after Babylonian exile that Hezekiah can be seen as positive rather than dangerously naive. Even then, the slaughterfests of the Maccabbean wars and other post-exilic Israelite history show how tenuous Yhwh faith was. Many continued to think Yhwh was a dangerous old myth and the way ahead was Greek religion and philosophy. Amongst other things, a close reading of scripture, mapping out dates, overlaps, regional history, shows that there is much more to scripture than the usually Sunday School simplistic lessons. Being a rounded godly politician in an ungodly world is difficult - witness Jimmy Carter's diligence and mature faith rejected for Reagan's empty populism and anti-Biblical understanding of Christian faith that has permeated the so-called Christian right in USA since then. Decades ago, a group of us began meeting for a weekly Bible discussion in a local pub in inner city London (we all lived in small houses and had small children when we started). We challenged each other to ask awkward questions. Something struck us hard: how very few examples of good fathers exist in the Bible. Indeed, Saul with Jonathan seems to be one of the very few yet he tends to get a bad press. One of us (not me) gave a sermon at church during Advent: he noted how John the Baptizer would "turn the hearts of fathers to their sons". Luke 1:17. While, quite reasonably, that tends to be translated into parents and children, you could argue that translation masks the disaster of absent fathers (physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually) on the young men of the current age. We need to be better fathers both within the family of God and to promote good fatherhood in the wider population. We also resolved that the best way to love your children, is first and foremost to love and live with their mother. Hezekiah presided over the devastation of Judah such that Jerusalem came to dominate a capital city finance based vassal state in a large Near East socio-economic-religio-political region. He alienated his son from Yhwh faith. Good people can be authors of extremely bad stuff. Could he have instigated a bottom up, real faith reform in Judah? Who knows, especially in the time he had available. Hezekiah did not kick off revival. For overlapping reigns, ages at start of co-regency and accession to sole regency, see, eg, Stigers, Jotham to Hezekiah; Eli Kavon, "The evil king Manasseh: Idolatry and politics", in Jerusalem Post, 2010; Steinmann, The Chronicle of 2 Kings 15-18, JETS, 40/4.
This was the exact breakdown I needed for my research on King Hekiziah’s life! Thank you so much Pr. Nelson! 🙌🏻🙏🏻
Very well done, Pastor Nelson. Hezekiah's story is one of the best illustrations of God's love, principles, and disciplinary stand no matter the person's status and service.
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Greatly narrated. Thank u Pstr
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Thank you. God bless
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Hezekiah: one of the few good kings of Israel/Judah 🙂✝️🙏
Others include Solomon and David I feel, sure they had their faults too but no one is perfect.
Josiah and Asa were good too
He said few lol
Thank You Pastor Nelson! Great Teaching! Hallelujah!
I really appreciate this summary. I had some questions... Why did God allow Judah to be captured even though Hezekiah did right in the sight of the Lord as "his father David"? For what reason(s) did Hezekiah apologize to the king of Assyria for "doing wrong?"
I knew you would come.
My another takeaway from this story is that we shouldn't ask things that are not in God's plan. If Hezekiah's life was not extended, the evilest king, Manasseh who led Judah apostasy would've never been born.
And neither would Joseph the husband of Mary. There is also the promise made to David that there would be a son to sit on his throne for every king who followed after the Lord. If you look at the Scriptures surrounding the reference to Hezekiah in Jeremiah, you will find the exile to Babylon was already prophesied.
While you are correct in thinking to be careful to seek the will of the Lord, it is difficult to state Hezekiah's prayer was outside the will of the Lord, especially if the promise to David was Hezekiah's motivation. Indeed, it is not impossible the promise was given to David in part to draw out this prayer from Hezekiah.
Everything happens for a reason and a purpose. 🙏
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Beautiful
All that faithfulness was to bless his own personal life I had no idea Hezekiah was responsible for the Babylonians taking the riches of God people and placing them in captivity. Yes Jesus is the only King of Kings and Lords of Lords to get us right . Any generation looking to man is doomed man just cannot do it they are not right. This is why they should have listened to God when he told them He didn't want them to have a King. God knew even the best of men are not good to do anything but for self.
Even religious virtues are for selfish gain hey so Becareful when men boasting of faithfulness. It is never safe looking to man theyll have you broke and in bondage in the future after they lived a long good life . Wow Look to one King King Jesus he is faithful to All and sent to save us with no self serving motive.. Because in the end even the best of men are all self serving. Great overview of this King
If you didn't know about Babylonians, then I have to wonder if you read your Bible
Who started the urban legend that there is a Bible book called Hezekiah?
It's been a good joke for many decades - trips up lots of people who claim to know and love their Bibles
2 Kings 18 chapter 4
New International Version
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel.
There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah,
either before him or after him.
6 He held fast to the Lord and did not stop following him;
he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses
Again Jesus can not be king of king
The Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Israel were seperate.
Jesus said he came for the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
So why can't Hezekiah be the best king Judah had and Jesus be the eternal King of Israel that reunites the Kingdoms as they were under David?
Does it really matter?
Galatians 4:19-26 KJVS
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, [20] I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. [21] Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? [22] For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. [23] But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. [24] Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. [25] For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. [26] But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Paul is the Man of Lawlessness
Yes the righteous men matter!
@@ChristinaFromCZcams Curious, why would you say that?
@@izzyKabs Jesus states that
"The Son of Man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 13:41-42
Paul:
"all things are lawful" 1 Corinthians 10:23
"Righteousness is apart from the law" Romans 3:21
"The Law is the Ministry of Death" 2 Corinthians 3:7
"The Law was nailed to the cross" Colossians 2:14
"Where there is no law there is no violation" Romans 4:15
"Sin is not imputed where there is no Law" Romans 5:13
"We are released from the Law" Romans 7:6
"The Law is a yoke of slavery" Galatians 5:1
"The Law is a curse and those who rely on it are cursed" Galatians 3:10
"I myself am not under the Law" 1 Corinthians 9:21
"Each man should be fully convinced in his own mind" Romans 14:5
"The Law has been abolished" Ephesians 2:15
"Hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh."
1 Corinthians 5:5
"Crafty fellow that I am, I caught you by trickery!"
-2 Corinthians 12:16
Paul is the Man of Lawlessness and Paul preaches the Anti-Christ.
Paul is lying through his teeth about Hagar vs Sarah.
It is Sarah's child Isaac who inherited the promises at Mount Sinai and Hagar who was set "free" by Abraham.
Paul completely reverses the story because he is lying.
1:56 "Under Hezekiah's reform, revival came". Is that correct? There had been centuries of drift from the faith of Moses and Joshua, the Canaanization of the Hebrews during Judges, some Yhwh leadership under David but massively undermined by Solomon. The people of the land continued in synchretism with local deities. It is pretty clear from scriptures that the people as a whole did not embrace Hezekiah's attempt at reform. While Jerusalem might have been saved from destruction in 701 BCE, the land and region was devastated. If your were an ordinary resident of Judah at that time, you might well have questioned the wisdom of going back to some ancient, mythical, imagined idyllic past Yhwhism. The reality is that Manasseh presided over an economically successful period as a realistic vassal of Assyria who adopted Assyrian and Syrian deities and values and was determined to eradicate the harmful old myth of Yhwhism. There's a strong tradition that Manasseh had his father-in-law, the prophet Isaiah, murdered (eliminated as a harmful influence). Like so many figures in OT, Hezekiah failed as a father in that Manasseh not only did not follow the faith of Hezekiah, his maternal grandfather, and paternal his grandmother but viciously rejected it. Thus Yhwh faith was driven deep underground, kept alive in groups like Isaiah's disciples, until it proved able to survive exile and loss of the temple by developing synagogues based on scriptures.
Hezekiah might have been a brief candle in the wind but his light hurt the eyes of his contemporaries. They preferred the dark, much as, this morning, I put my head under the duvet to ignore the light that comes on at 6am to wake me up. It is only with the triumph of Yhwhism after Babylonian exile that Hezekiah can be seen as positive rather than dangerously naive. Even then, the slaughterfests of the Maccabbean wars and other post-exilic Israelite history show how tenuous Yhwh faith was. Many continued to think Yhwh was a dangerous old myth and the way ahead was Greek religion and philosophy.
Amongst other things, a close reading of scripture, mapping out dates, overlaps, regional history, shows that there is much more to scripture than the usually Sunday School simplistic lessons. Being a rounded godly politician in an ungodly world is difficult - witness Jimmy Carter's diligence and mature faith rejected for Reagan's empty populism and anti-Biblical understanding of Christian faith that has permeated the so-called Christian right in USA since then. Decades ago, a group of us began meeting for a weekly Bible discussion in a local pub in inner city London (we all lived in small houses and had small children when we started). We challenged each other to ask awkward questions. Something struck us hard: how very few examples of good fathers exist in the Bible. Indeed, Saul with Jonathan seems to be one of the very few yet he tends to get a bad press. One of us (not me) gave a sermon at church during Advent: he noted how John the Baptizer would "turn the hearts of fathers to their sons". Luke 1:17. While, quite reasonably, that tends to be translated into parents and children, you could argue that translation masks the disaster of absent fathers (physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually) on the young men of the current age. We need to be better fathers both within the family of God and to promote good fatherhood in the wider population. We also resolved that the best way to love your children, is first and foremost to love and live with their mother.
Hezekiah presided over the devastation of Judah such that Jerusalem came to dominate a capital city finance based vassal state in a large Near East socio-economic-religio-political region. He alienated his son from Yhwh faith. Good people can be authors of extremely bad stuff. Could he have instigated a bottom up, real faith reform in Judah? Who knows, especially in the time he had available. Hezekiah did not kick off revival.
For overlapping reigns, ages at start of co-regency and accession to sole regency, see, eg, Stigers, Jotham to Hezekiah; Eli Kavon, "The evil king Manasseh: Idolatry and politics", in Jerusalem Post, 2010; Steinmann, The Chronicle of 2 Kings 15-18, JETS, 40/4.
Thank you