2nd Chronicles Chapter 36
Over a period of 22 1/2 years there were four Kings of Judah. That's an average of less than 6 years per king. That's horrible! They did evil before God and God's wrath came upon them. But before his wrath, he would send Messengers or a prophet. He would send a messenger over and over and over again calling his people to humble themselves and repent, return from their sin. But they wouldn't listen, and instead would mock The Messengers and mistreat them.
If we could just understand how much God really loves us. He warns us through people and he warns us through his Holy Spirit when we are making bad decisions. If we refuse to humble ourselves and repent from sin, then he will allow his wrath or discipline to fall upon us. He doesn't do it because he hates us. He does it because he loves us. If we don't respond to warnings then he allows disaster to come upon us in hopes that we will realize our need for him and turn back to the Lord. Let's not wait that long because it can be very humiliating. We can save ourselves a lot of future problems if we just heed God's call now.
2nd Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is not slow about his promise of Jesus coming back, but the Lord is patient towards us, not wishing that any would perish but that all would come to repentance.”
What is God speaking to us about? Is there an area of our lives that needs turned over to the Lord? Don't wait! Do it now!
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The book of 2nd Chronicles certainly doesn’t close with the feeling of “…and they all lived happily ever after” as we might have liked to have read. Instead we read about evil being done and how Neco, the king of Egypt had some control over what was happening there. It makes me wonder more about what would have been the outcome if Josiah would have originally listened to Neco instead of being killed by him.
How sad to read what happens in verse 16: “But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against His people, until there was no remedy.” Reading about there being no remedy made me think about how that’s how we would be without Jesus to wash away our sin. Verse 16 also reminded me of the parable of the tenants that we read about in Matthew 21:33-46.
It’s a good thing that the Bible doesn’t end with 2 Chronicles, but there is more to come, especially Jesus!
Let’s keep reading God’s Word!
Check out Ephesians 2:12-13.
“Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”