DAY 194 Read 2 Kings 18:13 through chapter 19.
Today's reading: When a heathen king and his godless henchmen poured contempt of God, a godly king asked the Lord to defend His honor. The result left no doubt.
Memory gem: "O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only" (2 Kings 19:19).
Thought for today:
A man who played God was Sennacherib, who invaded the Holy Land. Because of the sins of Judah, God permitted this invasion by the Assyrian army, but Sennachrib assumed to himself the character of God and took to himself the glory that belonged to the God of heaven. Referring to his conquest of other nations, he said that none of their gods had been able to deliver them out of his hand. "Where are they?" he cried. Here he put his hand above God's.
Sennacherib sent a letter threatening good King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem. Hezekiah took this letter up to the temple of God and spread it out before the Lord and prayed. My friend, that's a good thing to do when men around you try to play God. Take it to the Lord. Talk to Him about it.
And the answer came through the prophet Isiah. Speaking of His dealings with the Assyrian king, God said: "I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way which thou camest" (2 Kings 19:28).
Sennacherib returned to Assyria, and, while he was worshiping in his heathen temple, two of his sons killed him with the sword.
My friends, it's dangerous for any man to play God. He is liable to find that he is very human, very mortal after all.
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Difficult or obscure words:
2 Kings 18:4. "Nehushtan"--probably bronze god, or possible serpent.
2 Kings 18:17. "Tartan and Rasaris and Rab-shakeh"--titles, not given names. The "Tartan" was chief general, the "Rabsaris" was probably chief eunuch, and "Rab-shakeh" was the chief cup-bearer of personal valet of the king. In this case the Rab-shakeh spoke for the king.
Today's reading: When a heathen king and his godless henchmen poured contempt of God, a godly king asked the Lord to defend His honor. The result left no doubt.
Memory gem: "O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only" (2 Kings 19:19).
Thought for today:
A man who played God was Sennacherib, who invaded the Holy Land. Because of the sins of Judah, God permitted this invasion by the Assyrian army, but Sennachrib assumed to himself the character of God and took to himself the glory that belonged to the God of heaven. Referring to his conquest of other nations, he said that none of their gods had been able to deliver them out of his hand. "Where are they?" he cried. Here he put his hand above God's.
Sennacherib sent a letter threatening good King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem. Hezekiah took this letter up to the temple of God and spread it out before the Lord and prayed. My friend, that's a good thing to do when men around you try to play God. Take it to the Lord. Talk to Him about it.
And the answer came through the prophet Isiah. Speaking of His dealings with the Assyrian king, God said: "I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way which thou camest" (2 Kings 19:28).
Sennacherib returned to Assyria, and, while he was worshiping in his heathen temple, two of his sons killed him with the sword.
My friends, it's dangerous for any man to play God. He is liable to find that he is very human, very mortal after all.
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Difficult or obscure words:
2 Kings 18:4. "Nehushtan"--probably bronze god, or possible serpent.
2 Kings 18:17. "Tartan and Rasaris and Rab-shakeh"--titles, not given names. The "Tartan" was chief general, the "Rabsaris" was probably chief eunuch, and "Rab-shakeh" was the chief cup-bearer of personal valet of the king. In this case the Rab-shakeh spoke for the king.
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