Title: I See Only You
2 Kings 19:14~19 I only look to you Theme: 14. Prayer. 2005. 11. 13.
◎ Introduction
: Hezekiah, who received Sennacherib's threatening letter, took the letter and went back to the temple of the Lord and prayed to God.
※ We are not shaken by Sennacherib's words (verses 10-13) that it is foolish to trust in the Lord.
Rather, he trusted God more.
1. Hezekiah went up to the temple to pray with Sennacherib’s letter (14)
2. Recognizing Almighty God (15)
3. Ask God to reveal to the whole world that He alone is Jehovah (16-19)
1. Hezekiah went up to the temple to pray with Sennacherib’s letter (14)
※ “Going up to the house of the Lord,” Hezekiah did not check the army and weapons,
He took the letter, went up to the temple of God, opened it, and prayed to God.
※ It is a symbolic symbol of the earnest desire that Hezekiah be able to understand the difficulties of reality that Hezekiah had “opened before the Lord”.
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※ This is an appeal to God to solve the problem because he did not have the strength to overcome the difficulties after accusing Sennacherib of how he was insulting and insulting Jehovah.
※ Hezekiah did not try to solve his difficulties by human means,
It is entirely dependent on God.
2. Recognizing Almighty God (15)
※ Let's see what Hezekiah's perception of God is like.
One). He is the God of Israel above the cherubim.
※ “Cherubim” is the “table of two angels” carved to face the ark of the Most Holy, and God made God’s throne on earth between them. (Numbers 7:89, 1 Chronicles 13:6)
※ The God among the “God of Israel” groups is called the God of Israel because he has a covenant relationship with Israel.
“I will lift up my eyes and incline my ears to the prayers of this place” (2 Chronicles 7:15).
2). He is the only God of all nations.
※ “He is the only God in all the kingdoms of the world” This means that God is the only God, and other gods are false gods.
3). He is the one who created heaven and earth.
※ “You created the heavens and the earth,” proclaiming the fact that all things in the world were created by God,
It thus confesses that all things are entirely under the dominion and sovereignty of God.
3. Ask God to reveal to the whole world that He alone is Jehovah (16-19)
※ Hezekiah's prayer is reminiscent of that of David (2 Samuel 7) and Solomon (1 Kings 8).
The central theme of prayer is about “the glory of Jehovah God.”
※ Because “the glory of God” cannot be blasphemed by anyone, Sennacherib requested God’s intervention by citing the fact that he had damaged the glory of God.
One). Seeking God to Counsel You
※ Hezekiah was based on God’s promise to Solomon at the inauguration ceremony of the Jerusalem Temple (2 Chronicles 7:15).
appeal (“I will lift up my eyes and incline my ears to the prayers of this place” (2 Chronicles 7:15)
※ “Incline your ear, O LORD, and listen, O LORD, open your eyes and see” (16).
This does not mean that God is unaware of the present situation,
It is a request to take special care and take care of the plight of Judas, who is in trouble.
2). He knew that Sennacherib had blasphemed God.
※ It is said that Sennacherib despised the “living” God, just as he insulted the “dead” gods of the Gentiles through Rabshakeh.
I told the truth. (16)
※ This is a matter of the glory of God, and God actively intervenes and is alive.
It's something that needs to be proven.
3). Assyrian kings acknowledge that they have devastated the nations and burned their gods
※ “O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their land, and have cast their gods into the fire” (17-18).
He acknowledged that the Assyrian army was a formidable force that could never be resisted by worldly forces.
※ The kings of Atlur conquered countless cities with their army over the past years,
Their gods were burned, and valuable idols made of gold and silver were stolen and presented in their temples as a memorial to their victory, and idols made of cheap materials were burned.
4). Confessing that the gods of the nations are nothing but wood and stones, not true gods
※ He confessed that “things carried by human hands” are nothing but wood and stones.
※ The gods of the nations were destroyed by human hands because they were made by human hands.
He exposed the false nature of idols before God, the true poet, and confessed their futility.
5). Finally, appeal to God for salvation
※ “O LORD our God, please save us now from your hand, and...” (19)
※ By saving Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib, who made the gods of the nations incapacitated, to all the people of the world the
He wants us to prove that God is the only true God.