Title: Sick Hezekiah (2012.12.23)
Date: 2012.12.23
Word: 2 Kings 20:1-7
Title: Sick Hezekiah
To explain the text, the time was when Isaiah, the son of Amos, was active as a prophet, and in the neighboring countries, Rabshakeh in Assyria and Merodach in Baladan in Babylon. is.
And we can see that there is a special intervention of God.
Sick Hezekiah!!
Job strives to live righteously and God says he is a perfect man, but he goes through unimaginable terrible suffering, and the Apostle Paul throws his whole body into the Lord's work, but suffers from the remnants of suffering.
Hezekiah is a critical time, and the text does not vaguely say “at that time” but says that the sick time was an important time.
Sometimes our lives are like that. Maybe that's life and it seems like the world's life.
What was God's word to the sick Hezekiah?
This is a command from the Sovereign of Life.
What was Hezekiah's decision?
Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and wept bitterly.
As yet, he had no son to succeed the throne.
Hezekiah's son Manasseh was 12 years old when he came to the throne.
If so, it is clear that Manasseh was the son Hezekiah had after receiving an additional 15 years of life.
From the Hebrew point of view, heirs were cut off and death was considered a judgment before God.
It must have been painful to be called at an important time, even in middle age.
God's Answer to Prayer
I saw your tears
Tears of repentance and tears of determination are weapons that move God.
God heard and answered his prayers as he mourned, repented, wept, and prayed.
I was granted an extension of 15 years of life.
God, who gives generously, has given us the grace to protect not only our lives but also the hand of the king of Assyria, and we will receive the blessing of inheriting the throne by having his son as an heir.
One thing to remember is that the fig paste was applied to the area and the health was restored in 3 days.
This is not an effect on fig dough, it is a special grace of God.