Consequences VII

Now the Lord spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, “Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.’ ”  (2 Kings 21:10-15, NASB)

King Manassah was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so evil as to be compared to the Amorites, who God pushed out from the Promised Land before the Israelites.  And THEY were a wicked people! 

What were Manassah’s transgressions?  He encouraged idol worship among his subjects.  He forsook the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in favor of the worthless idols.  One of God’s names is “Jealous.”  At the same time, He is slow to anger.  God says that the Israelites had been obstinate since He brought them out of Egypt.  Yet He waited all this time before punishing them, despite endless warnings.

Ezechias-Hezekiah, 1553.  Found at Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezekiah.

God promises calamity for Judah and Jerusalem because of Manassah’s sins.  He promises to “abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies.”  This would later come about when the Babylonians conquered Judah and carried the people into exile.  In fact, King Manassah was exiled to Babylon for a time, but he returned to Jerusalem after he repented to God.  

God expects us to repent as well.  He wants us to rely on Him, and not on worthless idols.  But anything that takes our attention away from God may be considered an “idol.”  God punished Judah for its transgressions, and He will do the same with us.  God sent His Son, Jesus, to do this for us, since we’re unable to do this on our own.  Call upon the name of Jesus, and be saved! 

Worship:  “Forgiven,” by Sanctus Real

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