Entry 42
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2Chr 30:10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
2Chr 30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
2Chr 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
2Chr 30:11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
2Chr 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
The entertainment which Hezekiah's messengers and message met with. It does not appear that Hoshea, who was now king of Israel, took any umbrage from, or gave any opposition to, the dispersing of these proclamations through his kingdom, nor that he forbade his subjects to accept the invitation. He seems to have left them entirely to their liberty. They might go to Jerusalem to worship if they pleased; for, though he did evil, yet not like the kings of Israel that were before him, 2 Kings xvii. 2. He saw ruin coming upon his kingdom, and, if any of his subjects would try this expedient to prevent it, they had his full permission. But, for the people, [1.] The generality of them slighted the call and turned a deaf ear to it. The messengers went from city to city, some to one and some to another, and used pressing entreaties with the people to come up to Jerusalem to keep the passover; but they were so far from complying with the message that they abused those that brought it, laughed them to scorn, and mocked them (v. 10), not only refused, but refused with disdain. Tell them of the God of Abraham! they knew him not, they had other gods to serve, Baal and Ashtaroth. Tell them of the sanctuary! their high places were as good. Tell them of God's mercy and wrath! they neither dreaded the one nor desired the other. No marvel that the king's messengers were thus despitefully used by this apostate race when God's messengers were so, his servants the prophets, who produced credentials from him. The destruction of the kingdom of the ten tribes was now at hand. It was but two or three years after this that the king of Assyria laid siege to Samaria, which ended in the captivity of those tribes. Just before this they had not only a king of their own that permitted them to return to God's sanctuary, but a king of Judah that earnestly invited them to do it. Had they generally accepted this invitation, it might have prevented their ruin; but their contempt of it hastened and aggravated it, and left them inexcusable. [2.] Yet there were some few that accepted the invitation. The message, though to some it was a savour of death unto death, was to others a savour of life unto life, v. 11. In the worst of times God has had a remnant; so he had here, many of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun (here is no mention of any out of Ephraim, though some of that tribe are mentioned, v. 18), humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem, that is, were sorry for their sins and submitted to God. Pride keeps men from yielding themselves to the Lord; when that is brought down, the work is done.
A command was given to the men of Judah to attend this solemnity; and they universally obeyed it, v. 12. They did it with one heart, were all of a mind in it, and the hand of God gave them that one heart; for it is in the day of power that Christ's subjects are made willing. It is God that works both to will and to do. When people, at any time, manifest an unexpected forwardness to do that which is good, we must acknowledge that hand of God in it.
Matthew Henry
The Gospel message must be preached. The message must be sent. For it is by the preaching of the gospel that men can hear and thereby have faith and grace to respond and be saved. As with the messengers who were sent out by the commandment of the King with the Word of the Lord, the Ambassadors of Christ too, will for the most part be laughed to scorn and mocked. But among the crowds there are those with ears to hear in whose hearts the Lord is at work. "Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD." (2 Chronicles 30;11-12)
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Isa 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Isa 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Isa 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Isa 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isa 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Isa 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rereward.
Isa 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
Isa 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
Isa 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for [that] which had not been told them shall they see; and [that] which they had not heard shall they consider.
Isa 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Isa 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Isa 52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Isa 52:10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Isa 52:11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Isa 52:12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rereward.
Isa 52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
Isa 52:14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
Isa 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for [that] which had not been told them shall they see; and [that] which they had not heard shall they consider.
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Rom 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Rom 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Rom 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
Devotional Reading
I pray the Lord feed you by His Spirit as you read the following passages.
Set your ears upon Him as you read.
I pray the Lord feed you by His Spirit as you read the following passages.
Set your ears upon Him as you read.
(Matt 24:1 [AKJV])
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple.
(Matt 24:2 [AKJV])
And Jesus said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone on another, that shall not be thrown down.
(Matt 24:3 [AKJV])
And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the world?
(Matt 24:4 [AKJV])
And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
(Matt 24:5 [AKJV])
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
(Matt 24:6 [AKJV])
And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
(Matt 24:7 [AKJV])
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
(Matt 24:8 [AKJV])
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
(Matt 24:9 [AKJV])
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
(Matt 24:10 [AKJV])
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
(Matt 24:11 [AKJV])
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
(Matt 24:12 [AKJV])
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
(Matt 24:13 [AKJV])
But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.
(Matt 24:14 [AKJV])
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come.
(Matt 24:15 [AKJV])
When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever reads, let him understand:)
(Matt 24:16 [AKJV])
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
(Matt 24:17 [AKJV])
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
(Matt 24:18 [AKJV])
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
(Matt 24:19 [AKJV])
And woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
(Matt 24:20 [AKJV])
But pray you that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
(Matt 24:21 [AKJV])
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
(Matt 24:22 [AKJV])
And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
(Matt 24:23 [AKJV])
Then if any man shall say to you, See, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
(Matt 24:24 [AKJV])
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
(Matt 24:25 [AKJV])
Behold, I have told you before.
(Matt 24:26 [AKJV])
Why if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
(Matt 24:27 [AKJV])
For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(Matt 24:28 [AKJV])
For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
(Matt 24:29 [AKJV])
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
(Matt 24:30 [AKJV])
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
(Matt 24:31 [AKJV])
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
(Matt 24:32 [AKJV])
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near:
(Matt 24:33 [AKJV])
So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
(Matt 24:34 [AKJV])
Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
(Matt 24:35 [AKJV])
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
(Matt 24:36 [AKJV])
But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
(Matt 24:37 [AKJV])
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(Matt 24:38 [AKJV])
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
(Matt 24:39 [AKJV])
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
(Matt 24:40 [AKJV])
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(Matt 24:41 [AKJV])
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
(Matt 24:42 [AKJV])
Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.
(Matt 24:43 [AKJV])
But know this, that if the manager of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
(Matt 24:44 [AKJV])
Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes.
(Matt 24:45 [AKJV])
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
(Matt 24:46 [AKJV])
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
(Matt 24:47 [AKJV])
Truly I say to you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
(Matt 24:48 [AKJV])
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming;
(Matt 24:49 [AKJV])
And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
(Matt 24:50 [AKJV])
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
(Matt 24:51 [AKJV])
And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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