2 Kings 17
- V23, ...So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
- V25, ...it was...they feared not the Lord: (so He) sent lions among them, which slew of them.
- V27, ...Then the king of Assyria commanded, (send them a priest) and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
Lord, in Thy wrath You remembered mercy for Thy people (Hab 3.2).
So it is in the Christian walk. No matter how far one strays or resists the Lord, He never forgets His own in mercy.
The people had been given kings, some good, some evil. The people had practiced so much evil living that God, being the Holy One and Just, had to rend "Israel from the house of David;" (2 Ki 17.21).
Let us never forget that sin has a price.
- ....the wages of sin is death (Rom 6.23)
- ...God is holy (Ps. 99.9)
- Be ye holy for I am holy (I Pet 1.16)
- ...whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap (Gal 6.7)
While we understand that we are not perfect we are indeed to "strive to enter in" (Lk. 13.4).
Yet, the thought that compels my heart the most in this passage, is that the Lord moved on the heart of the enemy king to make sure this captive people had what they needed for worship.
"Cast down but not destroyed." (2 Cor 4.9)
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