The Word and Will of God

The Word and Will of God

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem…. He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His […]

Loving or Hating God's Word

Loving or Hating God’s Word

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. (2 Kings 23:37) Josiah was a ruler over Judah, the kingdom of the two southern tribes of the children of Israel. The cruel Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom, but the southern kingdom of Judah lasted more than […]

Comfort Greater than Death

Comfort Greater than Death

Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD…. Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place. (2 Kings 22:19, 20) The young king Josiah […]