by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:16 Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. Hezekiah has a clear view of what is happening. He understands the battle is not his. When someone...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:17 “Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands”. Hezekiah is praying to God, he has initially recognized who God is in his prayer – then he has asked God to be fully aware of what is happening....
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:18 “and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.” We are following on from the previous verse, the Assyrians have destroyed everything...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:19 So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone. Hezekiah, in his prayer, recognises the facts of what is happening, and now, he turns his attention to God. He...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.” Wow…..I love this – I love the drama of it – unseen by...
by admin | Dec 31, 2024 | Keys From Ancient Wisdom -- The Life of Hezekiah
II Kings 19:21-22 This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: “She despises you, she scorns you – the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you – the daughter of Jerusalem.” “Whom have you mocked and reviled?...
