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For today’s
blog, I’m going to use the procession of kings to look at a more obscure
topic. To begin, though, understand that
we area talking about several kings of Israel – the northern kingdom. Some reign a long time, some reign a short
time. The point is that all of these
kings are kings of Israel.
We also see proof
of what I indicated yesterday. These
kings all do evil. Every single one of
them. None of the kings of Israel walk
in the ways of the Lord.
Let’s blend
these two concepts together. Every
single one of these kings is evil. Yet,
they all rule for different length – everything from a few days to several
decades!
Why is this
important? Human beings have a tendency to
believe that the fact that a leader continues to be in leadership as proof of
their righteousness! Another way of
considering this concept is that we assume that God disposes of the unrighteous
leaders while prospering the righteous ones.
That line of
thinking is simply bogus. All of these
kings are evil. Some of them reign for
decades! A person’s time in leadership
is not proof of God’s acceptance or approval of them.
To bring
this into the New Testament, remember what happened to the vast majority of the
early followers of Christ. Most of them
were martyred. Those who weren’t were
especially persecuted. Certainly, God
loved those early followers, yet they were usually martyred well before their
due time to die of a more natural timing!
We need to
learn this lesson well. Evil prospers in
this world. While God dos cause those He
loves to prosper, His blessing falls upon the good and the evil!
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