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In 2 Kings 24
we finally see the long-promised downfall of Judah. I don’t say that with anticipation. In truth, I say it with sadness. The kingdom that God establishes through
David lasts a bit more than four hundred years.
Most of those years were lived in rebellion against God. Knowing that only more rebellion is to come,
God sends Nebuchadnezzar to finish the task.
What I find interesting
is how Judah becomes captive to Babylon.
It comes bit by bit. Judah is
slowly dismantled through its desire to buy off the Babylonian invasion. Judah voluntarily becomes a vassal to
Babylon, slowly selling off its national treasures to alleviate the threat. Before too long, the wealth and splendor of
Judah is transferred to Babylon without much fighting. Only a small siege is necessary to defeat God’s
people. Most of the pride of Judah goes
willingly, no resistance necessary.
This really
is tragic. It teaches us a lesson that
our pride and our self-centeredness is really blinding. We’ve watched the people of Judah chase after
their own desires, chase after other gods, and chase after the things of this
world that are not sustaining. They
never saw the end truly coming. When it
came, they didn’t have the strength of character to recognize the danger. If we are as blind, we are equally as susceptible.
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