KJB Daily Devotion – Following Jesus
Through Every Chapter
Date: Friday,
April 22, 2016
Chapters: 2
Kings 21-23
Message: 2 Kings: Greatest Treasure On
Earth

Hello My Friend,

I got my first
King James Bible on September 11, 1984, I remember the date because I
earned that Bible while I was doing volunteer work as a teenager and
learning about Jesus myself over that summer. Like many people do
when they first receive a Bible, I looked it over, read through it a
little, even started from Genesis, but it never became part of my
life. I have misplaced that Bible time and time again, moved to
another state and thought I left it behind only to have it show up
right when I was ready to make it a daily part of my life. Now,
almost thirty-two years later it is the prominent book in my life,
and never leaves my sight. You know, we can get saved and that would
be the best decision we ever made, but to fully understand God and
see the value in what we possess as a child of the true King, there
is no greater treasure on earth than His word. “All
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly
furnished unto all good works.” - 2 Timothy 3:16,17.

It
is not uncommon for people who do not know the word of God to love
God, all throughout the Old Testament we learn of kings who did right
in the sight of God, but not like David. This meant that although
they loved God and lived morally, they did not follow Him with all
their heart like David. After Hezekiah died his son, Manasseh
reigned, and he turned Judah completely upside down, he not only
rebuilt the groves and high places that his father removed from
Judah, he brought Baal worship into the very house of God. The events
that took place in his fifty-five year reign brought God to remove
all of Israel from His sight.

“And
he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the
house of the LORD. And he made his son pass through the fire, and
observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar
spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the
LORD, to provoke him to anger. And he set a graven image of the grove
that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and
to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have
chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land
which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according
to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that
my servant Moses commanded them. But they hearkened not: and Manasseh
seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD
destroyed before the children of Israel.” - 2 Kings 21:5-9.


“only if they will observe to do
according to all that I have commanded them,” If at any time
Manasseh would have repented God would have removed His judgment from
Israel. He not only rejected God he brought more wickedness and
corruption to the people than the ones who were removed from the
land. Let me tell you, all it takes is for one person to reject God
and bring their false god around to bring judgment to any nation. Our
nations are a mess today because our rulers have forsaken God and
replaced Him with the false gods of the world. People still worship
the sun, moon, and stars, and even His creation more than God today.
We cannot stop God’s judgment on the earth, He made His decision,
but we can be prepared and safe for when it does come. “Watch
ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before
the Son of man.” -Luke 21:36.

After two
wicked kings ruled over Judah, we learn of Josiah, a godly king, who
walked in the ways of David, and did not cave to other nations trying
to buy peace. He was king at the age of eight, and when he turned
eighteen, he had all all the idols and groves removed out of the
Temple, and began restoring it. Upon cleaning the temple, the high
priest discovered something hidden for centuries, the word of God. As
they read through it and brought the information to the king, Josiah
sought help to understand and discovered the judgment placed o
Israel.

“So
Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah,
went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of
Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in
Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. And she said
unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent
you to me, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this
place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: Because
they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that
they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands;
therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not
be quenched. But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of
the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of
Israel, As
touching the words which thou hast heard; Because thine heart was tender, and
thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I
spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that
they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy
clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.” - 2 Kings
22:14-19.

“and thou hast humbled
thyself before the LORD” The Bible had completely
disappeared, even the priests did not know and follow it as it had
been forbidden to be read. And because he learned the truth God
spared him from seeing the judgment of Jerusalem. An amazing thing
happens to a person who accepts Christ and begins reading His word,
it convicts them, which means it makes them aware of sin they never
knew existed. As much as we love God and want to live a life that is
pleasing to Him, the only way we can is by reading and doing what is
written in His Word. The Holy Spirit is our guide to understanding
the word of God, so never let anyone tell you that modern versions
are the same only been changed to help you understand. If we hear His
word, and are saved we will do follow it immediately as Josiah did.
“He that is of God heareth God's words: ye
therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” -
John 8:47.

As Josiah learned the truth, he gathered the
entire nation together and the word of God was read. After reading
it, a huge spiritual revival took place, people repented, turned to
God, and all the abominations were removed out of Judah. And they did
not stop there, they went throughout all of Israel and removed
everything they could find that would lead the people into sin.
Josiah even had the two golden calves that Jeroboam made destroyed.


“And the king commanded Hilkiah
the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers
of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the
vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the
host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of
Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel. And he put down
the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn
incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places
round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to
the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of
heaven. And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves,
and filled their places with the bones of men. Moreover the altar
that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high
place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small
to powder, and burned the grove. And as Josiah turned himself, he
spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took
the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and
polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God
proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.” - 2 Kings
23:4,4,14-16.

“both that altar and the high place he
brake down,” Even though a great revival took place and God was
very pleased, God did not withdraw His judgment upon Israel. God
would spare Josiah the pain of seeing his kingdom destroyed, but the
damage was done, God had enough, and was not retracting His judgment.
The same holds true for us today, Jesus is coming, God has given the
warning, He has had enough, and judgment is coming. People who have
already died will face Jesus and be resurrected to either eternal
life or eternal death. Those who have not died upon His return will
be raptured into the heavens if they are saved. Only those whom
believed and received Christ as their Saviour will be saved from
eternal death and the lake of fire. “For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on
him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already,
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God.” - John 3:16-18.

Jesus
Christ Revealed: Today Jesus is revealed through the
prophetess (21:14) who told Hezekiah the truth. Jesus is not only a
prophet, He is the Son of God. “God, who at
sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by
his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
made the worlds;” - Hebrews 1:1,2.

Today's
Prayer: God, I know that the Holy Bible is not some
ordinary book, it is Your Word, it is holy, pure, alive, and it
gives life to all who want You in their lives. Reading Your Word,
studying it, and following it will never return void as we allow the
Holy Spirit to guide us to what truly is and is not acceptable to
You. Lord, give me Your power to live and grow in Your Word, Help me
to follow Your commands with all might heart and soul, and lead me to
others who need to be saved before Jesus comes to claim us. In Jesus'
name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,

Christina

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