The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Kings 14:25,
"He [King Jeroboam II of Israel] was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher."
Jeroboam II was the thirteenth king of the northern ten tribes of Israel. As with all nineteen kings of northern Israel, he "did evil in the eyes of the Lord", verse 24. Here we read that he had restored Israel's boundaries during his reign, according to the Lord's word.
This restoration of the boundaries of Israel was prophesied by the prophet Jonah (yes, the very same that spent three days in the belly of a fish.) The Lord foretold the expansion of the border of Israel through his prophet and that is precisely what happened.
I am reminded that when the Lord tells us he is going to do something, that very something will come about exactly as he says it will,
"As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:10,11.
"He [King Jeroboam II of Israel] was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher."
Jeroboam II was the thirteenth king of the northern ten tribes of Israel. As with all nineteen kings of northern Israel, he "did evil in the eyes of the Lord", verse 24. Here we read that he had restored Israel's boundaries during his reign, according to the Lord's word.
This restoration of the boundaries of Israel was prophesied by the prophet Jonah (yes, the very same that spent three days in the belly of a fish.) The Lord foretold the expansion of the border of Israel through his prophet and that is precisely what happened.
I am reminded that when the Lord tells us he is going to do something, that very something will come about exactly as he says it will,
"As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:10,11.
The Lord has foretold many things through his prophets. Things he wants us to know, to be award of. In all of them he has demonstrated that he does exactly as he says he will do in the way he says he will it.
The wise listen to the prophets. From the Lord's prophets we learn what the Lord has done, what he is doing today and what is to come. The prophets tell us of the coming resurrection and of the coming judgment of all mankind. They also tell us of the salvation the Lord provides from his own judgment of us for our sins.
Just as he promised to send the Messiah, and did so, so will he provide both the salvation he offers all who embrace him in faith, as well as the judgment of all who do not embrace him in faith - in that fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Since the Lord's batting average is a perfect 1000, why on earth would anyone question the veracity of what he has told us through the prophets?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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