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08-06-2014, 06:47 AM
King Hezekiah
His story is recorded in 2Chronicles, 2Kings, and 4 chapters of Isaiah (36-39). The only Bible character who knew the year of his death, because he was given an added fifteen years.
He followed the Lord with all his heart, and was 39 yrs. of age when Isaiah told him he was going to die. His son, Manasseh would not have been born w/o that 15 yr. extension, so in that sense his son was a miraculous birth. The added 15 yrs. meant Hezekiah would die aged 54. (A reminder: 27 books in the NT, and 39+27=66.)
The shadow of the sun dial moving backward was the sign given him that his 15 yrs. were true. Kinda like when we compare the OT with the NT, using 'hindsight', and comparing them analogously, or even how today we may see the 'shadow' of changing times..
"Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the CHILDREN are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth". Isa37:3 The 'children of Israel' didn't get the new-birth, but rather it came to the 'adults' (Gentiles). Eph4:14.
Bible scholars tell us that two authors were involved in the writing of Isaiah -- that a second writer took over with chapter 40 because of the drastic change of subject there. Apprarently they didn't note how the 66 books of Isaiah, divided between the first 39 chapters, and the final 27 chapters, are a microcosm of the entire Bible as we have it in this generation, Mt24:34, which sees the signs of the TWINKLING and the return of our Lord. ( IF he's your lord....)
Question is: Should we also pray for an added 15 yrs? Hezekiah was dying of a boil, but the poultice of figs prescribed by Isaiah evidentally was the catalyst for his healing. 2K20:7 :Date_Setting:
His story is recorded in 2Chronicles, 2Kings, and 4 chapters of Isaiah (36-39). The only Bible character who knew the year of his death, because he was given an added fifteen years.
He followed the Lord with all his heart, and was 39 yrs. of age when Isaiah told him he was going to die. His son, Manasseh would not have been born w/o that 15 yr. extension, so in that sense his son was a miraculous birth. The added 15 yrs. meant Hezekiah would die aged 54. (A reminder: 27 books in the NT, and 39+27=66.)
The shadow of the sun dial moving backward was the sign given him that his 15 yrs. were true. Kinda like when we compare the OT with the NT, using 'hindsight', and comparing them analogously, or even how today we may see the 'shadow' of changing times..
"Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble and rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the CHILDREN are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth". Isa37:3 The 'children of Israel' didn't get the new-birth, but rather it came to the 'adults' (Gentiles). Eph4:14.
Bible scholars tell us that two authors were involved in the writing of Isaiah -- that a second writer took over with chapter 40 because of the drastic change of subject there. Apprarently they didn't note how the 66 books of Isaiah, divided between the first 39 chapters, and the final 27 chapters, are a microcosm of the entire Bible as we have it in this generation, Mt24:34, which sees the signs of the TWINKLING and the return of our Lord. ( IF he's your lord....)
Question is: Should we also pray for an added 15 yrs? Hezekiah was dying of a boil, but the poultice of figs prescribed by Isaiah evidentally was the catalyst for his healing. 2K20:7 :Date_Setting: