God's Profound and Mysterious Providence: As Revealed in the Genealogy of Jesus Christ From the Time of David to the Exile in Babylon by Abraham Park

Author:Abraham Park [Park, Abraham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Books & Bibles, Bible Study & Reference, Bible Study, Old Testament, History, Protestantism, Presbyterian, Theology, Historical, Salvation Theory, Politics & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Greek & Roman, Reference, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Studies, Supernatural & Paranormal, Ancient & Controversial Knowledge, Old Testament Study, Soteriology
ISBN: 9781462908998
Amazon: B00CNVOOVK
Barnesnoble: B00CNVOOVK
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2012-06-18T22:00:00+00:00

5. Hezekiah did not fully pass down his faith to his son Manasseh.

After the second Assyrian invasion, Hezekiah’s life was full of riches and honor (2 Chr 32:27), and all that he did succeeded (2 Chr 32:30). When King Hezekiah died at age 54, they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the sons of David, and the people of Jerusalem honored him at his death (2 Chr 32:33).

While Hezekiah was a good and righteous person, he was not entirely able to transmit his faith to his son Manasseh, thereby leaving behind the embers of tragedy in the southern kingdom of Judah. Hezekiah hoped that Manasseh would succeed the throne and rule as a good king. That is why Hezekiah set Manasseh as a coregent for 11 years (696-686 BC) from age 12 to 22, so that he could be trained as a leader. The year 696 BC was six years after Hezekiah recovered from his fatal illness and received a 15-year extension on his life. It was also six years from the time he received the prophecy of Judah’s destruction from Isaiah.

In consideration of all this, Hezekiah should have recognized the 15-year life extension as his opportunity to fulfill his final mission and made every effort to teach the Word of God to all the people so that they may recover a wholehearted faith. Most of all, he should have been diligent in the transmission of faith and a thorough instruction of the law to King Manasseh, who was to lead the next generation. For 11 years, Hezekiah may have instructed Manasseh about the dignity and refinements a king should possess; but in retrospect, we can deduce that his faith was not transmitted properly. Consequently, after Manasseh took the reins, the southern kingdom of Judah was sinful before God, and they started declining uncontrollably toward total destruction.

Manasseh’s 55 years of long and wicked reign was a direct result of Hezekiah’s failure to properly transmit his faith to his son. Regrettably, the prideful attitude that Hezekiah once possessed was entirely transmitted to Manasseh. Manasseh’s wicked reign of 55 years became a decisive factor contributing to the destruction of Judah by Babylon (2 Kgs 21:11-15; 23:26-27; 24:3-4; Jer 15:4).

Hezekiah wholly relied on God for his strength as he enacted the religious reforms that brought great joy to Jerusalem. However, his faith was not properly transmitted but ended with his generation. Then for 55 years of Manasseh’s wicked reign, the people of the southern kingdom of Judah once again fell into a period of great spiritual darkness.

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