1 Kings 12:25-13:34
These
were dark days for God’s people. They were deeply divided. There was
the northern kingdom (Israel). Jeroboam was their ‘big man’. There was
the southern kingdom (Judah). Rehoboam was the ‘voice’ of the south.
What a shambles it all was! Each side seemed intent on outdoing the
other - ungodliness. Sin reigned in the north (13:33-34). Sin reigned in
the south (14:22-24). The ‘big man’ was not so big in the eyes of the
Lord. The ‘voice’ did not speak the Word of the Lord. Was there any
hope? Yes! There was an unnamed ‘man of God’ who spoke ‘the Word of the
Lord’(13:1). In all the confusion of these difficult times, God was
planning for a better future. His Word concerned Josiah: ‘a son shall be
born…’(2). We look beyond Josiah to Jesus: ‘to us a Child is born… a
Son…’(Isaiah 9:6-7).
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