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In this world there is nothing certain except death and taxes.
So said Benjamin Franklin and it has been repeated ever since.
I think that we can add another certainty to his list.
That is the certainty of judgment.
Last week’s message showed us that a righteous ruler can delay judgment.
This week we will see that he cannot avert judgment forever.
Last week we saw the fulfilment of Huldah the prophetess’ second prophecy.
This week we will see the commencement of the fulfilment of the Huldah’s first prophecy.
Last week we saw the largely negative aspect of reformation with th edestruction of idols and ridding the land of corrupt worshipers of Baal and other gods.
This week we start with the positive celebration of the Passover
JOSIAH KEEPS THE PASSOVER.2
Ch 35:1–19.
Signficance of the Passover
The Original Passover was the great salvation event in ancient Israel where the Angel of death passed over killing the firstborn of the Israelite homes where blood was smeared on the doorposts and lentils.
At same time the firstborn of Egypt all died.
Pharaoh let the people go.
Israel was saved from slavery and it marked the founding of the nation of Israel.
The Passover was then to be celebrated anually as a sacrament to remind later generations of their salvation from slavery in Egypt
The one inadequate comparison I could come up with in Australia is the ANZAC day march, which many mark as the real birth of or the coming of age of the nation of Australia.
At that time we mark the bravery of men but also the futility of war.
Preparation for the Passover 2 Ch 35:1–9.
The ark was placed in the temple.
Verse 3
Where was the ark?
Priests, Levites were gathered together and consecrated as instructed by David verse 4.
People were gathered together v 5
Sacrifices were assembled.
vv 7-9
Passover celebrated 2 Ch 35:10-19
The Passover was celebrated according to book of Moses, which as we have seen was only recently discovered.
37, 600 Passover sacrifices and 3,800 cattle for Burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.
There would have been the burning of incense.
The singers, singing continuously.
Celebrated nationally.
Celebrated faithfully.
Jesus at the last Supper, which was the Passover instituted the Lord’s Supper which is a sacarament where we remember
Josiah’s needless death 2 Ch 35:20-27
In verse 20 we have the words “after all this”, with these words the writer goes forward thirteen years.
The great Assryian empire has been defeated by Babylon and’ the capital moved from Niniveh to Carchemish.
Pharoah Neco of Egypt wnt to go to Carchemish to assist Assyria against further attacks from Babylon.
To do this trip Neco had to traverse Josiah’s territory north of Mount Carmel.
For some reason Josiah decided to oppose Neco.
Josiah decided to disguise himself, ironically repeating the error of Ahab the most wicked king of Israel.
In that disguise he was fatally wounded.
He was mourned and the writer commends him for “his faithful love of the law of the Lord.
So what do we learn from this incident in the life of Joshiah.
He was the last of the good kings in Judah who “did what right in the Lord’s sight and walked in the ways of ancestor David.
He could rightly have been assumed to be the expected Messiah but by this act of disobedience he showed that he was not the Messiah.
He was killed in a battle that was not his and that he had no right to be involved in.
After his death the judgment upon Judah would come swiftly and surely.
So Judah was left still anticipating their Messiah who would save them from their enemies and God’s just judgment.
Jesus would come as the Messiah.
He would not save people from human oppresors but rather than from sin.
He would in obedience to his Father’s plan take upon himelf the judgment that all his people rightly deserve when he died on the cross for all this children.
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