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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JAN
1 - 2 CHRONICLES 29-32 - HEZEKIAH: A BRIGHT AND SHINING LIGHT</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
29:2-3 (29:1-19) HEZEKIAH: RESTORES THE TEMPLE. “And he did that
which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David
his father had done. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">3</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the
doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them” (ASV 1901). How
can man hallow Your Name, Father? Here in Psalm 1 You have laid out
the way. </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed be
Your :name.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. 29:27 (29:20-36)
HEZEKIAH: RESTORES THE SACRIFICES. “And Hezekiah commanded to
offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering
began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together
with the instruments of David king of Israel.” Father, we Your
community are Your temple, the Body of Messiah. We welcome Your
Kingdom like Hezekiah, by cleansing it when it becomes defiled (2 COR
7:1). </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your :kingdom
come.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">3. 30:1 (30) HEZEKIAH:
RESTORES THE PASSOVER. “And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah,
and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come
to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto
Jehovah, the God of Israel.” Your will Father, is that we see
Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4. 31:1a (31:1) HEZEKIAH:
DESTROYS IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL. “Now when all this was finished, all
Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke
in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and broke down the
high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim
also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all.” Idolatry is
abominable sin! Father, we would remove anything in our lives coming
between us. </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Our
:daily bread Give us this day.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">5. 31:21 (31:2-21)
HEZEKIAH: RESTORES LEVITICAL ORDER. “And in every work that he
began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the
commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and
prospered.” Like the four lepers who feared evil if they declared
not good tidings, so Hezekiah shared with Israel and restored Jehovah
worship. </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And forgive
us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6. 32:7-8a (32:1-23)
HEZEKIAH: TRUSTS ADONAI AGAINST ASSYRIA. “Be strong and of good
courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for
all the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us
than with him: </font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">8</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help
us, and to fight our battles.” Much testing is unnecessary when we
seek You with all of our heart, Father. Yet, you did uncover the
heart of Hezekiah through this testing. For us - </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
bring us not into temptation.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7. 32:31 (32:24-33)
HEZEKIAH: FAILS THE TEST OF PRIDE. “Howbeit in the business of the
ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire
of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him,
that he might know all that was in his heart.” Yes, we let </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>You</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
be true, O God, but every man a liar. We would justify You always in
Your words, and acknowledge </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>all</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
your acts as being righteous! </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
But deliver us from the evil one.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>: on
Hezekiah! - </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Larry
Lea some years ago laid out a weekly prayer based on 7 of the
compound Jehovah names. However - after several months of praying
through these on a weekly basis, one wife told her husband - “If
you read again that God will make us like Israel the head, and our
enemies the tail - I'll scream!”</span></span></p>
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I thought - “What if we had a Through the Bible in a Year daily
devotional, with 7 verses to read each day from the daily reading -
and What if each verse were related to the 7 major points of the
Lord's Prayer - wouldn't that give such variety that it would solve
the problem?”</p>
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So in the late 90's I completed a Manuscript based on this thought.
However in the interval, I could see how to improves on this idea; so
I am editing the 366 readings. The 52 weeks of the year have 7
readings each, making a total of 364 readings. To make up the two
missing readings, I have selected the life of Hezekiah and Josiah for
this purpose.</p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Out
of the 20 kings of Judah following David, only 9 were good; but of
the 9, only two were very good: Hezekiah and Josiah: they </span></span><u><span style="">alone</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
removed the high places, which God looked down upon.</span></span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">These
high places of Israel are types or shadows in the OT, representing
our human thoughts in the NT not brought under the control of Christ.
See 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 to understand more clearly God's thinking in
this direction: </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“For
though we walk in </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh, we do not war according to </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
(for the weapons of our :warfare are not of flesh, but mighty before
:God unto casting down of strongholds); </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
casting down </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">reasonings</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and every high </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">thing</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
that is exalted against the knowledge of :God, and bringing </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">every
thought into captivity to the obedience of the Christ</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;”
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Yet,
though these 2 kings removed these high places; just like us, they
were </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">not</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
perfect. God uncovered the area of Hezekiah's life where his pride
appeared. And for all of us - only at the resurrection when we are
transformed and lifted completely into the image of Jesus, will we be
what we long to be. In many revivals, some have thought we could be
lifted into sinless perfection </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">prior</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to the resurrection! False! Deception! The best of us will still be
like Hezekiah and Josiah - falling short in </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">this</font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
life. See 1 Corinthians 15 and 1 & 2 Thessalonians for clear
insights on the necessity of the resurrection upon Jesus' return - to
accomplish this!</span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">An
extreme view of the “manifestation of the sons of God” is but
another example of falling into this trap of Satan! He is always
about to get us into an extreme position. In the natural, one father
said, “If one aspirin is good - four are better!” - Wrong! Just
as it is also wrong to take from Satan an extreme theological
position! One Chicago pastor in the early '50's gave a challenge in
his sermon: “I doubt if there is any one here (of some 600) who
would testify to sinless perfection.” It was a rhetorical question.
But one man stood. The pastor thought - “Surely he has a 'charlie
horse'. But he asked him - “Did you have a comment sir?” “Yes”,
he responded. “In reply to your challenge, I stand to profess
sinless perfection!” The pastor thought: “Lord, if you get me out
of this spot, I'll never put my big mouth in anything like this
again.” The Lord dropped a word of wisdom into the pastor's mind.
He asked the challenger - “Could I ask you a question?” The man
agreed. The pastor's question was, “Is that your wife sitting
beside you, and if so, could I ask her a question?” But before the
pastor could proceed, </span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">the
man sat down!</font></u></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">So - bless you each one - and
may these daily readings of “Through the Bible in a Year” be a
blessing and means to keep us all in balance unto the Return of our
Lord! J.A.W.</font></p>
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