The letter to Judah, Israel and all tribes of Israel from king Hazekiah,
“People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you. If you return to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”
A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. They removed the altars in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.
When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
Samaria fell to Assyria in the reign of Ahaziah. Most of the northern Israelites were taken captive and their land was re-settled. Hezekiah appeals to the few remaining Israelites to join with Judah for the feast.
Despite the poor response, there had been no Passover to equal this since Solomon’s day. And such was the general rejoicing that they extended the feast an extra week.
Why?
Why?
This is a spiritual revival in those times. There had been no Passover since Solomon’s day. And the high places and the altars in Jerusalem were destroyed finally.
The Lord promised that He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. This is the only way to be a blessing.
自潔的祭司不夠，為什麼?許多祭司沒有完全潔淨，居然不如利未人。祭司可能長時間閒置在家，失去使命感，忘記他們的職責。
這是聖殿建好後，第一次過逾越節。常常紀念出埃及的過程，若我們常常紀念過去的這些事，可以讓我們剛強起來。
西希加王不僅對猶大有負擔，對於以色列人也有負擔。
我們傳福音也有人會笑我們，然而還是有人會認罪、謙卑，這是蒙福之前的過程。祭司看到如此敬虔感到慚愧。我們信主久的人，是否愛主如剛信主的人熱心。我們應當慚愧。
西希加王為沒有自潔的人來吃逾越節的人，是神的憐憫，畢竟他們長年沒有信主的文化。同樣教會中有許多人未受洗誤食聖餐，神也饒恕，因為他們不知道，他們有願意的心。在北國沒有王教導他們，神仍然接納他們的守節，神看人的內心。
自潔的祭司不夠，為什麼?許多祭司沒有完全潔淨，居然不如利未人。祭司可能長時間閒置在家，失去使命感，忘記他們的職責。
這是聖殿建好後，第一次過逾越節。常常紀念出埃及的過程，若我們常常紀念過去的這些事，可以讓我們剛強起來。
西希加王不僅對猶大有負擔，對於以色列人也有負擔。
我們傳福音也有人會笑我們，然而還是有人會認罪、謙卑，這是蒙福之前的過程。祭司看到如此敬虔感到慚愧。我們信主久的人，是否愛主如剛信主的人熱心。我們應當慚愧。
西希加王為沒有自潔的人來吃逾越節的人，是神的憐憫，畢竟他們長年沒有信主的文化。同樣教會中有許多人未受洗誤食聖餐，神也饒恕，因為他們不知道，他們有願意的心。在北國沒有王教導他們，神仍然接納他們的守節，神看人的內心。
How?
Turn our hearts to the Lord and follow his word faithfully.
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