Ahaz was one of Judah's worst kings

2 Kings 16:1-20

Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.

Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction. So Uriah the priest built an altar in accordance with all the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus and finished it before King Ahaz returned. 

Ahaz was one of Judah's worst kings. During was under attack from all quarters: Syria and Israel to the north: Edom and Philistia to the south. The Temple was stripped of silver and gold to pay the heavy tribute demanded by Assyria in return for help. Some of Isaiah's prophecies date from this time.

Ahaz might be affected by his father, so he turns to the other gods, even though he asked to build the altar like Damascus he saw there.

Why?

Ahaz did so worse behavior, why the Lord did not punish him right away. For God loves his people, God preserves the time and lets them turn back. And there were some people who still worship the Lord and keep their faith in the Lord.

The right of judgment belongs to the Lord, What we can do is obey the word of the Lord, loves each other, and be good servants of the Lord.

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亞哈斯不敬畏耶和華的人，亞蘭及北國以色列聯軍卻不能勝他，神仍然記念他的百姓，顧念大衛的後裔，給他機會回轉，但是他卻求助於亞述。

亞哈斯為何把亞蘭的壇在耶路撒冷仿造一個，而且祭壇的東西，似乎為了取悅亞述王。在看來是無關緊要的東西改造，枝微末節。如果聖殿是敬拜，廊子是去聖殿的道路，敬拜的動機是為了什麼?敬拜的中心是誰?敬拜要配合誰的時間，敬拜程序?如何穿衣服?聖經沒有說，敬拜是否以基督為中心，耶和華為中心，不是以我們方便來決定。真正的敬拜以耶和華為中心，按照神的旨意、神的時間，不是為了弟兄姊妹的方便。如果一點枝微末節都不能遵行，大事怎麼可能忠心?

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How?

Humble me and honor the Holy Name of the Lord, What I am doing now is for the Lord, and it is not for my own.