Yesterday we read one perspective about King Ahaz. Today we read another perspective. We need to understand why the Lord was bringing justice upon His people. We also need to grasp why the Hope in yesterday’s message was so important.
King Ahaz was a product of the kings of Israel. What does this mean? Well lets let scripture tell us who he was:
2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God like his ancestor David 3 but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
2 Kings 16:2-3
That should be all we need to know about this king. His practices and life was detestable to the Lord. But wait, there is more.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. March up and save me from the grasp of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.” 8 Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace and sent them to the king of Assyria as a bribe. 9 So the king of Assyria listened to him and marched up to Damascus and captured it. He deported its people to Kir but put Rezin to death.
2 Kings 16:7-9
He was a thief.
He partnered with the enemy of the Lord for his own self preservation. Remember king Ahaz spoke to him. Told him to not worry about Assyria, but what did he do instead?
10 King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. When he saw the altar that was in Damascus, King Ahaz sent a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction to the priest Uriah. 11 Uriah built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz sent from Damascus. Therefore, by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus, the priest Uriah had completed it.
2 Kings 16:10-11
He was idolater.
He defaced the temple to please a foreigner.
This was not a man who cared anything about the Lord or the people of Israel. This was a terrible king who was raised by other terrible kings. Remember our scriptures at the start of this series. What did the Lord say concerning Israel. What were the charges.
Do we get a clearer picture of why God was rightfully angry with his people? The Lord’s charge against the people were righteous. The Lord spoke destruction upon the people, but He also spoke hope.
Why is this hope so important?
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