Zedekiah -- A Man Unable To Outrun God's Punishment

The sad end of the earthly throne of the house of David was accomplished by the siege and fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar in 587 B.C. The last descendant of David to rule as a king of a physical nation was Zedekiah. He was a young and wicked man (Jeremiah 52:1-2).

For eleven years of national devastation, moral degeneration and increasing affliction of God’s righteous people (epitomized by the suffering of Jeremiah the prophet), this man ruled without much thought of God.

When he did think of God, his thoughts were those of defiance. Like many other defiant individuals, he must have thought that the threatening words of Jeremiah, concerning the destruction of the city and temple, would never be seen in his day.

Let’s ask ourselves, “How do men arrive at this conclusion?”

See answer here.

Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets

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