The Hezekiah (Heb: Chizkiyahu) narrative in II Kings (chapters 17 – 20) and Isaiah (36 – 39) concludes on a dissonant and haunting confrontation between King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah. Hezekiah has just shown his kingdom’s wealth to messengers of Brodach Baladan, King of Babylonia. Isaiah asks Hezekiah about his guests, and when Hezekiah tells him where they are from, Isaiah proclaims:
Behold, days are coming and everything in your house and what your
ancestors have collected until this day will be carried off to
Babylonia, nothing will remain saith the Lord. And the children that
you will beget will be taken to be eunuchs in the palace of the King
of Babylonia. And Hezekiah responded to Isaiah, the word of the Lord
that you have spoken is good, insomuch as there will be peace and
truth in my days. (II Kings 20:17-18, JPS translation).
This prophecy of doom is devastating and perplexing. Does Isaiah mean to say that Hezekiah is literally responsible for the future exile and destruction at the hands of Babylonians? If so, what did he do wrong? How should Hezekiah have known it was bad to receive foreign emissaries from Babylonia?
Varnel Watson
here we go Philip Williams Billy Monroe Poff makes Tom Steele not one
Philip Williams
Troy Day The fatal problem of Hagee is his Satanic declaration in his book ‘In Defense of Israel’ that Jesus did not even come as the Jewish Messiah. I have the book in my hands. Hagee has not publicly retracted this, regardless of whatever else he may have said. Hagee uses the old liberal line that Jews are saved without Jesus. God will certainly punish Hagee and everyone who supports him for destaining the blood of his Son. No matter how successful they might be in this Godless world, they are destined for his wrath.
John Crilly
Read “The Hope of Israel” by Philip Mauro 1 Cor.15:46 and many more….
Varnel Watson
WHY? What does it say
John Crilly
Troy Day lets just say the “Hope of Israel”was the coming of the Messiah, He came….Jesus….and the setting up of HIs kingdom is a spiritual one and is here now…..the natural Jew is not apart of the Kingdom unless he is a believer in Christ….Acts 13:23 . There is a lot more to say but this is all I can say from a book of 261 pages.
Varnel Watson
what exactly says the declaration? Philip Williams
Varnel Watson
not sure that Tom Steele would agree with it