the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Chronicles 35:15-27
The page is about to be turned. The terrible reigns of Manasseh and Amon have led the LORD to make an irrevocable decision concerning Judah. But how good it is to see grace once again producing a revival like this one under Josiah in this final period.
The judgment of the present world is also near at hand. Everything points this out to us. Nevertheless, even in times like these the Spirit of God delights in instigating revivals here and there. And His desire is to produce revival first of all in each of our hearts.
See how this Passover brings to mind days gone by; not only those of Solomon and David, but going right back to the days of Samuel! Everything is in order; everyone is in his place; brotherly love is at work. This is a scene which stands out all the more because it occurs between the ungodly reigns of the previous kings and the final decline which is to follow!
The end of Josiah does not reach the heights of the rest of his life. Just like Hezekiah, he stumbles in his dealings with the political powers of his time. Despite a warning which came from God himself, he takes sides against Pharaoh and meets his death in a battle in which he should not have fought.
