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Sanctification

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY  Entry 33  Sanctification (Return To The Old Paths) 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. God sent a message and a messenger redeemer with an invitation to come and have everlasting fellowship with the LORD We have been looking at the  2 Chronicles Hezekiah account. It is in essence the gospel, it is Read More …

THE MERCY AND COMPASSION OF GOD

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY  Entry 32  2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. THE MERCY AND COMPASSION OF GOD Intention of God / Power behind the message being sent. Blessing in the results of our obedient and grateful heartfelt response to the call of God. The wrath of God abides on the disobedient. The wrath of God abode on Israel and Judah at the time Hezekiah Read More …

Return to the Old Paths

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY (Entry 31) We have looked at much of what verse one of 2 Chronicles 30 contains by now in past blog entries. Much attention has been given to this one verse because it contains all the subject matter and truths laid out in the remainder of the chapter. There is still much to observe. In the next several posts, still based on the subject matter of this chapter, I would like to focus in and three things: 1) Mercy, 2) Sanctification and Consecration, 3) Propitiation and Expiation as Read More …

Executed Judgment Against All The gods Of Egypt

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY (Entry 30) The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) “Executed Judgment Against All The gods Of Egypt” Jehovah smote the firstborn of man and beast, and so “executed judgment against all the gods of Egypt” (Exo 12:12;Num 33:3-4), for every nome and town had its sacred animal, bull, Read More …

Loins Girt, Staff in Hand, Shoes on His Feet

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY (Entry 29) The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) Loins Girt, Staff in Hand, Shoes on His Feet Exod 12:11 And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in Read More …

No Uncircumcised Male Was to Partake

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY  (Entry 28) The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) No Uncircumcised Male Was to Partake  Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Col 2:11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off Read More …

Blood Sprinkled Upon The Doorposts and Lintel

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY (Entry 27)  The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) Blood Sprinkled Upon The Doorposts and Lintel The lintel and doorposts were the place of sprinkling. By This is meant that Christ and the Gospel should be prominently displayed in and through the life of the Church Read More …

The Flesh Was Divided Among the Partakers

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY  Entry 26 The Passover to the LORD God of Israel (Continued) 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. 1Cor 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 1Cor 10:17 For we [being] many are one bread, [and] one body: for we are all Read More …

The Lamb Was Roasted Whole

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY  Entry 25 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. The Passover to the LORD God of Israel The Lamb Was Roasted Whole  Gen 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. The Passover Lamb was roasted whole, representing Jesus’ complete sacrificial offering that is burned completely on an altar. Not Read More …

Keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY Entry 24 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. The Passover to the LORD God of Israel God sent a message and a messenger redeemer with an invitation to come and have everlasting fellowship with the LORD. By now we have seen that a message and a messenger have been sent. We looked at “sent”, we saw also that the messenger Read More …

Out Of Zion From Jerusalem Goes Forth The Word of Life

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY Entry 23 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. Out Of Zion From Jerusalem Goes Forth The Word of Life  Brethren you are that City. The City of the LORD. You are the Heavenly citizens who are called and empowered to walk as such. God has chosen you to hold forth the Word of life for out of Zion, the City Read More …

Come to the House of the LORD

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY Entry 22 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. Come to the House of the LORD This account of Hezekiah’s call to come to the House of the LORD points and speaks to the last days; it speaks to us now. The Spirit of God in Hezekiah ushers the call to come to the House of the LORD and the Spirit of God in His Read More …

The Cleansing Work of Christ and the Brook of Kidron

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THE CALL of the HEZEKIAH COMPANY (Entry 15)  2Chr 29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. The first level of repentance is shown here as “the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that Read More …

2Chron 30:1 – Come To The Ark Which Is Christ

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The Call of the Hezekiah Company (Entry 21)   2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. Come The invitation from God is to come. The call of the hour is to come. Come to the ark which is Christ and save yourself from the destruction of the Lord which is coming upon the earth and all the wicked within it. The messengers of the Lord all extend this invitation to Read More …

2Chron 30:1 – Your Watchmen Shall Lift Up The Voice

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The Call of the Hezekiah Company (Entry 20)   2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. Message from Vs 1 God sent a message and a messenger redeemer with an invitation to come and have everlasting fellowship with the LORD. Today we are still focusing on being “Sent” or God “Sending”. Remember Hezekiah means “Helped of Jah” or “Helped of Jehovah”. We want to see Read More …

2Chron 30:1 – For They Called Men Back To God / Ambassadors For Christ

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The Call of the Hezekiah Company (Entry 19)   2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters, also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. One mark of a true servant of God is his prolific reference to the written Word. God Himself has left us the greatest written letter of all, the bible. Hezekiah, the man helped of Jehovah, sent letters. These were letters from the King with the authority of the King, Read More …

2Chron 30:1 Sent As Vessels/Epistles Of Christ Holding Forth The Words Of Life

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The Call of the Hezekiah Company (Entry 18)   2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters, also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel.Where was he from? Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; Read More …

2Chron 30:1 – As Thou Hast Sent Me Into The World

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The Call of the Hezekiah Company (Entry 17) 2Chr 30:1 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters, also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel.Who Sends? …. The King, The LORD Sends Gen 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from from where he was taken. Gen 12:1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, Read More …

Verse 15 – To Cleanse The House Of The LORD

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The Call of the Hezekiah Company (Entry 16)   2Chr 29:15 And they gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. Sanctify and Cleanse. 2 Corinthians 6:17  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 2 Corinthians 6:18  And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 2 Corinthians 7:1  Having therefore these promises, Read More …

Verse 16 – Jesus Christ The Rock And The Water

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The Call of the Hezekiah Company (Entry 15)   2Chr 29:16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. The first level of repentance is shown here as “the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness Read More …