WHAT IF

 

 

 

2 Chronicles 35:10-19

 

September 28, 2023

 

 WHAT IF

When the service had been prepared for, the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions according to the king's command.  And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests threw the blood that they received from them while the Levites flayed the sacrifices.  And they set aside the burnt offerings that they might distribute them according to the groupings of the fathers' houses of the lay people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And so, they did with the bulls.  And they roasted the Passover lamb with fire according to the rule; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.  And afterward, they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burnt offerings and the fat parts until night; so the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.  The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers were at each gate. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

So, all the service of the Lord was prepared that day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah.  And the people of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days.  No Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as was kept by Josiah, and the priests and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.  In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, this Passover was kept.

 

The first thing that happened was they discovered the word of God, then they read it and then they did according to what was told them to do in God’s word.  What would happen if the Church found God’s word and read it and did what it tells us to do?  The world is hungry for the truth, but they keep looking to media and talking heads, most of them do not know the truth, nor are they interested in seeking it.

That was the nation Josiah lived in a pagan nation that chased after the little gods who promised much but had no power to give joy, peace, or hope.  That is the culture and nation they lived in and so do you. So, what if the Church found the Word of God, read it, and obeyed its teaching?

 

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice