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Hezekiah was reigning as king in Judah, Israel in the south, in those days. He was a good king. He was the greatest king since David. He trusted in the Lord and brought about a great revival in Israel. He brought reforms that even Solomon had not done.

The northern kingdom of Israel had already been destroyed by Assyria at this point. Israel in the north had been carried away and displaced to some distant land and other people were brought in to replace them. They inter-married with the remnant of Hebrews who remained. These people later became known as the Samaritans.

As we studied last week, Assyria almost destroyed Judah in the south as well. Hezekiah, to prepare for the siege, engineered a tunnel to divert the Gihon Springs to the Pool of Siloam inside Jerusalem. It was 1,777 feet long and 30 feet underground through solid bedrock. Hezekiah’s tunnel is still active today, though so many walk through it that the water is not used for drinking.

First, Assyria laid siege to Jerusalem and then later Hezekiah received a letter from the king of Assyria warning him not to trust in the God of Israel. But Hezekiah brought that letter to the house of the Lord and laid it out before Him and prayed that God would save them.

God responded by saying, “Because you have prayed to Me about the king of Assyria, I have heard you.” That night an angel of the Lord came through the camp of Assyria and 185,000 soldiers of Assyria mysteriously died.

Sometime shortly afterward, Hezekiah became mortally sick. We don't know the exact nature of his illness, but we do know that there was a boil of some type associated with it. Perhaps it was a form of cancer, we don't know for certain. Interestingly, Ben Gurion University studied the chemical compounds in figs as a treatment for cutaneous anthrax based on this account in 2 Kings.

The prophet Isaiah came to Hezekiah with a message from the Lord, “Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.” Here the life lessons and spiritual application begin for us as well.

I. Set Your House in Order

 The message that Isaiah brought to King Hezekiah was that he would die and not live and therefore should set his house in order.

 We use the same phrase today. When someone is facing a terminal illness, sometimes a doctor will say to the patient, “There’s nothing more we can do, you should get your affairs in order.”

 For many people, that means putting together a last will and testament so their family doesn't have to argue about things after they’re gone.

 But is that all there is? If all we leave is something that must be sorted out by a lawyer, I submit that we haven't left much.

 In other words, wouldn’t you want to leave more than money and things? Wouldn’t you want to leave a legacy? A legacy that might mean that your life meant something, and that you made a difference with your life.

Illus – One of the goals I have in mind to leave something for others is to have a complete set of sermons from Genesis to Revelation. It is a life goal. I would also like to write about the life lessons from each book in the bible.

Many have ‘bucket lists’ of things they would like to do or to experience. I think we should also have a bucket list of things to do for others.

A. Keep your relationships in order
 Setting your house in order suggests that there are things that remain undone.
 The scriptures teach clearly that it is good and godly to keep relationships in order.
Romans 12:18, If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
 Are there thank you notes to write? Are there people you need to call to let them know how much they mean to you?
 Are there people you need to call and ask their forgiveness for something you have done?
 Or maybe you’ve been holding on to hurts and wounds and have allowed bitterness to take root in your heart.
Hebrews 12:15, See to it that no one come short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many are defiled.


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