And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
I’ve read the Bible enough to know a correlating passage.
Isaiah 6:1-3 (KJV)
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah, the prophet, served during the days of King Uzziah, considering him to be a wonderful blessing to the nation. Jotham was also a good king; for sixteen years, Isaiah could rest in that.
But he was still actively involved in ministry when the tide changed. Ahaz may have been the most wicked of the kings Judah ever experienced. Isaiah could no longer reflect on the goodness of Uzziah’s rule nor rest in the prosperity of Jotham’s reign.
He had but one recourse. He must reside in the holiness of the reign of Lord of hosts.
Sure is nice to live in times of peace and prosperity. But those times are too often squandered with eyes set upon all the wrong things. When Uzziah died, and those things were set in motion to place Ahaz on the throne, God prepared him by showing him:
- The holiness of God
- The sinfulness of men and
- The call for continued ministry
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