죽어가는 자식을 보는 아비
2022.7.25
(왕상14:1-20)
1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill, 2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, "Go, disguise yourself, so you won't be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there--the one who told me I would be king over this people. 3 Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy." 4 So Jeroboam's wife did what he said and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh. Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age. 5 But the LORD had told Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else." 6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news. 7 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I raised you up from among the people and made you a leader over my people Israel. 8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes. 9 You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have provoked me to anger and thrust me behind your back. 10 " 'Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel--slave or free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone. 11 Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on those who die in the country. The LORD has spoken!' 12 "As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. 13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, has found anything good. 14 "The LORD will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. This is the day! What? Yes, even now. 15 And the LORD will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their forefathers and scatter them beyond the River, because they provoked the LORD to anger by making Asherah poles. 16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit." 17 Then Jeroboam's wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died. 18 They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the LORD had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah. 19 The other events of Jeroboam's reign, his wars and how he ruled, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel. 20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his fathers. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.
반역자 여로보암
북이스라엘의 왕으로 등극하면서
황금송아지를 벧엘과 단에 만들고
아세라 여신을 섬김을 통해서
온 이스라엘을 우상의 도가니로 만든 장본인
하나님은
그의 아들 아비야를 병들게 하셨고
회생불가(回生不可) 서서히 죽어가는 아들의 모습을
보아야 하는 아버지의 아픔을
여로보암에게 겪게 하심을 본다
이점을 통해서 하나님 말씀하시고자 하심은 무엇일까?
그것은
“내 너(여로보암)를 보는 아픔
지옥을 향하여 내딛는 네 모습을 보는 하나님 아버지의 마음이 어떤지
너는 아느냐?”는 은어(隱語)
은밀히
아내를 시켜
아들의 생존가능여부(生存可能與否)를 알고자
변장(變裝)하게 하면서까지
실로에 있는 하나님의 종 아히야에게 보내는데...
이 부분에서
온갖 혼합(混合)을 넘어 잡탕신앙인(雜湯信仰人)이 되어버린
여로보암의 면목(面目)없어함을 보게 되며
그래도 마지막은
그래도 최고의 신(神)이라고 여기는 분은 하나님이심을 자인(自認)하는...하게하는 하나님의 섭리(攝理)를 발견한다
저들은 몰래
은밀하게 진행했지만
하나님은 벌써 그 모든 것을 하나님의 종 선지자 아히야에게 알려 주셨고
어찌 대답할 말도 다 해 주셨음을
본다
(암3:7)
주 여호와께서는
자기의 비밀을
그 종 선지자들에게 보이지 아니 하시고는
결코 행하심이 없으시리라
결국
아이는 죽을 것이라는 선언을 받고
죽었고
거기에 여로보암의 죄적(罪積)으로 인하여
결국 대(代)가 끊기는 사태까지 맞이하게 될 것이라는 선언을 듣는다
(시1:4-6)
악인들은 그렇지 아니함이여 오직 바람에 나는 겨와 같도다
그러므로 악인들은 심판을 견디지 못하며 죄인들이 의인들의 모임에 들지 못하리로다
무릇 의인들의 길은 여호와께서 인정하시나
악인들의 길은 망하리로다
하나님의 공의(公義)의 하나님
권선징악(勸善懲惡)의 하나님
사필귀정(事必歸正)의 하나님
천필염지(天必厭之)의 하나님
그러나 나에게는 전화위복(轉禍爲福)의 하나님
하나님의 경고를 받은 여로보암
그러면 변화(變化)
회개회개(悔改回改)했어야 했는데
그리하지 못하여 저주를 대물림하는 어리석음을 보면서
나 역시 스스로 무엇도 변화시키지 못하는 내 자신을 본다
주여!
주옵소서
변화의 능력을
변화의 은총을
그리하여 의미-가치-보람있는 결코 후회함 한 점 없는 생을 살게 하소서... 주여!
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♬ 예수 예수 예수 내 맘을
1. 예수 예수 예수
내 맘을 녹이셨네
예수 예수 예수
내 맘을 녹이셨네
2. 하나님 하나님 하나님
내 맘 변화시키셨네
하나님 하나님 하나님
내 맘 변화시키셨네
3. 성령님 성령님 성령님
내 생각을 온전케 하셨네
성령님 성령님 성령님
내 생각을 온전케 하셨네