어떻게 요시야 같은 인물이 등장할 수 있을까?
2022.11.16
(왕하22:1-20)
1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother's name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left. 3 In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the LORD. He said: 4 "Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people. 5 Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair the temple of the LORD-- 6 the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple. 7 But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are acting faithfully." 8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of the LORD." He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. 9 Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: "Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the LORD and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple." 10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. 11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king's attendant: 13 "Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the LORD'S anger that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us." 14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophetess Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District. 15 She said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 'This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken me and burned incense to other gods and provoked me to anger by all the idols their hands have made, my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.' 18 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD. 20 Therefore I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.'" So they took her answer back to the king.
오늘따라 말씀을 읽어내려가는 중에
‘개천에서 용(龍)났다’라는 말이 생각났다
기독인으로서 계12:9 계20:2 기록대로 용은 마귀 사단을 의미하는 것이기에
동양의식을 통하여 용은 대단한 복(福)을 주는 ...길(吉)하게 하는 존재로 여기는
그런 의미로 언급한다는게 조금은 껄끄럽지만...
그의 아버지 아몬
할아버지 므낫세
57년동안 하나님을 등진 시대로 지냈고
하나님의 성전은 그동안 완전 황폐
이교의 신상과 제단이 설치 되어 있는 그런 정황이었는데....
어찌
요시야와 같은 인물이
그런 환경에서 등장할 수 있었을까?
어린 8세에 왕위에 오른 그가
무엇을 안다고...
하나님은 어김없이
그의 어머니 여디다(Jedidah)를 언급하시는 것으로 보아
어린 요시야가 하나님을 향한 정치를 할 수 있도록 된 것은
어머니의 영향력이 아주 컷다는 사실을
하나님은 암시하시는 것이라는 확신이 든다
요시야의 마음이 얼마나 확실해졌으면
그는 31년동안 왕위에 앉아
하나님을 배반하지 아니하였으며
성전수리(聖殿修理)를 명하고
그러다가 발견된 하나님의 말씀을 확인하고는 회개회개(悔改回改) 및 더욱 확실한 정책을 수립하게 되는 모습을 보였다는 것
여선지 훌다를 통해 알게되는
질병재앙 직전에 있었음
그러나 요시야의 언행심사(言行心思)로 인하여
하나님께서 그 시행을 유보하신다는 전달
요시야는 얼마나 다행스럽게 여겼으며 하나님을 향하여 감사와 영광을 올려 드렸을까...
오늘의 말씀을 통하여
나는 정말 좋은 부모인가...???를 생각하며
좋은 목사(牧師)인가...를 생각해 본다
그렇다...라고 하면 얼마나 좋을까?
그러나 내 양심은 부족(不足)이라...한다
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♬(찬206) 주 예수 귀한 말씀은
(1)주 예수 귀한 말씀은 내 발의 빛이요
목 마른 사막 길에서 샘물과 같도다
(2)굶주신 나의 영혼을 만나로 먹이고
내 갈길 밝게 비추니 그 말씀 귀하다
(3)낮에는 구름 기둥과 밤에는 불 기둥
주 백성 앞에 나타나 인도해주시네
(4)하늘의 깊은 지혜를 깨닫게 하시고
주 말씀 밝히 알도록 늘 도와주소서 아멘