악명의 대명사 므낫세를 통해서 회개회개(悔改回改)의 필요성을 강조하시는 하나님
2023.10.1
(대하33:1-20)
1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites. 3 He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. 4 He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever." 5 In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6 He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced sorcery, divination and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger. 7 He took the carved image he had made and put it in God's temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever. 8 I will not again make the feet of the Israelites leave the land I assigned to your forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them concerning all the laws, decrees and ordinances given through Moses." 9 But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites. 10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. 11 So the LORD brought against them the army commanders of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh prisoner, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon. 12 In his distress he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And when he prayed to him, the LORD was moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea; so he brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God. 14 Afterward he rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, west of the Gihon spring in the valley, as far as the entrance of the Fish Gate and encircling the hill of Ophel; he also made it much higher. He stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities in Judah. 15 He got rid of the foreign gods and removed the image from the temple of the LORD, as well as all the altars he had built on the temple hill and in Jerusalem; and he threw them out of the city. 16 Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed fellowship offerings and thank offerings on it, and told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel. 17 The people, however, continued to sacrifice at the high places, but only to the LORD their God. 18 The other events of Manasseh's reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the seers spoke to him in the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, are written in the annals of the kings of Israel. 19 His prayer and how God was moved by his entreaty, as well as all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself--all are written in the records of the seers. 20 Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
12살에 남유다의 왕이 된 므낫세(BC687-642)
어찌된 일인지 그는
그의 조상의 하나님을 버림도 모자라
심지어 하나님을 섬기는 성전 경내에 하늘의 별들을 섬기는 제단을 만들고
힌놈의 골짜기에서는 그의 아들까지도 제물로 바치는 패악극악(悖惡極惡)을 보인다
하나님은
그런 므낫세를 벌 주기 위하여
앗수르를 동원 바벨론에 있는 감옥에 끌고 가 던져버렸다는 것
HNR을 보면 ‘쇠사슬로 결박하여’라고만 되어 있는데
NIV에는 ‘put a hook in his nose(코를 꾀어)’라는 부분이 더 있는 것을 본다
그런 처참한 지경에서
놀라운 것은 그렇게 패악극악무도불경신성모독(悖惡極惡無道不敬神聖冒瀆)자인 그가
회개회개(悔改回改)하기가 하나님께서 그 정한 마음을 돌이켜
그의 기도를 응답
다시금 예루살렘으로 귀환할 수 있도록 섭리하셨다니...
에스라를 통해서
황폐된 예루살렘 성전재건을 해야 하는 동기유발을 목적하신 하나님은
진실한 회개회개(悔改回改)를 하면
역사를 주관하시는 하나님께서
성전재건과 더불어 이스라엘의 국권민권(國權民權)을 회복시켜 주실 것이라는 비전을 제시한 것이라 여겨진다
진정한 회개회개(悔改回改)...
작금의 지구촌 전체가 하나님의 심판이 여기저기서 이뤄지고...
마침내 전 지구촌의 현상이 될 터인데...
이 일이 하나님으로부터 비롯된 것임조차 누구도 외치지 못하니...
예수님 말씀하신...성경이 말하고 있는... 그 날은 결국 오고야 말 것이라는 생각이 든다
주님!
누군가는 외쳐야 하는데...
그렇게 해야 할 인물 중에 한 사람이 바로 저...인가요?
그러고 싶지만 ...새가슴!
빌립보서4:13이 필요합니다... 주여!
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♬ 찬송203 하나님의 말씀은
(1)하나님의 말씀은 생명의 말씀이라
광야같은 세상에 길 잃고 방황할 때
절망중에 빠진 이 몸 하나님 보호하사
생명샘이 솟아나와 새 힘이 넘칩니다
(2)하나님의 말씀은 은혜의 말씀이라
누구든지 믿고서 참으로 회개하면
하나님이 사해주사 구원함 베푸시고
가이없는 큰 은혜로 늘 품어 주십니다
(3)하나님의 말씀은 진리의 말씀이라
믿음으로 지키어 자유를 얻게되면
어려운 일 힘든 일도 담대히 할 수 있어
온전하신 말씀으로 승리케 하십니다
(4)하나님의 말씀은 사랑의 말씀이라
험한 세상 살동안 언제나 돌보시고
변함없는 사랑으로 우리를 지키시어
하늘나라 이르도록 인도해주십니다