아달랴의 망동을 엄벌하시는 하나님의 섭리를 통해...
2022.10.21
(왕하11:1-21)
1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed. 3 He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land. 4 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the LORD. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the LORD. Then he showed them the king's son. 5 He commanded them, saying, "This is what you are to do: You who are in the three companies that are going on duty on the Sabbath--a third of you guarding the royal palace, 6 a third at the Sur Gate, and a third at the gate behind the guard, who take turns guarding the temple-- 7 and you who are in the other two companies that normally go off Sabbath duty are all to guard the temple for the king. 8 Station yourselves around the king, each man with his weapon in his hand. Anyone who approaches your ranks must be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes." 9 The commanders of units of a hundred did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men--those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty--and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the LORD. 11 The guards, each with his weapon in his hand, stationed themselves around the king--near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple. 12 Jehoiada brought out the king's son and put the crown on him; he presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and shouted, "Long live the king!" 13 When Athaliah heard the noise made by the guards and the people, she went to the people at the temple of the LORD. 14 She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her robes and called out, "Treason! Treason!" 15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops: "Bring her out between the ranks and put to the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest had said, "She must not be put to death in the temple of the LORD." 16 So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death. 17 Jehoiada then made a covenant between the LORD and the king and people that they would be the LORD'S people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people. 18 All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the LORD. 19 He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the LORD and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne, 20 and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace. 21 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign.
오늘은 남유다의 왕 여호람의 아내에 대해서 생각해 본다
공식적으로는 아달랴가 아내로 표기되어 있지만
성경에는 기록되어 있지 않았어도
또 다른 아내가 있었지 않나...싶다
왜냐하면
아달랴가 자기 아들의 아하시야의 죽음을 계기로
남편의 아들들 모두를 죽이는 작업을 했다는 것
그리고 여호람의 딸 여호세바(=여호사브앗)이라는 표기와 함께 그녀는 아달랴의 뜻을 거스르는 장면이 있기 까닭이다
여호세바가 아기였던 요아스를 목숨걸고 숨겼다는 점
제사장 여호야다의 아내였다는 점
아달랴가 북이스라엘왕 아합의 딸 이었다는 점
이 모든 살핌은 아달랴의 행함에 결코 동조할 수 없었던 입장에 섰음을 본다
하마터면 아달랴 라는 이방여인 때문에
온 나라가 하나님의 진노를 유발하는
저주의 나라가 될 뻔 하였는데...
그래도 6년...
하지만 요아스가 성장하고
7살 되었을 때에 제사장 여호야다는
그래도 하나님 편에 섰었던 변함없는 군권을 소유한 사람들을 모아
아달랴 제거 요아스를 왕위에 올리는데 있어 성공하였는 것을 본다
사필귀정(事必歸正)
시1:4절이 생각난다
‘악인은 그렇지 않음이여
오직 바람에 나는 겨와 같도다’
사단은
악은
아무리 하나님 나라를 멸망시키려 해도
하나님은 그들의 바램을 절대로 실현시키지 못하게 하시는 분임을 깨닫게 된다
교회를 생각한다
나를 생각한다
사단은 아무리 교회를...나를 없이하려 해도
내가 끝까지 하나님을 의식하고 맡은 본분에 충실하면...종국에는 왕(王)이 되는 것은 아니지만 왕노릇 하도록 왕성(旺盛)하게 만들어 주시지 않을까...???
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♬ 찬송595- 나 맡은 본분은
(1)
나맡은 본분은 구주를 높이고
뭇 영혼 구원 얻도록 잘 인도함이라
(2)
부르심 받들어 내 형제 섬기며
구주의 뜻을 따라서 내 정성 다하리
(3)
주 앞에 모든 일 잘 행케 하시고
이후에 주님 뵈올 때 상 받게 하소서
(4)
나 항상 깨어서 늘 기도드리며
내 믿음 변치 않도록 날 도와 주소서 아멘