아달랴의 최후를 본다
2023.9.19
(대하23:1-21)
1 In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri. 2 They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites and the heads of Israelite families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, 3 the whole assembly made a covenant with the king at the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, "The king's son shall reign, as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David. 4 Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors, 5 a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the other men are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the LORD. 6 No one is to enter the temple of the LORD except the priests and Levites on duty; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the other men are to guard what the LORD has assigned to them. 7 The Levites are to station themselves around the king, each man with his weapons in his hand. Anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes." 8 The Levites and all the men of Judah 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--for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions. 9 Then he gave the commanders of units of a hundred the spears and the large and small shields that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of God. 10 He stationed all the men, each with his weapon in his hand, around the king--near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple. 11 Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king's son and put the crown on him; they presented him with a copy of the covenant and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, "Long live the king!" 12 When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went to them at the temple of the LORD. 13 She looked, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with musical instruments were leading the praises. Then Athaliah tore her robes and shouted, "Treason! Treason!" 14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops, and said to them: "Bring her out between the ranks and put to the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest had said, "Do not put her to death at the temple of the LORD." 15 So they seized her as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death. 16 Jehoiada then made a covenant that he and the people and the king would be the LORD'S people. 17 All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. 18 Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the LORD in the hands of the priests, who were Levites, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered. 19 He also stationed doorkeepers at the gates of the LORD'S temple so that no one who was in any way unclean might enter. 20 He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the temple of the LORD. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne, 21 and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword.
아달랴의 만행은
백성들의 분노였었던 것 같다
왜냐하면
그 나라를 지탱했던 인물들이
제사장 여호야다의 뜻을 따라 주는 반응을 보였음을 보면 그런 추측이 가능하다 아니할 수 없기 까닭이다
여호야다를 도운 인물들은
아사랴 이스마엘 아사랴 마아세야 엘리사밧
여기서 동명이인(同名異人) 아사랴가 발견된다
바로 여로함의 아들 오벧의 아들이 그렇다
이를 통해서 알게 되는 것
성경에 누구의 아들 어느 출신의 아들 이라는 수식어를 붙인 이유
이렇게 동명이인(同名異人)이 많기 때문에
구별(區別)을 위함이라는 사실을 확인하게 되었다
제사장 여호야다의 지휘(指揮) 아래
일사불란(一絲不亂) 주도면밀(周到綿密)한 작전완수(作戰完遂)
아달랴를 제거하고
요아스를 왕위에 올려 다윗의 혈통을 이어갈 수 있게 하는 것을 본다
그런데 아달랴를 보면
그녀는 말문(the Horse Gate) 입구에서 죽임을 당했다 하니
그 마지막이 짐승과 같은 대우를 받음과 같음을 생각하니
참으로 안타까운 애석함이 아니라 할 수 없다
6년 통치로 막을 내린 그녀
아마도 그녀는 6년동안 없었던 저항으로 인하여
안심했을지도 모른다
그쯤되면 자신의 계획이 완성되어 그 날이 길 것이라는 생각을 했었을지도 모르겠다
그러나 요아스가 7살이 되던 해
그 6년이 폭풍전야(暴風前夜)였다는 사실을
그녀는
꿈에도 예상치 못했던 것 같다
한치 앞도 내다보지 못하는 것이 인생
안개와도 같은 인생
가만 두어도 7080
이 땅에 무엇 소망을 두고 살아야 할 것인가를 생각하며...냉소(冷笑)가 저절로 나온다
총회에 참석
참으로 멋지고 중후한 목사님들을 보며
동기중에 총회장을 막 지내게 되는 분을 보며
순간 내 스스로 작다는 느낌...???
하지만 잠시 후
별로 의미가 없는
하나님의 나라와 하나님을
자신의 이용거리 놀잇거리로 삼는 모습들 같아 내 마음 슬퍼짐을 느낄뿐...!!!
나는 내 작은 목회
그래도 함께해주는 교우들을 생각하며
감사하다는 생각
더 이상이랄 것도 없는 것은 나의 주께서 주신 것이 그것이라는 생각에 만족감이 내 마음속에 밀려옴을 느꼈다
대전 유성 사이언스빌리지 독방에서
지금5:8분
새벽집회를 하고 있을 교우들
생각하며 나도 잠깐 기도해야 하겠다는 마음을 갖는다
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