(TEXT : 2 Kings 16:3)
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
FOCUS :
This refers to the heathen idol, “Moloch,” the god of fire. A fire would be built in its bulbous belly, until its outreached arms became red-hot. Little children, as sacrifices to thses demonic images, would be tied to its outreached arms, and burned alive. Ahaz was not satisfied with the great altar which sat in the front of the Temple of God in Jerusalem, and which had been designed by the Lord and which was a Type of Calvary. He desired a heathen altar, and priesthood of Judah helped him carry out this evil design. This the sin of the modern Church. It has not totally forsaken the altar i.e., “the Cross,” but has substituted another sacrifice, in fact, the same as did Cain (Gen 4). The modern Church is presently building its new altars; they go under the names of “psychological counseling,” “Word of Faith,” “seeker-sensitive,” and “the government of twelve.”
In addition, 2 Kings 16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
Having no confidence in the Altar designed by the Lord, which typified the Cross, he would build his own altar, which was more to his liking; it is offense or not, the Cross of Christ alone can deliver men from sin. Everything else is a mere window-dressing (Gal 5:11). Once again, this is the exact state of the modern Church; it hasn’t totally abandoned the Cross, but it has set aside, while the sacrifices are offered on the modern altars. And which will ultimately bring the judgment of God. Basically Ahaz is saying she that he has no more confidence in the Word of God. All too often, the modern Church is saying the same thing. The Bible has not been completely thrown away; it has just been discarded to the place of “no confidence.” The Church as a whole had turned to psychology. The degradation of the Laver illustrates the hostility of man’s heart to the great Bible doctrine of “Jesus Christ and Him crrusified” as only answer for man’s sin (Rom 6:3-14; 1Corin 1:17-18; Eph 2:13-18; Col 2:14-15).
Finally, In all that the Holy Spirit says about King Ahaz in the books of kings, Chronicles, and Isiah, there is a throbbing of anguish, which the reader can feel, and also a note of indignation. For example, in the words, “This is that King Ahaz” (2 chronic 28:22). His full name, as it appears in the Assyrian state records, was Jehoahaz, which means “the possession of Jehovah.” But the Holy Spirit of God strike the Jehovah-syllable out of his name, and invariably calls him “Ahaz,” which means, “possession.” Such was his life, for he was led, influenced, and possessed by anyone or anything except God.
2 Kings 16:20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
The writer of Chronicles tells us that even though this evil man was buried in Jerusalem, still, “they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings.” Like Uzziah, he was not thought worthy of burial in the royal catacomb (2 Chronicles 28:27).
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