As an expression of God’s creative power, the stars cause us to praise the Lord. As an object of worship, the stars lead to destruction. But those who serve God in righteousness will shine as the stars forever. Let us all worship and serve our great Creator.
In the Thick Darkness
The distance between man and God is great. This is partly based on the greatness of God, but the distance is magnified even more by the lowliness of man.
Two evil reigns follow the good reign of Hezekiah. We see the dangers of idolatry in these two reigns. We also see the influence a leader of the people has on those people. In both cases, the people follow their king.
The Levitical sacrificial system had five separate and distinct offerings that could be made to the Lord.
