Isaiah: The Royal Prophet
“It’s amazing what can be accomplished if one doesn’t care who gets the credit,” says Dr. Howard Hendricks, longtime professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. That statement could well have served as the epitaph on the tombstone of the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah prophesied both judgment and deliverance for Jerusalem and Judah, with no thought of himself. Arguably, he was the greatest prophet iGet More Articles—Subscribe Today!
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Three of Judah’s kings during Isaiah’s ministry were considered Godly: Uzziah, who reigned 52 years, Jotham, who reigned 16 years and Hezekiah, who reigned 29 years. Ahaz, the wicked king of the group, reigned 16 years.
Why was God’s judgement, through Isaiah, so harsh on Judah when most of their kings during his lifetime were Godly?
You don’t get full details on why God chewed out Judah so much, perhaps the reasoning is the king was righteous but not so much the people. Most of the time those three reigned the high places were never taken away. Israel was restricted from offering sacrifices in high places because the priest were required to do it in the temple. If the people were offering burnt offerings elsewhere without a priest, who were they offering too?
Just my thought on it.
Serving God is not like the lottery. The Bible teaches us that we should …serve the Lord with a whole heart. It appears that Judah does have mostly good kings but it only takes a little leaven to spoil the lump. Obviously partial obedience is not obedience at all.