II Kings 25-I Chronicles 1
Do overs and mulligans, we all
love a second chance to get it right.
This is a sobering passage of scripture. The last chapters of II Kings record the looting of the
Temple, Jerusalem burning to the ground and Babylon carrying the people of
Israel into exile. The first
chapter of I Chronicles records mankind’s genealogy from Adam to the great
patriarch, Jacob, who God renamed Israel.
One of the great truths of all
time is that you can’t rewrite history and it stains our hearts with sorrow because we
already know how Chronicles is going to turn out.
But here’s an even greater
truth: you can’t rewrite history, but you can rewrite yourself. All
humans, while alive, can be made afresh.
It’s even named that, being reborn. Jesus said, “Truly, Truly, I say to you, unless one is born
again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3 “This means that
anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
I Corinthians
5:17
You can’t rewrite history, but you
can be rewritten. Don’t you just
love Jesus!!!
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