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"And he (King Hezekiah) brought in priests and the Levites,
and gathered them together in the east street, and said, ...
Sanctify now (set apart for GOD'S USE) yourselves, and sanctify the
house of the Eternal God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place" (Verses 4-5). Then the king
added: "Be not now negligent; for the ETERNAL hath chosen you to
stand before Him, to serve Him, and that ye should minister unto
Him..." (Verse 11).
Yes, in the same way, God has chosen YOU and me, to stand
before Him and to serve Him, in His work for these last days!
"And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified
themselves and came, according to the commandment of the king, by
the words of the ETERNAL, to cleanse the house of the ETERNAL ...
and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple
of the ETERNAL..." (Verses 15-16).
In like manner, as they set themselves apart, dedicated to
the physical task of cleansing and repairing, and restoring the
Physical building of the temple, so we in these last days responded
to God's call and permitted Him to set us apart, dedicated to the
spiritual commission of preaching this GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
into ALL THE WORLD as a witness to all nations, RESTORING the
TRUTH, the TRUE GOSPEL, and the LAW OF THE ETERNAL!
Notice, their work started small by a few:
"Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers
of the city, and went up to the house of the ETERNAL. And they"
(the few of them) "brought seven bullocks. and seven rams, and
seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the
kingdom." (Verses 20-21.) These sacrifices and offerings were
substitutes and types of our acceptance of the sacrifice of CHRIST,
and our own offerings of our time and money for the SPIRITUAL
mission of these last days. And, in like manner comparing to the
Old Testament physical example, God first called me and a very
small number of Co-Workers to offer ourselves and our financial
offerings, through faith in the sacrifice of CHRIST, to start the
great SPIRITUAL mission of God for our day!
Continue the thrilling parallel: "And he set the Levites in
the house of the ETERNAL with cymbals, with psalteries, and with
harps, according to the commandment of David ... for so was the
commandment of the ETERNAL by His prophets."
They did according to GOD'S ORDERS, IN THE BIBLE! So did
we!
"Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the
Levites to sing praise unto the ETERNAL with the words of David."
Did you know that the ETERNAL has inspired the WORDS of the songs
and psalms (hymns) that His people ought to sing? But do the
churches today sing them? NO! They sing words written by
misguided men--flowery words that say just the opposite of the
TRUTH of the Bible--words that are LIES if the Bible is the TRUTH!
Isn't it as wrong to SING a lie as to tell a lie?