Day 212..."Exile of Judah...Destruction in various forms"

Judah also falls into exile. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, brings destruction to Judah including burning the house of the Lord. The Book of II Kings ends with Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, being released from prison...thirty-seven years after the exile. We begin the Book of I Chronicles tomorrow. From the desolation of II Kings we move into the desolation of Isaiah chapter fifteen. In the parable of the "Pharisee and tax collector" we have another form of desolation. Pride leads to destruction, as the Pharisee's prayer blinded him from seeing his own self-destruction in attitude..."thank God I am not a sinner." The sinner's prayer is "Lord, have mercy on me a sinner." You can build a life around that prayer!