Day 237..."Worst eulogy ever...Soaring...The tenants"

Jehoshaphat demonstrates his fear of defeat and prays for strength. Jahaziel has some of the most beautiful words for him in II Chronicles..."Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you.” This is good advice for any situation..."Be not afraid or dismayed." Who has the worst eulogy ever? It could be Jehoram. He died a horrible death and because he mistreated everyone the final words about him were..."He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed with no one's regret." Ouch...no one regreted his death.

We have made it to hopeful words in what some refer to as II Isaiah (chapters 40-55). There is a strong teaching about the Bible included..."The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the Lord blows on it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever." We find in this chapter one of my favorite passages..."but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary;they shall walk and not faint." WOW!!! These are words for the discouraged people in exile and inspire us still today. I have used these words in running a marathon. The parable of the tenants is actually a prelude message to Jesus' death on the Cross. Those who rejected Jesus treated the world as theirs and disrepected God. In this action they rejected both God (the Owner) and the Son (Jesus) would be put to death on the Cross.