Romans and 2 Kings

Romans 14:11 connects well with this Sunday's (4/30) EKIDZ lesson from 2nd Kings 18 and 19.

The verse says...

“for it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God."”

The lesson title is God is glorified by protecting Judah. 

It is the story of the Hezekiah and Judah's battle against the Assyrians.  

The Assyrians mock God. 

The prophet Isaiah and King Hezekiah trust God. 

God wins the battle. 

The lesson book makes this connection:  "Years later, Sennacherib's (king of assyria) own sons assassinated him while he was worshipping his god (2 kings 19:37).  Where now is the boasting of Sennacherib and Rabshakeh?  It was silenced just like all those who set themselves against the Lord (Romans 14:11).

It is very similar to last week's lesson about Elijah and the prophets of Baal.

2 Kings 18:1-8

Judah worshiped idols and false gods.

 Second Kings 18:4 says they were worshiping "the bronze serpent that Moses had made."

2 Kings 18:28-35

The Assyrians threaten Judah.  

The Assyrians defy God. 

"Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”  2 Kings 18:35

2 Kings 19:32-34

God wins!!

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