King's Business - 1947-04

A R iU * 2 .u&Uion (fam e Dorothy Shrove Cole

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syria, and even Introduced idolatry. Against all this, my voice was stem and uncompromising. After the death of Ahaz, King Hez- ekiah honored God, but sin had taken a deep hold on the people. I warned them of coming Judgment, but always promised them great re­ wards If they turned from sin to God. I faithfully reflected God’s attitude toward sin and His mercy for His people. WHO WAS I? FOURTH CLUE My call to the prophetic office re­ flects the experiences every soul must have before he can be a useful servant for his Lord: 1— A vision of God 2— Conviction and confession of sin 3— Forgiveness and cleansing 4— God’s call for workers 5— Offering one’s self for service 6 — Something to do for Him The structure of my book is re­ markably similar to the structure of the Bible: 1— The Bible contains sixty-si books; my book includes sixty-six chapters. 2— The Bible has two great divi sions; my book is divided into two parts. 3— The Old Testament has thirty nine books, the New, twenty-seven; the first division of my book has thirty-nine chapters, the second twenty-seven. 4— The theme of the Old Testa ment is law, the New, grace; the theme of the first division of my book is judgment, the second, com­ fort. 5— In the Old Testament, Christ i foreseen, in the New, He is revealed; I began my book pointing forward to Christ; before I closed it, I de­ scribed His entire life and mission completely. My style of writing is lofty, ora­ torical, and figurative. I am one of the most quoted and best loved of the prophets. WHO WAS I? T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S

I. FIRST CLUE

1 was the son of Amos. There is a Jewish tradition to the effect that I was a cousin of King Uzziah. I was very intelligent and had a good education, being well versed in the Scriptures and in the political af­ fairs of my day. My wife was a prophetess, and I had two sons: Maher-ahalal-hash- baz, which means, “He hasteneth to the prey,“ and Shear-jashub, mean­ ing, “A remnant shall return." The two names illustrate my two-fold message to Judah. WHO WAS IT SECOND CLUE I was the greatest of all the writ- ihg prophets, being faithful to the Lord in service for more than sixty years, beginning about 760 B.C. I was “the evangelical prophet,“ my message clearly describing: 1— Christ’s Virgin Birth 2— His many names, human and divine 3— His two-fold nature 4— His forerunner 5— The purpose ’of His sacrifice 6 — His exaltation after His humil­ iation My call came the year of King Uzziah’s death. His son, Jotham, was a good king, but when Jotham died, and Ahaz came to the throne, the people forgot God. Because of this, I became bold, fearless and sincere in showing the nation how wicked they and their king were in the sight of God. The period during which I prophe­ sied embraced the last fifty years of the Northern Kingdom, although my message was to the Southern King­ dom.

WHO WAS I? THIRD CLUE

When Syria and Israel combined against Judah, instead of repenting toward God who had allowed this chastisement to come, King Ahaz al­ lied himself with the king of As­

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