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   2 Kings 23: The Lion, the Altar, and a King Yet Unborn   
      
   During the early reign of Jeroboam, when the northern kingdom first   
   turned to calf worship at Bethel, Yahweh sent a prophet from Judah to   
   confront the false altar. Though that prophet later disobeyed and was   
   killed by a lion, the word he proclaimed stood firm.   
      
   At Bethel he cried out:   
      
   “O altar, altar, thus says Yahweh: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the   
   house of David, Josiah by name; and he shall sacrifice on you the   
   priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones   
   shall be burned on you.’” (1 Kings 13:2, ESV)   
      
   He named Josiah specifically—more than three centuries before Josiah was   
   born.   
      
   That prophecy was fulfilled in 2 Kings 23:15–16, when Josiah destroyed   
   the altar at Bethel and burned human bones upon it, exactly as foretold.   
   The prophet’s personal failure did not nullify the divine word. Yahweh   
   preserved His promise across generations and brought it to pass with   
   precision.   
      
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   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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