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how do you deal with "the unfairness of life" ?

King Hezekiah  had his life extended 15 years  and was told by Isaiah  that his treasures would be carried away to Babylon  but apparently not during his life..... great! this is good! it wont happen in my life, it will happen in my son's life ... so said Hezekiah

but perhaps Manasseah thought differently about this idea...  his father is shown mercy and he gets what?   his father gets extra years and he gets  a promise of being carried away to Babylon ...   it is no surprize that  the "youth conflicts" in dealing with the situation might cause Manassa to turn away from G-d...

..... and that Isaiah guy who delivered the message... not in your life but in your son's... well...  we have an idea what Manassah though since tradition says Manassah had Isaiah sawn in two....

the real G-d was rejected... innocent blood was spilt...  the people were led in the wrong direction  and great harm followed..

the difficulties of our situations...can lead to bitterness with our circumstances...  or....it  can lead to acceptance and trust in committing to the will of a faithful creator...  but no matter how difficult, we can always trust the faithful creator and lean on His mercies
as in the case of Joseph...  

and even in the cses of the worse kings of Israel like Ahab  we see glimmers of mercy from G-d sometimes  and
In the end we see a glimmer of mercy shown to Manassah who turns to the Lord... which after all gives hope... even in the worse of situations there may be mercies  from G-d

here, here, friend!


Y'shua Bless!

Joshua Micah Schon

Ah, here is a Fine story for all to learn from Y'shua!  

This is an awesome thread; I wish I had read it when I first joined JFJ. I am going to meditate on it and hopefully subscribe futther to it.

There is such a lot to be learned from God 'giving way' to Hezekiahs desire not to be compliant with Gods plan for his life - or rather the end of his life.

DavidJ

There is alot of work to be done here, imageining what it was like for Hebrew Bible characters as real people.  What were their motiveations and what was their perspective.

So, with Menasseh he became a God hater for emotional reasons maybe? He felt like he got a horrible deal that wasn't his fault?