Dining With The King: The Gospel in the Old Testament (2 Kings 25)
In this one paragraph, which concludes the Kings narrative in the Old Testament, I find a concise summation of New Testament theology. I’ve included the NT parallel verses for your amazement:
2 Kings 25:27-31 ”And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed (Gal 5:1) Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison (Luke 4:18). And he spoke kindly to him (John 15:11) and gave him a seat above the seats (Eph 2:4-6) of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments (Eph 4:22-24). And every day (Acts 2:46) of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table (1 Cor 11:23-26), and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him (Mat 6:23-31) by the king (1 Tim 1:17), according to his daily needs (Mat 6:11), as long as he lived.”
Interesting. Are /we/ like Jehoiachin because of what Jesus did on the cross?
Do you have a sermon that goes with this?
Paul, that’s right! A new life in Christ is a putting off of the old self, with it’s slavery to sin, and is a putting on of a new identity in him. Jehoiachin’s story is exactly what is described in Galatians and Ephesians.
Haven’t preached on this text yet.
Love it. It’s the often overlooked beauty of the old testament these days. It’s painted with Gospel-colors throughout. It’s always been pointing to Jesus…the Bible can’t help itself.
So true!