We Cannot Escape God's Judgment

Note from today’s Bible reading: Psalm 74; 79; 2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36

After the city of Jerusalem was under siege for over a year, the inhabitants began to get desperate. “The famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land” (2 Kings 25:3).

King Zedekiah had previously rejected Jeremiah’s counsel to surrender to the king of Babylon (Jeremiah 38:17-24). By this point, it was too late. However, the king made one final attempt to escape when he led his men of war out of the city through a breach in the wall (2 Kings 25:4). However, the Chaldeans pursued them, the army was scattered, and Zedekiah was captured (2 Kings 25:5-6).

After refusing to avoid trouble by heeding the words of the Lord, he had to watch his sons be killed before his eyes, after which his eyes were put out, and he was carried off to Babylon in bonds (2 Kings 25:7).

This graphic account is meant to serve as a warning for us. When God tells us how to avoid destruction, we need to listen. If we refuse to obey, we will not be able to escape the punishment that will come for our sin.

So remember that we cannot escape God’s judgment. Thankfully, He has told us how we can be saved through Christ (Acts 2:37-38; Hebrews 5:9). Yet if we reject this, we will have no hope.