Now the Hammer and the Ax

2 Chronicles 31:1‑2  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 8
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Yes, “Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves” (2 Chron. 31:1). As with the Thessalonians, they turned first to God, then from idols. We must be purged worshipers first within the veil, before there can be power for testimony without. This is God’s way. Then Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service. And did not the ascended Lord give gifts, every man according to his service (Eph. 4:7-13)? The Holy Spirit distributing to every man severally as He will (1 Cor. 12:1-11). Is He not the same Lord above? Is He not the same Spirit here below? “Every good gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17). However the church may have failed — doors shut and lamps put out — have not as many as have been gathered to Christ found the Father the same; the Lord, the Holy Spirit the same? “No variableness, neither shadow of turning.” Let us, then, in faith wait on the Lord, and He will put both priests and Levites in their courses, every man according to his service — for worship or service. This brings us to the question of