Jesus Christ would descend from a bad king who spent almost 35 years in prison…
There is hope for you…
Jeconiah, who was eighteen years old when he took the throne of Judah, reigned three months and ten days, beginning December 9, 598 BC. He was the last living heir to the throne of David.
Of his reign, the Bible simply states…
Jeconiah did evil in the sight of the Lord.
In Jeremiah 22, Jeconiah is cursed by God, who says,
30 Thus says the Lord:
“Write this man down as childless,
a man who shall not succeed in his days,
for none of his offspring shall succeed
in sitting on the throne of David
and ruling again in Judah.”
But God would have mercy on him and in Matthew, he is listed in the genealogy of Jesus…
Matthew 1:12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel…
After three months as king, Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed Jerusalem and took Jeconiah captive.
The young king would spend 34 years, 11 months and 28 days (2 days short of 35 years) in a Babylonian prison. He had no children. Everything looked like God had reneged on his promises… no messiah would come from the line of David.
Then, Nebuchadnezzar died. The new and wicked King Amel-Marduk, released Jeconiah and gave him a seat above all the other kings living in Babylon.
At 52 years of age, Jeconiah would marry and give birth to a son. He would become the grandfather of Zerubbabel, who would return to the land and become the first governor of the restored nation… The lineage of David was preserved and Jesus Christ would descend from a bad king who spent almost 35 years in prison…
God is not finished with you yet!!!!!
PRAY-THINK-PRAY
David…
End Time Thinker 