2nd Kings 20:12 At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
Not long after, an embassage from Babylon was sent to find out why the shadow in the sun dial of Ahaz suddenly defied all logic and science to go back ten degrees. In today’s environment it would be the equivalent of all clocks and time pieces suddenly reversing back about an hour or so. That would immediately cause great consternation and fear among the nations, as everything we depend on for time is thrown out of whack.
An occurrence of that magnitude would certainly rattle Wall Street, and the stock markets. It would disturb and throw off those GPS gizmos we’ve come to depend upon, and it could potentially interfere with your Tesla and other electric vehicles which depend on accurate time as an indispensable part of their operation. Yet, Hezekiah missed this golden opportunity to set before the men of Babylon, the glory of the God of heaven.
And instead, did what you and I must never do, to expose the material wealth God has blessed us with to unconverted strangers….. 2nd Kings 20:13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah shewed them not.
2nd Kings 20:14 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, what said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, they are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!