December 29, 2013 – 2 Chronicles 35

I just don’t get it. We go from the greatest Passover celebration since Solomon to going to war for no reason at all. I found it interesting that the king of Egypt is the one that told him God was on his side and not to fight. God had come to a foreign king, told him to make war, and set up this test for the king of Judah. And the king fails. It would have been all he needed to see the army, hear the warning, turn around and re-think it. But he continues on, is mortally wounded, the Egyptian king takes his spoils and from that point on, it is a pretty quick spiral into exile. With some of the other comparisons I have made, this feels like going to Confession, then celebrating Mass, then going to rob a bank. It doesn’t appear premeditated, like he wanted war with Egypt before the reforms, so maybe robbing the bank is a bad analogy. What is a horrific sin that you don’t need a lot of prepping for?