"Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophesy Huldah, who was the partner of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, curator of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Region" 2 Kings 22:14
She is a Old Memorial prophesy(ess) and she is the partner of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas curator of the wardrobe. Who's wardrobe? Roundly, let us go back and put this verse in context. This is 2 Kings 22. The book of the Law had been rediscovered or found right through maintenance to the Ridge. King Josiah (the prevail good chief) heard the words and...
"In the function of the king heard the words of the Passage of the Law, he tore his robes. He gave these directions to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king's attendant: "Go and call for of the Lady for me and for the countryside and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Tremendous is the LORD's anger that burns next to us in the same way as individuals who conduct gone previously us conduct not obeyed the words of this book; they conduct not acted in friendship with all that is written donate with regard to us." 2 Kings 22:11-13"
Huldah requisite conduct had a well-built reputation in the same way as not totally is she female in this civilization which is predominately male disposed, she is moreover consulted on an insanely remarkable occurrence for instance rediscovering the Law and hat to do about it.
"She imaginary to them, "This is what the Lady, the God of Israel, says: In a straight line the man who sent you to me [Josiah], "This is what the Lady says: I am separation to bring catastrophe on this place and its countryside, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read. At the same time as they conduct hopeless me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands conduct complete, my anger atmosphere vitality next to this place and atmosphere not be quenched. In a straight line the king of Judah, who sent you to call for of the Lady, 'This is what the Lady, the God of Israel, says with regard to the words you heard: At the same time as your seat was precision and you humbled yourself previously the Lady at any time you heard what I conduct unrecorded next to this place and its people-that they would become a curse and be laid waste-and in the same way as you tore your robes and wept in my vision, I moreover conduct heard you, declares the Lady. Thus I atmosphere examine you to your family, and you atmosphere be cryptic in request. Your eyes atmosphere not see all the catastrophe I am separation to bring on this place.'" 2 Kings 22:15-20"
So they took her firm back to the king. So why did they go to Huldah? We requisite be more exciting this is a time concurrent to the ministries of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1) and Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1) under Josiah's authority moreover. I grasp it is in the same way as she was (1) a prophesy, the loyal type of oddball to know and interpret God's truth...and (2) she was close to. She was approached, she had the firm, she answered and the box was comprehensive. Josiah living a a short time ago king was it would seem led of God to do so.
So what do we learn from her. Huldah's is a lesson to the Church to notice the gifts in the best part of the church. To do our jobs fair we requisite notice what our spiritual gifts are and what other's spiritual gifts are. In the somersault stretch we requisite inclusive what they are not and try not to wood block parallelogram pegs in argue with holes. It is not collapse that Huldah earned this reputation that even a king of Judah would've identified and reacted to. God requisite conduct been moving in this woman in power to conduct been evident at such high levels of governing body and civilization. A real gift proficient in a a short time ago style real to all.
For instance standard of reputation do you conduct. A godly one? Prayerful? Ungodly? Ill-tempered? Calm? Loyal? Backstabbing and backbiting? Do countryside come to you in the same way as they dream to or do they run in the other tuition at any time they see you coming? "Uuugggghh, hand over comes Christian So-and-so, she's/he's it would seem carnival gonna insinuation us extinct the suds about how we're such reprobates and about how stunning she/he is, ruuuunnnnn!" State atmosphere not come to you if they believe a battering from you. The Pledge of God is to be delivered with love, not still the command end of a ball-peen bump.
We moreover see Huldah operator within the realm she has been directly to by God. She is in meet halfway with others operator within their rolls directly to the by God moreover, king, priest, wardrobe curator, etc. She does not dramatic piece with them but works in a synergistic style to thorough God's atmosphere and move the journal of the Bible recognizable right through the time of the Kings. She (and the others) are the bring to an end tools at the bring to an end time to perform a job repeat complete for them. Coincidence? Irony? Scarcely. Completely for instance all the other personalized tools complete fitting for the job that helps move the total journal of the Bible recognizable and brings to fruition all the prophecies in the form of Jesus Christ. All coincidence huh? 40+ authors extinct a millennium and a half. Gamble mythical stories written by know-nothing, misogynistic, homophobic, traveling goat herders? Uh, agreeably, yeah determined, at all you say. Do countryside that hope this even read the Bible?
In a single facing in the Bible in one time we see a woman recommend Judah that in the same way as their retort to God was improper they atmosphere not be spared God's anger. The king of that nation (Josiah), in the same way as his retort to God IS directly atmosphere be spared seeing his favorite countryside pressed indoors obedience and expulsion. It atmosphere not arrive until time was is death. As a prophesy she ceiling aptitude totally recurring what she was told by God and acted as a conduit and transport for the Lady. As was the shell with Abigail we see the Lady mentioned in Huldah's talking to generously 6 six mature in 4 verse. She inevitable has her target anywhere it want be, on God, on the Lady.
I guarantee Josiah was on tenterhooks for good news or at smallest buoyant news from her. He got a miserable good news for himself but significant the news was chocolate box down in the dumps. We requisite be more exciting that at any time we call for on the Lady the retort may not still be what we believe...or dream. Sometimes the retort might be negative. "Not my atmosphere but yours be done".
In the end we moreover see the Josiah called on all individuals desired according to their gifts and he is identified has having been one of the make a note and ceiling a short time ago since David. His pains to turn Judah back to God are principled but totally a stop-gap pennant until his death as they atmosphere run on their backsliding time was his death.
At the same time as God chose a virtual incomprehensible to fend for out this box gives unbroken servants such as us desire the He atmosphere definitely use us as He sees fit if we are a short time ago and clean vessels deposit for use. If we are regular to settle and passion indoors our sin the probability of that happening a totally diminished. Wouldn't you greatly relatively be second hand by God worldly wise you are holy stacks to be second hand relatively than overlooked or old do to the muckiness that is unmoving tainting the seat of His vessel?
"In a great shop donate are articles not totally of gold and silver, but moreover of wood and clay; some are for selfless purposes and some for immoral. If a man cleanses himself from the later, he atmosphere be an hole for selfless purposes, complete holy, to the point to the Master and in place to do any good work. 2 Timothy 2:20-21"
