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Hezekiah. Fifteen Years.

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Announcements Forums Love — August 2nd, 2020 Hezekiah. Fifteen Years.

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    Susan
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    Thank you for the very inspiring lesson this week.

    I was wondering, probably due to lack of spiritual understanding of this Bible story Isaiah 38:1-6, why the Lord gave Hezekiah fifteen years and not twenty, thirty, or infinity?

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    Kerry
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    I found something in the Barnes Notes on the Bible:

    “Behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years – This is perhaps the only instance in which any man has been told exactly how long he would live. Why God specified the time cannot now be known. It was, however, a full answer to the prayer of Hezekiah, and the promise is a full demonstration that God is the hearer of prayer, and that he can answer it at once.”

    #11147
    Kerry
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    I found something in the Barnes Notes on the Bible:

    “Behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years – This is perhaps the only instance in which any man has been told exactly how long he would live. Why God specified the time cannot now be known. It was, however, a full answer to the prayer of Hezekiah, and the promise is a full demonstration that God is the hearer of prayer, and that he can answer it at once.”

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    Susan
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    Thank you so much for this reply. It is very helpful. I was wondering the significance of 15 years but this answers it well.

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