2Ch 30:1, 5, And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah… THAT THEY SHOULD COME TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AT JERUSALEM, TO KEEP THE PASSOVER TO THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL… SO THEY RESOLVED TO MAKE A PROCLAMATION THROUGHOUT ALL ISRAEL… SINCE THEY HAD NOT DONE IT FOR A LONG TIME IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER
The Temple was opened and it’s time to invite the people to gather before the LORD! Hezekiah even reached out to their long lost brothers, the northern kingdom of Israel!
2Ch 30:10-11, So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; BUT THEY LAUGHED AT THEM AND MOCKED THEM. NEVERTHELESS SOME FROM ASHER, MANASSEH, AND ZEBULUN HUMBLED THEMSELVES AND CAME TO JERUSALEM.
SOME LAUGHED, AND MOCKED AT THE THOUGHT, WHILE OTHERS CAME! JESUS CAME FOR THE LOST, YET EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE TO MAKE; ACCEPT OR REJECT!
Luk 10:16, He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.
2Ch 30:18-20, For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, HAD NOT CLEANSED THEMSELVES, YET THEY ATE THE PASSOVER CONTRARY TO WHAT WAS WRITTEN. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “MAY THE GOOD LORD PROVIDE ATONEMENT FOR EVERYONE WHO PREPARES HIS HEART TO SEEK GOD, THE LORD GOD OF HIS FATHERS, THOUGH HE IS NOT CLEANSED ACCORDING TO THE PURIFICATION OF THE SANCTUARY.” AND THE LORD LISTENED TO HEZEKIAH AND HEALED THE PEOPLE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT COME TO CHURCH BEING COMPLETELY IGNORANT OF THE WORD, THE MESSAGE AND MANNERS; YET HEZEKIAH DIDN’T LAUGH OR REBUKE THEM, BUT PRAYED FOR THEM! GOD DIDN’T LAUGH AT US WENT WE CAME IN IGNORANCE! WE REPRESENT HIM!
2Co 5:20, … WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD WERE PLEADING THROUGH US: WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST’S BEHALF, BE RECONCILED TO GOD.