"My heart is changed within me;all my compassion is aroused.I will not carry out my fierce anger,nor will I turn and devastate Ephraim.For I am God, and not man --the Holy One among you."
Even though God has compared his relationship with Israel like a man of God married to a harlot, He feels compassion. Man believes in hell because if we think its proper punishment for someone who has cheated on us and openly abused us. But God is not man. He doesn't do the expected. And He didn't dwell among us only as Christ. He's always been here and always will be. In fact, I don't believe there's a place He isn't.
"He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success." 2 Chronicles 26:4-5
Like Jehoiada and King Joash, Zechariah serves as a religious mentor to KIng Uzziah. We can't do this alone. We need people and we're responsible for people. Even God's chosen king on earth needs someone. Lord knows.
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