The Old Testament is full of stories that are rich in lessons which we can learn about how God relates to humanity, and how we should relate to God.  For example, from Isaiah, chapter 38:

 1.  About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him.  He gave the king this message: "This is what the LORD says: 'Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die.  You will not recover from this illness."'

2.  When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

3.  "Remember, O LORD, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you." Then he broke down and wept bitterly.

4.  Then this message came to Isiah from the LORD:

5.  "Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says:  I

have heard your prayer and seen your tears.  I will add fifteen years to your life.,

6. and I will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria.  Yes, I will defend this city.

7.  and this is the sign from the LORD to prove that he will do as he promised:

8.  I will cause the sun's shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial of Ahaz!"'' So, the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.

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After this, King Hezekiah wrote a poem reflecting on his anguish and his praise to God - you can read it in your bible.  But these few verses have an amazing amount of information in them.

First, as we know, God has and always will control healing.  Notice it doesn't say that God caused him to be sick, but it does say that God added fifteen years to his life.  It does not say that God was going to destroy the city, but it does say that God would rescue the city.  And possibly the most amazing thing is that God caused time to move backward.

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What do you think.... did it really happen...or was it just a neat story?

Unfortunately, Hezekiah became prideful - which led to the 15 years God gave him as being a curse to him because of his own bad choices.  But in the end, we find that there really is no proving or disproving God's miracles ... after all, how can you prove something happened when you can't do it yourself.  God is awesome, and to believe anything about God requires faith.

Eventually, King Hezekiah did die - as we all must ... oh wait Elijah and Enoch didn't .... hmmmmm

sounds like another bible study.

What do they say is possible with God? ... oh yea, ANYTHING1 ... if you believe.

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