True Revival (2 Kings 22-23)

Josiah’s story is one of the most inspiring, and yet ultimately anticlimactic, stories in the Old Testament. When the book of the Law is found in the Temple, Josiah leads Judah in repentance, reform, and renewed worship, but even this great revival cannot permanently change the hearts of God’s people. Josiah dies, Judah returns to rebellion, and judgment still comes, showing us that we need more than a good king or another season of revival. We need a Savior. Josiah points us to Jesus, the true and better King from the line of David, who not only calls us to repentance but gives us new hearts, conquers sin and death, and brings us into the life and salvation we could never earn.