2 Kings - Chapter 25

In this final chapter of 2 Kings we read of the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple.  This looks like the end of God's special people.  However, as the chapter ends the final verses give hope, showing that the story is not over.   In the 37th year of the exile (just over half way through) King Jehoiachin is released from prison and given a seat of honour, higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

This is a sign of the future King of Kings.  As Paul says in Philippians 2:

"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father."