Mar 21, 2025
Scripture repeatedly warns about the sin of pride, especially in those who lead nations. From a biblical lens, pride is not a flaw to overlook, it is a precursor to destruction. Using King Uzziah as a key example, the article highlights how a ruler who began his reign in humility and dependence on God was eventually brought low by arrogance. Uzziah's story is a stark warning: no amount of personal success or national achievement can justify disobedience to God’s commands. His attempt to assume the priestly role, something God had not appointed for him, brought judgment.
Pride can lead even the most powerful to forget who gave them their strength. Uzziah sought a position outside of God’s calling, showing how pride can cause people to overreach and reject God’s boundaries. This principle doesn’t just apply to ancient kings. When people become their own moral authorities, deciding right and wrong for themselves, it leads to societal decay. The rejection of God’s truth leads to confusion and lawlessness, with evil being called good, and good being condemned.
Prophetically, this narrative parallels the spirit of the age we now live in. A final global leader, the Antichrist, will arise in pride, magnifying himself above all gods and rejecting the authority of the Most High. His arrogance and rebellion will epitomize the culmination of human pride. But Scripture assures us that God sees, judges, and will act. For believers, Uzziah’s fall is both a caution and a call to remain humble, faithful, and aligned with God’s purpose in these increasingly lawless days. READ MORE
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Commentary by Joe Hawkins