Uzziah and the Coming of Christ

2 Chronicles 26
3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

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23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper....

Jesus Is In View
Uzziah was a great King of Judah and he accomplished much. But, in the end, he did make a serious mistake in the sight of the Lord, and leprosy was his payment for his mistake. And that is a message, a warning that all men, even kings, must bow to the will of God. It also points to the need for the coming, saving grace of Jesus Christ.