WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:05.000 Hemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode seventy one. I'm your host, 2 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:07.000 Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm a Christian rapper, 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.359 devoted husband, father, and Army veteran. And this is brought 4 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:12.839 to you by Cold of Conspiracy Podcast. And thank you 5 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:16.519 so much for joining me tonight. I just want to 6 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.719 go over a few shout outs to those that commented 7 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.600 last week on Wednesday Service, we had seven comments. Thank you. 8 00:00:24.519 --> 00:00:29.120 We had Angela Kelly, Catalyst Jones, what's up? Brother? Appreciate you. 9 00:00:29.280 --> 00:00:32.920 Jacon forty four twenty thank you. Sorry having me commenting, Lee, 10 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:34.799 but I'm still here. Awesome. Thank you for being here 11 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:38.240 every week. Jay con appreciate it. Brad Gillis, thank you, 12 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:42.159 Whiskers White B and MDMP twenty two, thank you so 13 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.479 much for commenting. Really appreciate you. Let's see who commented 14 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:49.679 last week on Sunday Service. We had four comments. We 15 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:53.039 had Whiskers white B, Angela Kelly and MDMP twenty two. 16 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:58.000 Thank you very much. Really appreciate you for commenting. And yeah, 17 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:02.200 last week was great. I have a experiment I'm gonna 18 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:04.519 do or not experiment. I call it observation that I'm 19 00:01:04.560 --> 00:01:08.840 gonna do. It's gonna be on sep Wait, it's gonna 20 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.359 be June twentieth through the twenty third. I'm gonna be 21 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.560 going to fifty three degrees north, which is Edmonton, Canada, 22 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:20.840 and we're gonna be filming the sun sunset sunrise right 23 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:26.200 or sunrise to sunset, sorry, sunset, sunrise to sunset right. 24 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:28.480 So we're gonna film it right, it's gonna be fifty 25 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:32.040 three degrees north. And June twenty first is gonna be 26 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:33.879 the day we do this. And then I'm gonna go 27 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.920 six months later in December, December twenty first, I'm gonna 28 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.519 go to Puta Arenas Chili, all right, and we're gonna 29 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:47.640 film this sunrise sunset Supposedly on the Globe model, it 30 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.879 says that it's gonna be opposite and it's also going 31 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.560 to move in a different direction. So that's gonna be 32 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:59.640 very interesting. So that's what we're supposed to see. It's 33 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:03.200 gonna be the same exact sunset, same exact degrees and everything, 34 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:06.799 because you know it's it's six months apart supposedly on 35 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:11.560 the globe, and also it's supposed to be you're gonna 36 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:13.719 I'm supposed to be seeing the sun in Putterina's moving 37 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:16.919 a different direction. So I'm gonna see what's if that's true. 38 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:20.599 And I'm gonna be doing this, you know, taking a 39 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:24.120 trip up there and also taking a trip to pout 40 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.360 Arenas in December. So i want to see what's going 41 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.919 on with the sun because I've I've heard a lot 42 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.560 about the twenty four hour sun in Antarctica, and I've 43 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.439 heard all these different things, and I want to go 44 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:38.479 test everything for myself because I teach biblical cosmology, and 45 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.080 I do teach a geocentric earth, and and I do 46 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:46.439 teach that it's flat with the firmament. So I'm kind 47 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:48.639 of challenging myself here and trying to go and check 48 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:50.879 and see things for myself and kind of do some 49 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.199 observations and see if we could, you know, come to 50 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:57.120 a conclusion. So if you guys want to help me 51 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.800 with that, you can. You can donate if you want. 52 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:03.639 If I'm just put it throwing out there. If you 53 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:05.919 don't want to, I understand, it's all good. But uh, 54 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:07.919 I'm gonna be going no matter what, you know, because 55 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:10.159 I'm gonna be buying the tickets. But you know, if 56 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:14.479 you guys want to donate. Then then you guys could 57 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:17.680 if you if you guys want to. You know, I 58 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.439 don't really ask for donations or or any type of 59 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:23.319 support here financially. This is more if you want to 60 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:24.879 see me go up there and do it. But it's 61 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.560 gonna happen anyway. Like I said, Okay, So if you 62 00:03:27.560 --> 00:03:34.319 guys want to donate, my cash app is money sign 63 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.000 Josh Monday Music. If you want to donate twenty bucks, 64 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:40.560 ten bucks, five bucks, whatever, I'd appreciate it. If you 65 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:43.520 don't donate, don't worry I holding it against anybody. This 66 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.199 is something, This is my own journey and uh, and 67 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:50.199 it's understandable. But I just want to do this because 68 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.599 I teach flat Earth and biblical cosmology, and I want 69 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.599 to make sure that, uh, because what it's gonna prove 70 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.719 is it's gonna prove that whether the sun is doing 71 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:03.319 a circle over the flat earth, you know, like like 72 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:06.120 like it talks about I think in Psalms nineteen verses 73 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:09.000 one through six, or if it actually uh you know 74 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.560 more matches a globe model or a different model than 75 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:13.960 flat Earth. So I want to check it out and 76 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:16.360 see for myself. So I'm gonna go up to fifty 77 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.079 three degrees north, which is gonna be Edmonton, Canada, fifty 78 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.800 three degrees south, which is gonna be poota Arenas Chili. 79 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:25.480 And that's it's gonna be quite expensive. You know. It's 80 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:28.120 probably gonna come out to something like twenty five hundred 81 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.959 dollars when I buy tickets, hotel and all that other stuff. So, 82 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:35.240 and I have somebody meeting me there that's gonna have 83 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:37.680 the camera that actually follows the sun so you can 84 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.240 kind of see the exact path of the sun. So 85 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:42.199 we're gonna we're gonna see. We're just gonna test things 86 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:44.639 out and see. But anyways, just throw it out there. 87 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:47.160 If you're interested, you can do that, or if you 88 00:04:47.160 --> 00:04:49.240 don't have cash up then just email me at Josh 89 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:53.439 Monday Josh Monday at rockamel dot com. That's r O 90 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:56.120 c K E T dot com and I'll tell you 91 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:57.560 another way you can don it if you want to. 92 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:00.279 All right, we'll get we're over that hoop, so are 93 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:03.879 or over that hump not hoop? Perfect? All right, And 94 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:08.120 so I appreciate everybody that's listening, thank you, and everybody 95 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:10.839 that tunes in. And if you don't donate, I don't care. 96 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.199 It's all good. Don't worry. I'm not even tripping. So 97 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:16.040 let me just go ahead and read the let's get 98 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:20.000 to the Bible now, the important stuff. Second King's Thirteen 99 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.519 is what we're on. I'm gonna go ahead and read 100 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:25.800 the intro. The thirteenth chapter of Second Kings in the 101 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:30.079 Brion Standard Bible revolves around the reign of Jehoahz and 102 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:33.720 his son joe Ash as kings of Israel. It highlights 103 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.519 their struggles against the oppression of King Haze of Syria, 104 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:41.079 the divine intervention that rescues them, and the remarkable final 105 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:45.680 acts of the prophet a Lie Shah. Okay, so let 106 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:47.720 me go and jump down to my teaching points here. 107 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:50.560 So I have my notes pulled up, and let me 108 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:52.680 just go and share screen for those that are watching 109 00:05:52.800 --> 00:05:56.000 on Patreon, YouTube and all the other stuff that you 110 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:00.879 guys end up checking this out on so from YouTube people. 111 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.600 By the time you hear this episode, it'll probably be 112 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:08.439 get kind of edging close to June, because it's about 113 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.560 two or three months behind on my show of releasing these. 114 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.600 But all right, here we go. So Second King's thirteen, 115 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:21.240 Jehoaz reigns in Israel. So I'll read one through five, 116 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:23.759 and then I have some notes for this. Okay. So, 117 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:27.199 in the twenty third year of joe Ash, the son 118 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:31.959 of Ahaizah, king of Judah, Jehoas the son of Jehu 119 00:06:32.199 --> 00:06:36.319 became king over Israel and Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 120 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.800 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, 121 00:06:38.839 --> 00:06:42.600 and followed the sins of Jeroboam and the son of Nabat, 122 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:46.759 who had made Israel sin. He did not depart from them. 123 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.959 The anger, then, the anger of the Lord was aroused 124 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:53.360 against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazel, 125 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:56.560 the king of Syria, and into the hand of ben Hadad, 126 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:03.360 the son of Hazel, all their days. So Jehoaz pleaded 127 00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:05.399 with the Lord, and the Lord listened to him. He 128 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:08.199 saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria 129 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.839 oppressed them. Then the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so 130 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:14.240 that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians, 131 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:17.959 and the children of Israel dwelt, and the tents as 132 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:25.040 dwelt in their tents as before. Okay, So the reign 133 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:28.240 of Johaz, the son of Jehu, reigns. This is in 134 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:31.600 my notes. Jehoah the son of reigns over and continues 135 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:36.720 in the sins of Jeroboam, leading Israel into idolatry. Despite 136 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.120 his evil waves, God listens to his plea for help. 137 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.399 So Jehoah, the son of Jehu was the eleventh king 138 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:48.560 of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His reign is recorded 139 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.519 in the Biblical narrative and found in Second Kings thirteen 140 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:54.920 verses one through nine, which we're reading. Jehoas ascended to 141 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.639 the throne in the twenty third year of joe Ash, 142 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:01.439 king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria for seventeen years. 143 00:08:02.360 --> 00:08:06.720 Jehoahs His reign occurred during a tumultuous period in Israel's history, 144 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:10.720 marked by political instability and spiritual decline. The Kingdom of 145 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:15.759 Israel was under constant threat from neighboring nations, particularly the 146 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:19.360 Armines or Syrians, who were a dominant force in the region. 147 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:22.600 The spiritual state of Israel was characterized by idolatry and 148 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.959 a departure from the worship of Yahweh, the God of Israel, 149 00:08:25.959 --> 00:08:30.920 as established by the Covenant at Sienai. Religious and political climate. 150 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:34.240 The biblical account of Second King's thirteen to two states 151 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:36.519 he did evil in the side of the Lord and 152 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.360 followed the sins of Jerobom, son of Nibbat, which he 153 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:42.519 had caused Israel to commit, and he did not turn 154 00:08:42.559 --> 00:08:49.120 away from them. Jehoas continued inus idolatrous practices initiated by 155 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:53.679 Jeroboam I, which included the Jeroboam the first it looks 156 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:57.519 like included the worship of golden calfs at Bethel un Dan. 157 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:00.200 This apostacy provoked the anger of the Lord, resulting in 158 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:05.879 divine judgment upon Israel. What are some of the military challenges? Well? 159 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:10.600 During jeh Johanz's reign, Jehoas his reign, Israel faced significant 160 00:09:10.679 --> 00:09:14.080 military challenges from Hazel, King of Aram, and his son 161 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:21.320 Ben Hadad that are means oppressed israelops oppressed Israel, reducing 162 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:26.799 its military capabilities and leaving the nation vulnerable divine intervention 163 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:31.440 and repentance. Despite his initial persistence and idology, Jehoahs sought 164 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:34.120 the Lord's favor in the face of our mean oppression 165 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:38.919 or Syrian oppression. Second King thirteen, Verse four records. Then 166 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.559 Jehoah sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord 167 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.960 listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel. 168 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:48.600 How the King of Aram had oppressed them. In response 169 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:53.080 to jehoahs is plead, the Lord provided a deliverer for Israel, 170 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:56.120 allowing them to escape from the hand of the Armines. 171 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.759 This act of divine mercy highlights God's willingness to respond 172 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:08.440 to genuine repentance, even admits widespread apostasy. Jehoas's reign, though 173 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:11.440 marked by military struggles and spiritual failure, serves as a 174 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:15.000 testament to God's enduring patience and readiness to deliver his 175 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:18.000 people when they turn to him. The narrative concludes with 176 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:20.320 Jehoaz's death and burial, which I don't want to tell 177 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:24.279 you about yet because I will be ruining some of 178 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:28.120 the stuff we're going to read. So joeh Has's reign 179 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:30.840 is significant episode in the history of Israel, illustrating the 180 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:33.480 interplay between divine judgment and mercy and the impact of 181 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.320 leadership on the spiritual direction of the nation. Next, God's 182 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:40.480 response to Israel's oppression it spoke about in the Second 183 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.679 Kings thirteen, verses four through five, where it says the 184 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.879 Lord sees oppression of Israel by the Armines or Syrians 185 00:10:45.919 --> 00:10:50.840 and provides a deliverer, showing his compassion and willingness to 186 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:55.679 rescue his people. Okay, so let's go ahead and check 187 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.600 out what that says. I will look dig a little deeper. 188 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:01.559 Throughout the biblical narrative God God's response to Israel's oppression 189 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:06.200 as a reoccurring theme and that underscores his faithfulness, justice, 190 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:08.840 and compassion. The scriptures reveal a God who is deeply 191 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.720 connected with the plight of his people and who acts 192 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:17.720 decisively to deliver them from the afflictions. Some examples of 193 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:22.519 this would be the deliverance from Egypt in Exodus three 194 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:26.000 seven through eight. One of the most significant examples of 195 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:29.440 God's response to oppression is the deliverance of the Israelites 196 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:33.960 from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites cries under the harsh 197 00:11:34.039 --> 00:11:36.840 bondage of Pharaoh reached God, prompting him to act. In 198 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:40.440 Exodus three seven through eight, God's intervention through the plagues 199 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.440 and the parting of the Red Sea demonstrates his power 200 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.360 and commitment to liberate his people, and then during the 201 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:50.320 Period of Judges is another example. During the Period of Judges, 202 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:54.480 Israel desperately fell in disciples of sin, oppression and deliverance. 203 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:57.679 When the Israelites turned away from God. He allowed them 204 00:11:57.720 --> 00:12:01.440 to be oppressed by surrounding nation. However, when they cried 205 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.039 out to him, God raised up judges to deliver them, 206 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:07.279 judges to eighteen states. Whenever God raised up a judge 207 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.840 for them, he was with the judge and saved them 208 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:11.759 from the hands of their enemies as long as the 209 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:15.399 judge lived. But the Lord has moved to pity by 210 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:21.679 the groaning under those who are oppressed and afflicted. And 211 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.159 then the next one is the Babylonian exile, which is 212 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:27.600 in Jeremiah twenty nine to ten to eleven. That Babylonian 213 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:30.360 exile was another period of severe oppression for Israel, the 214 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:34.159 destruction of Jerusalem and the subsequent captivity, where consequences were 215 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:39.639 persistent and disobedience. Yet and persistent disobedience, Oh, were consequences 216 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.399 of persistent disobedience. Yet even in exile, God did not 217 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:46.840 abandon his people. Through the prophet Jeremiah, God promised restorations, 218 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:50.360 saying in Jeremiah twenty nine to ten through eleven. For 219 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:53.799 thus says the Lord, when seventy years are completed for Babylon, 220 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:56.200 I will come for you to fulfill my gracious promise 221 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.600 to bring you back to this place, for I know 222 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.080 the plans I have for you, declares the Lord plans 223 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.960 to prosper you and not to harm you, to give 224 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:06.799 you a future and a hope. God's response to the 225 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:10.440 oppression of exile was not only a promise of physical return, 226 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:13.639 but also a spiritual renewal, as soon asking in the 227 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:18.240 prophecies of Ezekiel and Isaiah. So throughout the biblical narrative, 228 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.799 God's actions reveal his desire for his people to live 229 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:25.799 in freedom and righteousness. His responses. His responses to oppression 230 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:28.799 serve as a reminder of his unwavering commitment to his 231 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:34.039 governant and his ultimate plan for redemption through Jesus Christ. Okay, 232 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.840 so very important stuff for us to read through. We're 233 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.039 going to go ahead and pick back up at verse 234 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:45.480 six and we'll read six through nine. Here. Verse six says, nevertheless, 235 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.200 they did not depart from the sins of the house 236 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:51.720 of Jereboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them. 237 00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:55.679 And the wooden image also remained in Samaria, for he left, 238 00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:02.039 for he left of the army of johih as Jehoahs 239 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:06.840 only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, 240 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:08.879 for the King of Syria had destroyed them and made 241 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:13.440 them like the dust of threshing. Now the rest of 242 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.519 the acts of Jehoahs, all that he did and his might, 243 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.639 are they not written in the book of chronicles of 244 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:22.360 the Kings of Israel. So Jehoahs rested with his fathers, 245 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:26.679 and they buried him in Samaria. Then joe Ash his son, 246 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:30.519 reigned in his place. Okay, So let me just go 247 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:37.480 over a brief description of what we just read. So actually, 248 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:39.559 I think there's something in my notes here the partial 249 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:45.159 response a repentance of Israel in Two Kings thirteen, verse six, 250 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:48.919 where it says, nevertheless, they did not depart from the 251 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:51.639 sins of the house of Jereboam, who had made Israel sin, 252 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:54.000 but walked in them. And the wooden image also remained 253 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.440 in Samaria. Although God delivers Israel, they do not fully 254 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:04.559 turn away from their sins, continuing the idolatrous practices initiated 255 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:11.200 by Jerobohm. Okay, and it happens a lot, you know, 256 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:15.919 like the partial repentance of Israel. The concept of partial 257 00:15:15.960 --> 00:15:19.000 repentance of Israel's recurring theme throughout the Old Testament, reflecting 258 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:23.320 the nation's intermittent attempts to return to God amidst cycles 259 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:27.000 of disobedience and idolatry. This theme is significant and understanding 260 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:31.360 the spiritual journey of Israel and God's enduring patience and 261 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:36.000 covenantial faithfulness. The history of Israel is marked by periods 262 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:39.519 of faithfulness followed by rebellion and idolatry. After the establishment 263 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:44.000 of the Covenant at Syinai, Israel frequently straight from God's commandments, 264 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:46.879 leading to cycles of judgment and deliverance. The partial repentance 265 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:50.240 of Israel often occurred during times of crisis, when the people, 266 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.799 under the leadership of judges, kings, or prophets, would turn 267 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:59.039 back to God ambient temporarily. Okay, so just want to 268 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:02.840 tell you guys that, and then let's go ahead and 269 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:05.320 go over a brief description of what we just read. 270 00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:09.320 In verses one through nine. Tewod King's thirteen one through 271 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:14.480 nine describes King Jehoahs of Israel, who, despite his persistent 272 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:17.639 idolatry golden calves, cried out to God and distress as 273 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:21.879 Syria oppress Israel, prompting God to send a deliverer, likely 274 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:25.759 an Assyrian king, and reduce Israel's army showing God's mercy 275 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:29.000 even to the unfaithful, but also the consequences of their 276 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:32.120 half hearted repentance and sin, setting the stage for his 277 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:38.320 son Joash's future interactions with the dying prophet Elisha. Cycle 278 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:41.360 of sin and mercy. The passage highlights a reoccurring pattern 279 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:47.399 of Israel sin, following Jeho Jeho Jeroboem's calves, suffering oppression 280 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:50.519 from Hazel, Assyria cries to God and God provides a 281 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:55.000 deliver yet Israel often fails to fully repent Jehoah's distress. 282 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:58.080 His prayers weren't for the idols, but to the true God, 283 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:01.639 showing a flicker of sincerity and suffering, prompting God's grace, 284 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:07.200 God's gracious deliverer. God raised up a powerful enemy to Assyria, 285 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:12.480 a dad Neirad the Third, to weaken the Armies or Syrians, 286 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:17.880 delivering Israel's pressure the consequence of sin. God disciplined Israel 287 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:20.960 by drastically reducing their army, leaving only a remnant, a 288 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:25.920 consequence of their persistent apostasy. Half heartedness by God answered, 289 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:30.279 Israel's repentance was superficial, a temporary turn from suffering, not 290 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:35.720 from sin itself, leading to continued weakness and future judgment. Okay, perfect, 291 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:42.880 So now let's go ahead and jump into Jehoash reigns 292 00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:48.960 in Israel in the thirty seventh year of joe Ash, 293 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:52.319 King of Judah. Joe Asked, the son of Jehoash, became 294 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:55.880 king over Israel and Samaria and reigned sixteen years. And 295 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:59.880 he did evil on the side of the Lord. He 296 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:02.799 did not depart from the sins of Jerobon and the 297 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:05.680 son of Nabat, who made Israel sin, but walked in them. 298 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.160 Now the rest of the acts of joe Ash, all 299 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.200 that he did, and his might with which he fought 300 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.359 against Amaz, the King of Judah, were they not written 301 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:16.400 the book of chronicles of the Kings of Israel. So 302 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:19.599 joe Ash rested with his fathers. Then Jereboam sat on 303 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:24.440 his throne, and joe Ash was buried in Samaria with 304 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:30.000 the kings of Israel. So Jehoash dies and his son 305 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:34.440 Jehoash takes the throne, continuing the cycle of sin in 306 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:41.640 partial repentance. So in verses ten through thirteen, we just 307 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.039 read and introduces King josh joe Ash of Israel, noting the 308 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:48.240 sixteen year reign began with respect for dying prophet of Elisha, 309 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:53.839 but he ultimately continued Israel sin of Jerebone's idolatry golden calfs, 310 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:58.000 doing evil in the Lord's sight despite some success against Judah. 311 00:18:58.480 --> 00:19:01.599 The passage sets up Elijah Show's final prophecy about victory 312 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:05.880 over Syria, emphasizing spiritual faithfulness over over mere military might. 313 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:10.559 As God valued joe Ash's honor to Elisha but condemned 314 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:17.920 his persistent sin okay, so the passes highlights that God's 315 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:22.880 God judges rulers by their spiritual fidelity, not just their 316 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:27.279 earthly conquests. Jehoash's respect for Elisha earned him favor, but 317 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:32.640 his adherence to the idology was a deep offense. Jehoash 318 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:36.559 has continued jereboam sin, establishing a pattern of national idolatry 319 00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:39.480 that kept Israel from true worship in Jerusalem, making his 320 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:47.759 reign as evil despite overachievements, and then the dying prophets counsel. 321 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.640 The verses lead into the significant significant interaction where Elisha, 322 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:56.440 on his deathbed, gives joe Ass symbolic instructions bows and 323 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:01.400 arrows for future victoria victories again in Syria, demonstrating God's 324 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:04.599 promise of Deliverance. Okay, So we'll go ahead and now 325 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:09.480 and jump to Death of Elia Shah. So let's go 326 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:13.759 ahead and check that one out, just throwing some chapsticking lips, 327 00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:17.160 filled chap. All right, let's go ahead and read that 328 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:24.640 real quick. All right, we'll read fourteen through nineteen. We'll 329 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:26.480 read fourteen through twenty one, and then I'll go over 330 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:31.240 some of my notes here. So Death of Elisha. Elisha 331 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:34.079 had become sick, with the illness of which he he 332 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.799 would die. Then joe Ash, the King of Israel, came 333 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:39.799 came down to him and wept over his face and said, oh, 334 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:43.119 my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen. 335 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:46.640 And Elisha said to him, take a bow and some arrows. 336 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:49.200 So he took himself a bow and some arrows, and 337 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.960 he said to the King of Israel, put your hand 338 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:52.880 on the bow. So he put his hand on it, 339 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:55.240 and Elisha put his hand on the King's hands, and 340 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:58.160 he said, open the east window, and he opened it. 341 00:20:58.200 --> 00:21:01.039 Then Eliza said shoot, and he sh and he said, 342 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:03.279 the arrow of the Lord's deliverance and the arrow of 343 00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:05.960 the dilimas from Syria, for you must strike the Syrians 344 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:09.519 at Apex till you have destroyed them. And he said, 345 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:12.079 take the arrows. So he took them, and he said 346 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:14.440 to the King of Israel, strike the ground. And he struck. 347 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.720 He struck. He struck three times and stopped. The Man 348 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:21.000 of God was angry with him and said, you should 349 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:25.119 have struck. You should have struck five or six times, 350 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:27.920 so you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it. 351 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:32.599 But now you will strike Syria only three times. Then 352 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:36.200 Elisha died and they buried him, and the raiding bands 353 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:38.559 of Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. 354 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:41.279 So it was when they were burying a man that 355 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:45.000 suddenly they spot they spied a band of raiders, and 356 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:47.759 they put the man in the tomb of Elisha. Then 357 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:50.160 the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, 358 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:55.799 and he revived and stood on his feet. Is that 359 00:21:55.839 --> 00:22:01.440 all you give us? What? Okay? So then Elisha died. 360 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:04.079 Let me just reread this, okay, because I remember reading 361 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:07.279 this before. But let me see what's going on here, 362 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.279 he said. So, what was as they were burying a 363 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:16.000 man that suddenly they spied a band of raiders and 364 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:20.119 they put the man in the tomb of Elisha. Oh, 365 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:23.079 I see when the man was let down and touched 366 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:27.119 the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet. Wow. 367 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:31.039 So I see what's going on. So they put the 368 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:33.680 man in the same tomb as Elisha. And then when 369 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:35.920 the men, I guess the man was dead. As soon 370 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:37.839 as he touched the bones of Elijah, he revived and 371 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:41.839 stood to his feet. Very interesting. This is the kind 372 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:43.960 of stuff that like, all you get is this little 373 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:46.359 section right here, you know, and then you don't get more, 374 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.839 like you'd want more from that, hopefully, and chronicles it 375 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:53.519 says something a little more on this, because that's like, Lord, 376 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:56.880 explain yourself a little bit. You only give us that man. 377 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:00.880 That's a crazy part. That's really really interesting, Okay. Elisha 378 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:04.200 the prophet is on his deathbed and gives joe Ash 379 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:07.640 a prophetic sign of victory over a ram, but Johash's 380 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:13.720 lack of faith limits the extent of Israel's victory. Elisha, 381 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:16.599 the prophet and successor of Elijah, played a significant role 382 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:19.440 in the history of Israel through his ministry, which was 383 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:24.480 marked by numerous miracles and prophetic acts. His final prophecy, 384 00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:28.319 as recorded in Second Kings thirteen fourteen through nineteen, as 385 00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:31.920 Elisha lay on his deathbed, King joe Ash of Israel 386 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:35.920 visited him, expressing concerns over the impending threat from the 387 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:41.839 Armines or Syrians. Elisha instructed joe Ash to take a 388 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:44.960 bow and arrows, and as the king did so, Elishah 389 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:48.279 placed his hand on the king's hands, symbolizing divine empowerment 390 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:51.680 and guidance. Elishah then commanded joe Ash to open the 391 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:54.759 east window and shoot an arrow. As the king obeyed, 392 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:57.279 Elisha declared the Lord's arrow a victory, the arrow of 393 00:23:57.359 --> 00:24:03.240 victory over aram Or like the Armine, basically aram Or. 394 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:09.079 He says, aram, you will completely destroy the Armines at Apex. 395 00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:12.759 This act symbolizes the Lord's promise of deliverance and victory 396 00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:17.160 over Israel's enemies. Following this, Elishah instructed joe Ash to 397 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:20.319 strike the ground with the remaining arrows. The king struck 398 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:24.640 the ground three times and stopped. Elisha was angered by 399 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:27.319 joe Ash's lack of persistence. So he must have had 400 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:30.240 five arrows on him and he only struck the ground 401 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:33.440