Speaker 1: Hemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode seventy one. I'm your host,
Speaker 1: Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm a Christian rapper,
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Speaker 1: be June twentieth through the twenty third. I'm gonna be
Speaker 1: going to fifty three degrees north, which is Edmonton, Canada,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna be filming the sun sunset sunrise right
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Speaker 1: film this sunrise sunset Supposedly on the Globe model, it
Speaker 1: says that it's gonna be opposite and it's also going
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Speaker 1: very interesting. So that's what we're supposed to see. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be the same exact sunset, same exact degrees and everything,
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Speaker 1: let me just go ahead and read the let's get
Speaker 1: to the Bible now, the important stuff. Second King's Thirteen
Speaker 1: is what we're on. I'm gonna go ahead and read
Speaker 1: the intro. The thirteenth chapter of Second Kings in the
Speaker 1: Brion Standard Bible revolves around the reign of Jehoahz and
Speaker 1: his son joe Ash as kings of Israel. It highlights
Speaker 1: their struggles against the oppression of King Haze of Syria,
Speaker 1: the divine intervention that rescues them, and the remarkable final
Speaker 1: acts of the prophet a Lie Shah. Okay, so let
Speaker 1: me go and jump down to my teaching points here.
Speaker 1: So I have my notes pulled up, and let me
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Speaker 1: But all right, here we go. So Second King's thirteen,
Speaker 1: Jehoaz reigns in Israel. So I'll read one through five,
Speaker 1: and then I have some notes for this. Okay. So,
Speaker 1: in the twenty third year of joe Ash, the son
Speaker 1: of Ahaizah, king of Judah, Jehoas the son of Jehu
Speaker 1: became king over Israel and Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
Speaker 1: And he did evil in the sight of the Lord,
Speaker 1: and followed the sins of Jeroboam and the son of Nabat,
Speaker 1: who had made Israel sin. He did not depart from them.
Speaker 1: The anger, then, the anger of the Lord was aroused
Speaker 1: against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazel,
Speaker 1: the king of Syria, and into the hand of ben Hadad,
Speaker 1: the son of Hazel, all their days. So Jehoaz pleaded
Speaker 1: with the Lord, and the Lord listened to him. He
Speaker 1: saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria
Speaker 1: oppressed them. Then the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so
Speaker 1: that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians,
Speaker 1: and the children of Israel dwelt, and the tents as
Speaker 1: dwelt in their tents as before. Okay, So the reign
Speaker 1: of Johaz, the son of Jehu, reigns. This is in
Speaker 1: my notes. Jehoah the son of reigns over and continues
Speaker 1: in the sins of Jeroboam, leading Israel into idolatry. Despite
Speaker 1: his evil waves, God listens to his plea for help.
Speaker 1: So Jehoah, the son of Jehu was the eleventh king
Speaker 1: of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His reign is recorded
Speaker 1: in the Biblical narrative and found in Second Kings thirteen
Speaker 1: verses one through nine, which we're reading. Jehoas ascended to
Speaker 1: the throne in the twenty third year of joe Ash,
Speaker 1: king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria for seventeen years.
Speaker 1: Jehoahs His reign occurred during a tumultuous period in Israel's history,
Speaker 1: marked by political instability and spiritual decline. The Kingdom of
Speaker 1: Israel was under constant threat from neighboring nations, particularly the
Speaker 1: Armines or Syrians, who were a dominant force in the region.
Speaker 1: The spiritual state of Israel was characterized by idolatry and
Speaker 1: a departure from the worship of Yahweh, the God of Israel,
Speaker 1: as established by the Covenant at Sienai. Religious and political climate.
Speaker 1: The biblical account of Second King's thirteen to two states
Speaker 1: he did evil in the side of the Lord and
Speaker 1: followed the sins of Jerobom, son of Nibbat, which he
Speaker 1: had caused Israel to commit, and he did not turn
Speaker 1: away from them. Jehoas continued inus idolatrous practices initiated by
Speaker 1: Jeroboam I, which included the Jeroboam the first it looks
Speaker 1: like included the worship of golden calfs at Bethel un Dan.
Speaker 1: This apostacy provoked the anger of the Lord, resulting in
Speaker 1: divine judgment upon Israel. What are some of the military challenges? Well?
Speaker 1: During jeh Johanz's reign, Jehoas his reign, Israel faced significant
Speaker 1: military challenges from Hazel, King of Aram, and his son
Speaker 1: Ben Hadad that are means oppressed israelops oppressed Israel, reducing
Speaker 1: its military capabilities and leaving the nation vulnerable divine intervention
Speaker 1: and repentance. Despite his initial persistence and idology, Jehoahs sought
Speaker 1: the Lord's favor in the face of our mean oppression
Speaker 1: or Syrian oppression. Second King thirteen, Verse four records. Then
Speaker 1: Jehoah sought the favor of the Lord, and the Lord
Speaker 1: listened to him, for he saw the oppression of Israel.
Speaker 1: How the King of Aram had oppressed them. In response
Speaker 1: to jehoahs is plead, the Lord provided a deliverer for Israel,
Speaker 1: allowing them to escape from the hand of the Armines.
Speaker 1: This act of divine mercy highlights God's willingness to respond
Speaker 1: to genuine repentance, even admits widespread apostasy. Jehoas's reign, though
Speaker 1: marked by military struggles and spiritual failure, serves as a
Speaker 1: testament to God's enduring patience and readiness to deliver his
Speaker 1: people when they turn to him. The narrative concludes with
Speaker 1: Jehoaz's death and burial, which I don't want to tell
Speaker 1: you about yet because I will be ruining some of
Speaker 1: the stuff we're going to read. So joeh Has's reign
Speaker 1: is significant episode in the history of Israel, illustrating the
Speaker 1: interplay between divine judgment and mercy and the impact of
Speaker 1: leadership on the spiritual direction of the nation. Next, God's
Speaker 1: response to Israel's oppression it spoke about in the Second
Speaker 1: Kings thirteen, verses four through five, where it says the
Speaker 1: Lord sees oppression of Israel by the Armines or Syrians
Speaker 1: and provides a deliverer, showing his compassion and willingness to
Speaker 1: rescue his people. Okay, so let's go ahead and check
Speaker 1: out what that says. I will look dig a little deeper.
Speaker 1: Throughout the biblical narrative God God's response to Israel's oppression
Speaker 1: as a reoccurring theme and that underscores his faithfulness, justice,
Speaker 1: and compassion. The scriptures reveal a God who is deeply
Speaker 1: connected with the plight of his people and who acts
Speaker 1: decisively to deliver them from the afflictions. Some examples of
Speaker 1: this would be the deliverance from Egypt in Exodus three
Speaker 1: seven through eight. One of the most significant examples of
Speaker 1: God's response to oppression is the deliverance of the Israelites
Speaker 1: from slavery in Egypt. The Israelites cries under the harsh
Speaker 1: bondage of Pharaoh reached God, prompting him to act. In
Speaker 1: Exodus three seven through eight, God's intervention through the plagues
Speaker 1: and the parting of the Red Sea demonstrates his power
Speaker 1: and commitment to liberate his people, and then during the
Speaker 1: Period of Judges is another example. During the Period of Judges,
Speaker 1: Israel desperately fell in disciples of sin, oppression and deliverance.
Speaker 1: When the Israelites turned away from God. He allowed them
Speaker 1: to be oppressed by surrounding nation. However, when they cried
Speaker 1: out to him, God raised up judges to deliver them,
Speaker 1: judges to eighteen states. Whenever God raised up a judge
Speaker 1: for them, he was with the judge and saved them
Speaker 1: from the hands of their enemies as long as the
Speaker 1: judge lived. But the Lord has moved to pity by
Speaker 1: the groaning under those who are oppressed and afflicted. And
Speaker 1: then the next one is the Babylonian exile, which is
Speaker 1: in Jeremiah twenty nine to ten to eleven. That Babylonian
Speaker 1: exile was another period of severe oppression for Israel, the
Speaker 1: destruction of Jerusalem and the subsequent captivity, where consequences were
Speaker 1: persistent and disobedience. Yet and persistent disobedience, Oh, were consequences
Speaker 1: of persistent disobedience. Yet even in exile, God did not
Speaker 1: abandon his people. Through the prophet Jeremiah, God promised restorations,
Speaker 1: saying in Jeremiah twenty nine to ten through eleven. For
Speaker 1: thus says the Lord, when seventy years are completed for Babylon,
Speaker 1: I will come for you to fulfill my gracious promise
Speaker 1: to bring you back to this place, for I know
Speaker 1: the plans I have for you, declares the Lord plans
Speaker 1: to prosper you and not to harm you, to give
Speaker 1: you a future and a hope. God's response to the
Speaker 1: oppression of exile was not only a promise of physical return,
Speaker 1: but also a spiritual renewal, as soon asking in the
Speaker 1: prophecies of Ezekiel and Isaiah. So throughout the biblical narrative,
Speaker 1: God's actions reveal his desire for his people to live
Speaker 1: in freedom and righteousness. His responses. His responses to oppression
Speaker 1: serve as a reminder of his unwavering commitment to his
Speaker 1: governant and his ultimate plan for redemption through Jesus Christ. Okay,
Speaker 1: so very important stuff for us to read through. We're
Speaker 1: going to go ahead and pick back up at verse
Speaker 1: six and we'll read six through nine. Here. Verse six says, nevertheless,
Speaker 1: they did not depart from the sins of the house
Speaker 1: of Jereboam, who had made Israel sin, but walked in them.
Speaker 1: And the wooden image also remained in Samaria, for he left,
Speaker 1: for he left of the army of johih as Jehoahs
Speaker 1: only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers,
Speaker 1: for the King of Syria had destroyed them and made
Speaker 1: them like the dust of threshing. Now the rest of
Speaker 1: the acts of Jehoahs, all that he did and his might,
Speaker 1: are they not written in the book of chronicles of
Speaker 1: the Kings of Israel. So Jehoahs rested with his fathers,
Speaker 1: and they buried him in Samaria. Then joe Ash his son,
Speaker 1: reigned in his place. Okay, So let me just go
Speaker 1: over a brief description of what we just read. So actually,
Speaker 1: I think there's something in my notes here the partial
Speaker 1: response a repentance of Israel in Two Kings thirteen, verse six,
Speaker 1: where it says, nevertheless, they did not depart from the
Speaker 1: sins of the house of Jereboam, who had made Israel sin,
Speaker 1: but walked in them. And the wooden image also remained
Speaker 1: in Samaria. Although God delivers Israel, they do not fully
Speaker 1: turn away from their sins, continuing the idolatrous practices initiated
Speaker 1: by Jerobohm. Okay, and it happens a lot, you know,
Speaker 1: like the partial repentance of Israel. The concept of partial
Speaker 1: repentance of Israel's recurring theme throughout the Old Testament, reflecting
Speaker 1: the nation's intermittent attempts to return to God amidst cycles
Speaker 1: of disobedience and idolatry. This theme is significant and understanding
Speaker 1: the spiritual journey of Israel and God's enduring patience and
Speaker 1: covenantial faithfulness. The history of Israel is marked by periods
Speaker 1: of faithfulness followed by rebellion and idolatry. After the establishment
Speaker 1: of the Covenant at Syinai, Israel frequently straight from God's commandments,
Speaker 1: leading to cycles of judgment and deliverance. The partial repentance
Speaker 1: of Israel often occurred during times of crisis, when the people,
Speaker 1: under the leadership of judges, kings, or prophets, would turn
Speaker 1: back to God ambient temporarily. Okay, so just want to
Speaker 1: tell you guys that, and then let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go over a brief description of what we just read.
Speaker 1: In verses one through nine. Tewod King's thirteen one through
Speaker 1: nine describes King Jehoahs of Israel, who, despite his persistent
Speaker 1: idolatry golden calves, cried out to God and distress as
Speaker 1: Syria oppress Israel, prompting God to send a deliverer, likely
Speaker 1: an Assyrian king, and reduce Israel's army showing God's mercy
Speaker 1: even to the unfaithful, but also the consequences of their
Speaker 1: half hearted repentance and sin, setting the stage for his
Speaker 1: son Joash's future interactions with the dying prophet Elisha. Cycle
Speaker 1: of sin and mercy. The passage highlights a reoccurring pattern
Speaker 1: of Israel sin, following Jeho Jeho Jeroboem's calves, suffering oppression
Speaker 1: from Hazel, Assyria cries to God and God provides a
Speaker 1: deliver yet Israel often fails to fully repent Jehoah's distress.
Speaker 1: His prayers weren't for the idols, but to the true God,
Speaker 1: showing a flicker of sincerity and suffering, prompting God's grace,
Speaker 1: God's gracious deliverer. God raised up a powerful enemy to Assyria,
Speaker 1: a dad Neirad the Third, to weaken the Armies or Syrians,
Speaker 1: delivering Israel's pressure the consequence of sin. God disciplined Israel
Speaker 1: by drastically reducing their army, leaving only a remnant, a
Speaker 1: consequence of their persistent apostasy. Half heartedness by God answered,
Speaker 1: Israel's repentance was superficial, a temporary turn from suffering, not
Speaker 1: from sin itself, leading to continued weakness and future judgment. Okay, perfect,
Speaker 1: So now let's go ahead and jump into Jehoash reigns
Speaker 1: in Israel in the thirty seventh year of joe Ash,
Speaker 1: King of Judah. Joe Asked, the son of Jehoash, became
Speaker 1: king over Israel and Samaria and reigned sixteen years. And
Speaker 1: he did evil on the side of the Lord. He
Speaker 1: did not depart from the sins of Jerobon and the
Speaker 1: son of Nabat, who made Israel sin, but walked in them.
Speaker 1: Now the rest of the acts of joe Ash, all
Speaker 1: that he did, and his might with which he fought
Speaker 1: against Amaz, the King of Judah, were they not written
Speaker 1: the book of chronicles of the Kings of Israel. So
Speaker 1: joe Ash rested with his fathers. Then Jereboam sat on
Speaker 1: his throne, and joe Ash was buried in Samaria with
Speaker 1: the kings of Israel. So Jehoash dies and his son
Speaker 1: Jehoash takes the throne, continuing the cycle of sin in
Speaker 1: partial repentance. So in verses ten through thirteen, we just
Speaker 1: read and introduces King josh joe Ash of Israel, noting the
Speaker 1: sixteen year reign began with respect for dying prophet of Elisha,
Speaker 1: but he ultimately continued Israel sin of Jerebone's idolatry golden calfs,
Speaker 1: doing evil in the Lord's sight despite some success against Judah.
Speaker 1: The passage sets up Elijah Show's final prophecy about victory
Speaker 1: over Syria, emphasizing spiritual faithfulness over over mere military might.
Speaker 1: As God valued joe Ash's honor to Elisha but condemned
Speaker 1: his persistent sin okay, so the passes highlights that God's
Speaker 1: God judges rulers by their spiritual fidelity, not just their
Speaker 1: earthly conquests. Jehoash's respect for Elisha earned him favor, but
Speaker 1: his adherence to the idology was a deep offense. Jehoash
Speaker 1: has continued jereboam sin, establishing a pattern of national idolatry
Speaker 1: that kept Israel from true worship in Jerusalem, making his
Speaker 1: reign as evil despite overachievements, and then the dying prophets counsel.
Speaker 1: The verses lead into the significant significant interaction where Elisha,
Speaker 1: on his deathbed, gives joe Ass symbolic instructions bows and
Speaker 1: arrows for future victoria victories again in Syria, demonstrating God's
Speaker 1: promise of Deliverance. Okay, So we'll go ahead and now
Speaker 1: and jump to Death of Elia Shah. So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and check that one out, just throwing some chapsticking lips,
Speaker 1: filled chap. All right, let's go ahead and read that
Speaker 1: real quick. All right, we'll read fourteen through nineteen. We'll
Speaker 1: read fourteen through twenty one, and then I'll go over
Speaker 1: some of my notes here. So Death of Elisha. Elisha
Speaker 1: had become sick, with the illness of which he he
Speaker 1: would die. Then joe Ash, the King of Israel, came
Speaker 1: came down to him and wept over his face and said, oh,
Speaker 1: my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen.
Speaker 1: And Elisha said to him, take a bow and some arrows.
Speaker 1: So he took himself a bow and some arrows, and
Speaker 1: he said to the King of Israel, put your hand
Speaker 1: on the bow. So he put his hand on it,
Speaker 1: and Elisha put his hand on the King's hands, and
Speaker 1: he said, open the east window, and he opened it.
Speaker 1: Then Eliza said shoot, and he sh and he said,
Speaker 1: the arrow of the Lord's deliverance and the arrow of
Speaker 1: the dilimas from Syria, for you must strike the Syrians
Speaker 1: at Apex till you have destroyed them. And he said,
Speaker 1: take the arrows. So he took them, and he said
Speaker 1: to the King of Israel, strike the ground. And he struck.
Speaker 1: He struck. He struck three times and stopped. The Man
Speaker 1: of God was angry with him and said, you should
Speaker 1: have struck. You should have struck five or six times,
Speaker 1: so you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it.
Speaker 1: But now you will strike Syria only three times. Then
Speaker 1: Elisha died and they buried him, and the raiding bands
Speaker 1: of Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year.
Speaker 1: So it was when they were burying a man that
Speaker 1: suddenly they spot they spied a band of raiders, and
Speaker 1: they put the man in the tomb of Elisha. Then
Speaker 1: the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha,
Speaker 1: and he revived and stood on his feet. Is that
Speaker 1: all you give us? What? Okay? So then Elisha died.
Speaker 1: Let me just reread this, okay, because I remember reading
Speaker 1: this before. But let me see what's going on here,
Speaker 1: he said. So, what was as they were burying a
Speaker 1: man that suddenly they spied a band of raiders and
Speaker 1: they put the man in the tomb of Elisha. Oh,
Speaker 1: I see when the man was let down and touched
Speaker 1: the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet. Wow.
Speaker 1: So I see what's going on. So they put the
Speaker 1: man in the same tomb as Elisha. And then when
Speaker 1: the men, I guess the man was dead. As soon
Speaker 1: as he touched the bones of Elijah, he revived and
Speaker 1: stood to his feet. Very interesting. This is the kind
Speaker 1: of stuff that like, all you get is this little
Speaker 1: section right here, you know, and then you don't get more,
Speaker 1: like you'd want more from that, hopefully, and chronicles it
Speaker 1: says something a little more on this, because that's like, Lord,
Speaker 1: explain yourself a little bit. You only give us that man.
Speaker 1: That's a crazy part. That's really really interesting, Okay. Elisha
Speaker 1: the prophet is on his deathbed and gives joe Ash
Speaker 1: a prophetic sign of victory over a ram, but Johash's
Speaker 1: lack of faith limits the extent of Israel's victory. Elisha,
Speaker 1: the prophet and successor of Elijah, played a significant role
Speaker 1: in the history of Israel through his ministry, which was
Speaker 1: marked by numerous miracles and prophetic acts. His final prophecy,
Speaker 1: as recorded in Second Kings thirteen fourteen through nineteen, as
Speaker 1: Elisha lay on his deathbed, King joe Ash of Israel
Speaker 1: visited him, expressing concerns over the impending threat from the
Speaker 1: Armines or Syrians. Elisha instructed joe Ash to take a
Speaker 1: bow and arrows, and as the king did so, Elishah
Speaker 1: placed his hand on the king's hands, symbolizing divine empowerment
Speaker 1: and guidance. Elishah then commanded joe Ash to open the
Speaker 1: east window and shoot an arrow. As the king obeyed,
Speaker 1: Elisha declared the Lord's arrow a victory, the arrow of
Speaker 1: victory over aram Or like the Armine, basically aram Or.
Speaker 1: He says, aram, you will completely destroy the Armines at Apex.
Speaker 1: This act symbolizes the Lord's promise of deliverance and victory
Speaker 1: over Israel's enemies. Following this, Elishah instructed joe Ash to
Speaker 1: strike the ground with the remaining arrows. The king struck
Speaker 1: the ground three times and stopped. Elisha was angered by
Speaker 1: joe Ash's lack of persistence. So he must have had
Speaker 1: five arrows on him and he only struck the ground
Speaker 1: three times, so he didn't He wasn't listening, it says,
Speaker 1: saying you should have struck the ground five or six times.
Speaker 1: Then you would have struck down Aram until you had
Speaker 1: put an end to it. But now you will strike
Speaker 1: down Aram only three times. This prophecy indicated that Israel's
Speaker 1: victory over Aram would be limited due to the king's
Speaker 1: half hearted obedience, and then Eliza's death is briefly recorded
Speaker 1: in Second King's thirteen twenty The passes states and Elisha
Speaker 1: died and was buried. Despite the brevity of the account,
Speaker 1: Elishah his influence and legacy were profound, as evidence of
Speaker 1: the miracles associated with his death and life, and even
Speaker 1: his death, A remarkable event occurred after Elisha's burial, demonstrating
Speaker 1: the enduring power of God through his prophet. In Tewod
Speaker 1: King thirteen twenty one, it is recorded that during a
Speaker 1: mo about raid, some Israelites were burying him man. When
Speaker 1: they saw the raiders. In their haste, they threw the
Speaker 1: man's body into Elisha's tomb. Upon a contact with Elijah's bones,
Speaker 1: the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
Speaker 1: This miracle has served as a testament to the divine
Speaker 1: power that had worked through Elisha and continued to affirm
Speaker 1: God's presence of authority in Israel. Elisha's life and ministry
Speaker 1: were characterized by unwavering faithfulness to God and a commitment
Speaker 1: to guiding Israel according to the divine will. His final
Speaker 1: prophecy and the miraculous event following his death underscores the
Speaker 1: enduring impact of his prophetic ministry and the sovereignty of
Speaker 1: God and the affairs of his people. And then here
Speaker 1: it says Elisah his legacy even after death. Eliza's influence
Speaker 1: continues as a dead man is revived upon touching Eliza's bones,
Speaker 1: symbolizing the enduring power of God's word and promises, Okay,
Speaker 1: so let me go ahead and give us a brief
Speaker 1: description of what we just read. In tewod Kings thirteen
Speaker 1: fourteen through twenty one, it describes the dying prophet Elisha's
Speaker 1: final instruction to the King joe Ash, demonstrating faith, God's
Speaker 1: ongoing power through his prophets even after death, and the
Speaker 1: danger of half hearted commitment, all culminating in a miracle
Speaker 1: where a dead man revived upon touching Elishah's bones, signifying
Speaker 1: that God's power remained in Israel. The passes highlights Elisha's
Speaker 1: legacy and deliverance and life, contrasting Joe Ash's limited faith
Speaker 1: striking the ground only three times with the full victory
Speaker 1: of God offered victory God offered, and showing how God's
Speaker 1: power continues beyond physical death as seen in The Resurrected Man.
Speaker 1: Key meanings and themes have legacy of faith Elisha even
Speaker 1: after there's deathbed and bodies of legacy of faith with
Speaker 1: King joe as recognizing him as Israel's true protection, faithfulness
Speaker 1: and limiting God. Elijah's symbolic acts with the bow and
Speaker 1: arrows revealed that while God promised victory the arrow of victory,
Speaker 1: Joash's lukewarm faith striking the ground only three times a
Speaker 1: set of five or six limited the extent of that victory,
Speaker 1: showing that our faith demonstrates are our faith determines what
Speaker 1: God can do through us. God's power beyond death. The
Speaker 1: miracle of the Resurrected Man demonstrates that God's divine power
Speaker 1: active through Elisha didn't end with his death. His life
Speaker 1: giving presence remained in Israel through the Prophet's remains hope
Speaker 1: and despair. The passage offers hope that even in national decline,
Speaker 1: Israel struggles with Aram, God's power and mercy can bring
Speaker 1: restoration in life through his chosen people. According to the
Speaker 1: Christian post what are the symbolic acts we have? The
Speaker 1: bow and arrow Shooting an arrow eastward symbolizes God's promise
Speaker 1: to victory over Israel's enemies, which is Syria or Aram.
Speaker 1: Striking the ground in verses eighteen through nineteen, Striking the
Speaker 1: ground with arrows represented seizing that victory. Striking it repeatedly
Speaker 1: five or six times meant total victory, but only three
Speaker 1: times meant limited partial victory. And in verse twenty through
Speaker 1: twenty one, the bones the dead man thrown into Elisa's tomb,
Speaker 1: coming to life upon touching the bones showed that God's
Speaker 1: power was still at work, providing vitality and deliverance even
Speaker 1: after the prophet's physical passing. According to the Bible, Perfect
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and check out, Israel recaptures the cities
Speaker 1: from Assyriam and Second King's thirteen twenty two through twenty five,
Speaker 1: and Hazel, King of Syria, pressed Israel all the days
Speaker 1: of Jehoahs. But the Lord was gracious to them, had
Speaker 1: compassion on them, and regarded them because of his covenant
Speaker 1: with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and he would not destroy
Speaker 1: them at or cast them from his presence. Now Hazel,
Speaker 1: king of Syria, died. Then ben Hadad the Son reigned
Speaker 1: in his place, and Jehoash, the son of Jehoaz, recaptured
Speaker 1: from the hand of ben Hadad, the son of Hazel,
Speaker 1: the cities which had taken out the hand of Jehoahs
Speaker 1: his father by war three times, Joash defeated him and
Speaker 1: recaptured the cities of Israel. That is chapter thirteen complete.
Speaker 1: So in a Second King thirteen twenty two through twenty three,
Speaker 1: despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to his covenant with Abraham, Isaac,
Speaker 1: and Jacob, showing mercy and not destroying them completely. Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's go over a brief description of what we
Speaker 1: read in chapter of verses twenty two through twenty five.
Speaker 1: Second Kings thirteen twenty two through twenty five describes Israel's
Speaker 1: ongoing deppression by syring King Hazel, highlighting God's enduring mercy
Speaker 1: and covenant faithfulness to Israel, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which
Speaker 1: prevented total destruction, leading to King Joash's eventual recovery by
Speaker 1: lost lands from Hazel's son Ben Hadid, fulfilling Elishah's prophecy
Speaker 1: and showing God's grace admits judgment in verse twenty two
Speaker 1: through twenty three persistent oppression and covenant mercy oppression. Hazel
Speaker 1: over Iram continued to oppress Israel, and theme already established
Speaker 1: in the chapter in verses three through four plus seven
Speaker 1: God's mercy despite Israel's sin, God showed compassion, remembering his
Speaker 1: covenant with the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob covenant faithfulness.
Speaker 1: God's promise to his people meant he would utterly destroy
Speaker 1: or discard them even though they were rebellious, and then
Speaker 1: twenty four through twenty five fulfillment of prophecy and recovery
Speaker 1: Elishah's prophecy. In eighteen through nineteen, Elishah had instructed King
Speaker 1: joe Ash to strike the Agund with arrows, signifying a
Speaker 1: limited victory, which was confirmed by the miraculous revival of
Speaker 1: a dead man by Elishas bones of verse twenty one fulfillment.
Speaker 1: After Hazel's death and his son Ben Haddad became king,
Speaker 1: King joe As of Israel took back the cities Hazel
Speaker 1: had captured and in Gilead and Bashan symbolism, the three
Speaker 1: strikes correspond to three victories Joe ash Had over ben Hadid,
Speaker 1: showing God's limited judgment and restoration perfect. So the passage
Speaker 1: that we just read this balance between divine justice punishment
Speaker 1: for sin with divine mercy covenant faithfulness. It shows that
Speaker 1: even in prolonged suffering and oppression, God remains faithful to
Speaker 1: his promises, providing opportunities for his people's restoration and demonstrating
Speaker 1: his power through his profits even after their death. Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and jump to chapter fourteen and
Speaker 1: we'll go over some practical applications that you guys could
Speaker 1: use in your life. Number one, seek God's help in
Speaker 1: times of trouble like jehoas we should turn to God
Speaker 1: in our distress, trusting in his willingness to deliver us.
Speaker 1: Number two repent fully. Partial repentance leads to continued bondage.
Speaker 1: We must fully turn away from sin to experience complete freedom.
Speaker 1: Number three trust in God's promises. Even when circumstances seem dire,
Speaker 1: God's promises remain true. We should hold onto his word
Speaker 1: with faith. And then number four is recognize God's mercy
Speaker 1: God's mercy is not a license to sin, but an
Speaker 1: opportunity to retain, to return to Him wholeheartedly. Number five
Speaker 1: leave a godly legacy like Elisha, Our lives should leave
Speaker 1: a lasting impact that points others to God's power and faithfulness.
Speaker 1: So there's one, two, three, four, and five. There. Let's
Speaker 1: go over some additional scriptures that connect to chapter thirteen.
Speaker 1: So we have God's compassion shown in Psalms one O
Speaker 1: three eight through fourteen. It emphasizes God's compassion and mercy
Speaker 1: similar to his response to Israel's cries in Second Kings thirteen.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and check those verses out real quick.
Speaker 1: So we have Psalms one O three eight through fourteen perfect.
Speaker 1: So it says Psalms one oh three, Verse eight says
Speaker 1: the Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and
Speaker 1: abounding in mercy. He will always strive with us, Nor
Speaker 1: will he keep his anger forever. He has not dwelt
Speaker 1: with us according to our sins, nor punished us according
Speaker 1: to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above
Speaker 1: the earth, so great is his mercy toward those who
Speaker 1: fear him, As far as the east is from the west,
Speaker 1: so far as he removed our transgressions from us. As
Speaker 1: a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those
Speaker 1: who fear him, for he knows our frame. He remembers
Speaker 1: that we are dust. Okay, So that's what they're talking about.
Speaker 1: God's compassion is what it's explaining there. And then next
Speaker 1: up we have the importance of faith. Hebrews eleven, verse six.
Speaker 1: Let me make sure I'm on my right spot. Hebrews eleven,
Speaker 1: verse six highlights the necessity of faith to please God.
Speaker 1: Paralle Joe ash has limited faith in its consequences. It
Speaker 1: talks about it's impossible to please God without faith, okay.
Speaker 1: And then repentance and restoration in one John one verse
Speaker 1: nine assures us of God's faithfulness to forgive and cleanse
Speaker 1: us when we confess our sins. And then God's covenant faithfulness.
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy seven, verse nine speaks of God's faithfulness to his
Speaker 1: covenant as seen in his dealings with Israel. Deuteronomy seven
Speaker 1: verse nine. Okay, and let's go ahead and read that
Speaker 1: real quick. That one's important too. Deuteronomy seven seven verse nine.
Speaker 1: It says, therefore, know that the Lord your God, he
Speaker 1: is good the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy
Speaker 1: for a thousand generations with those who love him and
Speaker 1: keep his commandments. Very interesting. We got to remember this.
Speaker 1: We got to keep his commandments. You know, we got
Speaker 1: to make sure we follow what the Bible is saying.
Speaker 1: You know, we got to make sure that we are,
Speaker 1: you know, following the New Covenant obviously, but we got
Speaker 1: to make sure that we are following the Bible, you know,
Speaker 1: very important for us, very important for us, important for
Speaker 1: me myself as well, all right, So we got to
Speaker 1: make sure so that God is faithful to us, right,
Speaker 1: So we got to be faithful to him. So all right,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and go to chapter fourteen now,
Speaker 1: and I'm going to go to chapter fourteen's introduction, all right,
Speaker 1: because Second King's fourteen illustrates the complex dynamics of leadership, ambition, prophecy,
Speaker 1: and divine intervention during the reigns of Amaziah, King of Judah,
Speaker 1: and joe Boem, the second King of Israel. It delves
Speaker 1: into the themes of conflict and spiritual failure, but also
Speaker 1: mercy and restoration. We witness the destructive outcomes of pride
Speaker 1: and disobedience coupled with God's relenting mercy in the face
Speaker 1: of repentance, and is faithful to his promises. So let
Speaker 1: me just go to my teaching points here. Sorry, I'm there,
Speaker 1: We go, all right, connection to additional scriptures, okay, perfect
Speaker 1: Amaziah reigns in Judah. So this is second King's fourteen.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and read. So I'll read one
Speaker 1: through six and then I have some notes, and then
Speaker 1: we'll do and then we'll continue all the way to
Speaker 1: twenty two. So and Maazia's reigned in Judah in the
Speaker 1: second year of joe Ash the son of Jehoah, King
Speaker 1: of Israel, and Maaziah the son of Joash, King of Judah,
Speaker 1: became king. He was twenty five years old when he
Speaker 1: became king, and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: His mother's name was Jehoiadaan Jehoadaan of Jerusalem. And he
Speaker 1: did what was right in the side of the Lord.
Speaker 1: Yet not like his father David. He did everything as
Speaker 1: his father Joash had done. However, the high places were
Speaker 1: not taken away, and the people still sacrifice and burn
Speaker 1: incense on the high places. Now, it happened as soon
Speaker 1: as the kingdom was established by his hand, that he
Speaker 1: executed his servants who had murdered his father, the king,
Speaker 1: but the children of the murderers he did not execute.
Speaker 1: According to what is written in the Book of the
Speaker 1: Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded saying, fathers
Speaker 1: shall not be put to death for the children, nor
Speaker 1: shall children be put to death for their fathers. But
Speaker 1: a person shall be put to death for his own sin.
Speaker 1: All right, that's a good thing, right. Can you imagine
Speaker 1: if we were punished for our father's sins, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: be doing well right now at all. Definitely if I
Speaker 1: was getting punished for my father's sins, and you know,
Speaker 1: my daughters would not be you know, they wouldn't be
Speaker 1: doing well if they're punished for any of the sins
Speaker 1: that I committed. That would not be right because they
Speaker 1: didn't make that decision themselves. So I really agree with
Speaker 1: this for sure, and I'm glad that God does not
Speaker 1: punish us for our parents' sins. Then that would not
Speaker 1: be cool. You know. Let's go ahead and check out
Speaker 1: some notes I have so Amaziah's reign and obedience, so
Speaker 1: he did what was right in the side of the Lord.
Speaker 1: Yet not like his father David, so they always have
Speaker 1: something they do where they're not just perfect. Amaziah's reigned
Speaker 1: began with a commitment to righteousness, but it was incomplete,
Speaker 1: highlighting the importance of wholehearted devotion to God. Amazi's reign
Speaker 1: in obedience will look take a little deeper into that. Amaziah,
Speaker 1: the son of joe Ash, was the ninth King of Judah,
Speaker 1: whose reign is chronicled in the books of Second Kings
Speaker 1: and Second Chronicles. He ascended to the throne following the
Speaker 1: assassination of his father joe Ash, and his reign is
Speaker 1: marked by a mixture of obedience to God and significant failures.
Speaker 1: Amaziah began his reign with a commitment to justice and
Speaker 1: adherence to the Mosaic Law. One of the first act
Speaker 1: as king was to execute the officials who had murdered
Speaker 1: his father, but he notably spared the children in obedience
Speaker 1: to the commandment followed by Law Moses, which we talked about,
Speaker 1: father should not be put to death the father for
Speaker 1: their fathers. Each is to die on his own sins.
Speaker 1: Second Kings fourteen, verse sixteen, WHOA, no, Sorry, my computer
Speaker 1: kind of flipped off, flipped off right now. I thought
Speaker 1: I was going to reset on me. Let me do
Speaker 1: something real quick. I don't want this happening either. Hold on, guys,
Speaker 1: I'm just trying to make sure my computer does not
Speaker 1: restart schedule restart right, yeah, let's get perfect. All right,
Speaker 1: let's turn that off. Cool. Just wanted to make sure
Speaker 1: that I didn't have that thing restart on me. All right,
Speaker 1: Where are we at? Okay, so it said, Second King's
Speaker 1: fourteen six do it Army twenty four to sixteen. This
Speaker 1: act demonstrates Amazia's initial desire to rule in accordance with
Speaker 1: God's statutes. Ambazi's reign included military campaigns aimed at strengthening
Speaker 1: Juda's position. He organized an army and hired one hundred
Speaker 1: thousand mercenaries from Israel to bolster his forces against Eatam.
Speaker 1: A man of God warned him against relying on Israel
Speaker 1: or a nation that had turned away from the Lord.
Speaker 1: The prophet advised, So, I don't know if I want
Speaker 1: to get too much into all this, because I think
Speaker 1: it's going to be talking about what we're going to
Speaker 1: be reading right now. So I don't want to do
Speaker 1: any spoiler alerts. So let's go and check out if
Speaker 1: I have anything else, justice and mercy. You know, the
Speaker 1: act of you know, killing the fathers but not killing
Speaker 1: the children is what it's talking about here. This act
Speaker 1: underscores the balance between justice and mercy, and we can
Speaker 1: dig a little deeper into justice and mercy and the
Speaker 1: Biblical context. Justice is a fundamental attribute of God and
Speaker 1: a key principle to his dealings with humanity. The concept
Speaker 1: of justice in the Bible is rooted in the character
Speaker 1: of God, who is described as just and righteous. In
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy thirty two four, God is referred to as the Rock.
Speaker 1: His work is perfect for all his ways are just.
Speaker 1: A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteousness, and upright is he.
Speaker 1: This verse underscores the perfection and fairness inherit in God's nature.
Speaker 1: Justice in the Bible involves the fair and equitable treatment
Speaker 1: of individuals, ensuring that rights are upheld and wrongs are addressed.
Speaker 1: The Old Testament law given to the Israelites contains numerous
Speaker 1: statutes aimed at promoting justice within the community. For example,
Speaker 1: Leviticus nineteen, verse fifteen instructs you must not pervert justice.
Speaker 1: You must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism
Speaker 1: to the rich. You are to judge your neighboring your
Speaker 1: neighbor fairly. The prophets frequently called the people of Israel
Speaker 1: back to the practice of justice, emphasizing its importance and
Speaker 1: maintaining a right relationship with God. Mackay six, verse eight
Speaker 1: famously states, he has shown you, oh man, what is
Speaker 1: good and what does the Lord require of you? But
Speaker 1: to act justly, to love mercy, and walk humbly with
Speaker 1: your God. In the New Testament, justice continues to be
Speaker 1: significant theme. Jesus Christ and his teachings often highlighted the
Speaker 1: importance of justice, particularly in the contexts of Kingdom of God.
Speaker 1: In Matthew twenty three twenty three, Jesus rebukes the Pharisees
Speaker 1: by neglecting the weightier matters of the law and justice.
Speaker 1: Mercy and faithfulness. Mercy, like justice, is a central attribute
Speaker 1: of God and a key theme throughout the Bible. It
Speaker 1: refers to God's compassion and loving kindness towards humanity, often
Speaker 1: manifesting in forgiveness and the withholding of deserve punishment. In
Speaker 1: Exodus thirty four six through seven, God reveals himself to
Speaker 1: Moses the Lord, the Lord God compassion and gracious, slow
Speaker 1: to anger, abounding in love, devotion and truth, maintaining loving
Speaker 1: devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin. Okay,
Speaker 1: so justice and mercy. I just wanted to go over that.
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead and continue reading here we're going
Speaker 1: to be in verse seven, it says Second Kings fourteen,
Speaker 1: Verse seven. He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley
Speaker 1: of Salt and took Salah by war and called this
Speaker 1: name uh joke thel to this day. Then Amaziah sent
Speaker 1: messengers to joe Ash, the son of jeh Jehoahs, the
Speaker 1: son of Jehu, King of Israel, saying, come, let us
Speaker 1: face one another in battle. And joe Ash, King of Israel,
Speaker 1: sent to Amaziah, King of Judah, saying, the thistle that
Speaker 1: was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,
Speaker 1: give your daughter to my son his wife. And a
Speaker 1: wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled
Speaker 1: the thistle. You have indeed defeated edom and your heart
Speaker 1: was lifted. You up glory in that, and stay at home,
Speaker 1: for you would you should be, You should For why
Speaker 1: should you meddle with trouble so that you follow you
Speaker 1: and Judah with you, but Amaziah would not heed. Therefore
Speaker 1: joe Ash, King of Israel, went out. So he and Amaziah,
Speaker 1: King of Judah, faced one another in beth Shamish, which
Speaker 1: belongs to Judah, and Judah was defeated by Israel, and
Speaker 1: every man fled to his tent. Then joe Ash, King
Speaker 1: of Israel captured Amaziah, King of Judah. The son of
Speaker 1: Joash and the son of Ahizah are Ahaizah at beth Shamish.
Speaker 1: And he went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall
Speaker 1: of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephrium to the corner
Speaker 1: gate four hundred cubits. And he took all the gold
Speaker 1: and silver, all the articles that were found in the
Speaker 1: house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the
Speaker 1: king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. Now the
Speaker 1: rest of the acts of Jehoash, which he did his might,
Speaker 1: and how he fought with Amaziah and King of Judah,
Speaker 1: are are they all not written in the book of
Speaker 1: chronicles of the Kings of Israel. So Jehoash rested with
Speaker 1: his father's and was buried in Samaria with the kings
Speaker 1: of Israel. Then Jereboam, his son reigned in his place. Amaziah,
Speaker 1: the son of joe Ash, King of Judah, lived fifteen
Speaker 1: years after the death of joe Ash, the son of Jehoash,
Speaker 1: King of Israel. Now the rest of the acts of
Speaker 1: Amasiah are are they not written in the book of
Speaker 1: Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. And they formed a
Speaker 1: conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lashish,
Speaker 1: but they sent him to Lushish and killed him there.
Speaker 1: They brought him on horses, and he was buried at
Speaker 1: Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. And
Speaker 1: all the people of Judah took Isaiah Azariah sorry, who
Speaker 1: was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of
Speaker 1: his father am Isaiah. He built a lath and restored
Speaker 1: it to Judah after the king rested with his fathers.
Speaker 1: So a lot going on there, right, So pride in consequences.
Speaker 1: So Amaziah's pride led him to challenge Jehoash, King of Israel,
Speaker 1: resulting in a disastrous defeat for Judah Second Kings fourteen
Speaker 1: eight through fourteen. This serves as a cautionary tale about
Speaker 1: the dangers of pride and overconfidence. So definition of nature
Speaker 1: of pride, So pride in the biblical contact is often
Speaker 1: understood as an excessive view of oneself without regarding for others.
Speaker 1: It is considered one of the seven deadly Sins is
Speaker 1: frequently depicted as the root of other sins. Pride leads
Speaker 1: the individuals to elevate themselves above God and others, resulting
Speaker 1: in a distorted sense of self worth and a lack
Speaker 1: of humility. The Bible addresses pride extensively, warning of its
Speaker 1: dangers and consequences. Proverbs sixteen, verse eighteen states pride goes
Speaker 1: before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. This
Speaker 1: verse highlights the inevitable downfall that follows pride, emphasizing his
Speaker 1: destructive nature and the New Testament. James four to six declares,
Speaker 1: but he who gives, but he gives us more grace.
Speaker 1: This is why it said God opposes the proud, but
Speaker 1: gives grace to the humble. This passes underscores the opposition
Speaker 1: that pride occurs from our incurs from God, contrasting him
Speaker 1: with the grace bestowed upon the humble. Examples of pride
Speaker 1: and scripture, we have Lucifer's fall in Isaiah thirteen, verses
Speaker 1: thirteen through fourteen, some people believe that this is Lucifer's fall.
Speaker 1: Some people don't. But this particular notes is saying you
Speaker 1: said in your heart, I will ascend to the heavens.
Speaker 1: I will raise my throne above the stars of God.
Speaker 1: I will sit on the mount of Assembly and the
Speaker 1: far reaches of the north. I will ascend above the
Speaker 1: tops of the clouds. I will make myself like the
Speaker 1: most high. Is what it says right here, Isaiah thirteen,
Speaker 1: fourteen thirteen through fourteen. Nebek Canezar's Humbling King Nebukanezzer's account
Speaker 1: of Daniel four illustrates the consequences of pride. After boasting
Speaker 1: about his achievements, he was humbled by God, losing his
Speaker 1: sanity and living like an animal until it acknowledged God's
Speaker 1: so until he acknowledges God's sovereignty. Daniel four thirty seven
Speaker 1: records its eventual realization. Now I, Nebucenezer, praise and exalt
Speaker 1: and glorify the King of Heaven, for all his works
Speaker 1: are true and all his ways are just, and he
Speaker 1: is able to humble those who walk in pride. Next
Speaker 1: as pharisees and religious leaders, the Gospel frequently depicts the
Speaker 1: pride of the Pharisees and religious leaders who place their
Speaker 1: traditions and self righteousness above the teachings of Jesus and
Speaker 1: Matthew twenty three, verse twelve. Jesus warns, for whoever exalts
Speaker 1: himself will be humbled. Whoever humbles himself will be exalted. Next,
Speaker 1: consequences of pride. The Bible consistently portrays pride as leading
Speaker 1: to downfall and destruction. It creates a barrier between individuals
Speaker 1: and God, as seen in Proverbs twenty nine, verse twenty three,
Speaker 1: and man's pride will bring him low, but a humble
Speaker 1: spirit will obtain honor. Pride not only affects one's relationship
Speaker 1: with God, but also disrupts relationships with others, fostering conflict
Speaker 1: and division. Spiritual implications, Pride is a spiritual blindness that
Speaker 1: prevents individuals from recognizing their need for God. It leads
Speaker 1: a self reliance and a rejection of divine authority. The
Speaker 1: spiritual consequence of pride is separation from God, as it
Speaker 1: is fundamentally opposed to the humility and required for repentance
Speaker 1: and faith. Next, a call to humility. Scripture calls believers
Speaker 1: to reject pride and embrace humility. Philippians two, verses three
Speaker 1: through four instructs do nothing out of selfish ambition or
Speaker 1: empty pride, but in humility, consider others more important than yourselves.
Speaker 1: Each of you should not should look not only at
Speaker 1: their own interests, but also the interests of others. This
Speaker 1: call to humility essential to Christian living. This call to
Speaker 1: humility is central and Christian living, reflecting the character of
Speaker 1: Christ and fostering unity within the body of believers. So
Speaker 1: just read all that because it's about pride and its consequences. Okay,
Speaker 1: And then let's see we talked about the importance of
Speaker 1: heating warnings. In tewod King's fourteen nine through ten was
Speaker 1: a warning to Amasiah, which he ignored. This illustrates the
Speaker 1: importance of listening to wise counsel and warnings. In nine
Speaker 1: through ten, what did it say? It said, you have
Speaker 1: indeed defeated Edam in your heart was lifted up glory
Speaker 1: in that you stay at home, and stay at home.
Speaker 1: And why should you meddle with trouble so that you
Speaker 1: follow you and Judah with you? That was the warning
Speaker 1: in verse ten. Okay, So what is the importance of
Speaker 1: heating warnings? Okay? The Bible is replete with instances where
Speaker 1: God provides warnings to his people, emphasizing the importance of
Speaker 1: heeding these divine messages. These warnings serve as a means
Speaker 1: of guidance, correction, and protection, underscoring the necessity of obedience
Speaker 1: and vigilance in the life of a believer. A couple
Speaker 1: examples we have in the Old Testament the account of
Speaker 1: Noahs for a found example of importance of heating divine warnings.
Speaker 1: God warned Noah of impeding flood and inction instructed him
Speaker 1: to build an arc to save his family and the animals. Similarly,
Speaker 1: the account of Lot and destruction of sodom Megamora illustrates
Speaker 1: the critical nature of heating warnings. The angels warned Lot
Speaker 1: to flee the city to avoid and paining destruction. Lot's
Speaker 1: compliance the warning led to him and his daughter's survival.
Speaker 1: By those who ignored the warning faced destruction. In the
Speaker 1: New Testament, excuse me, Jesus himself issued warnings about spiritual
Speaker 1: vigilance and readiness. In the Parable of Ten Virgins, Jesus
Speaker 1: warned of the necessity to be prepared for his return,
Speaker 1: as the foolest virgins who were unprepared were shut out
Speaker 1: of the wedding feast. This parable underscores the importance of
Speaker 1: This parable underscores the importance of spiritual readiness and the
Speaker 1: consequences of ignoring divine warnings. And then the apostle Paul
Speaker 1: also emphasizes importance of heeding warnings to his letters. In
Speaker 1: One Corinthians ten, verses eleven through twelve, Paul writes, these
Speaker 1: things happened to them as examples and were written down
Speaker 1: as warnings for us on whom the fulfillment of the
Speaker 1: ages has come. So the one who thinks he is
Speaker 1: standing firm should be careful not to fall. Paul holightes
Speaker 1: the lessons from Israel's warnings as Israel's history as warnings
Speaker 1: for believers to remain vigilant and humble, and the consequences
Speaker 1: of ignoring warnings. Ignoring divine warnings often leads to dire consequences,
Speaker 1: as evidence throughout Scripture the spirit the Israelite's failure to
Speaker 1: heed the warnings of the prophets resulted in exile and suffering.
Speaker 1: In the New Testament, Annius and and Sephiras disregard for
Speaker 1: the warning against deceit led to their sudden deaths. The
Speaker 1: Bible consistently teaches that heeding God's warning is an act
Speaker 1: of wisdom and the inobedience it reflects a heart that
Speaker 1: is receptive to God's guidance and a life that is
Speaker 1: aligned with his will. Through the examples of Noah, a lot,
Speaker 1: the prophets, and the tastings of Jesus, and the apostle,
Speaker 1: scripture underscores the vital importance of listening to and acting
Speaker 1: upon divine warnings. So it makes total sense, okay, I
Speaker 1: we have divine warnings to not commit certain sins and
Speaker 1: we end up committing them still, and so you know,
Speaker 1: we're trying to be we need to be well, let
Speaker 1: let me go down here real quick. So we are
Speaker 1: now on what twenty three? Let me just go ahead
Speaker 1: highlight that. So, yeah, we need to heed these warnings
Speaker 1: that the Bible's tone is not to commit these sins. Okay,
Speaker 1: so see one thirteen. Nope, we're going to be on
Speaker 1: fourteen one through twenty three. Let's see. So let me
Speaker 1: just go over a brief description of what we just
Speaker 1: read in First Kings one. In First Kings fourteen, Second
Speaker 1: King's fourteen gees, Second Case fourteen one through twenty two
Speaker 1: details the reign of King Amasiah of Judah a mixed
Speaker 1: bag of faithfulness and failure. He did some things right,
Speaker 1: executing his father's murderers defeating Edom, but his pride led
Speaker 1: him to worship Edomite idols, ignore God's prophet, foolishly attack Israel,
Speaker 1: get defeated, and eventually assassinated, showing a pattern of following
Speaker 1: his father's general policy but failing to reach David's spiritual
Speaker 1: heights and ultimately succumbing to sin and pride. After initial
Speaker 1: success in verses one through four, and Messiah starts well,
Speaker 1: doing what's right in God's eyes, like executing his father's murderers,
Speaker 1: but not their children, respecting Mosaic law, the Edomite victory
Speaker 1: and idolatry verses seven and fourteen. He defeats Edom, but then,
Speaker 1: filled with pride from his victory, brings back their idols
Speaker 1: and starts worshiping them, a significant spiritual failure, ignoring God's prophet.
Speaker 1: In verses nine through ten, a prophet warns him against
Speaker 1: flooding Israel, against fighting Israel, but Amasiah's over confident dismisses
Speaker 1: the warning, prioritizing his own strength over God's word war
Speaker 1: with Israel and defeat. In verses eleven through fourteen, Judah
Speaker 1: loses badly to Israel, Jerusalem is plundered, and Amaziah is
Speaker 1: taking captive, illustrating how it's pride, his pride and disobedience
Speaker 1: led to national humiliation and then the lesson of pride.
Speaker 1: His story. His story shows how prosperity and military success
Speaker 1: can corrupt, leading to arrogance and a departure from God,
Speaker 1: a common theme in Israelite history, and then a warning
Speaker 1: for Judah. The chapter highlights how judah sins like Israel's
Speaker 1: continued and the king often followed patterns of partial obedience
Speaker 1: and event victual apostasy, set in the stage for future judgment.
Speaker 1: So now let's go ahead and read twenty three through
Speaker 1: twenty nine, and let me go back real quick, all right. So,
Speaker 1: Jeroboam the second reigns in Israel. In the fifteenth year
Speaker 1: of Amasiah, the son of joe Ash, king of Judah. Jereboam,
Speaker 1: the son of joe Ash, King of Israel, became king
Speaker 1: in Samaria and reigned forty one years. He did evil
Speaker 1: in the side of the Lord. He did not depart
Speaker 1: from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat,
Speaker 1: who had made Israel's sin. He restored the territory of
Speaker 1: Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the see of Araba,
Speaker 1: according to the word of the Lord God of Israel,
Speaker 1: which he had spoken through his servant Jonah, the son
Speaker 1: of Amati, the prophet, who was from Gath. From Gath, helper, heifer, sorry,
Speaker 1: from Gath Heifer. For the Lord Lord saw that the
Speaker 1: affliction of Israel was very bitter, and whether bond or free,
Speaker 1: there was no helper for Israel. And the Lord did
Speaker 1: not say that he would blot out the name of
Speaker 1: Israel over from under heaven. But he saved them by
Speaker 1: the hand of Jereboam, the son of joe Ash. Now
Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all he
Speaker 1: did his might, he made war, and how he recaptured
Speaker 1: for Israel from Damascus and Jimath had belonged to Judah.
Speaker 1: Are they not written in the book of Chronicles of
Speaker 1: the Kings of Israel. So Jeroboam rested with his fathers,
Speaker 1: the Kings of Israel. Then Zachariah his son, reigned in
Speaker 1: his place. All right, So we'll go over a brief
Speaker 1: description of what we just read so. Second Kings fourteen
Speaker 1: twenty three through twenty nine describes the reign of Jereboam
Speaker 1: the Second in Israel, a wicked king who never nonetheless
Speaker 1: restored Israel's borders and prosperity for filling Jonah's prophecy because
Speaker 1: God's compassion for his people was great despite their unfaithfulness.
Speaker 1: This passage highlights God's mysterious ways using a sinful king
Speaker 1: for his purposes and serves as a backdrop for the
Speaker 1: prophet Amos, who condemned Israel's social injustice during his prosperous
Speaker 1: but morally corrupt time. It shows God's mercy and restoring
Speaker 1: his people's fortunes before ultimate judgment, even when kings like
Speaker 1: Jeroboam did evil God's sovereignty and mercy. God used wicked
Speaker 1: king Jerobon the second to restore Israel's territory, fulfilling a
Speaker 1: prophecy from Jonah, demonstrating his immense compassion even for a
Speaker 1: rebellious people. Fulfillment of prophecy. This passage records the fulfillment
Speaker 1: of Jonah's prophecy mentioned in Jonah one to one, that
Speaker 1: God would restore Israel's land prosperity versus piety. Israel experienced
Speaker 1: significant territorial and economic gains under Jereboem the Second, but
Speaker 1: this prosperity didn't lead to spiritual reform. The nation continued
Speaker 1: in idolatry and sin, who was condemned by Amos and Josea.
Speaker 1: God's Mysterious Ways. The passage questions why God blesses a
Speaker 1: wicked nation, suggesting that his grace works in surprising ways,
Speaker 1: using ungodly people and circumstances for his greater plan, which
Speaker 1: often precedes judgment context to the prophets. It sets the
Speaker 1: stage for the prophetic books of Amos and Hosea, showing
Speaker 1: the stark contrast between Israel's outward success in edward decay
Speaker 1: and inward decay and God's call for justice. Warning against
Speaker 1: misinterpreting blessings, the passage warns against assuming current success means
Speaker 1: divine approval. God's kindness might be a call to repentance,
Speaker 1: not a license for continued sin. In Essen, Tewond Kings
Speaker 1: fourteen twenty three through twenty nine reveals God's complex and
Speaker 1: compassionate work, using even evil rulers to bring temporary relief
Speaker 1: and restore his people, while simultaneously preparing his profits to
Speaker 1: call them back to righteousness before his final judgment. Perfect.
Speaker 1: All right, So that is the end of tewod King's
Speaker 1: fourteen Let me go ahead and go over some practical
Speaker 1: applications for you guys. It says, wholehearted devotion is the
Speaker 1: first one. Strive to serve God with complete devotion, not
Speaker 1: just partial obedience. Reflect on areas in your life where
Speaker 1: you may be holding back from fully following God's commands.
Speaker 1: We probably all have something like that. You know, we're
Speaker 1: not all perfect. I know that everybody outwardly wants to
Speaker 1: seem perfect, you know, but inwardly, what's going on with us?
Speaker 1: You know? Are we all following God's commands? You know,
Speaker 1: there's always I don't know if everybody has something, but
Speaker 1: it feels like there's always something that kind of you know,
Speaker 1: you're on a good pace and you're doing good for
Speaker 1: a while, and all of a sudden, something pulls you
Speaker 1: down and like you know, you end up sinning, you know,
Speaker 1: and it's whether it's anger or whatever it is. You know,
Speaker 1: something happens where you're just like, ah, like you can't
Speaker 1: get rid of that, you know, whether it's you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know if some people have different problems, you know, drugs, alcohol,
Speaker 1: you know, I even have friends that have alcohol problems
Speaker 1: and they'll be good for like a good amount of
Speaker 1: time and then boom, it just it gets them, you know,
Speaker 1: and it just sweeps them off their feet, you know.
Speaker 1: And everybody has their their their little their their thorn
Speaker 1: in their side, you know. That just it's very hard.
Speaker 1: So we need to make sure that we're wholeheartedly devoted.
Speaker 1: Me myself as well, you know, I need to make
Speaker 1: sure as well. You know, right before I got on
Speaker 1: this podcast, my kids were acting up. My daughter Aurora
Speaker 1: was was acting up and my daughter Anastasia was both
Speaker 1: they're both acting up, and it was very hard for
Speaker 1: me to control my anger because they wouldn't they would
Speaker 1: not stop running around, and I told them, you need
Speaker 1: to get we need to get diapeerr on, you need
Speaker 1: to go into the room. And they were just running around,
Speaker 1: running a muck. And you know, sometimes you get angry.
Speaker 1: So that's something I feel, you know, I'm like, ah,
Speaker 1: like it's it's normal for a parent to get angry,
Speaker 1: I know, but it's just something that I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, I feel bad about, you know, because I
Speaker 1: feel like I got angry and now I got to
Speaker 1: come jump on a podcast and start talking about the Bible,
Speaker 1: you know, And it's like, man, like, none of us
Speaker 1: are perfect, and I feel the imperfectness. You know. I'm
Speaker 1: definitely not perfect in any way, and I definitely have
Speaker 1: my mom my problems, you know. And I'm human. I'm
Speaker 1: just here reading the Bible to you guys and explaining,
Speaker 1: and I'm not perfect in any way, you know. So
Speaker 1: I have my own problems. So whenever I say that
Speaker 1: we need to do this, I really mean it, like
Speaker 1: I need to do it as well. Next, balancing justice
Speaker 1: and mercy in your interactions with others. Seek to balance
Speaker 1: justice with mercy, following the example set by Amaziah and
Speaker 1: sparing the children of the guilty. So yes, in our interactions,
Speaker 1: balance justice with mercy. Of course, we need to have
Speaker 1: grace for others, and we need to have mercy for others.
Speaker 1: I agree with that. Number Three. Guard against pride. Regularly
Speaker 1: examine your heart for pride and seek humility, recognizing that
Speaker 1: pride can lead to downfall and destruction. I don't even
Speaker 1: need to explain this one. This is definitely true. We
Speaker 1: see it throughout history. We see it throughout when we're
Speaker 1: reading the word of God a lot where people just
Speaker 1: start being filled with pride. Right and also as podcasters,
Speaker 1: we need to also, you know, we have an ego
Speaker 1: that we can build up from being podcaster. You know, Oh,
Speaker 1: this guy's calling me for this show, this show. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm getting real popular here. Yay. I'm getting a lot
Speaker 1: of subscribers, or I'm getting a lot of listeners. Yay.
Speaker 1: Pride starts going up, and it's something that you have
Speaker 1: to check yourself on as a podcaster, you know myself.
Speaker 1: You know, we have to guard against pride. It's real
Speaker 1: easy for people to start going, oh I love that show.
Speaker 1: You did great on that when you did a great
Speaker 1: and you could be like, oh, yeah, I did do great. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: it's all glory to God. You need to make sure
Speaker 1: that we say that because you could start building up
Speaker 1: your pride and your ego and it's not good at all,
Speaker 1: and you'll get humbled real quick, you know. And you
Speaker 1: got to definitely guard against pride. And I have to
Speaker 1: guard against pride myself when it comes to podcasting for sure. Uh,
Speaker 1: listen to wise counsel, be open to receiving and heating
Speaker 1: warnings and advice from others, especially when they are aligned
Speaker 1: with biblical principles. So I was heated a warning before
Speaker 1: I started this this Bible study by one of my
Speaker 1: people that I trust, and he was just like, did
Speaker 1: you see you know, I saw you share that post
Speaker 1: and there was an eye on the you know, cultal
Speaker 1: conspiracy and all this stuff, you know, and they were
Speaker 1: he was just like, you know, heeding me warnings, you know,
Speaker 1: But I ended up going with my gut and just
Speaker 1: thinking I need to go and people need this word.
Speaker 1: They need the Word of God, you know, they need it.
Speaker 1: So he understood after I was done, and I and
Speaker 1: what I did is I just had cult conspiracy when
Speaker 1: they share my show, only share my Josh Monday Christian
Speaker 1: Conspiracy podcasts logo, you know what I mean, not have
Speaker 1: their logo on it. So that kind of damper that.
Speaker 1: So until then my friend's like okay, and then you know,
Speaker 1: he's like he understands. You know. It's like, really, I
Speaker 1: just wanted to start bringing the Bible to people. That's
Speaker 1: all I'm really trying to do. Dang, I don't know
Speaker 1: how I got cut right there. Yeah, I have blood
Speaker 1: warm anyways, Yes, So That's just an example. You know,
Speaker 1: I had to heed wise counsel and then you know,
Speaker 1: kind of just align myself with brutal biblical principles. The
Speaker 1: way I align myself with biblical principles is I need
Speaker 1: to spread the Gospel and I need to spread the Bible.
Speaker 1: And people on cult and conspiracy, you know, their platform
Speaker 1: need the Bible just as well as anybody else. So
Speaker 1: that's how I I want to line it with biblical principle.
Speaker 1: Prayed about it. Lord, do you want me to do this?
Speaker 1: If you don't want me to do it, shut the
Speaker 1: opportunity down. If you want me to do it, allow
Speaker 1: me to do this, and give me the time, give
Speaker 1: me the energy, and give me the wife to take
Speaker 1: care of the kids while I do this. And God
Speaker 1: he answered the prayer and I went through with the show.
Speaker 1: So that's how that went for me. So okay, so
Speaker 1: that's we're done with those practical applications. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and go over some additional scriptures that connect we have
Speaker 1: wholehearted devotion. Compare with First Kings eleven, verse four, where
Speaker 1: Solomon's heart was not fully devoted to the Lord. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and check out what that says now, I
Speaker 1: need to blow on my arm. Sorry, stinging a little bit.
Speaker 1: I don't know how I must my nail must have
Speaker 1: scratched my arm when I was talking to something first
Speaker 1: Kings eleven, verse fourteen. I don't no verse yeah, verse
Speaker 1: four sorry, says Furrow. Was so when Solomon was old
Speaker 1: that his wives turned his heart after other gods, and
Speaker 1: his heart was not loyal to the Lord, his God,
Speaker 1: and was the heart of his father David, as was
Speaker 1: the heart of his father David. Okay, For Solomon went
Speaker 1: after Astaroth, the goddess of the Sedonians, and after Milcom,
Speaker 1: the abomination of the Amorites. Are Ammonites. Solomon did evil
Speaker 1: in the side of the Lord and did not fully
Speaker 1: follow the Lord as as his father David did, or
Speaker 1: as his father David. Okay, so that's kind of what
Speaker 1: he's talking about. Next up, we have justice and mercy.
Speaker 1: Reflect on Machiah six verse eight, verse eight, which calls
Speaker 1: us to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
Speaker 1: Let's check out Makaiah six, verse eight. Machiah six eight.
Speaker 1: He has shown you, oh man, what is good and
Speaker 1: what does the Lord require of you? But to do justly,
Speaker 1: to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God
Speaker 1: that is perfect. And then next we have pride and consequences.
Speaker 1: Proverbs sixteen, verse eighteen warns that pride goes before destruction
Speaker 1: at the evident in Ameziah's story. Next we have heeding warnings.
Speaker 1: Proverbs twelve, verse fifteen emphasizes the wisdom of listening to advice.
Speaker 1: Let's check that one out. Proverbs twelve, verse fifteen says
Speaker 1: the way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
Speaker 1: but he who heeds counsel is wise. Amen, Amen, Amen,
Speaker 1: all right. It emphasizes the wisdom of listening to advice.
Speaker 1: Now we're gonna jump to Second Kings of verse fifteen,
Speaker 1: verse fifteen, Second Kings, Chapter fifteen, and let me just
Speaker 1: go over an introduction for first Second Kings fifteen. Second
Speaker 1: Kings fifteen depicts an era of constant change and political
Speaker 1: instability in the history of Israel and Judah. This chapter
Speaker 1: records the reigns of multiple kings, illustrating a time characterized
Speaker 1: by rebellion, conspiracy, and idolatry, alongside an ongoing struggle for
Speaker 1: faithfulness to God. So let me just go to my
Speaker 1: notes there we go, and my other notes say we'll
Speaker 1: go to fifteen one through seven and drink some water,
Speaker 1: all right. So second King's fifteen Isoriah's reign in Judah. Okay.
Speaker 1: So in the twenty seventh year Jereboam King of Israel, Azariah,
Speaker 1: the son of Amaziah, King of Judah, became king. He
Speaker 1: was sixteen years old when he became king, and he
Speaker 1: reigned fifty two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was
Speaker 1: Jekaliah of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in
Speaker 1: the side of the Lord Aicornda all his father Emaziah
Speaker 1: had done, except that the high places were not removed.
Speaker 1: The people still sacrificed and burn and scends on the
Speaker 1: high places. Then the lord struck the king so that
Speaker 1: he was leper until the day of his death. So
Speaker 1: he dwelt in an isolated house, and Jotham, the king's son,
Speaker 1: was over the royal house, judging the people of the land.
Speaker 1: Now the rest of the acts of Isoriah and all
Speaker 1: he did are they not written in the book of
Speaker 1: chronicles of the Kings of Judah. So Azariah rested with
Speaker 1: his fathers, and they buried him and his father's in
Speaker 1: the city of David, then Jotham his son reigned in
Speaker 1: his place. All right, So let me just go ahead
Speaker 1: and read what my notes say about the reign of Azariah.
Speaker 1: Azariah became king of Judah and reigned for fifty two years.
Speaker 1: He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,
Speaker 1: just as his father Amaziah had done. Second King fifteen
Speaker 1: to three. However, he failed to remove the high places,
Speaker 1: and his pride led to his downfall. That's interesting. He
Speaker 1: reigned for fifty two years. That's a long rain. Azariah,
Speaker 1: also known as Usiah, was the King of Judah whose
Speaker 1: reign is documented in the Old Testament. His account is
Speaker 1: primarily found in Second Kings fifteen one through seven and
Speaker 1: one Second Chronicles twenty six. Asuriah's reign is noted for
Speaker 1: its length, prosperity, and eventual downfall due to the pride,
Speaker 1: due to pride and disobedience to God. Historical contexts, Azariah
Speaker 1: was the son of Amaziah and became King of Judah
Speaker 1: at the age of sixteen. His reign lasted for fifty
Speaker 1: two years, making it one of the longest in history
Speaker 1: of the Divided Kingdom. This period was marked by relative
Speaker 1: stability and prosperity for Judah, as well as significant military
Speaker 1: and architectural achievements. This account of Asiah's reign begins in
Speaker 1: Second Kings fifteen one through seven. The Brion Standard Bible
Speaker 1: states in the twenty seventh year of Jeroboam, King of Israel,
Speaker 1: Israah's son of Amaziah became king of Judah. He was
Speaker 1: sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned
Speaker 1: in Jerusalem for fifty two years. His mother's name was Jakalaiah,
Speaker 1: who she was from Jerusalem. Aziiah is described as doing
Speaker 1: what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just
Speaker 1: as his father Amaziah had done. However, the high places
Speaker 1: were not removed and the people continued to offer sacrifices
Speaker 1: and burnt incense there achievements as a Kai's reign was
Speaker 1: marked by significant achievements. He fortified Jerusalem, built towers, and
Speaker 1: improved the military defenses of Judah. He also expanded architectural development,
Speaker 1: digging many wells, and promoted livestock and farming. His military
Speaker 1: campaigns were successful as he subdued the Philistines, Arabs, and
Speaker 1: the Meunites, extending Judah's influence and securing his borders. Second
Speaker 1: Chronicles twenty six provides a more detailed account of his accomplishments,
Speaker 1: highlighting his innovations in technology, including the development of engines,
Speaker 1: of engines designed by skillful men to shoot arrows and
Speaker 1: large stones. Very interesting. Well, we'll have to read second chronicle. Well,
Speaker 1: when we get to Second Chronics twenty sixth, we'll have
Speaker 1: to remember that we talked about this. Despite his successes,
Speaker 1: as Ariah's reign ended in tragedy due to his pride.
Speaker 1: In Second Chronicles twenty six Verse sixteen states, but for
Speaker 1: Osiah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He
Speaker 1: was as unfaithful. He was unfaithful to the Lord, his God,
Speaker 1: and for he entered the temple of the Lord to
Speaker 1: burn incense on the altar of incense. The act of
Speaker 1: presumption was a direct violation of levitical law, which reserved
Speaker 1: the priestly duties for the descendants of Erin. As Ariah's
Speaker 1: attempt to insert the priestly role resulted in God's striking
Speaker 1: him with leprosy. He lived in isolation until his death,
Speaker 1: while his son joked them governed the people of his
Speaker 1: steed legacy. As Ariah's reign is a prompt poignant reminder
Speaker 1: of the dangers of pride in the imhortance of God,
Speaker 1: obedient God's obedience, importance of obedience to God's commandments. His
Speaker 1: initial faithful brought prosperity and strength to Judah, but his
Speaker 1: later actions serve as a cautionary tale of consequences of
Speaker 1: overstepping divine boundaries. Despite his downfall, as Ariah is remembered
Speaker 1: as a king who for as much for much of
Speaker 1: his reign, sought to do what was right in the
Speaker 1: eyes of the Lord. Okay, so that was a pretty
Speaker 1: good description of his reign. I love the fact that
Speaker 1: it's got such you know, deep stuff about the military,
Speaker 1: stuff about the you know, I guess the invention of
Speaker 1: it had said engine hopefully. I don't know if I'm
Speaker 1: reading wrong, but I was like, whoa, they're really getting
Speaker 1: down there. The consequences of sin Asiah's pride resulted in leprosy,
Speaker 1: and he lived in isolation until his death Sewod King
Speaker 1: fifteen five. This highlights the personal consequences of sin, even
Speaker 1: for those who generally follow God. So I'm just going
Speaker 1: over some more stuff in my notes before we start.
Speaker 1: Verse eight. Okay, So the consequences of sin. The concept
Speaker 1: of sin and its consequences is a central theme throughout
Speaker 1: the Bible, reflecting the moral and spiritual order established by God. Sin,
Speaker 1: defined as any action, thought, or attitude that falls short
Speaker 1: of God's holiness and commands, has profound implications for individuals, communities,
Speaker 1: and the world at large. The worst part about it
Speaker 1: is the separation from God. One of the most significant
Speaker 1: consequences of sin is the separation it causes between humanity
Speaker 1: and God. For example, in the Garden of Eden, Adam
Speaker 1: and Eve's disobedience led to their expulsion from God's presence
Speaker 1: Genesis three twenty three through twenty four. Isaiah fifty nine
Speaker 1: two states, but your iniquities have built barriers between you
Speaker 1: and your God, and your sins have hidden his face
Speaker 1: from you, that he will not hear. This separation underscores
Speaker 1: the spiritual death that sin brings, alienating individuals from the
Speaker 1: source of life and holiness. I'm just going over this
Speaker 1: because of the sins that we're committed, you know, so
Speaker 1: with the pride that result in leprosy. Okay, that's all
Speaker 1: We're going over this. So spiritual, spiritual and physical death
Speaker 1: is talked about in Romans six twenty three, where it
Speaker 1: says the Bible teaches that sin results in both spiritual
Speaker 1: and physical death. Romans six twenty three declares for the
Speaker 1: wages of sin as death, but the gift of God
Speaker 1: is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. This verse
Speaker 1: highlights the ultimate consequence of sin, external separation from God,
Speaker 1: which is spiritual death. Physical death introduced by Adam. Sin
Speaker 1: is also a consequence, as seen in Genesis three nineteen
Speaker 1: suffering and brokenness. Sin brings suffering and brokenness into the world.
Speaker 1: The fall of humanity introduce pain, toil, and strife into
Speaker 1: human existence Genesis three sixteen through nineteen. The Book of
Speaker 1: Proverbs frequently associates sin with personal and communal turmoil, as
Speaker 1: Proverbs thirteen, verse fifteen says good understanding wins favor, but
Speaker 1: the way of the faithless is difficult. Sin disrupt relationships,
Speaker 1: leading to conflict and justice and societal decay, so and
Speaker 1: then need for redemption. The persplasive consequences of sin highlight
Speaker 1: humanity's need for redemption. The sacrificial system and the Old
Speaker 1: Testament and the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ and the
Speaker 1: New Testament addresses the problem of sin. Hebrews nine twenty
Speaker 1: six states, but now he has appeared once for all
Speaker 1: at the end of the ages, to do away with
Speaker 1: sin by the sacrifice of himself. Through Christ's atonement, believers
Speaker 1: are offered forgiveness and reconciliation with God, overcoming the separation
Speaker 1: caused by sin. All that was all because I wanted
Speaker 1: to go over that, because of the pride that resulted
Speaker 1: in leprosy, that lived niziation of his death, which was
Speaker 1: spoken about in Second Kings fifteen, verse five. All right,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead, and let's go over a brief
Speaker 1: description of what we read in verses one through seven.
Speaker 1: So when we go to verse eight, you remember what
Speaker 1: we talked about because I covered so many notes. Second
Speaker 1: Kings fifteen to one through seven introduces King Azariah Ziah
Speaker 1: of Judah, highlighting his long, initially successful reign where he
Speaker 1: did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,
Speaker 1: yet where he did what was right in the Lord's eyes,
Speaker 1: yet failed by not removing the high places adolterous altars,
Speaker 1: leading to a ventuable divine judgment leprosy for his pride,
Speaker 1: illustrating that outward success doesn't guarantee spiritual faithfulness and setting
Speaker 1: a power pattern for subsequent kings in both Israel and Judah,
Speaker 1: often marked by mixed obedience and turmoil. As Ariah's a
Speaker 1: good start. He began his fifty two year reign alongside
Speaker 1: his father that later then later with his son Jotham,
Speaker 1: by doing what pleased God. Similar to his father Amaziah,
Speaker 1: partial obedience why generally good. As ariahs allowed the people
Speaker 1: to continue sacrifice in high places which God had forbidden,
Speaker 1: showing a lack of full commitment to his word, prophecy
Speaker 1: and pride. His reign saw great military success, territorial expansion
Speaker 1: and fornications for fornications fortifications, but this success led to
Speaker 1: pride divine judgment. For unsurping the priestly role by burning
Speaker 1: incense in the temple, a priestly duty. God struck him
Speaker 1: with leprosy, forcing him into isolation, thing theme of covenant faithfulness.
Speaker 1: This section contrasts as Ariah's partial obedience and downfall with
Speaker 1: the greater spiritual decay in the Northern Kingdom of Israel,
Speaker 1: reminding readers that political stability doesn't replace faithfulness to God.
Speaker 1: The danger of almost as a Riah's story warns against
Speaker 1: the temptation of serve God, partially showing how even good
Speaker 1: rulers can fall even when they mix obedience for worldly
Speaker 1: success and prior according to his Apostolic faith. Sorry, according
Speaker 1: to this Apostolic Faith church resource. Okay, sorry, it was
Speaker 1: shooting out the resource. There context for Israel's decline. This
Speaker 1: passage and introduces a chaotic period where kings rise and
Speaker 1: fall quickly in Israel, emphasizing Judah's relative stability over Azariah,
Speaker 1: even when his flaws according, even with his flaws according,
Speaker 1: even with his flaws. A call to wholeheartedness, the passage
Speaker 1: teaches that God expects complete attention to his instructions, not
Speaker 1: selective obedience. Okay, so let me just go in and
Speaker 1: take a drink of water real quick. All right. Now,
Speaker 1: we're going to read Zachariah reigns in Israel. We're gonna
Speaker 1: read verses eight through twelve. All right. So in that
Speaker 1: in the thirty eighth year of Isoria's King of Judah, Zachariah,
Speaker 1: the son of Jereboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months,
Speaker 1: and he did evil on the side of the Lord
Speaker 1: as his father had done. He did not depart from
Speaker 1: the sins of Jeroboam, the son of the Bat, who
Speaker 1: had made Israel sin. Then Shalom, the son of j Besh,
Speaker 1: conspired against him and struck and killed him in front
Speaker 1: of the people, and he reigned in his place. Now
Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Zacharaia, indeed are written
Speaker 1: in the book of Chronicles for the kings of Israel.
Speaker 1: This was the word of the Lord which he had
Speaker 1: spoke to Jehu, saying, your sons shall sit on the
Speaker 1: throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it was.
Speaker 1: So it's a prophecy. Man, imagine being that guy and
Speaker 1: knowing about that prophecy. So it says it my note,
Speaker 1: God's sovereignty. Despite the chaos and unfaithfulness of the kings,
Speaker 1: God's sovereign plan continues the prophecy given to Jehu that
Speaker 1: his descendants would sit on the throne. The visual for
Speaker 1: four generations is fulfilled with Zachariah and second kings fifteen
Speaker 1: verse twelve, God excuse me. God's sovereignty refers to his
Speaker 1: supreme power and authority over all creation. It encompasses his
Speaker 1: ability to govern the universe and execute his will without
Speaker 1: any external influence or hindrance. Hindrance. The concept is foundational
Speaker 1: to understanding God's nature and his relationship with the Word.
Speaker 1: So God's sovereignty is a central demon scripture, affirming his
Speaker 1: ultimate authority and control over all things. That provides believers
Speaker 1: with assurance and hope, knowing that God's purposes will ultimately prevail. Okay,
Speaker 1: So I just want to remember that, and then I'm
Speaker 1: going to go over the cycle of kings in Israel.
Speaker 1: The chapter details the reign. Okay, So I don't you
Speaker 1: know what, I don't want to go over that until
Speaker 1: the very end, actually, because that'll give you guys some
Speaker 1: spoiler alerts if I go over that portion. The chapter
Speaker 1: contrasts the relativity stable reign of is Israe and Judah,
Speaker 1: while the termol in Israel underscores the impact of leader.
Speaker 1: All right, so let's go ahead, and let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and read a little portion or a description of what
Speaker 1: we just read. In verses eight through twelve, says uh.
Speaker 1: Second King's fifteen to eight through twelve describes the brief,
Speaker 1: violent reign of Zachariah, the last king of Jayhu's dynasty
Speaker 1: in Israel, high lighting God's judgment on Israel. Persistent sin
Speaker 1: fulfilling his promise to Jayhu have his line of the
Speaker 1: throne for four generations, but ending with his treachery, showing
Speaker 1: divine justice amidst political chaos. Zachariah reigned only six months
Speaker 1: before being assassinated by Shalom, demonstrating the instability and wickedness
Speaker 1: overtaking the kingdom as kings continued to the adulterous ways
Speaker 1: of Jeroboem the first fulfillment of God's promise Verse twelve.
Speaker 1: Explicity states this was the fulfillment of God's promise to Jehu,
Speaker 1: second Kings ten Verse thirty. This was his descendants that
Speaker 1: his descendants would rule to the fourth generation. Zachariah was
Speaker 1: the fourth divine judgment. This passage marks the end of
Speaker 1: Jehu's line, showing God's judgment for Israel's unpertinent evil and
Speaker 1: the sins of Jereboam. While God kept his promise of succession,
Speaker 1: he also brought it to a decisive, violent end political
Speaker 1: instability and violence. Zachariah's short reign and assassination by Shalom,
Speaker 1: who himself reigned only a month before. Okay, I don't
Speaker 1: want to that's going to be a spoiler alert. This
Speaker 1: passage serves as a warning that even God fulfills promises,
Speaker 1: he also judges disobedience. No amount of power temporary success
Speaker 1: can substitute for the covenant faithfulness. And this first shows
Speaker 1: the tragic culmination of Jehu's dynasty, where God's faithfulness to
Speaker 1: his word met his justice for Israel's persistent evil, ushering
Speaker 1: in a period of intense turmoil. All right, so I
Speaker 1: don't want to give you a spoiler alert on some
Speaker 1: of that, so let's go ahead and read Shalom reigns
Speaker 1: in Israel. Shalom, the son of Japesh became king in
Speaker 1: that thirty ninth year of Ziah, king of Judah, and
Speaker 1: he reigned a month in Samaria for Menahem, the son
Speaker 1: of Godi. Godi went up to Tizziah, came to Samaria
Speaker 1: and struck Shalom the son of j Jabesh and Samaria
Speaker 1: and killed him, and he reigned in his place. So
Speaker 1: we got people just you see, Shalom did that, and
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, this guy got an idea
Speaker 1: of bright idea, like, hey, I mean, this guy ended
Speaker 1: up killing him, so I might as well kill him. Right,
Speaker 1: So now the rest of the acts of Shalom and
Speaker 1: the conspiracy which he led, indeed are written in the
Speaker 1: book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. Then from Tizra,
Speaker 1: Menum attacked Tipsh sorry tip Saw all who were there
Speaker 1: in its territory because they did not surrender. Therefore he
Speaker 1: attacked it. All the women who were with children he
Speaker 1: ripped open. Wow, geez, so what do we just read?
Speaker 1: In verses thirteen through sixteen, describes the violent, short reign
Speaker 1: of Israel's king Shalom and the brutal assent of Menaheim,
Speaker 1: highlighting political instability and moral decay in Israel as Menaheim
Speaker 1: Menaheim fascinated Shalom and then savagely punished the city of
Speaker 1: tep Shaw tep let me see tip Saw for refusing
Speaker 1: to support him, even ripping open pregnant women as a
Speaker 1: terrifying display of power, reflecting a broader theme of divine
Speaker 1: judgment for unrighteous leadership. Man, that's crazy. So Salom overthrew
Speaker 1: King Zachariah, reigning only a month in Samaria, signaling instability
Speaker 1: and the emptiness of rebellion. Verse fourteen Menaheim's coup. Menahem,
Speaker 1: a general marched from Tisrah za Sorry killed Shalom Shalom
Speaker 1: and took the throne, showing how power he was seized
Speaker 1: through violence. And then this verse notes that Shalom's reign
Speaker 1: and conspiracy are recorded in alls of kings, and it's
Speaker 1: actually in chronicles, right, yeah, chronicles. I don't know why
Speaker 1: it's not saying that here, it's just saying the and
Speaker 1: g alls of Israel's kings, including a pattern of turmoil.
Speaker 1: And then I don't even want to read the other
Speaker 1: part where he's ripping open pregnant women. The moral decay
Speaker 1: This pastially illustrates the deep moral and spiritual corruption in Israel,
Speaker 1: where leaders like Menahem rule with extreme cruelty, leading to
Speaker 1: social breakdown. Menahem's actions serve as a stark example of
Speaker 1: how straying from God's laws brings chaos, proving that disregard
Speaker 1: for human dignity leads to spiritual and social discindonation, disindar nation,
Speaker 1: and then cycle of violence. The rapid succession of coops
Speaker 1: and brutal acts underscores the violent, unstable nature of Israel's
Speaker 1: Northern kingdom during this period, a prelude to Assyrian conquest.
Speaker 1: So and then also I wanted to say real quick.
Speaker 1: The reason this earlier I brought up up the trip
Speaker 1: and like the goat kind of like not like a GoFundMe.
Speaker 1: But if you guys could support me, it's easier for
Speaker 1: me to you know, prove this thing through my wife.
Speaker 1: If I have support from my audience. It's hard for
Speaker 1: me to just you know, spend two thousand dollars of
Speaker 1: our own money just for my own selfish needs of
Speaker 1: trying to prove the earth. My wife, she believes in
Speaker 1: the globe, so it's a little hard for her, you know.
Speaker 1: So I just don't know why this thought just came
Speaker 1: to my head, but that's the reason why I was
Speaker 1: asking for support, because it's easier for me to prove
Speaker 1: it with my wife. So anyways, let's go. And my
Speaker 1: wife also, you know, she's a she's she's awesome, but
Speaker 1: you know, she's she does a lot because she watches
Speaker 1: the kids every time I do podcasts and shows, and
Speaker 1: sometimes I'm asked to do shows at three o'clock in
Speaker 1: the afternoon or seven o'clock at night, and she she
Speaker 1: helps watch the kids while I do these podcasts, you know,
Speaker 1: and obviously podcasting is not my full time job, so
Speaker 1: for to do that it's amazing. So I'll glory to
Speaker 1: God for having a supportive wife. And also crazy me
Speaker 1: wants to go to up north and then down south
Speaker 1: and do these you know, experiments, crazier observations. But anyways,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and get back to the Bible. So
Speaker 1: excuse me. So we're done with that. So now we're
Speaker 1: in verse seventeen nest. Look up Manaheim's reign. This guy's crazy.
Speaker 1: Obviously Menaheim was the one that was attacking these pregnant women.
Speaker 1: So let's see what's up with this guy. And the
Speaker 1: thirty ninth year of azariahs King of Judah, Menaheim, the
Speaker 1: son of Godi Gadi, became king over Israel and reigned
Speaker 1: ten years in Samaria. And he did evil on the
Speaker 1: side of the Lord. He did not depart all of
Speaker 1: his days from the sins of Jereboam, the son of
Speaker 1: the Bat, who had made Israel sin, king of Assyria,
Speaker 1: came against the land, and Menaheim gave pull a thousand
Speaker 1: talents of silver that his hand might be with him
Speaker 1: to strengthen the kingdom under his control. Menaheim exacted the
Speaker 1: money from Israel from all the very wealthy from each
Speaker 1: man fifty shekels of silver to give to the king
Speaker 1: of Assyria. So the King of Asa turned back and
Speaker 1: did not stay in their land, did not stay there
Speaker 1: in the land. Now the rest of the acts of
Speaker 1: Menahem and all that he did, are they not written
Speaker 1: in the book of chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
Speaker 1: So Menaheim rested with his fathers. Then Pekahiah, his son,
Speaker 1: reigned in his place. Pekahiah, it's going to be another
Speaker 1: hard one to pronounce. Let's go ahead and make a
Speaker 1: little there. So all right, So let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go over a brief description of what we just read.
Speaker 1: Second Kings fifteen seventeen through twenty two describes Menaheim's violent
Speaker 1: rise and corrupt reign is the King of Israel, highlighting
Speaker 1: political instability and siritual decay as he bribes the Assyrian
Speaker 1: king pole with silver extracted from wealthy Israelites, showing how
Speaker 1: Israel sin led to subject subjudication by foreign powers and
Speaker 1: foreshadowing its eventual downfall as God disciplined the disobedient nation.
Speaker 1: We had some political instability. Israel was in chaos, where
Speaker 1: violent shifts in power as seen by Menaheim, king of Shalom,
Speaker 1: to take the throne, and then Menahem and then spiritual corruption.
Speaker 1: Menniheim did evil in the eyes of the Lord by
Speaker 1: continuing the doltrous sins of Jereboah, showing a persistent turning
Speaker 1: away from God, and then subjudication to Assyria. To secure
Speaker 1: his throne, Menaheim paid to a massive tribute thousand talents
Speaker 1: of silver to a Syrian king, poll, a heavy tax
Speaker 1: that crushed the wealthy Israelites and marked the beginning of
Speaker 1: Assyrian control. According to Assyrian Control Consequences of Disobedience, this
Speaker 1: event exemplifies the prophetic warnings that disobedience to God's covenant
Speaker 1: will bring foreign invasion and scattering cycle of sin. The
Speaker 1: passage shows that under passage shows that a nation under
Speaker 1: God's judgment where corruption leadership continues in sin, leading to
Speaker 1: further national distress and foreshadowing the eventual destruction of the
Speaker 1: Northern Kingdom. In essence, this passage illustrates how Israel's kings
Speaker 1: fail to lead the people back to God, resulting in
Speaker 1: internal violence and external oppression, a pattern of judgment for
Speaker 1: covenant breaking. Right next up, we're gonna read verses twenty
Speaker 1: three through twenty six about Pekahiah, says, Pekahiah reigns in Israel,
Speaker 1: verse twenty three. In the fifteenth year of Azraiah, king
Speaker 1: of Judah, Pekahiah, the son of Menahem, became king over
Speaker 1: Israel and Samaria, and reigned two years. And he did
Speaker 1: evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not
Speaker 1: depart from the sins of Jereboam the first, the son
Speaker 1: of Abbat, who made Israel sin. Then Paka, the son
Speaker 1: of Ramalayah, an officer of his, conspired against him and
Speaker 1: killed him in Samaria and the citadel of the king's house,
Speaker 1: along with our our gob and Ariah, and with him
Speaker 1: were fifty men of Gilead, and with him were fifty
Speaker 1: menut of Gilead. He killed him and reigned in his place.
Speaker 1: Now the rest of the acts of Pakiah, and all
Speaker 1: that he did, indeed, are written a book of the
Speaker 1: chronicles the Kings of Israel. So it says, a brief
Speaker 1: description of what we read we have. Second Kings fifteen
Speaker 1: twenty two to twenty six describes the brief, turbulent, two
Speaker 1: year reign of Pekahiah, the son of Menaheim, in Israel.
Speaker 1: Northern Israel Northern Kingdom highlight in the moral decay of
Speaker 1: political incibidity, where he continued the sins of Jerebone the First.
Speaker 1: He was assassinated by his own officer Bakai, in a conspiracy,
Speaker 1: revealing deep corruption, with the passage concluding that his full
Speaker 1: history is recorded in the book of Chronicles the Kings
Speaker 1: of Israel. This section shows how Israel's disobedience led to
Speaker 1: violent leadership changes, foreshadowing its ultimate downfall under Assyrian pressure.
Speaker 1: We still had moral decay and idolatry. Pekahayah followed the
Speaker 1: sins of the path of Jerebone the First, failing to
Speaker 1: lead Israel back to God, resulting in national apostasy political instability.
Speaker 1: His short reign, marked by treachery and plots like his
Speaker 1: own murder by Pakai Pika, shows Israel's kingdom was fragile
Speaker 1: and driven by ambition rather than righteousness divine judgment. The
Speaker 1: violent end to Pekaiah's rule serves as a consequence of
Speaker 1: Israel's persistent disobedience, a reoccurring theme in the Books of
Speaker 1: king Verse twenty six emphasizes the reliability of scripture by
Speaker 1: noting that Pakaia's deeds through briefly mentioned. Though briefly mentioned,
Speaker 1: are fully detailed in Israel's official historical records in chronicles
Speaker 1: the cycle of sin. This pass dignifies the pattern of
Speaker 1: wicked kings in Israel, where one evil ruler is replaced
Speaker 1: by another, often through violence, leading closer to national ruin.
Speaker 1: In essence, these verses illustrates the tragic spiral of a
Speaker 1: nation rejecting God, leading to corrupt leadership, internal violence, and
Speaker 1: eventual divine judgment, all recorded faithful in history. Okay, so
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and read Pakah reigns in Israel Verse
Speaker 1: twenty seven. We're going to read to thirty one. In
Speaker 1: the fifty second year of Azraraiz, king of Judah, Paka
Speaker 1: the son of Ramalayah became king over Israel and Samaria
Speaker 1: and reigned twenty years. He did evil in the side
Speaker 1: of the Lord. He did not depart from the sins
Speaker 1: of Jeroboam, the senator Bat who made Israel sin in
Speaker 1: the days of Pekah, King of Israel, till Tiglath Pisar,
Speaker 1: king of Assyria, came and took El Jehan Abel Beth
Speaker 1: macaff Jana Kadesh Hussar, Gilead and Galilee all the land
Speaker 1: of Nephtali, and he carried them captive to Issyria. Then Hoseiah,
Speaker 1: the son of Allah, led a conspiracy against Peka, the
Speaker 1: son of Ramala, and struck and killed him. So he
Speaker 1: reigned in his place in the twentieth year of Jotham,
Speaker 1: the son of Aziah. Now, the rest of the acts
Speaker 1: of Pakal and all he did, indeed, are written in
Speaker 1: the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel,
Speaker 1: and we really let's uh so a brief description of
Speaker 1: what we just read. Despite the violent, evil reign of
Speaker 1: Pakan Israel, highlighting the Northern Kingdom's insibility culminating the Syria
Speaker 1: conquests under comin a Syria conquest under Tugad Bizarre the third,
Speaker 1: who deported many Israelites and becaused own assassination by Hoshea,
Speaker 1: foreshadowing Israel's eventual destruction due to persistent sins, showing how
Speaker 1: political chaos and foreign invasion are consequences of turning from
Speaker 1: God because of orain, because son of Ramalaiah took the
Speaker 1: throne through violence, a conspiracy and continued the sins of Jeroboam,
Speaker 1: the first leading Israel further in idolatry and disobedience, a
Speaker 1: pattern of a pattern God judged. Ah Tiglath Pilzer, the
Speaker 1: third of Assyria invaded, conquering key northern territories like Gilead, Galilee,
Speaker 1: and Naptali, and carried many Israelites into captivity, demonstrating God's
Speaker 1: judgment on Israel's sin. Joshea's ambitious figure overthrown killed Peka,
Speaker 1: likely with assassinate Assyrian backing, showing the extreme political instability
Speaker 1: and lack of legitimate leadership in Israel, heralding down a
Speaker 1: heralding doom. These events mark the beginning of the end
Speaker 1: for the Northern Kingdom of Israel, showing how their covenant
Speaker 1: unfaithfulness led to eternal chaos, an external conquest, paving the
Speaker 1: way for the final Assyrian destruction, and overall meaning covenant failure.
Speaker 1: Israel's persistent sin, especially idology, brought severe divine judgment through
Speaker 1: foreign invasion and internal strife political instability. The rapid succession
Speaker 1: of violent coups like Pica shows a nation in deep
Speaker 1: moral and political decay, with ambitious leaders exploiting weakness. God's judgment.
Speaker 1: The Assyrian conquests and the Fate of Baka illustrates that
Speaker 1: God holds his people accountable even as he works his
Speaker 1: purposes through him. And now we're going to read Jotham
Speaker 1: reigns in Judah. And yeah, I'll just we're about close
Speaker 1: to the end here. So the chapter fifteen. So Jotham
Speaker 1: reigns in Judah. In the second year of Pakah, the
Speaker 1: son of Ramaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Usiah,
Speaker 1: King of Judah, began to reign. He was twenty five
Speaker 1: years old, and he became king. And he reigned sixteen
Speaker 1: years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jeru Jerusha, the
Speaker 1: daughter of Zodak of Zadakh. And he did what was
Speaker 1: right in the side of the Lord. He did according
Speaker 1: to all his father Ziah had done. However, the high
Speaker 1: places were not removed. The people still sacrifice and burned
Speaker 1: incense to the high places. He built the upper gate
Speaker 1: of the House of the Lord. Now the rest of
Speaker 1: the acts of Jotham and all that he did are
Speaker 1: they not written in the book of Chronicles and the
Speaker 1: kings of Judah. In those days, the Lord began to
Speaker 1: send Rezin king of Syria, and Pakad, the son of
Speaker 1: Ramalaia against Judah. So Jotham rested with his fathers and
Speaker 1: was buried with his father in the city of David.
Speaker 1: His father then as his son, reign in his place.
Speaker 1: So that's the end of the chapter. We have the
Speaker 1: cycle of Kings of Israels. We're gonna read this real quick.
Speaker 1: It's the cycle of Kings. The chapter details the reigns
Speaker 1: of several kings, including zachariash Salon me all the different
Speaker 1: kings okay, and each king's reign is marked by violence, idolatry,
Speaker 1: and political instability, reflecting the nation's spiritual decline. The cycle
Speaker 1: of Kings in Israel refers to the reoccurring pattern of
Speaker 1: leadership and spiritual decline observed in the history of Israelite
Speaker 1: monarchy as recorded the Old Testament. This cycle is characterized
Speaker 1: by the rise and fall of kings, the adherents to
Speaker 1: deviation from God's commandments, and the subsequent consequences for the
Speaker 1: nation of Israel. The narrative of the kings is primarily
Speaker 1: found in the books of One, First and Second Samuel
Speaker 1: First and Second Kings, First and Second Chronicles. The established
Speaker 1: of monarchy in Israel began with the people's demand for
Speaker 1: a king that led them, as recorded in First Samuel eight.
Speaker 1: Despite Prophet Samuel's warning about the potential pitfalls of human kingship,
Speaker 1: the his life insisted on having a king like other nations.
Speaker 1: God granted their request and Saul was anointed as the
Speaker 1: King of Israelavid in Solomon the united monarchy. David in
Speaker 1: man after God's own heart, succeeded in Saul, establishing united monarchy.
Speaker 1: His reign is characterized by military victories and establishedment of
Speaker 1: Jerusalem as the capital, and desired to build a temple
Speaker 1: for the Lord. Despite his personal failings, including the incident
Speaker 1: with Bathsheba, David's heart remained devoted to God and they
Speaker 1: received the promise of an and elasting dynasty. Samuel or Solomon, Solomon,
Speaker 1: David's son, succeeded him as a renowned is renowned for
Speaker 1: his wisdom and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem. However,
Speaker 1: Solomon's lady years were marred by idolatry influenced by his
Speaker 1: foreign wives, which to God's judgment and eternal division of
Speaker 1: the kingdom the divided Kingdom. Following Solomon's death, the kingdom
Speaker 1: was divided into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the
Speaker 1: Southern Kingdom of Judah. Jereboham became the first king of
Speaker 1: the Northern Kingdom, and real Baam, Solomon's son ruled over Judah.
Speaker 1: The Northern Kingdom quickly fell into idology, with Jereboam establishing
Speaker 1: golden calfs in Bethale. The cycle of kings in both
Speaker 1: kingdoms often followed a pattern of initial faithfulness followed by
Speaker 1: apostacy and idology, leading into divine judgment. The Northern Kingdom
Speaker 1: in particular experience a rapid succession of dynasties and widespread idology,
Speaker 1: culminating its consquests to the Assyrians. Then we had Judah's
Speaker 1: kings and Babylonian exile. The Southern Kingdom of Judah had
Speaker 1: a mix of righteous and wicked kings. Notable righteous kings
Speaker 1: were Asa Jehosaphat, Hezekiah and Josiah Josiah, who sought to
Speaker 1: reform the nation and return to worship of Yahweh. However,
Speaker 1: Judah also experienced periods of idology and moral decay, leading
Speaker 1: to its eventual conquest by the Babylonians in five eighty
Speaker 1: six BC and the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple,
Speaker 1: which we're going to get to in Second Kings twenty
Speaker 1: five through nine. So the cycle of Kings in Israel
Speaker 1: serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences of disobedience
Speaker 1: and the importance of covenant faithfulness. It highlights the need
Speaker 1: for godly leadership and the dangers of turning away from
Speaker 1: God's commandments. Despite the failures of human kings, the cycle
Speaker 1: points to ultimate hope, to a perfect and eternal king,
Speaker 1: fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who reigns with justice and righteousness. Amen.
Speaker 1: That's the whole reason why I went over that whole thing.
Speaker 1: So at the very end, it's a home run when
Speaker 1: it talks about Jesus Christ, who reigns with justice and righteousness.
Speaker 1: So perfect, great way to end the chapter fifteen talking
Speaker 1: about Jesus. Right, So let's go ahead and go over
Speaker 1: some practical applications and then we'll go over some additional
Speaker 1: scriptures that connect and then we will end Sunday service
Speaker 1: for today tonight. Okay, So we have one, two, three, four,
Speaker 1: and five. So number one the reign of Azariah. As
Speaker 1: Ariah became king of Judah and reigned for fifty two years.
Speaker 1: He did what was right in the eyes of the
Speaker 1: lower justices. Oh that's teaching points. That is not I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: We have one, two, three, four practical applications. Guard against pride.
Speaker 1: Like as aiah, we must be vigilant against pride, which
Speaker 1: can lead to our downfall. Regularly examine your heart and
Speaker 1: seek humility before God. We need to guard against pride,
Speaker 1: like I said. As podcasters, we need to guard against pride.
Speaker 1: As content creators, we need to guard guard against pride.
Speaker 1: It's real easy for you to feel like you're getting
Speaker 1: boasted up by men. It happens a lot. You know,
Speaker 1: some people will call you and just be like Josh Monday, Man,
Speaker 1: that's so cool what you did, and blah blah blah
Speaker 1: blah blah, and it's like, man, we have to all
Speaker 1: that stuff. You know, it's not cool what I did.
Speaker 1: You know, it's all glory to God. God did it.
Speaker 1: You know. That's kind of the way we need to
Speaker 1: express ourselves here. Remove spiritual high places. Identify and eliminate
Speaker 1: any high places in your life areas where you compromise
Speaker 1: or allow sin to persist. So this is very important.
Speaker 1: See what happens is I always read that that you know,
Speaker 1: not always but I read that part where I'm like, dang,
Speaker 1: how can they never take away the high places? And
Speaker 1: I'm telling I'm thinking of my head. I'm like, man,
Speaker 1: these people, these kings, man, they never took the high
Speaker 1: places away. But this is talking to us in as
Speaker 1: practical applications. We need to take these are high places
Speaker 1: away and anything that allows us to compromise or allows
Speaker 1: sin to persist, very good point. So I'm over here
Speaker 1: judging these kings like they can never take the high
Speaker 1: places down? Can they? And I'm over here not taking
Speaker 1: away on my high places, you know, so, or we're
Speaker 1: not taking our high places away where we compromise or
Speaker 1: allow cin to persist. So very important value godly leadership,
Speaker 1: whether in church, community or homes. Strive to be a
Speaker 1: leader who honors God and leads others in right righteousness.
Speaker 1: Very important for sure. Whether in church, community or home
Speaker 1: or at work, wherever you're at, strive to be a
Speaker 1: leader who honors God and leads others into righteousness. The
Speaker 1: number four is trust in God's sovereignty. Even when circumstances
Speaker 1: seem chaotic, remember that God is in control and his
Speaker 1: purposes will prevail. I guess that's something I have to
Speaker 1: remember when it's getting chaotic in my house, so my
Speaker 1: kids are being bad, I gotta remember that God is
Speaker 1: in control and his purposes will prevail. All right. So
Speaker 1: now we have a few verses that connect. We have
Speaker 1: Proverbs sixteen eighteen Pride goes before destruction in haughty spirit
Speaker 1: before he fall one Timothy three one through seven, qualifications
Speaker 1: for overseers, emphasizing the importance of character and faithfulness. And
Speaker 1: then we have Romans eight twenty eight. God's sovereignty, and
Speaker 1: we know that God works all things together for the
Speaker 1: good of those who love Him, who are called according
Speaker 1: to his purpose. Okay, so that is the end of
Speaker 1: chapter fifteen. Awesome, we are complete. Let me stop the
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Speaker 1: nine episodes something like that of interviews, and then now
Speaker 1: we have Bible studies that are being released on there
Speaker 1: as well, so if you want to check that out.
Speaker 1: But thank you guys for tuning in. Les Let me
Speaker 1: just go ahead and end this in prayer. So, Father God,
Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus, thank you so much for
Speaker 1: this platform, this opportunity to go over your word. And
Speaker 1: we're learning about these kings. And as we're learning, we're
Speaker 1: learning that we need to take away things in our
Speaker 1: own life. And I'm learning that, you know, just Lord,
Speaker 1: I'm seeing that you're giving us messages through the disobedience
Speaker 1: of these kings, you know. And people might think, oh,
Speaker 1: this is redundant all you know, all he already talked about.
Speaker 1: This seems like the same king, is it. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: we're going over all these kings. So we learned from
Speaker 1: these lessons that these kings went through and what they did,
Speaker 1: so we know not to do it in our own lives.
Speaker 1: So Lord, please assist us. Please let people get the
Speaker 1: message and the warnings that you're heating to us, and
Speaker 1: let me get the message as well that you're heeding
Speaker 1: to me when we're reading through these verses and we're
Speaker 1: learning these lessons. So Lord, I just want to ask
Speaker 1: that you assist me in tomorrow morning's podcast and also
Speaker 1: next week Lord, when I defend Christianity against atheists. Lord,
Speaker 1: if you could please assist me in that and give
Speaker 1: me the let the Holy Spirit speak through me and
Speaker 1: let me speak clearly. Also tomorrow morning, Lord, when I'm
Speaker 1: speaking about this this experiment or observation that we're going
Speaker 1: to do at fifty degrees north and fifty three degrees south. Lord,
Speaker 1: please assist me to speak eloquently and also let the
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit speak through me when I'm talking on this
Speaker 1: podcast tomorrow morning. And anybody that's listening Lord that needs
Speaker 1: your right now, Lord, please be in their lives system
Speaker 1: and spiritual battles or anything that they're going through. Lord.
Speaker 1: Please thank you, We love you and appreciate you in
Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen, Thank you for tuning in. Guys, I
Speaker 1: really appreciate you. This is actually two hours about two
Speaker 1: minutes away. It will be two hours, so I really
Speaker 1: appreciate you guys listening. Thank you and God bless