Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode sixty five.
Speaker 1: I'm your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm
Speaker 1: a Christian rapper, devote her husband, father, and Army veteran.
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Speaker 1: So this week we're going to be in one Kings fourteen.
Speaker 1: So I've had a pretty interesting week. Let me tell
Speaker 1: you guys a little story about something how great God is. Okay,
Speaker 1: I told you guys last week about some issues of
Speaker 1: I was having at my job and the court the
Speaker 1: current job I have, So I was like, you know what.
Speaker 1: I came home and there was a job available at
Speaker 1: a place called Rubadeaux Water, right, So I was like, Wow,
Speaker 1: that's a place that my friend works. That's a place
Speaker 1: I've always wanted to work at. So as soon as
Speaker 1: I have an issue at my job, God blessed me
Speaker 1: with the job opening. So I thought out application with
Speaker 1: the intention to maybe if I get the interview, hopefully
Speaker 1: I can work production over there, which is what I
Speaker 1: do now in water instead of doing service crew. Because
Speaker 1: I'm forty two now, you know, and I got the
Speaker 1: muscle still, But do I really want to be digging
Speaker 1: trenches and sitting in the middle of the street kind
Speaker 1: of you know, fixing leaks and fixing water mains. So
Speaker 1: I kind of had this little doubt in my heart.
Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, I don't know if
Speaker 1: I can make that move, if I'm to be in
Speaker 1: the service crew. But I definitely would do it if
Speaker 1: I could be in production. So I go to turn
Speaker 1: in some samples into a place called clinical. It's like
Speaker 1: a it's a laboratory, right, turning into monthy well samples
Speaker 1: and treatment samples. And I put these samples on the
Speaker 1: on the table, right, and I start taking them out.
Speaker 1: I'm taking pictures of them, and you know, before I
Speaker 1: turn him in, and I see this silhouette behind me,
Speaker 1: a silhouette of somebody in a in a dark blue
Speaker 1: uniform and I know that rubadaut water. Actually where's those uniforms?
Speaker 1: So I go and I was like, you know what
Speaker 1: I need to h I need to uh. I need
Speaker 1: to talk to this guy man for sure. So I
Speaker 1: turned around, Hey, how's it going. His name is ha Zeus.
Speaker 1: I'm like, what's up, brother, how you doing man? Heyesus
Speaker 1: j E s U s right. So I see that.
Speaker 1: I know his name is not Jesus, but it's a Zeus,
Speaker 1: same as Jesus. Right. So I was like, I was like,
Speaker 1: oh man, I was like, this is a divine moment.
Speaker 1: And you know, because I meet him and I talked
Speaker 1: to him and he says, you know what, I'm the
Speaker 1: lead operator in production. I said, you know what, dude,
Speaker 1: I just filled out application for your company, and I've
Speaker 1: been doing production for seven years now, been i'll call
Speaker 1: for seven years. Told him everything, all the things that
Speaker 1: I do, and the guy said, you know what, I
Speaker 1: need someone just like you man in production. I was like,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, God is so great. And my name
Speaker 1: is Joshua, right, so josh Monday, but Joshua right. So
Speaker 1: he looks at my tag and says, hey, my name
Speaker 1: might be a Zeus, which is Jesus, but your name
Speaker 1: is Joshua. So when Hebrew are in English, you know
Speaker 1: your name is Jesus as well. I'm like, oh, I
Speaker 1: you're right, bro. I started laughing, kind of having fun
Speaker 1: time with him. But man, God placed that gentleman there,
Speaker 1: and literally, I've been turning in samples at this clinical
Speaker 1: laboratory for seven years and I have never met this guy.
Speaker 1: He's the lead production operator at the place I'm I
Speaker 1: just filled the application out for and I just literally
Speaker 1: was talking to God about Lord, I want to do
Speaker 1: production over there, like cause I ask my friend that's
Speaker 1: a utility supervisor there, and he was like, hey, man,
Speaker 1: they'll probably have you do service for like two or
Speaker 1: three years and then they'll get you in production. So
Speaker 1: it'll take a while. So I was having my doubts,
Speaker 1: you know, as a Christian man, you know, or Christian woman.
Speaker 1: Even though you know that God has your back, God's sovereignty,
Speaker 1: you knows all the stuff that God is doing, and
Speaker 1: you know that, you know, I try to do my
Speaker 1: best to always represent the Lord, you still have these
Speaker 1: little doubts in your head where you're like, you know what, man,
Speaker 1: I'm like, you know what, Maybe God wants to test me.
Speaker 1: Maybe he wants me to go into service, you know,
Speaker 1: for a little bit, and it kind of work my
Speaker 1: way back up. You know, maybe I need that that
Speaker 1: that push, that drive. I don't know whatever, Maybe that's
Speaker 1: what he wants. But literally right behind me is the
Speaker 1: lead production operator that is. And you know what he
Speaker 1: told me. He said, listen, I know you're gonna interview.
Speaker 1: I will put in a good word for you. And
Speaker 1: I also have my friend Marcos that I got a
Speaker 1: job at my job. He said, he's gonna put in
Speaker 1: good word for me. So I just want to tell
Speaker 1: you how great God is. God is, like I got you, relax, brud,
Speaker 1: let me take the will you know, because I'm you know,
Speaker 1: as human beings which had a doubt and have this
Speaker 1: this going on, that going on even even me, you know,
Speaker 1: and God just slaps you in the face with happiness.
Speaker 1: Let me give you some pure joy. When I walked
Speaker 1: out of that place, you don't even know. Right before
Speaker 1: I walked out, I opened the door. I said, Hezeus,
Speaker 1: will you do me a favor and putt a good word
Speaker 1: for me? He said, I will definitely put a good
Speaker 1: order for you, and I'll tell him that I want you.
Speaker 1: And I was like, I shut the door. I was like, what,
Speaker 1: I'm walking to the car with the samples with a
Speaker 1: big smile on my face. And I called my wife
Speaker 1: right away and said, this is how great God is.
Speaker 1: You know, anytime a moment like that happens, you got
Speaker 1: to just give it up to the Lord because it's
Speaker 1: all glory to God. He literally put me in that
Speaker 1: exact position, at that exact moment to put me what
Speaker 1: at ease? Okay, put me at ease. Don't be worried
Speaker 1: about all this stuff I got you, bro. The birds
Speaker 1: don't be worried about getting fed, do they. You shouldn't
Speaker 1: be worried about getting fed, you know, And just amazing.
Speaker 1: That's what happened in my life just recently. I'll keep
Speaker 1: you guys posting on what happens, whether I get the
Speaker 1: job or not. Obviously I'm going to get the job.
Speaker 1: That's what's going to happen. I'm saying it right now.
Speaker 1: I know the Lord's got my back, so all right,
Speaker 1: And if I don't get the job, doesn't mean the
Speaker 1: Lord does not my back. It just means it wasn't
Speaker 1: meant for me, you know. But I feel like it's
Speaker 1: a divine appointment. The Lord put that production operator behind me,
Speaker 1: that lead production operator, for a reason for sure. So anyways,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and get into First Kings fourteen without
Speaker 1: further ado, and let me just read off the intro.
Speaker 1: First Kings fourteen depicts a series of prophetic warnings and
Speaker 1: the subsequent downfall of the two Kings, Jerebohama of Israel
Speaker 1: and Raya Baoham of Judah. The chapter presents a strong
Speaker 1: narrative on the consequences of sin, especially idolatry, and highlights
Speaker 1: the firm, non wavering sovereignty of God. All right, so
Speaker 1: we're gonna have We're gonna be going through two kings, Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's make sure we pull up our teaching points
Speaker 1: there we got fourteen feet okay, cool, all right, let
Speaker 1: me let me go ahead and pull up one kings
Speaker 1: fourteen and yeah. I was listening to this with my
Speaker 1: daughters before I put them to sleep. I got blessed
Speaker 1: this week and didn't have any extra podcasts besides, you know,
Speaker 1: Sunday service, Wednesday service, so I got to put my
Speaker 1: daughters to sleep. It's such a blessing. But we were
Speaker 1: listening to fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, so all right, So
Speaker 1: this is fourteen and this is the judgment on the
Speaker 1: house of Jared Bohm. At the time of Abishah, the
Speaker 1: son of Jaredbone became sick, and Jeed Boham said to
Speaker 1: his life wife, please arise and disguise yourself that they
Speaker 1: may not recognize you as the wife of Jeredbohm, and
Speaker 1: go to Shiloh. Indeed a Hiashah, the prophet is there
Speaker 1: who told me that I would be king over this.
Speaker 1: Over this people, also take with you ten loaves, some cakes,
Speaker 1: and a jar of honey, and go to him. He
Speaker 1: will tell you what you what will become of the child.
Speaker 1: And Jereboam's wife did so, and she arose and went
Speaker 1: to Shiloh and came to the house of ajah Uh.
Speaker 1: But Aijah could not see, for his eyes were glazed
Speaker 1: by reason of his age. Now the Lord said to Ajah,
Speaker 1: here's the wife of Jereboam coming to ask you something
Speaker 1: about her son, for he is sick. Thus thus and
Speaker 1: thus you shall say to her, for it will be
Speaker 1: when she comes in that she will pretend to be
Speaker 1: another woman. All right, So we see what's going on here.
Speaker 1: So you know, he said he did tell his wife
Speaker 1: to disguise herself. And you know, the guy's a prophet, right,
Speaker 1: So even though he can't see, and you know, I'm
Speaker 1: sure that Jereboam is aware that Aaijah can't see. You know,
Speaker 1: his eyes are glazed over because of age. So that's
Speaker 1: why he's trying to send his wife over to probably
Speaker 1: go over there and kind of in disguise. But the
Speaker 1: Lord said to Ia all this the wife of Jereboam right,
Speaker 1: come in to ask something about her son, for he
Speaker 1: is sick. Right, So let's go ahead and see what
Speaker 1: happens here. So and we're gonna be one kings fourteen
Speaker 1: verse six. And it was so when Isaijah heard the
Speaker 1: sound of her footsteps, and she came through the door.
Speaker 1: He said, come in, wife of Jeroboam, Why do you
Speaker 1: pretend to be another person, For I have not sent
Speaker 1: For I have been sent to you with bad news.
Speaker 1: Go tell Jeroboon, Thus says the Lord God of Israel,
Speaker 1: because I exalted you from among the people and made
Speaker 1: you ruler over my people of Israel, and tore the
Speaker 1: kingdom away from the house of David and gave it
Speaker 1: to you. And yet you have not been as my
Speaker 1: servant David, who kept my commandments and who followed me
Speaker 1: with his heart, and do only what is right in
Speaker 1: my eyes. But you have done more evil than all
Speaker 1: who before you, For you have gone and made yourself
Speaker 1: other gods and molded images to provoke me to anger
Speaker 1: and cast me behind your back. Let me stop there
Speaker 1: real quick, all right? So you see that he you know,
Speaker 1: do you remember when he created instead of he want
Speaker 1: He didn't want these. He didn't want the people to
Speaker 1: go to the temple and go worship because he didn't
Speaker 1: want a revolt to happen. So he created too memory.
Speaker 1: He created these idols and everything to make sure that
Speaker 1: the people don't go worship over there. So let's go.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about this real quick. So Jerrebohm's idolatry. Jereboam,
Speaker 1: the first king of the Northern Kingdom of Issuel, led
Speaker 1: the people into idology by setting up golden calfs and
Speaker 1: Bethel and Dan. That's what I was talking about, golden calfs, right,
Speaker 1: two idols. This act was a direct violation of God's
Speaker 1: commandments demonstrated a lack of trust in God's provision and protection.
Speaker 1: So Jeroboam's idolatry. Jeroboam, the son of Nibat was the
Speaker 1: first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel following the
Speaker 1: division of united monarchy after the reign of Solomon. His
Speaker 1: rise to power was prophesied by the prophet Ahijah, who
Speaker 1: foretold that Jeroboam would rule over ten of the twelve
Speaker 1: tribes of Israel first kings eleven twenty nine through thirty one.
Speaker 1: Despite the divine appointment, Jeroboam's reign is marked by significant
Speaker 1: religious apostasy, which had lasting consequences for the Northern Kingdom,
Speaker 1: establishing establishment of idolatry. Upon ascending to the throne, Jeroboam
Speaker 1: faced the challenge of maintaining the loyalty of his subjects,
Speaker 1: who were accustomed to worshiping in Jerusalem. Fearing that continued
Speaker 1: pilgrimages to the Temple in Jerusalem would lead the people
Speaker 1: to revert their allegiance to Raa Boham King of Judah,
Speaker 1: Jeroboam divice a plan to establish alternative centers of worship
Speaker 1: within his own territory. He set up two golden calfs,
Speaker 1: placing one in Bethel and the other in Dan, and proclaimed,
Speaker 1: here are your gods of Israel, who brought you up
Speaker 1: out of the line of Egypt. This act was a
Speaker 1: direct violation of the First and Second Commandments, which prohibit
Speaker 1: the worship of other gods and making of graven images
Speaker 1: Exodus twenty, verses three through four. So in addition the
Speaker 1: golden calves, Jereboam Institute was a new religious calendar, establishing
Speaker 1: a festival of the fifteenth day of the eighth month,
Speaker 1: similar to the feast of Tabernacles in Judah, but of
Speaker 1: his own devising one Kings twelve or thirty two through
Speaker 1: thirty three. He also appointed priests from among all the
Speaker 1: people rather than from the Levites. So I'm kind of
Speaker 1: going over this so that you guys understand what's going
Speaker 1: on here and why God is talking to him like this, right,
Speaker 1: and for those that maybe didn't join us last week.
Speaker 1: He also appointed priests from all the people rather than
Speaker 1: from the Levites, further deviating from the divinely ordained religious order.
Speaker 1: So you can only have priests from the Levites and
Speaker 1: that's it, okay. You can't just go and have anybody
Speaker 1: become a priest, and that's what he was doing. So
Speaker 1: two golden calfs A no no. Starting a different festival
Speaker 1: A no no. Also trying to establish the priesthood through
Speaker 1: all the different tribes instead of just the Levites, A
Speaker 1: no no. Okay, So what else do we have? Prophetic
Speaker 1: prophetic condemnation. Jerbom's idology was met with prophetic condemnation. A
Speaker 1: man from God, Judah, was sent to Bethel to prophesy
Speaker 1: against the altar Jerbom had erected, declaring that the future
Speaker 1: king Josiah Wou would desecrate one Kings thirteen one through two,
Speaker 1: which we talked about last week. This prophecy was accompanied
Speaker 1: by a sign the altar was split apart and ashes
Speaker 1: poured out. Despite these warnings, Jerobohm did not repent in
Speaker 1: his ways. So the consequences I don't want to do
Speaker 1: any I don't want to do any spoiler alerts, okay,
Speaker 1: because the consequences happened in one Kings fifteen thirty four
Speaker 1: and then sixteen through twenty six, so I don't want
Speaker 1: to talk about those at this moment. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: the legacy. Gebuines action are often cited as a cautionary
Speaker 1: tale of the dangers of compromising true worship for political
Speaker 1: expedtacy exst X like expedite, but it's expedacy. His idolatry
Speaker 1: not only led to his own kingdom astray, but also
Speaker 1: incurage divine judgment. As we're told by the prophets, the
Speaker 1: legacy of Gerbum's idolatry serves as a reminder of the
Speaker 1: importance of fidelity to God's commandments and peros of leading
Speaker 1: others into sin. Okay. So that's very important for me
Speaker 1: to bring up. And then now we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about the prophecy against Jeroboam in verse ten. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and start first Kings fourteen, verse ten. So now
Speaker 1: that we kind of went back and kind of went
Speaker 1: over all that, now you know why God is saying
Speaker 1: this stuff, okay, So verse tennis is therefore behold, I
Speaker 1: will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and I
Speaker 1: will cut off Jeroboam every male in Israel bond and free.
Speaker 1: And I will take away the remnant of the house
Speaker 1: of Jereboam. As one takes away, takes away, refuse until
Speaker 1: it is all gone. Because one takes away, refuse until
Speaker 1: it's all gone. The dogs shall eat whatever whoever belongs
Speaker 1: to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds
Speaker 1: of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field.
Speaker 1: For the Lord has spoken a rise. Therefore, go into
Speaker 1: your own house when your feet into the city, and
Speaker 1: shall die. When your feet into the city. The child
Speaker 1: shall die, and all Israel shall mourn for him and
Speaker 1: bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam
Speaker 1: who shall come to the grave, because in him there
Speaker 1: has found something good toward the Lord, God of Israel.
Speaker 1: In the house of Jereboam. Ah man very sad. It's
Speaker 1: hard to hear that, because I know that Jeroboam is bad.
Speaker 1: But you know, when you lose the sun, I lost
Speaker 1: his son. It's very sad. So this one is prophecy
Speaker 1: against Jeroboam. The prophet Ahiajah delivered a message from God
Speaker 1: foretelling that there's being read. As I'm reading it, it
Speaker 1: shoots all the way to the top. I apologize, guys,
Speaker 1: Let me get back down to my teaching points. Okay.
Speaker 1: Prophecy against Jeroboam. The prophet Ahiajah delivered a message from
Speaker 1: God foretelling the destruction of Jeroboam's house due to his
Speaker 1: sins one Kings fourteen, Verses ten to eleven. The prophecy
Speaker 1: underscores the certainty of God's judgment against underrepentant unrepentant sin,
Speaker 1: and the prophecy against Jeroboam is a significant event in
Speaker 1: the Biblical narrative, highlighting the consequences of idolatry and disobedience
Speaker 1: to God. Jereboam, the first king of the Northern Kingdom
Speaker 1: of Israel after the division of the United Monarchy, is
Speaker 1: a central figure in this account. His reign is marked
Speaker 1: by a departure from worship of Yahweh, leading to divine
Speaker 1: judgment pronounced through prophet We kind of already went through
Speaker 1: a lot of this. The prophecy against Jereboam serves as
Speaker 1: a stark reminder of the seriousness of idolatry and the
Speaker 1: importantness the importance of faithfulness to God's commandments. Jereboam's actions
Speaker 1: set a pattern of disobedience that plagued the Northern Kingdom
Speaker 1: throughout its history. The narrative underscores the principle that leadership
Speaker 1: carries significant responsibility and deviation from God's ways lead to
Speaker 1: dire consequences. The fulfillment of the prophecy through Josiah Reform
Speaker 1: and Tewond Kings twenty three, verse fifteen through thirty further
Speaker 1: illustrates God's sovereignty and the certainty of his word. And
Speaker 1: then the death of Jereboam's son and one Kings fourteen
Speaker 1: twelve through thirteen. The illness and subsequent death of Jerebom
Speaker 1: son iba Yah served as a sign of God's displeasure
Speaker 1: with Jerebom's reign. Despite the child's innocence, his death was
Speaker 1: the consequence of his father's actions. Wow, and then so
Speaker 1: the illness Yeah, so the death of Jerobom's son. The
Speaker 1: death of Jerrebom Son is a significant event recorded in
Speaker 1: the Old Testament, significantly in First Kings fourteen, verses one
Speaker 1: through eighteen. This narrative not only highlights his personal tragedy,
Speaker 1: within the royal family of Israel's first king of divided
Speaker 1: Northern Kingdom, but also serves as a divine message concerning
Speaker 1: the consequences of Jerobom's actions and the spiritual state of Israel. Jerebom,
Speaker 1: the son of Nebat, was the first. Oh yeah, we
Speaker 1: already talked about that. The illness of Abaijah. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not. Yeah, Abijah is the son falling ill and distress.
Speaker 1: Jerebom sends his wife to the prophet, which we talked about.
Speaker 1: Jerebohm instructs his wife to disguise herself, perhaps to avoid recognition. Yes,
Speaker 1: he had previously for a toold Okay, okay, all right,
Speaker 1: so I don't want to give any spoiler alerts either.
Speaker 1: So let's go back out and then we will talk.
Speaker 1: We'll start reading in verse fourteen, so we'll do fourteen
Speaker 1: through seventeen, and then we'll go back to my notes
Speaker 1: First Kings fourteen, Verse fourteen. Moreover, the Lord will raise
Speaker 1: up for himself a king over Israel, who shall cut
Speaker 1: off the house of Jerebone. This is the day, what
Speaker 1: even now, for the Lord will strike Israel as a
Speaker 1: reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel
Speaker 1: from the good land which you have given, which he
Speaker 1: gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the river,
Speaker 1: because they have made their wooden images, provoking the Lord
Speaker 1: to anger, and he will give Israel up because of
Speaker 1: the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel sin.
Speaker 1: Then Jereboam's wife arose, departed and came to Tisra. When
Speaker 1: she came into the threshold of the house, the child
Speaker 1: died and they buried him in all Israel mourned for
Speaker 1: him according to the word of the Lord, which she
Speaker 1: spoke through his servant Ahijah the prophet. So his son
Speaker 1: passed away. Wow. And then there's a judgment also that's
Speaker 1: talked about here, right. So the chapter concludes with a
Speaker 1: broader judgment on Israel, indicating that the nation's sin would
Speaker 1: lead to eventual exile. This highlights the collective responsibility of
Speaker 1: the people to follow God's laws. So you notice that
Speaker 1: that are not following God's laws. So there's a judgment
Speaker 1: on Israel from the Lord. The concept of judgment on
Speaker 1: Israel is a reoccurring theme throughout the Bible, reflecting the
Speaker 1: covenant relationship between God and his chosen people. This judgement
Speaker 1: is often betrayed. His divine response, excuse me, guys, I
Speaker 1: started the podcast a little late tonight. So if you
Speaker 1: see me yawning, I do it at a friend come
Speaker 1: visit me from high school. Really cool guy, Now I
Speaker 1: haven't seen in a while. So he stayed till about
Speaker 1: nine thirty and I didn't get to start the podcast
Speaker 1: till a little bit late. So sorry, Sorry about the on.
Speaker 1: So we were talking about the concept of judgment on Israel, right,
Speaker 1: So yeah, there's a ton of stuff on this, so
Speaker 1: I'll just read it real quick. So the Old Testament
Speaker 1: context and the Old Testament, the judgment on Israel is
Speaker 1: frequently depicted through the voices of the prophets, who served
Speaker 1: as God's messengers. The prophets warned Israel of impending judgment
Speaker 1: due to their sins and called for repentance. One of
Speaker 1: the earliest instances of judgment is found in the Book
Speaker 1: of Judges, where Israel repeatedly falls into sin, leading to
Speaker 1: oppression by surrounding nations. Judges two verses eleven through fifteen
Speaker 1: states and the Israelites did evil in the side of
Speaker 1: the Lord and served all the bails. So the anger
Speaker 1: of the Lord burned against Israel, and he handed them
Speaker 1: over to raiders who plundered them. And then the division
Speaker 1: of the United Monarchy into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms
Speaker 1: of Judah further illustrates the theme of judgment. The Northern
Speaker 1: Kingdom in particular, faced severe judgment due to its persistent
Speaker 1: idolatry and rejection of God's commandments. The prophet Hoseiah, for example,
Speaker 1: speaks on Israel's unfaithfulness and resulting judgment. My people are
Speaker 1: destroyed for lack of knowledge, because they have rejected knowledge.
Speaker 1: I also will reject you as my priests. And then
Speaker 1: the fall of Samaria seven twenty two BC to the
Speaker 1: Assyrian Empire marked a significant moment for the judgment of
Speaker 1: the Northern Kingdom. The biblical narrative attributes this downfall to
Speaker 1: Israel's continuous rebellion against God. Second Kings seventeen verses seven
Speaker 1: through eighteen mentions this and then we also have Judah.
Speaker 1: The Southern Kingdom also faced judgment, culminating in the Babylonian
Speaker 1: exile in five eighty six BC. Thehet Jeremiah warned this
Speaker 1: impending judgment, urging the people to turn back to God
Speaker 1: Jeremiah twenty five, verse eight through eleven, okay, and the
Speaker 1: New Testament. The theme of judgment on Israel is revisited,
Speaker 1: particularly on the teachings of Jesus Christ. Jesus often addressed
Speaker 1: the spiritual state of Israel, calling for repentance and mourning
Speaker 1: of judgment. In Matthew twenty three thirty seven through thirty eight,
Speaker 1: Jesus laminates over Jerusalem, saying, Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills
Speaker 1: the prophets and stones those who sent her? Often, how
Speaker 1: often I have longed to gather your children together as
Speaker 1: a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, But you
Speaker 1: are unwilling. Look, your house is left to desolate. Wow.
Speaker 1: I apologize that was a loud ding. My friend Patrick
Speaker 1: was saying, thank you for the recommendation for the food. Yes,
Speaker 1: very good place, enjoy Sorry about that. Guys. Hey, I'm
Speaker 1: not a full time podcaster. I have a life outside
Speaker 1: of this, so sometimes it happens anyways. Yes, perfect, So
Speaker 1: we got that, Jerusalem. Look at your house has left
Speaker 1: you desolate? Okay. So the theologic logical implications of this,
Speaker 1: the judgment on Israel serves as a sobering reminder of
Speaker 1: the seriousness of sin and the holiness of God. It
Speaker 1: underscores the importance of faithfulness to God's covenant and the
Speaker 1: consequences of turning away from His commandments. Throughout scripture, however,
Speaker 1: judgment is not the final word. The prophets also speak
Speaker 1: of restoration and hope, pointing to the future where God
Speaker 1: will renew his covenant with Israel and bring about redemption
Speaker 1: through the Promised Messiah. The apostle Paul in Romans eleven
Speaker 1: twenty five through twenty seven speaks of a future restoration
Speaker 1: for Israel. I do not want you to be ignorant
Speaker 1: of this mystery, brother, so that you will not be conceited.
Speaker 1: A hardened in part has come to Israel until the
Speaker 1: full number of the gentiles has come in, and so
Speaker 1: all Israel will be saved. As it is written, the
Speaker 1: Deliverer will come from Zion. He will remove godliness godlessness
Speaker 1: from Jacob, and this my covenant with them will take
Speaker 1: away their sins. Okay, that's what it says here in
Speaker 1: Romans eleven five through twenty seven. Okay, so perfect, some
Speaker 1: good stuff, and we finished all the way to eighteen.
Speaker 1: Next up is going to be the death of Jared bone.
Speaker 1: Let me just go ahead and so and uh, we'll
Speaker 1: just sum up the chapters. Okay, are the verses here.
Speaker 1: So one Kings fourteen one through seventeen is about King
Speaker 1: jerrebohms felt attempt to get a hopeful word for his
Speaker 1: son Abijah by sending his disguised wife to the prophet Ahijah,
Speaker 1: who through old and blind, though old and blind, delivers
Speaker 1: a harsh prophecy of doom for jereboms family and king
Speaker 1: him due to his idolatry and turning Israel away from
Speaker 1: God's showing. God sees through all deception and that sin
Speaker 1: brings unavoidable consequences, even as a small flicker of good
Speaker 1: in Jereboham's heart is noted but overwhelmed by his persistent evil.
Speaker 1: And then we talked about jereboam sin. He established idolatrists,
Speaker 1: golden calfs and bethel Dan leading to idole worship of
Speaker 1: false God's major sin in God's Covenant. And then his
Speaker 1: six son Abijah fell ill those disguised and deception where
Speaker 1: his wife was trying to disguise herself. God sees through it.
Speaker 1: God reveals the true truth of Ahijah, who despite his blindness,
Speaker 1: knows his wife's identity and the king's wicked heart. Then
Speaker 1: the prophecy of judgment which he talked about, Ahijah declares
Speaker 1: God will cut off Jereboam's family and scatter Israel, echoing
Speaker 1: previous mornings about Abijah's death serving as an immediate sign.
Speaker 1: And then when the wife crosses the threshold of Turza,
Speaker 1: her son dies, symbolizing the inescapable consequences of crossing the
Speaker 1: line of disobedience and the finality of God's judgment on
Speaker 1: Jereboam's house man. What are some of the key core
Speaker 1: themes of this chapter? God's unfailing knowledge. God sees past
Speaker 1: human disguises and knows the true state of the heart,
Speaker 1: making deception futile. Also, consequences of idolatry is another main one.
Speaker 1: Jereboam sins led directly to the downfall of his dynasty,
Speaker 1: illustrating the national sin brings national ruin. We need to
Speaker 1: understand that in America for sure, warning to leaders. The
Speaker 1: story serves as a warning to civil leaders about the
Speaker 1: dangers of ungodliness and abandoning God's commands. That's happening all
Speaker 1: throughout different governments right now. Right Sovereignty of God is
Speaker 1: another one. God's judgment is inevitable, but his covenant faithfulness
Speaker 1: also endures, offering hope beyond individual dynasties. Okay, so very important.
Speaker 1: So we went through and now we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about Jeroboam's death. Okay, So one Kings fourteen, verse nineteen. Now,
Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Jerobon, how he made war,
Speaker 1: and how he reigned. Indeed, they are written in the
Speaker 1: book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. The
Speaker 1: period that Jerobon reigned was twenty two years, so he
Speaker 1: rested with his father's Then Nadab his son, reigned in
Speaker 1: his place. Then Nadab his son reigned in his place.
Speaker 1: Now we're going to talk about ree Bom his reign
Speaker 1: in Judah. And Rea Bam, the son of Solomon, reigned
Speaker 1: in Judah. Reabohm was forty one years of old when
Speaker 1: he became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the
Speaker 1: city which the Lord had chose out of all the
Speaker 1: tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother's
Speaker 1: name was Namah and Ammonitis. Now Judah did evil in
Speaker 1: the side of the Lord, and they provoked him to
Speaker 1: jealousy with their sins, which they committed more than all
Speaker 1: that their fathers had done. For they also built for
Speaker 1: themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on every
Speaker 1: high hill, under every green tree, And there were also
Speaker 1: perverted persons in the land. They did according to all
Speaker 1: the abominations of the nations which the Lord had cast
Speaker 1: out before the children of Israel. It happened in the
Speaker 1: fifth year of King Raye Bone that Chishak, king of Egypt,
Speaker 1: came against Jerusalem, and he took away the treasures of
Speaker 1: the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the
Speaker 1: king's house. He took away everything. He also took away
Speaker 1: all the gold shields which Solomon had made. Then King
Speaker 1: Raya Bone made bronze shields in their place, and committed
Speaker 1: them to the hands of the captains of the guard,
Speaker 1: who guarded the doorway of the king's house. And wherever
Speaker 1: the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards
Speaker 1: carried them then brought them back into the guardroom. Now
Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of ree Bohm and all
Speaker 1: that he did, are they written in the book? Are
Speaker 1: they not written in the book of Chronicles? And the
Speaker 1: kings of Judah and there was war between ree Boham
Speaker 1: and Jerebim all their day. So ree Boham rested with
Speaker 1: his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the
Speaker 1: city of David. His mother's name was Namah the Ammonitis,
Speaker 1: then Abaijam. This his son reigned in his place Bijam. Wow,
Speaker 1: that's crazy that he named his son of a Baijam.
Speaker 1: And then also, I'm mistaken. Jered BOM's son was also
Speaker 1: named Abaijam, right, a Baijah. Sorry, Jerobom's son was named
Speaker 1: was Abaija and a bai Jam is the son of
Speaker 1: Rae Bohm, so that you don't get it, and Jereboam
Speaker 1: and Raye Bohm, while that's pretty crazy that their names
Speaker 1: are very similar as well. All right, so let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and look into what's going on here and twenty
Speaker 1: one through thirty one so we have it describes the
Speaker 1: failure of king Roboam and Judah, highlighting his his and
Speaker 1: his people's idolatry, bail worship Ammonite influences his mother Nama,
Speaker 1: and turning from God, leading to divine judgment like Egypt's
Speaker 1: Shishak plundering Jerusalem's treasures, emphasizing that turning away from the
Speaker 1: Lord brings poverty, sin, and judgment, contrasting with the lasting
Speaker 1: faithfulness of Jesus Christ. Key themes and meanings Raye Boham's apostasy.
Speaker 1: Raya Boham, Solomon's son allowed and participated in idolatry, as
Speaker 1: practices high places, male prostitutes and asher polls, and Jerusalem
Speaker 1: is city God chose, provoking him to jealousy. The negative
Speaker 1: influence came from his mother. His Ammonite mother Nama, is
Speaker 1: mentioned in highlight foreign influence in idolatry, showing how a
Speaker 1: mother's character impacts her son and nation. What's the consequences
Speaker 1: of the sin? Judas turning to false gods and abandoning
Speaker 1: God led to weakness and poverty, culminating and Chishak of
Speaker 1: Egypt taking the temple's gold, showing sin strips away God's
Speaker 1: blessings and then no substitute for God. This passage underscore
Speaker 1: is that no rituals, temple, or idols can substitute for
Speaker 1: true worship and obedience to Yahweh, a lesson both Israel
Speaker 1: Jereboehm and judah Rea Boham failed to learn. Contrasts with Christ.
Speaker 1: The failures of these kings point to the need for
Speaker 1: a perfect, faithful king, Jesus Christ, who offers true leadership, holiness,
Speaker 1: and a kingdom built in grace. So kind of culminating
Speaker 1: these passages, the passage serves as a warning about leadership
Speaker 1: failing God, the persuasive nature of sin, and the devastating
Speaker 1: consequences of idolatry, while simultaneously pointing towards the ultimate hope
Speaker 1: in Christ's perfect kingship and the power of his transforming grace. Perfect.
Speaker 1: So now we're going to be in chapter fifteen, and
Speaker 1: let me go over some practical applications, one of them
Speaker 1: to be guard against idolatry. Evaluate your life for any
Speaker 1: modern day idols that may be taking presidents over Your
Speaker 1: relationship with God. Prioritize worship and obedience to Him above
Speaker 1: all else. Next, heed God's warnings. Be attentive to the
Speaker 1: warnings and guidance provided in scripture. God's word is a
Speaker 1: lamp to your feet and a light on your path,
Speaker 1: as Psalms one nineteen one oh five says, for sure, man,
Speaker 1: there's stark warnings in the Bible about so many different
Speaker 1: sins that we want to make sure we stay away from,
Speaker 1: you know, sexual morality, adultery, there's slander, murder, stealing, all
Speaker 1: these different things, right, covetousness, all there's so many different
Speaker 1: things that can name off, you know, and we need
Speaker 1: to be attentive to the warnings and guidance provided in scripture.
Speaker 1: So we need to be attentive to all these men,
Speaker 1: and let God's word be a lamp to our feet.
Speaker 1: Consider the impact of your actions. Recognize that your choices
Speaker 1: can have lasting effects on your family and community. Strive
Speaker 1: to live a life that honors God and sets a
Speaker 1: positive example for others. All right, Amen, seek repentance and restoration.
Speaker 1: If you find yourself straying from God's commandments, seek his
Speaker 1: forgiveness and restoration. God is merciful and desires a relationship
Speaker 1: with his people. Amen. All right, So let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and check out some additional scriptures that connect We have
Speaker 1: Exodus twenty three through four. Let's go ahead and go there,
Speaker 1: Exodus twenty three through four. I'll go there on here, Okay.
Speaker 1: Exodus twenty it says you shall not you shall have
Speaker 1: no other gods before me, And then verse four says
Speaker 1: you shall not make yourselves. You shall not make for
Speaker 1: yourselves a carved image. Excuse me, any likeness of anything
Speaker 1: that is in heaven above, or that is in the
Speaker 1: earth beneath, or that is in the water underneath the earth.
Speaker 1: You shall not bow down to them nor serve them.
Speaker 1: For either Lord your God am a jealous god, visiting
Speaker 1: the inquiry of the fathers upon the children of the
Speaker 1: third and fourth generations of those hate me, but showing
Speaker 1: mercy to the thousands, to those who love me, and
Speaker 1: keep my commandments? All right? And did I do? I
Speaker 1: read five as well? But yeah, just so we know
Speaker 1: we get the point. Next one is going to be
Speaker 1: Deuteronomy twenty eight, verse fifteen through twenty. The blessings and
Speaker 1: the curse is associated with obedience and disobedience to God's laws.
Speaker 1: Why is it important to read those well? Because it
Speaker 1: goes along exactly with this chapter. So we're going to
Speaker 1: go fifteen. But I shall come to pass if you
Speaker 1: do not obey the voice of the Lord your God
Speaker 1: to observe carefully to all his commandments and his statutes,
Speaker 1: which I command you today, all these curses will come
Speaker 1: upon you and overtake you. Sixteen curse shall you be
Speaker 1: in your city and curse shall you be in your country.
Speaker 1: Curse shall be your basket and your kneading bull. Curse
Speaker 1: shall be the fruit of your body, and the produce
Speaker 1: of your land, the increase of your cattle on the
Speaker 1: offspring of your flocks. Curse shall be when you come in,
Speaker 1: and curse shall be when you go out. The Lord
Speaker 1: will send you on cursing, confusion, and rebuke, and all
Speaker 1: that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed,
Speaker 1: and until you perish quickly because of the wickedness of
Speaker 1: your doings in which you have forsaken me. I mean, guys,
Speaker 1: that's I need to read that type of stuff to
Speaker 1: you and to myself because we need to understand how
Speaker 1: serious God is right. And then another one that called
Speaker 1: for repentance and God's promised to heal the land is
Speaker 1: in second Chronicles seven, verse fourteen. Let's go there real quick.
Speaker 1: Second Chronicles seven, verse fourteen. Okay, this one says, if
Speaker 1: my people who are called by my name will humble
Speaker 1: themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from
Speaker 1: their wicked ways, and I will give, then I will
Speaker 1: hear from heaven and will and will forgive their sin
Speaker 1: and heal their land. Okay, then we have Romans six
Speaker 1: twenty three the consequences of sin and the gift of
Speaker 1: eternal life through Jesus Christ. The wages of sin is
Speaker 1: death is definitely Roman six twenty three. But let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and read it word for words, so I don't
Speaker 1: butcher any of it. A Roman six twenty three. Romans
Speaker 1: six twenty three for the wages of sin is death.
Speaker 1: But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Speaker 1: Jesus our Lord, Amen to that. There we go, guys,
Speaker 1: we went through chapter fourteen. Now we're going to be
Speaker 1: in chapter fifteen. We'll do a quick introduction to chapter fifteen,
Speaker 1: real quick, let me find it. Where are you at?
Speaker 1: Where you at? But yeah, it might have passed it
Speaker 1: out lots of notes, guys, that's what it takes to
Speaker 1: do these. Okay, here we go. Found it one. Kings
Speaker 1: fifteen provides an insightful narrative of the historical reigns of
Speaker 1: several kings in Judah and Israel. This chapter highlights the
Speaker 1: constant battle between adherence to God's laws and succumbing to
Speaker 1: idolatry and sin. It paints a vivid picture of struggle
Speaker 1: for power. The consequences of spiritual negligence and the importance
Speaker 1: of repentance. Okay, that's all important stuff, So all right,
Speaker 1: let me go to my teaching points. All right, Abaijam's
Speaker 1: reign is what we're going to.
Speaker 2: Talk about next, which is ray Baum's son. Let me
Speaker 2: just go there with us. Let me go to my notes.
Speaker 1: Oops. Wow, is that thing reading? Yep, that's reading fifteen
Speaker 1: twenty one. There we go. All right, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and read first Kings fifteen one through eight. Baijam's reign
Speaker 1: in Judah. In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the
Speaker 1: son of nipat A, Baijam became king over Judah. He
Speaker 1: reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maka,
Speaker 1: the granddaughter of Absalom, and he walked in all the
Speaker 1: sins of his father, which he had done before him.
Speaker 1: His heart was not loyal to the Lord his God,
Speaker 1: and his heart as was the heart of his father David. Nevertheless,
Speaker 1: for David's sake, the Lord his God gave him a
Speaker 1: lamp in Jerusalem by setting up his son after him,
Speaker 1: by establishing Jerusalem. Because David did what was right in
Speaker 1: the eyes of the Lord, ended turned aside from anything,
Speaker 1: because David was right in the eyes of the Lord and
Speaker 1: did not turn aside from anything that he commanded all
Speaker 1: in the days of his life, except in the matter
Speaker 1: of your Riah the Hittite. And there was war between
Speaker 1: ray Boham and Jerebom all the days of his life. Now,
Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Abaijam and all that
Speaker 1: he did are not written in the book of chronicles?
Speaker 1: Are they not written in the book of chronicles of
Speaker 1: the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abaijam
Speaker 1: and Jereboam. So Abaijam rested with his father's and they
Speaker 1: buried him in the city of David. Then Asaw the
Speaker 1: son reigned in his place. So obviously we're gonna get
Speaker 1: a lot more detail in chronicles, right, That's why I
Speaker 1: keeps saying that is it not written in the book
Speaker 1: of chronicles. So we're gonna get a little like a
Speaker 1: microscope placed on these kings in chronicles. So basically, you know,
Speaker 1: just to sum up Kings fifteen one through eight highlights
Speaker 1: our unfaithful reign of Abaijam Abaijah Bijam, king of Judah,
Speaker 1: who followed his father's Ray of Bohm's sinful path despite
Speaker 1: having a chance to lead righteously. Yet God preserved the
Speaker 1: Davidic line for David's sake and promised future hope, contrasting
Speaker 1: Abijam's flawed heart with David's devotion and foreshadowing the need
Speaker 1: for a truly ideal king Jesus Christ who fulfills God's
Speaker 1: law perfectly. It's a lesson and compromise faith in consequences
Speaker 1: of idolatry and God's enduring covenant despite human failures and
Speaker 1: in Abijam's reign, Abaija reigned over Judah for three years,
Speaker 1: and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord
Speaker 1: as his ancestor David was. He walked in all the
Speaker 1: sins of his father had committed before him, and his
Speaker 1: heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God
Speaker 1: as the heart of his forefather. David obey God's faithfulness
Speaker 1: to David in a First King's fifteen to four, despite
Speaker 1: Abaizm's un faith when as God maintained the Dividic line
Speaker 1: for the sake of David. Nevertheless, for the sake of David,
Speaker 1: the Lord as God gave him a lamp and Jerusalem
Speaker 1: by raising up his son to succeed him, making them Jerusalems,
Speaker 1: making Jerusalem strong so in. Abijah was also known as
Speaker 1: Abaijam is also known as Abaijah, was the son of
Speaker 1: Raye Boham and the grandson of Solomon. He reigned as
Speaker 1: the King of Judah for a brief period following the
Speaker 1: division of United Monarchy of Israel. His reign is documented
Speaker 1: in the Biblical books of First Kings and Second Chronicles,
Speaker 1: providing insights into his leadership, religious practices, and military engagements.
Speaker 1: Biblical account in First Kings fifteen one through eight we
Speaker 1: already went through, but in Second Chronicles thirteen one through
Speaker 1: twenty two, the Chronicle provides a more detailed account of
Speaker 1: Abiaza's reign, particularly focusing on the conflict with Jerboahm, the
Speaker 1: King of Israel. Abaijam assembled an army of four hundred
Speaker 1: thousand choice men, while Jeroboam encountered with eight hundred thousand
Speaker 1: valiant warriors. Before the battle, Isam stood on the mount
Speaker 1: zeramiem Zammarim and addressed Jereboam and all Israel, reminding them
Speaker 1: that the Lord's covenant with David and condemning their idolagy
Speaker 1: and rebellion Abaijum, deceived declared that God was with Judah,
Speaker 1: as evidenced by the presence of his priest and the
Speaker 1: proper worship practices. He urged Israel not to fight against
Speaker 1: the Lord, the God of their fathers. Despite being outnumbered,
Speaker 1: Abijam's forces were victorious because they relied on their Lord,
Speaker 1: relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors. The
Speaker 1: battle resulted in a significant defeat for Jeroboam, with then
Speaker 1: five hundred thousand of his men falling in battle. This
Speaker 1: victory solidified Abaijam's rule and weakened Jereboam's power. Wow Abaizum's
Speaker 1: reign is marked by continuation of religious practice established by
Speaker 1: his father, Ray of Bohm. The high places, sacred stones,
Speaker 1: and Asherah polls remained, indicating that the people of Judah
Speaker 1: continued to engage in idolatious practices. Despite this, the lord's
Speaker 1: covenant with David provided a measure of stability and continue continuity.
Speaker 1: Continuity for Abizam's reign legacy. Abison's rain was relatively short,
Speaker 1: lasting only three years. He was succeeded by his son Isijah,
Speaker 1: who would go on to implement significant religious reforms in Judah.
Speaker 1: The biblical narrative highlights the contrast between Abizam's half hearted
Speaker 1: devotion and wholehearted commitment to his ancestor David, despite his failings.
Speaker 1: A Bijm's victory over Jereboeham and the persevertion of his
Speaker 1: lineage underscores the enduring nature of God's promises to David.
Speaker 1: Good stuff, there's a lot of good information there. God's
Speaker 1: faithfulness to David. We already know what's up with that. Ah, yep,
Speaker 1: we don't need to go into that first Kings, And
Speaker 1: when you go all the way back down, So we're
Speaker 1: to our teaching points here. Next is going to be
Speaker 1: Isiah that we're going to talk about. So what are
Speaker 1: some of the key themes in one through eight? Though
Speaker 1: he reigned briefly, Abijon walked in all his father's sins,
Speaker 1: particularly the idolatry, turning away from God's showing your heart
Speaker 1: not wholly devoted to the Lord, David's legacy and God's
Speaker 1: promise we spoke about already, the ideal versus the real.
Speaker 1: Abaizam's reign shows the failure of human kings, even David's descendants,
Speaker 1: to perfectly fulfill God's law highlighting the need for an ultimate,
Speaker 1: perfect king, which I talked about a little bit ago.
Speaker 1: Warning against idolatry, the passage warns against the corruption of
Speaker 1: false religion and compromises that lead people away from God,
Speaker 1: contrasting Abijam's shallow faith with David's enduring commitment. Influence of
Speaker 1: fathers that illustrates how father's sins and lifestyles significantly impact
Speaker 1: their children. With the Bijon inheriting ray Boham's cardiac condition
Speaker 1: of not seeking the Lord, says precept Austin, I don't
Speaker 1: even know who that is, but anyways, all right, that's it.
Speaker 1: So we got one kings fifteen nine through twenty four.
Speaker 1: Now let's talk about our assaw reign and Judah for
Speaker 1: about an hour. In so in the twelfth year of Jereboam,
Speaker 1: this is going to be in verse nine. In the
Speaker 1: twelfth year of Jereboam, King of Israel, Asaw became king
Speaker 1: over Judah and he reigned forty one years in Jerusalem.
Speaker 1: His grandmother's name was Maka, the granddaughter of Absalom. Asau
Speaker 1: did what was right in the eyes of the Lord,
Speaker 1: as did his father David, and he banished the perverted
Speaker 1: persons from the land and removed all the idols that
Speaker 1: his father had made. Also, he removed Makaw, his grandmother,
Speaker 1: from being queen mother because she had made an obscene
Speaker 1: image of Astrah, and Asa cut down her obscene image
Speaker 1: and burnt by the brook caudron. But the high places
Speaker 1: were not removed. Nonetheless, nevertheless, ASA's heart was loyal to
Speaker 1: the Lord all his days. He also brought into the
Speaker 1: house of the Lord the things which his father had
Speaker 1: dedicated and the things which he himself had dedicated, silver
Speaker 1: and gold and utensils. All right, well, perfect, let's see
Speaker 1: what we have here. We got So's reform. So yeah,
Speaker 1: we have We'll stop there real quick. So ASA's reform.
Speaker 1: Asa Absalom's son ragned for forty one years and did
Speaker 1: what was right in the sight of the right, in
Speaker 1: the eyes of the Lord. Alsa did what was right
Speaker 1: in the eyes of the Lord, and his father David
Speaker 1: had done so in his reform. Also, the third King
Speaker 1: of Judah, the son of Baijah, is noted as the
Speaker 1: religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh
Speaker 1: and the kingdom. His reign, which lasted forty one years,
Speaker 1: is documented in so. He ran from nine to eleven
Speaker 1: to eight seventy BC, and is documented in First Kings
Speaker 1: fifteen nine through twenty four and also in Second Chronicles
Speaker 1: fourteen through sixteen. Excuse me i Saw reforms are significantly
Speaker 1: significant in the Bible narrative, as they reflect a return
Speaker 1: to the covenantial faithfulness and rejection of idolatry. Upon ascending
Speaker 1: to the throne, Aisha initiated series of religious reforms aimed
Speaker 1: at purifying the worship practices of Judah. The Biblical count
Speaker 1: and Second Chronicles fourteen two through five states Aisha did
Speaker 1: what was good and right in the eyes of the
Speaker 1: Lord is God. He removed the foreign altars and high places,
Speaker 1: shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the asher polls.
Speaker 1: He commanded Judah to seek the Lord and for God
Speaker 1: of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandments.
Speaker 1: Ashah's reform included the removal of pagan altars high places
Speaker 1: which the sights of idle worship. He destroyed the sacred
Speaker 1: pillars of astra polls, which were associated with Canaanite fertility deities.
Speaker 1: By doing so, Asha sought to eliminate the synchronistic Synchristic
Speaker 1: syncretistic practices and had infiltrated Judah Judeo worship. In addition
Speaker 1: to purshing idolatry, Asha led a covenantal renewing among the people,
Speaker 1: and Second Chronicles fifteen eight through fifteen describes how Aesha,
Speaker 1: encouraged by the prophet prophecy of Isaiah, son of Odd,
Speaker 1: gathered the people of Jerusalem and renewed their commitment to
Speaker 1: the Lord. The assembly offered sacrifices and entered into a
Speaker 1: covenant to seek the Lord with all their heart and soul.
Speaker 1: The texts emphasized the seriousness of his commitment. They took
Speaker 1: a note to the Lord with a loud voice, with
Speaker 1: shouting trumpets and rams and horns, and all Judah rejoiced
Speaker 1: over the oath they had sworn with all their heart
Speaker 1: and sought with them their soul. And he is found
Speaker 1: by them. So the Lord gave him rest on every side.
Speaker 1: So that's in Second Chronicles fifteen fourteenth through fifteen. See
Speaker 1: how it kind of puts a microscope on Ash's reign,
Speaker 1: So we can kind of see that Asha's reform were
Speaker 1: not met without opposition, As Grandmother Makaw held a position
Speaker 1: of influence as the Queen Mother and was a prompt
Speaker 1: proponent of idol worship. Asa deposed her from her position,
Speaker 1: and she had made a repulsive astraaull poll, which he
Speaker 1: cut down and burned in the Kidron Valley one Kings fifteen,
Speaker 1: verse thirteen. His legacy, Ashall's reign is remembered for his
Speaker 1: initial fervor in returning Judah to the worship of Yahweh
Speaker 1: and eradication of idolatry. His reforms set a precedent for
Speaker 1: future kings and highlighted the importance of covenantial faithfulness. However,
Speaker 1: his later reliance on political alliances serves as a cautionary
Speaker 1: tale about the dangers forsaking trust in God. Forsaking trust
Speaker 1: in God. Asia's life and reforms are a testament to
Speaker 1: the complexities of leadership and the ongoing struggle to maintain
Speaker 1: spiritual integrity and the face of external and internal challenges.
Speaker 1: Ain't that true, man? Man that's hard to do, and
Speaker 1: especially him as king. There the ongoing struggle to maintain
Speaker 1: spiritual integrity and the face of external and internal challenges.
Speaker 1: So true, removal of idolatry, we're kind of seeing that
Speaker 1: it says also took significant steps. In one Kings fifteen,
Speaker 1: verse twelve, which we just read about, also took significant
Speaker 1: steps to remove idolatry from Judah, demonstrating his commitment to God.
Speaker 1: He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and
Speaker 1: removed all the idols that his father's has made. Removal
Speaker 1: of idolatry is a reoccurring theme throughout the Bible, reflecting
Speaker 1: God's desire for his people to worship him alone. Idolatry,
Speaker 1: the worship of false gods, or the veneration of images,
Speaker 1: is consistently condemned in the scripture as a violation of
Speaker 1: the First and second commandments, which is Exodus twenty verse
Speaker 1: three through four, which we just read. For the additional
Speaker 1: scriptures last chapter right. The Bible records numerous instances where
Speaker 1: God's commands the eradication of the idolaters practices, and the
Speaker 1: destruction of idols, emphasizing the importance of idols, the importance
Speaker 1: of destruction of idols emphasizing the importance of exclusive devotion
Speaker 1: to Him. So the spiritual implications the removal idolatry is
Speaker 1: not merely a physical act, but also a spiritual one
Speaker 1: idolatry represents a heart turned away from God, and its
Speaker 1: removal signifies repentance and a return to faithfulness. Colossians three,
Speaker 1: verse five urges believers to put to death or for
Speaker 1: the components of their earthy nature sexual immorality, impurity, lust,
Speaker 1: evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. This passage highlights
Speaker 1: that idolatry can manifest in various forms, including materialism and covetousness.
Speaker 1: The call to remove idolatry is a call to purity
Speaker 1: and holiness, reflecting God's desire for his people to be
Speaker 1: set apart from him, set apart not from him, set
Speaker 1: up part for him. Jeez wow, let's see throughout scripture,
Speaker 1: the removal idolatry is a necessary step in restoring a
Speaker 1: right relationship with God and experiencing his blessings. Okay, so important,
Speaker 1: and we have yep, all right, We'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: continue reading, and we'll read six through twenty four, sixteen
Speaker 1: through twenty four. Now, there was a war between Assah
Speaker 1: and Bashah, king of Israel. In their days. Bashah, king
Speaker 1: of Israel, came up against Judah and built Ramah that
Speaker 1: he might let none go out or come to Asah,
Speaker 1: King of Judah. Then Asah took all the silver and
Speaker 1: gold that was left in the treasuries of the house
Speaker 1: of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house,
Speaker 1: and delivered them into the hand of the servants. And
Speaker 1: King Asaw sent them to Ben Hadid, the son of Tiburin,
Speaker 1: the son of Hazoin, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
Speaker 1: let there be a treaty between you and me, as
Speaker 1: there was between my father and your father. See, I
Speaker 1: have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come
Speaker 1: and break your treaty with Bashah, King of Israel, so
Speaker 1: that he will withdraw from me. So Ben Hadad heated
Speaker 1: King a Saw and sent the captains of his armies
Speaker 1: against the cities of Israel. He attacked Azan, dan Abel, Beth, Makaw,
Speaker 1: and all chin Rath with the land of Nephtali. Now
Speaker 1: it happened when Bashaw heard it that he stopped building
Speaker 1: Rama and remained in Terza. Then King Asaw made a
Speaker 1: proclamation throughout all Judah, none was exempted, and they took
Speaker 1: away the stones of timber and rama which Bashah had
Speaker 1: used for building, and with them King Asaw built Ghibba a,
Speaker 1: Benjamin and Mizpah. The rest of all the acts of Usaw,
Speaker 1: all his might, all that he did in the cities
Speaker 1: which he built, were all not written in the book
Speaker 1: of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. But in the
Speaker 1: time of his old age he was diseased in his
Speaker 1: feet and Nassaw rested with his fathers, and he was
Speaker 1: buried with his fathers in the city of David. His father.
Speaker 1: Then Jehoseph fat his son reigned in his place. Here
Speaker 1: we go again. We gotta talk do that Jehoseph fat
Speaker 1: one again kind of the same name that we had before.
Speaker 1: Some of these names are very hard to pronounce, all right,
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and see what's going on here.
Speaker 1: So we got Asau's covenant with ben Hadid. Assaw made
Speaker 1: a treaty with ben Hadid of Aram to secure his kingdom,
Speaker 1: showing both political and acume and a reliance on human alliances. Asaw,
Speaker 1: the third King of Judah, reigned approximately nine to eleven
Speaker 1: to eight seventy BC. He is noted for his religious
Speaker 1: reformed efforts. Okay, the covenant between Asaw and Ben Hadid
Speaker 1: is detailed in one Kings fifteen sixteen through twenty two,
Speaker 1: and also Second Chronicles sixteen one through six based in
Speaker 1: aggression from Bashah, King of Israel, who fortified Remah to
Speaker 1: control access to Judah. Saalsa on an alliance with Ben Hadid.
Speaker 1: A Sau sense silver and gold from the treasures of
Speaker 1: the Lord's Temple and the royal Palace to Ben Hadid,
Speaker 1: requesting that he break his treaty with bashal to and
Speaker 1: attack Israel. This strategic move was intended to relieve the
Speaker 1: pressure on Judah by diverting Israel's military focus. Okay, what's
Speaker 1: the consequences? The immediate consequence of Ashah's covenant with a
Speaker 1: successful diversion of Israel's threat. However, the long term spiritual
Speaker 1: consequence was a misopportunity to demonstrate faith in God's deliverance.
Speaker 1: Assau's reliance on Ben Hadid is seen as a turning
Speaker 1: point in his reign, leading to a period of spiritual decline.
Speaker 1: The Bible recounts that Ashaw's years later was marked by
Speaker 1: illness and refusal to seek the Lord's help, as noted
Speaker 1: in Second Chronicles sixteen twelve through thirteen Lessons and Reflections.
Speaker 1: Assa's covenant with Ben Hadid serves as a cash andary
Speaker 1: tale about the dangers of relying in relying on human
Speaker 1: alliances at the expenses of faith in God. It highlights
Speaker 1: the importance of seeking divine guidance in times of crisis
Speaker 1: and the potential spiritual costs of pragmatic decisions that compromise
Speaker 1: one's reliance on the Lord. The narrative invites believers to
Speaker 1: examine their own lives for a raise where they may
Speaker 1: be tempted to trust in worldly solutions rather than in
Speaker 1: God's provision and protection. Very important, So all right, and
Speaker 1: let me just highlight this, so I make sure no
Speaker 1: where I'm at. In One Kings fifteen nine through twenty four,
Speaker 1: which you just read through, it describes King I saw
Speaker 1: as judas generally good reign marked by significant religious reforms,
Speaker 1: removing idols and prompting true worship, but also a critical
Speaker 1: failure in trusting God's God during war instead bribing Syria
Speaker 1: against Israel, revealing that even good care have flaws, highlighting
Speaker 1: that limits of human reform, and foreshadowing Christ's perfect restoration.
Speaker 1: What are some of his good deeds? Asad did what
Speaker 1: was right in the eyes of the Lord Verse eleven
Speaker 1: by removing foreign altars, smashing sacred stones, cutting down asheroth poles,
Speaker 1: and commanding Judah to obey God's laws, bringing peace and
Speaker 1: building cities. He removed his own grandmother, which we talked
Speaker 1: about Mikaw for making an obscene image of Aserah, showing
Speaker 1: deep commitment to removing idolatry even from his family partiality.
Speaker 1: He left the high places and authorized worship spots and intact,
Speaker 1: showing a limit to his reforms as human efforts can
Speaker 1: fully change hearts. And then during the conflict the war
Speaker 1: with Bashah, King Bashah of the Israel fortified Raman to
Speaker 1: stop people from going to Judah, leading to ongoing conflict.
Speaker 1: Instead of trusting in God, Ashah used temple silver and
Speaker 1: gold to bribe King ben Hadid of Syria to attack Israel,
Speaker 1: breaking his treaty with Israel and forcing Bashah to retreat
Speaker 1: from Rama. Spiritual lesson. The act of unbelief revealed a
Speaker 1: reliance on human power instead of divine promise, every occurring
Speaker 1: theme in Israel's history, and a warning against mixed carnal
Speaker 1: policy and faith. Man, that thing went right to the top, Sorry, guys,
Speaker 1: Right as I was in the middle of reading so
Speaker 1: instead of divine promise to recurring theme in Israel's history
Speaker 1: and warning against mixing carnal policy with faith, partial victory
Speaker 1: has saw success. He retook Rama and used its fortifications
Speaker 1: to strengthen Judah, but his reliance on human help marred
Speaker 1: is otherwise good reign, showing that even faithful king's falter
Speaker 1: what's the overall meaning? Example of mixed with righteousness also
Speaker 1: shows that true devotion, heart wholly true to the Lord
Speaker 1: can coexist with significant faith and judgment, foreshadowing Christ His
Speaker 1: reforms through though imperfect, point toward Christ, the perfect King
Speaker 1: who brings complete spiritual restoration and true worship. Amen to that.
Speaker 1: Excuse me I got warning against unbelief. The passage warns
Speaker 1: against turning the worldly solutions of foreign alliances instead of
Speaker 1: fully trusting in God in times of danger. Perfect all right,
Speaker 1: So now we have another king that we're going to
Speaker 1: talk about. It is going to be Nadab his reign
Speaker 1: in Israel. Now, Nadab, the son of Jereboam became king
Speaker 1: over Israel in the second year of Asa, King of Judah,
Speaker 1: and he reigned over Israel two years. And he did
Speaker 1: evil in the side of the Lord and walked in
Speaker 1: the way of his father and in his sin by
Speaker 1: which he had made Israel sin. Then Bashah, son of
Speaker 1: a Hajah of the house of Ishakar, conspired against him,
Speaker 1: and Bashah killed him in Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
Speaker 1: While the Dab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
Speaker 1: Bashah killed him in the third year of Usaw king
Speaker 1: of Judah, and reigned in his place. And it was
Speaker 1: so when he became king that he killed all the
Speaker 1: house of Jereboam. He did not leave to Jeroboah anyone
Speaker 1: that breathed until he had destroyed them, according to the
Speaker 1: word of the Lord which had been spoken by his
Speaker 1: servant Ahijah the Shilanite, because of the sins of Jeroboam
Speaker 1: which he had sinned, and by which he had made
Speaker 1: against Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he
Speaker 1: had provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger. Now
Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that
Speaker 1: he did, were all written in the book of Chronicles
Speaker 1: of the Kings of Israel. And there was war between
Speaker 1: Asaw and Bashah, King of Israel, all their days. Okay,
Speaker 1: so that's to thirty two, right. So in a brief
Speaker 1: description of this, it describes the brief sinful reign of
Speaker 1: King Nadab of Israel, Jerebom's son, who continued his father's idolatry,
Speaker 1: leading to his assassination by Bashah, fulfilling God's prophecy to
Speaker 1: wipe out Jereboam's entire household due to their persistent evil
Speaker 1: highlight and the severe consequences of ungodly leadership and persistent
Speaker 1: sin in the Northern Kingdom. Sinful reign, Nadab ruled over
Speaker 1: Israel for two years, repeating his father Jereboam sin setting
Speaker 1: up golden calves and causing Israel to sin, showing a
Speaker 1: continuation of spiritual rebellion, conspiracy, and assassination. Bashah, a military
Speaker 1: leader aplotted against Nadab while they were besieging the Philistine
Speaker 1: city of gibbethon killing the da and seizing the throne,
Speaker 1: fulfilling the prophecy. Butshaw then exterminated all of Jerebones's failing,
Speaker 1: fulfilling the prophecy given by Ajah the Prophet in One
Speaker 1: Kings fourteen ten through eleven, which you talked about last chapter, right,
Speaker 1: demonstrating God's judgment of jerrebones House by leading Israeling to
Speaker 1: send the psychlists in the passage shows a reoccurring pattern.
Speaker 1: Sinful leadership leads to national apostasy, divine judgment, and further instability,
Speaker 1: as Bashawa himself continued in Jereboam's evil ways. Broader significance
Speaker 1: Consequences of disobedience. It underscores that persistent disobedience to God
Speaker 1: brings severe consequences, not just for leaders, but for an
Speaker 1: entire nation. God's sovereignty despite human treachery, God's purposes prevail
Speaker 1: as his warnings and judgments are carried out through seemingly
Speaker 1: human actions. Impact of leadership. It emphasises how unfaithful leaders
Speaker 1: corrupt the spiritual direction of the people, creating a downward
Speaker 1: spiral of sin. Okay, definitely, let's go ahead and continue. Now,
Speaker 1: let's talk about Bashaw's reign in Israel and the third
Speaker 1: year of Asa, King of Judah. Bashaw, the son of
Speaker 1: Ahijah became king over all Israel and Turzal and reigned
Speaker 1: twenty four years. He did evil in the side of
Speaker 1: the Lord and walked in the way of Jereboam and
Speaker 1: in his sin by which he had made Israel sin okay.
Speaker 1: So Bashaw became the king of Israel, succeeding Jereboam's line,
Speaker 1: but continued the same Adula church practices by maintaining Jereboam's
Speaker 1: golden calves, thus walking in the way of Jereboam and
Speaker 1: doing evil. That's why it says he did evil in
Speaker 1: the side of the Lord, highlighting persistent spiritual decline of
Speaker 1: divine judgment despite leaders changing a warning about leader's lasting
Speaker 1: impact and the need for true worship. Bashaw took the
Speaker 1: throne by fate by force killing Jeroboam's son Naydav, but
Speaker 1: instead of reforming, he cemented his power by continuing the
Speaker 1: very sins of his predecessor, Jereboam. So the crucial phrase
Speaker 1: walking in the way of Jereboam meaning Bashaw followed Jeroboam's
Speaker 1: pattern of idolatry, specifically the worship of the golden calf
Speaker 1: set up in Bethel and Dan, which kept people from
Speaker 1: true worship in Jerusalem. Persistent idolatry. It shows that core
Speaker 1: problem wasn't just Jereboam, but a national turning away from God,
Speaker 1: a pattern which continued despite new rulers demonstrating a deep
Speaker 1: seated spiritual issue divine judgment. The repetition of sin brings
Speaker 1: judgment as God holds every ruler accountable, leading to instability
Speaker 1: in Israel's kingdom seen in the later chapters where Bashaw's
Speaker 1: family is also destroyed. Wow, and then in essence, the
Speaker 1: passage serves as a stark morning about leadership rooted in
Speaker 1: idolatry and devastating cycle of spiritual rebellion in Israel. Even
Speaker 1: as God's judgment unfolds. You think that they would learn
Speaker 1: to not continue the idolatry, you know, but they don't learn. Okay, cool,
Speaker 1: We're done with chapter fifteen. Let's go over some practical applications.
Speaker 1: Evaluate your heart. Reflect on whether your heart is fully
Speaker 1: devoted to God as David's was, or if there are
Speaker 1: areas where you are following in following in the sins
Speaker 1: of previous generations. Yeah, is there anything that your dad
Speaker 1: did or that you're you know, is there any sin
Speaker 1: that's that's following you? You know, like some people have
Speaker 1: the sin of alcoholism, right, so their dad was a drinker,
Speaker 1: so then you become a drinker, you know, because and
Speaker 1: they say it even goes in the you know, it
Speaker 1: becomes it goes in the blood. Even like that's something
Speaker 1: that I think that you can inherit I you know.
Speaker 1: And it also it's a pattern that you can inherit.
Speaker 1: You know, if your dad comes home from work every day,
Speaker 1: or came home from work every day and he always
Speaker 1: had to pop up in a beer, I deserve it.
Speaker 1: I can drink when I want to drink. And then
Speaker 1: maybe on the weekends when he's watching football, he was
Speaker 1: drinking or maybe drinking all the time. I mean a
Speaker 1: lot of people they end up following that pattern. You know.
Speaker 1: If your dad was into watching pornography, you know, and
Speaker 1: he had those magazines on the table, the Playboy and
Speaker 1: Penthouse magazines on the table all the time, and you're
Speaker 1: growing up as a kid and you're looking at those
Speaker 1: at too early of an age, then you can you
Speaker 1: can start having an addiction to pornography or lust or sin,
Speaker 1: that kind of sin, you know. So that's another way
Speaker 1: so evaluate yourself on that marijuana, cocaine, meth and fat methmphetamines,
Speaker 1: any kind of drugs like that, hard drugs. Sometimes your
Speaker 1: family might be into that, right and then you you
Speaker 1: end up taking that on as well. Like I was
Speaker 1: into cocaine at first, and I even got into drugs too,
Speaker 1: you know, the hard drugs between the age of eighteen
Speaker 1: to twenty four. You know that that area my life
Speaker 1: and that's something that my family did. You know. I
Speaker 1: even did cocaine with my dad before. So yeah, so
Speaker 1: that's something that you know, it can follow you from
Speaker 1: previous generations. I'm sure there's a lot more, you know, Yeah,
Speaker 1: like whenever a family is is you know, has issues
Speaker 1: with like pedophilia, you know, like we're you know, like
Speaker 1: we're an uncle or aunt or somebody else like does
Speaker 1: something to a kid. You know. Like that kind of
Speaker 1: thing is also another thing that follows you through generations
Speaker 1: and it causes so many issues. Like my family had
Speaker 1: that of that in my family too, you know. Like
Speaker 1: also mental illness is another thing that kind of follows
Speaker 1: you know, like there's some schizophrenia on my mom's side,
Speaker 1: and and you know there's there's some stuff on my
Speaker 1: dad's side, a lot of addiction on my dad's side,
Speaker 1: and you know what I mean, like all that stuff
Speaker 1: comes sometimes there's you know, previous generations that that have
Speaker 1: mental illness. And I'm not saying that mental illness is
Speaker 1: a sin, you know, it's it might be something that
Speaker 1: just comes naturally. But I'm just saying there's stuff that
Speaker 1: kind of can can you can kind of get from
Speaker 1: previous generations that could cause some issues in the future. Right, So,
Speaker 1: so reflect on whether your heart is fully devoted to
Speaker 1: God as David's was, or other areas where you were
Speaker 1: following following into sins of previous generations. That's something that's
Speaker 1: very important. Legacy of faithfulness. Consider the legacy you are
Speaker 1: leaving for future generations. Are you setting an example of
Speaker 1: faithful to God? So important? It's very important. So to
Speaker 1: raise your kids, show them the Word of God, and
Speaker 1: try to show them how a Christian should be living right,
Speaker 1: Definitely do that. It's very important remove idols. Identify and
Speaker 1: remove any idols in your life that may be hindering
Speaker 1: your relationship with God, just as us I'll remove physical
Speaker 1: idols from Judah. That's very important. There could be a
Speaker 1: lot of things that can become idols, Okay, So I
Speaker 1: mean a ton of things. So we talked about lust
Speaker 1: and all this other things that can become idols. Your
Speaker 1: cell phone, always talk about that, TV sports, stars on
Speaker 1: TV music, some kind of music that you might love,
Speaker 1: stars that you might like to watch on movies. And
Speaker 1: there's a ton of things that could become idol. Other gods, witchcraft, sorcery, pharmaceutica, drugs, alcohol,
Speaker 1: so many things can become idols. Okay, remove them. Trust
Speaker 1: in God, while strategic alliances can be beneficial, Ensure that
Speaker 1: your ultimate trusts and reliance are on God rather than
Speaker 1: human solutions. Very important. Okay, so perfect. So we went
Speaker 1: over practical applications. Now let's talk about connections to additional scriptures.
Speaker 1: So we have Psalm seventy eight. Let's go to that
Speaker 1: real quick, man. I used to don't do podcasts this late.
Speaker 1: Gotta make sure I might start doing podcasts in the morning.
Speaker 1: Pretty soon, we'll see, because you get the best of
Speaker 1: me in the morning. Real Because in the morning when
Speaker 1: I wake up, I'll be a little tired. But it's
Speaker 1: a little it's harder to push through, like to late
Speaker 1: at night. Okay, Psalm seventy eight, Verse seventy. He also
Speaker 1: chose David his servant and took him for the sheep
Speaker 1: folds from following the us that had young. He brought
Speaker 1: him to shepherd Jacob his people in Israel his inheritance,
Speaker 1: so he shepherded them according to the integrity of his
Speaker 1: heart and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Speaker 1: This reflects on David's shepherding heart and leadership, which God honored. Also,
Speaker 1: Second Chronicles fourteen through sixteen, it provides Asha's reign. I mean,
Speaker 1: we can look that real quick because we're going to
Speaker 1: be in chronicles soon. So what we're in Second Chronicles fourteen?
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, that's going to be chapter fourteen all
Speaker 1: the way through six I'm not going to read those.
Speaker 1: It provides a parallel account of our Shaw's reign, according
Speaker 1: to offering additional insights into his reforms and challenges. We
Speaker 1: kind of went over that when we were talking about
Speaker 1: teaching points. I didn't read. We didn't read the whole chapter,
Speaker 1: all both chapter, all three chapters. But it's okay. I
Speaker 1: thought it was going to be fourteen through sixteen, but
Speaker 1: it's actually chapter fourteen through chapter sixteen. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: read through the whole thing. We kind of read a
Speaker 1: lot about USA's raid. Matthew six thirty three is another one.
Speaker 1: Let me just go ahead and pull up Matthew six
Speaker 1: verse thirty three. Okay, here we go, it says, but
Speaker 1: seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, that
Speaker 1: all things shall be added to you, and encourage us
Speaker 1: seeking first the Kingdom of God, aligning with Ishah's efforts
Speaker 1: to prioritize God in his reign. All right, very smart.
Speaker 1: As soon as you take the rain boom, take all
Speaker 1: the idolatry away and all this stuff, and then leading
Speaker 1: Israel back to the Lord. That's what you do, right there,
Speaker 1: That's what And it also says in Matthew six thirty four, therefore,
Speaker 1: do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow worry about its
Speaker 1: own things, sufficient for the day of its own trouble.
Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, that's very important. So perfect, So we
Speaker 1: kind of went over those. Now let's go to chapter
Speaker 1: sixteen and let me find the introduction so we can
Speaker 1: go over that before we start. So first, King's sixteen
Speaker 1: chronicles a turbulent time in the history of the Northern
Speaker 1: Kingdom of Israel, marked by political instability, frequent changes of power,
Speaker 1: and a continuous cycle of sinful leadership. This chapter underlines
Speaker 1: the devastating consequences of idolatry, offering a stark reminder of
Speaker 1: God's judgment and the fulfillment of his prophetic words. Perfect,
Speaker 1: let me just pull up the teaching points here, and
Speaker 1: let me go ahead and pull up this year. So
Speaker 1: we got what one through seven? Man, this thing jumps
Speaker 1: up in the very top. Let's put that right there. Perfect,
Speaker 1: all right. Now, let's go ahead and go to sixteen here,
Speaker 1: all right, so one kings sixteen. We already did the intro.
Speaker 1: So now let's go ahead and read chapters. We'll just
Speaker 1: read verses one through four, which is the downfall of Bashah,
Speaker 1: and then then we'll get into Ela after that. So
Speaker 1: we'll read, actually, we'll read one through seven and then
Speaker 1: we'll yeah, we'll do one through seven. We'll do that.
Speaker 1: Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu, the
Speaker 1: son of Hanani, against Bashaw, saying, much as lifted you
Speaker 1: out of the dust and made you ruler over my
Speaker 1: people Israel, and you walked in the way of Jereboam
Speaker 1: and made my people Israel sin to provoke me to
Speaker 1: anger with their sins. Surely I will take away the
Speaker 1: posterity of Bashah and the posterity of his house, and
Speaker 1: I will make your house like the house of Jereboam.
Speaker 1: The son of Nabat the dogs will eat whoever belongs
Speaker 1: to Bashah, and the dies in the city, and the
Speaker 1: birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields. Now,
Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Bashah, what he did
Speaker 1: and his might are not written in the are they
Speaker 1: not written in the book of Chronicles and the kings
Speaker 1: of Israel. So Bashaw rested with his fathers and was
Speaker 1: buried in Tisrah. Then Ellah the son his son, reigned
Speaker 1: in his place all right. And also the word of
Speaker 1: the Lord came by the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani,
Speaker 1: against Bashah and his house because of all the evil
Speaker 1: that he did in the side of the Lord and
Speaker 1: provoking him to anger with the works of his hands
Speaker 1: in being like the house of Jereboam, because he killed them.
Speaker 1: So the downfall of Bashaw. But Shaw's reign is marked
Speaker 1: by evil in the sight of the Lord, as he
Speaker 1: follows in the sinful ways of Jereboam. God sends the
Speaker 1: prophet Jehu to pronounce judgment in Bashaw's house. So Bashaw,
Speaker 1: son of Ahijah, was the third king of the Northern
Speaker 1: Kingdom of Israel, reigning from approximately nine oh nine to
Speaker 1: eight eighty six BC. So I like to tell you
Speaker 1: guys a little background. His rise to power and subsequent
Speaker 1: downfall are chronicled in the biblical books of First Kings
Speaker 1: and Second Chronicles, but Shaw's reign is marked by his
Speaker 1: assertion of the throne, his continued idolatry, and prophetic judgment
Speaker 1: pronounce against him rise to power. Bashaw came to the
Speaker 1: power by assassinating the dab the son of Jeroboam, during
Speaker 1: a military campaign against the Philistine city, which we read
Speaker 1: about in One Kings fourteen ten through eleven and also
Speaker 1: in First Kings fifteen twenty seven through thirty. Bashaw reigned
Speaker 1: for twenty four years in Tesrah, continuing the idolatrous practice
Speaker 1: of his predecessors. Despite his violent rise to power, Bashaw
Speaker 1: did not turn away from the sins of Jerobohm, which
Speaker 1: included leading Israel and idolater by worshiping golden calves. The
Speaker 1: prophet Jehu, son of Hanani, was sent by God to
Speaker 1: pronounce judgment against Bashaw. Jehu's prophecy declared because Bishaw walked
Speaker 1: in the ways of Jereboam and lened Israel and descend
Speaker 1: his house would suffer the same fate. At Jereboam's first
Speaker 1: Kings sixteen verse two, and also First Kings sixteen three
Speaker 1: through four and then his legacy. Bashaw's downfall serves as
Speaker 1: a sobering reminder of the consequences of leading God's people
Speaker 1: and dessin and the certainty of divine retribution. His reign
Speaker 1: threw politically stable, though politically stable, was spirracy bankrupt, and
Speaker 1: his failure to heed the warnings of his prophets led
Speaker 1: to the obliteration of his dynasty. The narrative Bashaw's Rise
Speaker 1: and follows a testament to justice of God and the
Speaker 1: importance of faithful leadership in importance with his commandments. Okay,
Speaker 1: very important, So let's go ahead, and so eight through ten,
Speaker 1: which we haven't read yet. Cool, let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: do a We'll read about onet King sixteen one through
Speaker 1: seven describes God's judgment of King Bashah of Israel, prophesized
Speaker 1: by Jehu, the son of Hanani, because Baishaw repeated Jereboam's sins,
Speaker 1: leading to the complete destruction of his dynasty, married Jeroboam's
Speaker 1: fate and the pacific specific punishment being that his family
Speaker 1: members would be eaten by dogs and birds, filling God's
Speaker 1: word despite Bashaw's own violent rise to power. What are
Speaker 1: some of the key meanings? God holds rulers accountable for
Speaker 1: their sins, not just the people. Bashah he over though
Speaker 1: he overthrew Jereboam continued the calf worship in idolatry, thus
Speaker 1: incurring the same judgment. And then there was the prophecy
Speaker 1: of Jehu. The son Hamnani against Bashaw serves as a
Speaker 1: clear example of God's word rebellious regrets Bashaw's actions. Rebellion
Speaker 1: begets rebellion. Rebellion begats rebellion. Bashaw's actions, including his violent
Speaker 1: overthrow of Nadab, Jerebom's son and his own idolatry, demonstrates
Speaker 1: a cycle of sin and instability in Israel, and instruments
Speaker 1: of judgment are still judged. But Shaw was used by
Speaker 1: God and to end Jeroboam's line, but this didn't excuse
Speaker 1: Bashaw's own evil. Being a tool of judgment doesn't absolve
Speaker 1: one of personal sin. The consequences of idolatry. The passage
Speaker 1: shows that worthless idols provoke God's anger, leading to national
Speaker 1: downfall and family destruction, and then sovereignty of God. The
Speaker 1: narrative emphasizes God's control over nations, and he orchestrates the
Speaker 1: rise and fall of kings and dynasties. In summary, God's
Speaker 1: message to Bishaw was clear because he followed jerre Bohm's
Speaker 1: path of idola chain provoke God his entire household will
Speaker 1: be utterly destroyed, just as Jeroboams was. This prophecy was
Speaker 1: carried out by Zimril, filling the judgment against Bashaw after
Speaker 1: his death, illustrating that God's judgment is fair, precise, and
Speaker 1: inevitable for persistent sin. All right, that's a pretty good
Speaker 1: explanation of the of that little portion right there. Great
Speaker 1: teaching points there for these chapters. Now we have el
Speaker 1: Jah's reign in Israel in chapter eight or verse eight,
Speaker 1: not chapter eight, I'm sorry, verse eight. So we got
Speaker 1: first king sixteen verse eight. In the twenty sixth year
Speaker 1: of Assau, King of Judah, Illah, the son of Bashah,
Speaker 1: became king over Israel and reigned two years in terza
Speaker 1: Now with servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired
Speaker 1: against him as he was in Terzah drinking himself drunk
Speaker 1: in the house of Azrah stewart of his house in Terzah,
Speaker 1: and Zimri went in and struck him and killed him
Speaker 1: in the twenty seventh year of Assau King of Judah
Speaker 1: and reigned in his place. Wow, so we have a
Speaker 1: little short reign there for chapter eight through ten. Illah,
Speaker 1: Bashaw's son reigned only two years before being assassinated by
Speaker 1: Zimri one of his officials while he was drunk. Stay soberminded, guys,
Speaker 1: all right. Illah, the son of Bashah, was the fourth
Speaker 1: king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His reign was
Speaker 1: recorded in the First Book of Kings, specifically in Onet
Speaker 1: King sixteen six through fourteen a. Law's rule was brief,
Speaker 1: lasting only two years around eight eighty six to eight
Speaker 1: eighty five BC, and was marked by instability and moral decline,
Speaker 1: reflecting the spiritual and political turmoil at the time. Laws
Speaker 1: ascending to the throne followed by the death of his father,
Speaker 1: Bashaw had been established his dynasty by overthrowing the previous
Speaker 1: king Dna Dab and exterminating the house of Jereboam. Bashaw's
Speaker 1: reign was characterized by continued idolatry and opposition to the
Speaker 1: prophetic word of the Lord, which ultimately led to divine
Speaker 1: judgment against the house. As recorded in One King sixteen
Speaker 1: three through four, the Lord declared through the prophet Jefu
Speaker 1: that Bashaw's house would suffer the same fate as Jereboam's.
Speaker 1: So now I will consume Bashah and his house, and
Speaker 1: I will overcome your house like Jereboam. All right, we
Speaker 1: already talked about that. What is the theological implications it saw?
Speaker 1: His short reign serves as a poignant reminder of the
Speaker 1: consequences of turning away from the Lord and his commandments.
Speaker 1: The narrative of Allah's el haas Allaw's rule and demise
Speaker 1: illustrates the biblical principle and leadership without adherence to God's
Speaker 1: covenant leads to chaos and destruction. The account of Allow
Speaker 1: reflects the broader theme of divine sovereignty and justice and
Speaker 1: the biblical narrative. Despite the political machinations and human failings,
Speaker 1: God's purpose and judgments prevailed demonstrate his control over the
Speaker 1: affairs of nations and leaders Allows reign, though brief, in
Speaker 1: the testament of enduring truth, and the Lord of Pold's
Speaker 1: kings and kingdoms accountable to his righteous standards. Okay, I
Speaker 1: really don't need to go too crazy into that, all right,
Speaker 1: Let's continue verse eleven. Now, it came to pass when
Speaker 1: he began to reign, as soon as he was seated
Speaker 1: in his throne, that he killed all the household of Bishah.
Speaker 1: He did not leave one male, neither of his relatives
Speaker 1: nor his friends. Thus Zimbi rod all the household of Bashah,
Speaker 1: according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke
Speaker 1: against Bashah by Jehu, the prophet for all the sins
Speaker 1: of Bashan and the sins of the Law was his son,
Speaker 1: by which they had sinned, and by which they had
Speaker 1: made Israel sin, and provoking the Lord God of Israel
Speaker 1: to anger with their idols. So you see what's going
Speaker 1: on there, right, And let's continue. It says. Now the
Speaker 1: rest of the acts of the law and all that
Speaker 1: he did, are they not written in the book of
Speaker 1: Chronicles in the King of Israel. Okay, So in eight
Speaker 1: through fourteen it describes the violent end of Bashaw's dynasty
Speaker 1: in Israel, as his drunken son in law is assassinated
Speaker 1: by his chariot commander Zimri, fulfilling a prophecy of judgment
Speaker 1: against Bashah for the leading Israel and idolatry. Zimri then
Speaker 1: kills all of Bashaw's male relatives, eradicating the family as
Speaker 1: foretold by the prophet Jeehuh, highlighting themes of divine justice,
Speaker 1: the fleeting nature of wicked rule and the consequences of sin,
Speaker 1: and some of the key events that happened here which
Speaker 1: we kind of went through. He Law became king of Israel,
Speaker 1: but his reign is short, lasting only two years. Zimri,
Speaker 1: an official in charge of allows chariots plots against him.
Speaker 1: That was an assassination. Zimri murders of Law while he
Speaker 1: was drunk at the home of the palace administ administrator
Speaker 1: of Tizra Turza, purge of the dynasty. Upon taking the throne,
Speaker 1: Zimri immediately kills every male member of Bashaw's family, including
Speaker 1: relatives and friends, to secure his power. And that was
Speaker 1: a fulfillment of prophecy in fet King sixteen three through
Speaker 1: four by Jehu. The prophet Jehu right, God's judgment against
Speaker 1: Bashaw for leading people into idolatry bail worship is carried
Speaker 1: out through Zimri's treachery cycle of sin and violence. This
Speaker 1: illustrates the reoccurring pattern of rebellion, violence, and short lived
Speaker 1: dynasties in the Northern king Him of Israel, and Law's
Speaker 1: death while drunk serves as a stark warning against drunkenness,
Speaker 1: making him vulnerable to attack. Remember, I was trying to
Speaker 1: say that we've got to stay sober minded, right, and
Speaker 1: then the pastors emphasized that worshiping idols worthless vanities brings ruin,
Speaker 1: not help to those who follow them. Even wicked rulers
Speaker 1: like Zimri are used by God to execute his purpose
Speaker 1: and fulfill his word. All right, now we're going to
Speaker 1: read chapter fifteen through twenty. It's Zimri reigns in Israel
Speaker 1: and the twentieth year of Asa, King of Judah. Zimri
Speaker 1: had reigned in Turza seven days, and the people were
Speaker 1: encamped against Gilverthon, which belonged to the Philistines. Now, the
Speaker 1: people who were encamped heard it said Zimri has conspired
Speaker 1: and also killed the king. So all Israel made Amri
Speaker 1: the commander of the army king over Israel that day
Speaker 1: and camp. Then Amri and all Israel with him went
Speaker 1: up to Gibbethon and they besieged Turza. And it happened
Speaker 1: when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he
Speaker 1: had went into the citadel of the king's house and
Speaker 1: burned the king's house down upon himself with fire and
Speaker 1: died because of the sins which he had committed, and
Speaker 1: doing evil in the sight of the Lord, and walking
Speaker 1: in the way of Jerebone, and in a sin which
Speaker 1: he had committed to make Israel sin. Now the rest
Speaker 1: of the acts of Zimri and the treason he committed,
Speaker 1: are they not written in the book of chronicles of
Speaker 1: the Kings of Israel. And it's cool because you notice
Speaker 1: that it says, is it not written in chronicles? And
Speaker 1: we actually have chronicles. We got first and second chronicles
Speaker 1: we're going to go over. I really appreciate that because
Speaker 1: sometimes it'll say, is it not written the Book of Jasher.
Speaker 1: Sometimes it'll say, is it not written in the there's
Speaker 1: another one where it's like the War of the Kings,
Speaker 1: which we don't have that one. The Book of Jasher
Speaker 1: we have, but some people say it's like most mostly
Speaker 1: the Book of Joshua, but some of it has been added,
Speaker 1: you know. So my whole point to that is, at
Speaker 1: least we have the chronicles. You know, we have chronicles.
Speaker 1: We have first and second chronicles in the Bible, which
Speaker 1: will go over after we go over Second Kings, which
Speaker 1: is amazing. I really love that. So all right, let's
Speaker 1: go over my teaching points on Zimri's seven day reign.
Speaker 1: Zimri reign is the shortest, lasting only seven days. His
Speaker 1: actions led to his own demise as he sets the
Speaker 1: place on fire and dies in the flames. Wow. Zimri
Speaker 1: was the king of Israel, whose brief rame is recording
Speaker 1: the First Book of Kings. He was a commander of
Speaker 1: half the chariots under King Ellah Elah, the son of Bashah,
Speaker 1: who ruled over the northern kingdom, which we already know about.
Speaker 1: We already know about his ascension to the throne. It
Speaker 1: was marked by treachery and bloodshed upon season that throne.
Speaker 1: Zimbri immediately said about externally the entire house of Bashah.
Speaker 1: We already read about that. Zimri's action were driven by
Speaker 1: a desire to secure his position eliminate any potential claim
Speaker 1: as to the throne, which was a prophesized by Jehu.
Speaker 1: And then Zimri's brief and tumultious reign serves as a
Speaker 1: cautionary tale of perils of ambition unchecked by righteousness. His
Speaker 1: action fulfilled the divine judgment against the House of Bashaw
Speaker 1: get his own demise with swift and anogamous. The narrative
Speaker 1: of Zimri underscores the biblical theme that those who lead
Speaker 1: Israel are accountable to God and that the Lord Jesup
Speaker 1: prevails over human schemes and ambitions. And then in twenty
Speaker 1: one through twenty six we're going to read next, which
Speaker 1: will be Ari's reign in Israel. So basically, in fifteen
Speaker 1: through twenty to sum it up, it describes the brief,
Speaker 1: violent and ultimately self destructive seven day reign of Zimri,
Speaker 1: who unsurped the throne by assassinated King of Law, which
Speaker 1: we talked about, but was besis seized by the army,
Speaker 1: leading him to burn himself in the palace in a
Speaker 1: fury suicide. Fiery suicide highlighting Israel's descent into chaos idolatry
Speaker 1: following jerebom Sin and God's judgment on wicked leaders, setting
Speaker 1: the stage for Amri's rise. So we already kind of
Speaker 1: went over all that we don't really need to get
Speaker 1: too deep into it. In essence, the passage shows how
Speaker 1: Zimbre's ambition and evil led to his rapid downfall, fitting
Speaker 1: into a larger biblical narrative of corrupt kings in Israel
Speaker 1: facing divine justice. Divine Justice'll just put it there, all right.
Speaker 1: So now we're going to go with Omri's rise to power.
Speaker 1: Omri reigns in Israel. So we're going to read twenty
Speaker 1: one through twenty eight. Now, then the people of Israel
Speaker 1: were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed
Speaker 1: Tibney the son of Gennath, to make him king, and
Speaker 1: half followed Amri. But the people who followed Amri prevailed
Speaker 1: over the people who followed Tibney, the son of Gannath.
Speaker 1: So Tibney died and Omni reigned. Omri reigned in the
Speaker 1: thirty first year of Asaw, King of Judah. Amri became
Speaker 1: king over Israel and reigned twelve years six years. He
Speaker 1: reigned in Turzau, and he brought the Hill of Samaria
Speaker 1: from Shamar over two talents of silver, and then he
Speaker 1: built on the hill. He called the name of the
Speaker 1: city which he built Samaria, and after the name of Shamar,
Speaker 1: owner of the hill. Amri did evil in the eyes
Speaker 1: of the Lord, and did worse than all who were
Speaker 1: before him. For he walked in all the ways of
Speaker 1: Jerebo and the Senator bat and in his sin which
Speaker 1: he had made Israel sin, provoking the Lord God of
Speaker 1: Israel to anger with their idols. Now the rest of
Speaker 1: the acts of Omis which he did, and the might
Speaker 1: that he showed, are they not written in the book
Speaker 1: of Chronicles of the King of Israel. So Omni rested
Speaker 1: with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Then Ahab,
Speaker 1: his son, reigned in his place, Ahab Okay. So Omni's
Speaker 1: rise to power Omnia commander of the armory, becomes army,
Speaker 1: becomes king over a powerful power struggle. He establishes the
Speaker 1: city of Samaria and continues his sinful ways of jarrebom
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and read about so Amria is
Speaker 1: significant figure in the history of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
Speaker 1: Is best known for his role as the sixth King
Speaker 1: of Israel and the founder of the Amri dynasty. His
Speaker 1: ascent to power is a pivotal moment in the Bible
Speaker 1: and narrative, marked by political intrigue and military proudness. Omni's
Speaker 1: rise to power occurred during a tumultuous period in the
Speaker 1: history of Israel's tumultuous period in Israel's history following the
Speaker 1: reign of King Llah, the son of Bashah, reigned over
Speaker 1: Israel for two years before being assassinated by Zimri, one
Speaker 1: of the military commanders. This act of treasury set off
Speaker 1: a chain of events that would eventually lead to Amri's kingship.
Speaker 1: Amri's initial challenge was to consolidate his power against Zimri,
Speaker 1: who had taken refuge in the royal Palace of Terzah,
Speaker 1: and a desperate act, Zimri set the palace on fire,
Speaker 1: which we already know about in One King sixteen eighteen.
Speaker 1: Despite Zimri's death, Amri's path to the undispeeded kingship was
Speaker 1: not without further conflict. Tibney, the son of Gannath, emerged
Speaker 1: as a rival claimant to the throne, leading to a
Speaker 1: division among the people of Israel. The ensuing civil war
Speaker 1: between the factions of Omni and Timri lasted several years. Ultimately,
Speaker 1: Amri's forces prevailed and Tibney died, leaving Amri as the
Speaker 1: uncontested ruler of Israel. Amri's reign which lasted twelve years,
Speaker 1: is not as a political economic achievements as a will
Speaker 1: spiritual stortcomings as well as spiritual shortcomings. He established Samaria
Speaker 1: as the new capital of Israel, a strategic move that
Speaker 1: fortified his kingdom's defenses and centralized his administration. The Biblical
Speaker 1: narrative in First King sixteen twenty four records he brought
Speaker 1: the Hill of Samaria from Shemar. He bought the Hill
Speaker 1: of Samaria from Samar for two talents of silver and
Speaker 1: built a city on the hill, naming Samaria after Shamar,
Speaker 1: the owner of the hill. Amri's political acumen extended beyond
Speaker 1: the borders of Israel. He was forced forge alliance with
Speaker 1: neighborhood nations. However, his reign is also marked by continuous
Speaker 1: idology doctor's practice, as he drew the ire of the
Speaker 1: Biblical writers. First King sixteen twenty five through twenty six said,
Speaker 1: but army did evel on the side of the Lord.
Speaker 1: Amri's legacy is further cemented by his son Ahab, who
Speaker 1: who succeeded him and became one of the most infamous
Speaker 1: kings of Israel. Despite the spiritual failings of his reign,
Speaker 1: Amri's political, military accomplishes laid the groundwork for the Amrid dynasty,
Speaker 1: which I continued to shape the history of Israel for
Speaker 1: years to come. All right, perfect, let's go back and
Speaker 1: next we'll have a we'll talk about Ahab's evil rain. Okay. So,
Speaker 1: to sum up Verses twenty one through twenty eight, it
Speaker 1: describes the determinate rise of Omri to Israel's throne after
Speaker 1: Zimri's brief reign, marked by a civil strife of Tivney,
Speaker 1: established a new dynasty, finding the capital of Samaria and
Speaker 1: also deepening Israel's sin an idolatry. Say in the stage
Speaker 1: for his weakness of his son Ahab's rule and highlighting
Speaker 1: themes of political instability, divine judgment on sin, and silical
Speaker 1: nature of rebellion against God and Israel. The political chaos
Speaker 1: and division. After zim reburned himself in the palace, Israel split,
Speaker 1: with house supporting Amri, the other Tibney Amory's faction. One.
Speaker 1: We kind of went over that. Already his dynasty lasted
Speaker 1: twelve years. We went over that as well. He's strategically
Speaker 1: built a city of Samaria, which became a key capital
Speaker 1: the deepening idolatry. It said that Amri did evil in
Speaker 1: the side of the Lord more than all before him,
Speaker 1: following Jereboam's sins and introducing bail worship, further provoking God's
Speaker 1: anger and then a transition of sin and power. Armory
Speaker 1: died and was buried in Samaria, succeeded by his son Ahab.
Speaker 1: This passage emphasizes the continuous cycle of wicked leadership and
Speaker 1: turning from God, setting the stage for even more infamous
Speaker 1: reign of Ahab, the conflict with Elijah and the conflict
Speaker 1: with Elijah. What the What's the significance of this chapter
Speaker 1: warnings against idolatry. The passage serves as a biblical warning
Speaker 1: about the spiritual decline and consequences of abandoning God and
Speaker 1: false gods bail a cycle of sin. It shows the
Speaker 1: reoccurring pattern of Israel's unfaithfulness, where each new king often
Speaker 1: brings greater sin, leading to God's judgment. The foundation of
Speaker 1: Ahab's reign. Amri's wickedness and establishment of Samaria directly led
Speaker 1: to Ahab's reign, which becomes a focal point for prophetic confirmation,
Speaker 1: particularly with Elijah. All right, now, we're gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and talk about Now we're going to talk about Ahab's
Speaker 1: reign in Israel in the thirty eight year. In the
Speaker 1: thirty eighth year of Asa, king of Judah A had
Speaker 1: the son of Amri became king over Israel, and Ahab
Speaker 1: the son of Omri reigned over Israel and Samaria twenty
Speaker 1: two years. Now, Ahab the son of Omri did evil
Speaker 1: in the side of the Lord more than all who
Speaker 1: were before him. And it came to pass as though
Speaker 1: it had been tribal, a trivial thing for him to
Speaker 1: walk in the sins of Jerrebo and the senator bat
Speaker 1: that he took as his wife, Jezebel. We know this
Speaker 1: story right, and the daughter Ethobal, king of the Sedonians.
Speaker 1: And he went and served Bail and worshiped him. Then
Speaker 1: he set up an altar for Bail in the Temple
Speaker 1: of Bail, which he had built in Samaria. Then Ahab
Speaker 1: had a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke the
Speaker 1: Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings
Speaker 1: of Israel who were before him. In his days. Heal
Speaker 1: of Bethel built Jericho. He laid his foundations with Abraham
Speaker 1: the firstborm Abiram, the firstborn and his youngest son, Segel
Speaker 1: wait Segeb. He set up his gates according to the
Speaker 1: word of the Lord, which he had spoken through Joshua,
Speaker 1: the son of None. So it's Ahab's evil rain, which
Speaker 1: I think is more described in in chronicles which we'll read. Ahab,
Speaker 1: Omri's son is described as doing more evil in the
Speaker 1: eyes of the Lord than all those before him. He
Speaker 1: marries Jezebel and introduces beil worship to Israel, provoking to
Speaker 1: Lord's anger. Let's get a little deeper into Ahab. Ahab
Speaker 1: the son of Omri, was the sixth that was the
Speaker 1: seventh seventh king of Israel and reign from approximate only
Speaker 1: eight seventy four to eight fifty three BC. His reign
Speaker 1: is notably marked by his departure from the worship of Yahweh,
Speaker 1: leading israel ent idolatry and moral decline. Ahab's account is
Speaker 1: primarily recorded in the Books of First Kings and Second Chronicles.
Speaker 1: The background and ascension to the throne. Ahab succeeded his father, Omri,
Speaker 1: who had established a powerful dynasty in Israel. Amri's reign
Speaker 1: was characterized by political stability and economic prosperity, but also
Speaker 1: perpetrated worship of foreign gods. Ahab inherited a kingdom that
Speaker 1: was strong in the world. He terms for spiritual compromise
Speaker 1: married to Jezebel a pivotal moment. A pivotal moment in
Speaker 1: Ahab's reign was his marriage to Jezebel, the daughter of Ethebal,
Speaker 1: the king of Sidonians. This alliance has brought worship of
Speaker 1: Bail and Astot into Israel, as Jezebel was a fervent
Speaker 1: devotee to the Canaanite deities. The Bible records Ahab, son
Speaker 1: of Omri, did evil in the side of the Lord
Speaker 1: more than all who were before him. Jezebel's influence over
Speaker 1: Ahab was profound, leading him further away from the worship
Speaker 1: of Yahweh. Under Ahab's rule, the worship of Bel became widespread.
Speaker 1: He erected an altar for Bail in the Temple of
Speaker 1: Bel when he built in then he built in Samaria
Speaker 1: one King sixteen thirty two. This act of idolatry was
Speaker 1: a direct violation of the first Commandment, which forbids the
Speaker 1: worship of other gods. Ahabs holdong one second guess something
Speaker 1: thing was bugging me there we go sorry. The act
Speaker 1: of Idolatr was a direct violation of the First Commandment,
Speaker 1: which forbids the worship of other gods. Ahabs Rerain is
Speaker 1: characterized by a systematic attempt to replace the worship of
Speaker 1: Yahweh with that of Bel, leading to a spiritual crisis
Speaker 1: in Israel, and then he has a conflict with Elijah.
Speaker 1: Ahab's Reran is marked by his conflict with the prophet Elijah,
Speaker 1: who emerged as a stauch opponent of bail worship. Eliza's
Speaker 1: prophetic ministry was a direct challenge that Ahab's apostasy. One
Speaker 1: of the most dramatic confrontations occurred at Mount Carmel, where
Speaker 1: Elijah challenged the prophets of Bel to contest to demonstrate
Speaker 1: the power of the True God. The Lord answered Elijah's
Speaker 1: prayer with fire from heaven, which people are probably very
Speaker 1: familiar with. It's in one Kings eighteen twenty through thirty nine,
Speaker 1: and then another very powerful which I don't want to
Speaker 1: give you guys spoiler alerts. But Ahab's moral feelings of
Speaker 1: further illustrate in the account of NBA's Vineyard, which is
Speaker 1: a very popular story too. I don't want to get
Speaker 1: too much into that, because we're going to talk about
Speaker 1: that later. Judgment and death is recorded in One Kings
Speaker 1: twenty two thirty four through thirty seven. Okay, we'll talk
Speaker 1: about that later. Ahab's reign is remembered as one of
Speaker 1: the most evil in the history of Israel. His promotion
Speaker 1: of idolatry and his moral failures had lasting consequences for
Speaker 1: the nation. The Bible summarizes his reign with the words
Speaker 1: there's no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do
Speaker 1: evil in the side of the Lord, incited by his
Speaker 1: wife Jezebel. First King's twentyone twenty five. Ahab's legacy serves
Speaker 1: as a cautionary tale of the dangers of idolatry and
Speaker 1: the influence of ungodly alliances. Let me check something real quick.
Speaker 1: I want to see how we're gonna be talking about
Speaker 1: Elijah next. Oh man, Okay, Elija is going to be next.
Speaker 1: Let's go back to sixteen. We finished, We're at the
Speaker 1: very bottom, right, okay, so perfect, all right, let's go back. Okay,
Speaker 1: So we'll kind of we'll talk about twenty nine through
Speaker 1: thirty four, which you just read so describes King Ahab's
Speaker 1: extreme wickedness, marrying the Phoenician princess Jezebel, imparting bail worship
Speaker 1: including temples, altars, and astrop poles, and provoking God more
Speaker 1: than any king before him. Why, Also noting the fulfillment
Speaker 1: of Joshua's curse on Jericho when he rebuilt it, losing
Speaker 1: his sons as prophesied commemorates highlights the passage as a
Speaker 1: warning about spiritual influence Jezebel, the escalation of sin and
Speaker 1: faithfulness of God's judgment Jericho, The importance of legacy, showing
Speaker 1: Ahab's reign as a new low in Israel's idolatry leading
Speaker 1: to prophetic confirmation. Key themes of commentary points Ahabs escalating
Speaker 1: an evil. Ahab surpassed all previous kings by not just
Speaker 1: following Jereboam's sin, but actively embracing foreign gods, especially bail,
Speaker 1: due to his marriage to Jezebel, a high priestess of
Speaker 1: Bail from Tiree. Jezebel's influence. The marriage brought Phoenician Balism
Speaker 1: worship of the fertility god Malcourt into Israel, promoting idolatry
Speaker 1: and association associated practices like temple prostitution, which were an
Speaker 1: abomination to the Lord God's anger and judgment. Ahab's actions,
Speaker 1: including building a bail templed astrot pull, deeply provoked the
Speaker 1: God of Israel, setting the state for a major prophetic conflicts,
Speaker 1: particularly with Elijah, and then fulfillment a prophecy Jericho. This
Speaker 1: section concludes with Heil the Bethel rebuilding Jericho exactly as
Speaker 1: Joshua had cursed, losing his firstborn Abraham and youngest Segom
Speaker 1: segob sons as foundations and gates were laid, demonstrating God's
Speaker 1: word is always true. Spiritual legacy, the passage serves as
Speaker 1: a cautionary tale about who you follow and mary as
Speaker 1: they significantly shaped one's life and actions, and highlights how
Speaker 1: individual choices create a lasting legacy, good or bad for
Speaker 1: future generations deeper meanings. Bail worship was tied to agricultural
Speaker 1: fertility and sexualized worship, contrasting sharply with Israel's covenant with
Speaker 1: the One True God. Notes the One True God, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and then God's faithfulness. The Jericho's story shows God's unwavering
Speaker 1: commitment to his warnings even centuries later, while also exposing
Speaker 1: the presumption as defiance of those who ignore His word.
Speaker 1: All right, So yes, good stuff, man, great stuff. So yeah,
Speaker 1: we finished chapter sixteen. So next week we're going to
Speaker 1: be talking about Elijah. So it's going to be really awesome.
Speaker 1: So make sure you guys tune in next week. Good
Speaker 1: stuff there. So we'll go over some practical applications before
Speaker 1: we wrap up. The importance of godly leadership. Leaders have
Speaker 1: a profound impact on the spiritual direction of the nation.
Speaker 1: We can stop the screen share here. The importance of
Speaker 1: godly leadership. Leaders have a profound impact on the spiritual
Speaker 1: direction of the nation. We should pray for and support
Speaker 1: leaders who seek to honor God. Also, consequences of sin.
Speaker 1: The repeated pattern of sin and judgment in this chapter
Speaker 1: reminds us that turning away from God leads to destruction.
Speaker 1: We must strive to live in obedience to God's commands.
Speaker 1: The influence of relationships. Ahab's marriage to Jezebel led him
Speaker 1: further anto idolatry. We should be mindful of the influences
Speaker 1: in our in our lives and choose relationships that encourage
Speaker 1: us in our faith. Yes, Amen, unequally yoked, always talk
Speaker 1: about it. You know, if you're unequally yoked. Then you're
Speaker 1: gonna have an uphill battle, all right. And the consequences
Speaker 1: of sin is you know, repeated pattern of sin is
Speaker 1: it's I know, it's hard for some people like get
Speaker 1: you know, we get stuck in this or we go
Speaker 1: back to our old vomit. It's like a dog going
Speaker 1: back to his old vomit and eating it. That's kind
Speaker 1: of what it's about. When you when you have repeated
Speaker 1: pattern of sin, and it's it's very tough, you know,
Speaker 1: but there's ways to overcome it. You know. You gotta
Speaker 1: you gotta read the word. You got to use the
Speaker 1: word against the devil, and you got to make sure
Speaker 1: that you are using that the tools that are provided
Speaker 1: for you in the Word of God. Okay, Next we're
Speaker 1: going to be going over additional scriptures that connect. We
Speaker 1: have Proverbs twenty nine, verse two. When the righteousness flourished,
Speaker 1: the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule the people grown.
Speaker 1: This verse highlights the impact of leadership on a nation.
Speaker 1: And then one Timothy two, verse one through two. It says,
Speaker 1: first of all, then I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions
Speaker 1: on thanksgivings be offered for everyone for kings and all
Speaker 1: those in authorities, so that we may lead tranquil and
Speaker 1: quiet lives in all godliness and dignity, godless godliness and dignity.
Speaker 1: And then Psalms one one through two Blesses the man
Speaker 1: who does not walk in the council of the wicked,
Speaker 1: or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit
Speaker 1: in the seat of my But his delight is in
Speaker 1: the law of the Lord. On the law he meditates
Speaker 1: day and night. Okay, we got to make sure, yes, yes, yes, yes,
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