WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.080 --> 00:00:04.160 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode sixty five. 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:06.040 I'm your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm 3 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:08.839 a Christian rapper, devote her husband, father, and Army veteran. 4 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:11.320 Thank you so much. This is brought to you by 5 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:14.160 Cult of Conspiracy Podcasts. Like I said, thank you for 6 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:17.320 joining me. Like I always do, I like to shout 7 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:21.879 out those that commented last week on Wednesday Service, we 8 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:25.920 have MDMP twenty two and Angela Kelly. Thank you. If 9 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:28.760 you guys are listening to this now, if you guys 10 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:31.160 could go back to Wednesday Service check it out if 11 00:00:31.160 --> 00:00:33.679 you evern't listened to it already, and maybe you shoot 12 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.640 a comment there if you can. And then last week 13 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:40.880 on Sunday Service also we had just three comments. We 14 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:45.000 had Whiskers White, MBMP twenty two and Angela Kelly. So yeah, 15 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:47.320 we don't have as many comments as we've been having. 16 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:50.600 So if you guys could please leave some emojis, some comments, 17 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.799 whatever you can do, it'll just help shoot the show 18 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:56.640 up the algorithm, which we definitely need that we can 19 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:58.640 get the show out there to as many people as possible. 20 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.679 So this week we're going to be in one Kings fourteen. 21 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.000 So I've had a pretty interesting week. Let me tell 22 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:08.760 you guys a little story about something how great God is. Okay, 23 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.200 I told you guys last week about some issues of 24 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.359 I was having at my job and the court the 25 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:17.159 current job I have, So I was like, you know what. 26 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:21.560 I came home and there was a job available at 27 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.200 a place called Rubadeaux Water, right, So I was like, Wow, 28 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:26.319 that's a place that my friend works. That's a place 29 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.400 I've always wanted to work at. So as soon as 30 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.159 I have an issue at my job, God blessed me 31 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:35.079 with the job opening. So I thought out application with 32 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:38.400 the intention to maybe if I get the interview, hopefully 33 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:40.079 I can work production over there, which is what I 34 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:43.439 do now in water instead of doing service crew. Because 35 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:45.680 I'm forty two now, you know, and I got the 36 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.560 muscle still, But do I really want to be digging 37 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:51.079 trenches and sitting in the middle of the street kind 38 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:54.000 of you know, fixing leaks and fixing water mains. So 39 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.000 I kind of had this little doubt in my heart. 40 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:58.120 I was like, you know what, I don't know if 41 00:01:58.120 --> 00:01:59.439 I can make that move, if I'm to be in 42 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:01.640 the service crew. But I definitely would do it if 43 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:04.400 I could be in production. So I go to turn 44 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:08.319 in some samples into a place called clinical. It's like 45 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:11.599 a it's a laboratory, right, turning into monthy well samples 46 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:15.319 and treatment samples. And I put these samples on the 47 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:17.120 on the table, right, and I start taking them out. 48 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:19.560 I'm taking pictures of them, and you know, before I 49 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.479 turn him in, and I see this silhouette behind me, 50 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:26.840 a silhouette of somebody in a in a dark blue 51 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:30.520 uniform and I know that rubadaut water. Actually where's those uniforms? 52 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:33.120 So I go and I was like, you know what 53 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:37.479 I need to h I need to uh. I need 54 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:39.360 to talk to this guy man for sure. So I 55 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:42.360 turned around, Hey, how's it going. His name is ha Zeus. 56 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:45.039 I'm like, what's up, brother, how you doing man? Heyesus 57 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.759 j E s U s right. So I see that. 58 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.560 I know his name is not Jesus, but it's a Zeus, 59 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:52.879 same as Jesus. Right. So I was like, I was like, 60 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:56.280 oh man, I was like, this is a divine moment. 61 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:58.719 And you know, because I meet him and I talked 62 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:00.400 to him and he says, you know what, I'm the 63 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:02.680 lead operator in production. I said, you know what, dude, 64 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:06.159 I just filled out application for your company, and I've 65 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:08.840 been doing production for seven years now, been i'll call 66 00:03:08.919 --> 00:03:11.120 for seven years. Told him everything, all the things that 67 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.159 I do, and the guy said, you know what, I 68 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:17.159 need someone just like you man in production. I was like, 69 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.960 oh my gosh, God is so great. And my name 70 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:23.280 is Joshua, right, so josh Monday, but Joshua right. So 71 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:25.639 he looks at my tag and says, hey, my name 72 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:27.560 might be a Zeus, which is Jesus, but your name 73 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.039 is Joshua. So when Hebrew are in English, you know 74 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.120 your name is Jesus as well. I'm like, oh, I 75 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:35.039 you're right, bro. I started laughing, kind of having fun 76 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:38.400 time with him. But man, God placed that gentleman there, 77 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:41.199 and literally, I've been turning in samples at this clinical 78 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:46.280 laboratory for seven years and I have never met this guy. 79 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.560 He's the lead production operator at the place I'm I 80 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:53.520 just filled the application out for and I just literally 81 00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:57.800 was talking to God about Lord, I want to do 82 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:00.680 production over there, like cause I ask my friend that's 83 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:02.719 a utility supervisor there, and he was like, hey, man, 84 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.479 they'll probably have you do service for like two or 85 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:09.360 three years and then they'll get you in production. So 86 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:11.639 it'll take a while. So I was having my doubts, 87 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:16.160 you know, as a Christian man, you know, or Christian woman. 88 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:19.439 Even though you know that God has your back, God's sovereignty, 89 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:21.160 you knows all the stuff that God is doing, and 90 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:22.399 you know that, you know, I try to do my 91 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:26.439 best to always represent the Lord, you still have these 92 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:28.560 little doubts in your head where you're like, you know what, man, 93 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:30.959 I'm like, you know what, Maybe God wants to test me. 94 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.439 Maybe he wants me to go into service, you know, 95 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:35.279 for a little bit, and it kind of work my 96 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:38.120 way back up. You know, maybe I need that that 97 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:40.680 that push, that drive. I don't know whatever, Maybe that's 98 00:04:40.720 --> 00:04:44.360 what he wants. But literally right behind me is the 99 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:49.560 lead production operator that is. And you know what he 100 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:53.199 told me. He said, listen, I know you're gonna interview. 101 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:55.160 I will put in a good word for you. And 102 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:57.519 I also have my friend Marcos that I got a 103 00:04:57.600 --> 00:04:59.920 job at my job. He said, he's gonna put in 104 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:01.439 good word for me. So I just want to tell 105 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:06.600 you how great God is. God is, like I got you, relax, brud, 106 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:10.480 let me take the will you know, because I'm you know, 107 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.279 as human beings which had a doubt and have this 108 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.720 this going on, that going on even even me, you know, 109 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.160 and God just slaps you in the face with happiness. 110 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.480 Let me give you some pure joy. When I walked 111 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:23.959 out of that place, you don't even know. Right before 112 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:26.120 I walked out, I opened the door. I said, Hezeus, 113 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:27.439 will you do me a favor and putt a good word 114 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:28.800 for me? He said, I will definitely put a good 115 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:30.639 order for you, and I'll tell him that I want you. 116 00:05:31.040 --> 00:05:34.560 And I was like, I shut the door. I was like, what, 117 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:38.120 I'm walking to the car with the samples with a 118 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.120 big smile on my face. And I called my wife 119 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:42.000 right away and said, this is how great God is. 120 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.519 You know, anytime a moment like that happens, you got 121 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:46.160 to just give it up to the Lord because it's 122 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.199 all glory to God. He literally put me in that 123 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:52.680 exact position, at that exact moment to put me what 124 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:57.439 at ease? Okay, put me at ease. Don't be worried 125 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.639 about all this stuff I got you, bro. The birds 126 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:03.439 don't be worried about getting fed, do they. You shouldn't 127 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:06.720 be worried about getting fed, you know, And just amazing. 128 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:10.639 That's what happened in my life just recently. I'll keep 129 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:12.439 you guys posting on what happens, whether I get the 130 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.800 job or not. Obviously I'm going to get the job. 131 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:17.800 That's what's going to happen. I'm saying it right now. 132 00:06:17.800 --> 00:06:20.399 I know the Lord's got my back, so all right, 133 00:06:20.399 --> 00:06:21.959 And if I don't get the job, doesn't mean the 134 00:06:21.959 --> 00:06:23.720 Lord does not my back. It just means it wasn't 135 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:26.199 meant for me, you know. But I feel like it's 136 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:30.160 a divine appointment. The Lord put that production operator behind me, 137 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:35.120 that lead production operator, for a reason for sure. So anyways, 138 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:39.040 let's go ahead and get into First Kings fourteen without 139 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:41.879 further ado, and let me just read off the intro. 140 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.480 First Kings fourteen depicts a series of prophetic warnings and 141 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:50.600 the subsequent downfall of the two Kings, Jerebohama of Israel 142 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:54.360 and Raya Baoham of Judah. The chapter presents a strong 143 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.399 narrative on the consequences of sin, especially idolatry, and highlights 144 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:03.879 the firm, non wavering sovereignty of God. All right, so 145 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.000 we're gonna have We're gonna be going through two kings, Okay, 146 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:11.560 so let's make sure we pull up our teaching points 147 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:16.279 there we got fourteen feet okay, cool, all right, let 148 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:20.839 me let me go ahead and pull up one kings 149 00:07:20.839 --> 00:07:24.279 fourteen and yeah. I was listening to this with my 150 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.839 daughters before I put them to sleep. I got blessed 151 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.639 this week and didn't have any extra podcasts besides, you know, 152 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:33.680 Sunday service, Wednesday service, so I got to put my 153 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:37.079 daughters to sleep. It's such a blessing. But we were 154 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:40.959 listening to fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, so all right, So 155 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:43.720 this is fourteen and this is the judgment on the 156 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:48.480 house of Jared Bohm. At the time of Abishah, the 157 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.399 son of Jaredbone became sick, and Jeed Boham said to 158 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:55.759 his life wife, please arise and disguise yourself that they 159 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:58.079 may not recognize you as the wife of Jeredbohm, and 160 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:05.920 go to Shiloh. Indeed a Hiashah, the prophet is there 161 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:09.319 who told me that I would be king over this. 162 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:14.160 Over this people, also take with you ten loaves, some cakes, 163 00:08:14.199 --> 00:08:17.279 and a jar of honey, and go to him. He 164 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:21.040 will tell you what you what will become of the child. 165 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:23.639 And Jereboam's wife did so, and she arose and went 166 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:27.920 to Shiloh and came to the house of ajah Uh. 167 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.160 But Aijah could not see, for his eyes were glazed 168 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:36.159 by reason of his age. Now the Lord said to Ajah, 169 00:08:36.320 --> 00:08:38.799 here's the wife of Jereboam coming to ask you something 170 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.679 about her son, for he is sick. Thus thus and 171 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:44.960 thus you shall say to her, for it will be 172 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.440 when she comes in that she will pretend to be 173 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:51.200 another woman. All right, So we see what's going on here. 174 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.559 So you know, he said he did tell his wife 175 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:59.159 to disguise herself. And you know, the guy's a prophet, right, 176 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:03.519 So even though he can't see, and you know, I'm 177 00:09:03.559 --> 00:09:08.360 sure that Jereboam is aware that Aaijah can't see. You know, 178 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:11.919 his eyes are glazed over because of age. So that's 179 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:15.120 why he's trying to send his wife over to probably 180 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:17.480 go over there and kind of in disguise. But the 181 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:19.720 Lord said to Ia all this the wife of Jereboam right, 182 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:21.440 come in to ask something about her son, for he 183 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:25.440 is sick. Right, So let's go ahead and see what 184 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:30.000 happens here. So and we're gonna be one kings fourteen 185 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.600 verse six. And it was so when Isaijah heard the 186 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.600 sound of her footsteps, and she came through the door. 187 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.799 He said, come in, wife of Jeroboam, Why do you 188 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.639 pretend to be another person, For I have not sent 189 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.960 For I have been sent to you with bad news. 190 00:09:46.159 --> 00:09:48.639 Go tell Jeroboon, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, 191 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:51.679 because I exalted you from among the people and made 192 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.440 you ruler over my people of Israel, and tore the 193 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:56.679 kingdom away from the house of David and gave it 194 00:09:56.679 --> 00:10:00.399 to you. And yet you have not been as my 195 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.759 servant David, who kept my commandments and who followed me 196 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:08.120 with his heart, and do only what is right in 197 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:11.559 my eyes. But you have done more evil than all 198 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:14.399 who before you, For you have gone and made yourself 199 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:17.279 other gods and molded images to provoke me to anger 200 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:21.279 and cast me behind your back. Let me stop there 201 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:25.039 real quick, all right? So you see that he you know, 202 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:27.879 do you remember when he created instead of he want 203 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:29.840 He didn't want these. He didn't want the people to 204 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:33.200 go to the temple and go worship because he didn't 205 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.960 want a revolt to happen. So he created too memory. 206 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:40.440 He created these idols and everything to make sure that 207 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:43.519 the people don't go worship over there. So let's go. 208 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:47.639 Let's talk about this real quick. So Jerrebohm's idolatry. Jereboam, 209 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:50.080 the first king of the Northern Kingdom of Issuel, led 210 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:52.759 the people into idology by setting up golden calfs and 211 00:10:52.799 --> 00:10:55.840 Bethel and Dan. That's what I was talking about, golden calfs, right, 212 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:59.120 two idols. This act was a direct violation of God's 213 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:03.559 commandments demonstrated a lack of trust in God's provision and protection. 214 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:10.039 So Jeroboam's idolatry. Jeroboam, the son of Nibat was the 215 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:12.600 first king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel following the 216 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:16.159 division of united monarchy after the reign of Solomon. His 217 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.080 rise to power was prophesied by the prophet Ahijah, who 218 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:22.960 foretold that Jeroboam would rule over ten of the twelve 219 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:27.960 tribes of Israel first kings eleven twenty nine through thirty one. 220 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.919 Despite the divine appointment, Jeroboam's reign is marked by significant 221 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:37.200 religious apostasy, which had lasting consequences for the Northern Kingdom, 222 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:43.440 establishing establishment of idolatry. Upon ascending to the throne, Jeroboam 223 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.279 faced the challenge of maintaining the loyalty of his subjects, 224 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.480 who were accustomed to worshiping in Jerusalem. Fearing that continued 225 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:55.039 pilgrimages to the Temple in Jerusalem would lead the people 226 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:58.840 to revert their allegiance to Raa Boham King of Judah, 227 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:03.279 Jeroboam divice a plan to establish alternative centers of worship 228 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:07.000 within his own territory. He set up two golden calfs, 229 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.600 placing one in Bethel and the other in Dan, and proclaimed, 230 00:12:10.960 --> 00:12:13.200 here are your gods of Israel, who brought you up 231 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:15.360 out of the line of Egypt. This act was a 232 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.960 direct violation of the First and Second Commandments, which prohibit 233 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:22.080 the worship of other gods and making of graven images 234 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:26.120 Exodus twenty, verses three through four. So in addition the 235 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:29.799 golden calves, Jereboam Institute was a new religious calendar, establishing 236 00:12:29.840 --> 00:12:32.399 a festival of the fifteenth day of the eighth month, 237 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:35.919 similar to the feast of Tabernacles in Judah, but of 238 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.440 his own devising one Kings twelve or thirty two through 239 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:42.840 thirty three. He also appointed priests from among all the 240 00:12:42.879 --> 00:12:45.559 people rather than from the Levites. So I'm kind of 241 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:47.639 going over this so that you guys understand what's going 242 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.840 on here and why God is talking to him like this, right, 243 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:53.000 and for those that maybe didn't join us last week. 244 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:56.639 He also appointed priests from all the people rather than 245 00:12:56.759 --> 00:13:01.840 from the Levites, further deviating from the divinely ordained religious order. 246 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:05.159 So you can only have priests from the Levites and 247 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:07.720 that's it, okay. You can't just go and have anybody 248 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:10.279 become a priest, and that's what he was doing. So 249 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:14.240 two golden calfs A no no. Starting a different festival 250 00:13:14.480 --> 00:13:17.919 A no no. Also trying to establish the priesthood through 251 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:21.200 all the different tribes instead of just the Levites, A 252 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:24.039 no no. Okay, So what else do we have? Prophetic 253 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:29.080 prophetic condemnation. Jerbom's idology was met with prophetic condemnation. A 254 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.720 man from God, Judah, was sent to Bethel to prophesy 255 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:35.600 against the altar Jerbom had erected, declaring that the future 256 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:39.360 king Josiah Wou would desecrate one Kings thirteen one through two, 257 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.519 which we talked about last week. This prophecy was accompanied 258 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:45.159 by a sign the altar was split apart and ashes 259 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:49.000 poured out. Despite these warnings, Jerobohm did not repent in 260 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:55.279 his ways. So the consequences I don't want to do 261 00:13:55.440 --> 00:14:00.960 any I don't want to do any spoiler alerts, okay, 262 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:05.360 because the consequences happened in one Kings fifteen thirty four 263 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:11.440 and then sixteen through twenty six, so I don't want 264 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:15.039 to talk about those at this moment. We'll talk about 265 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.639 the legacy. Gebuines action are often cited as a cautionary 266 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:21.320 tale of the dangers of compromising true worship for political 267 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:33.399 expedtacy exst X like expedite, but it's expedacy. His idolatry 268 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:35.840 not only led to his own kingdom astray, but also 269 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.000 incurage divine judgment. As we're told by the prophets, the 270 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:41.639 legacy of Gerbum's idolatry serves as a reminder of the 271 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:48.080 importance of fidelity to God's commandments and peros of leading 272 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:51.919 others into sin. Okay. So that's very important for me 273 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:55.440 to bring up. And then now we're going to talk 274 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:59.919 about the prophecy against Jeroboam in verse ten. Let's go 275 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.519 ahead and start first Kings fourteen, verse ten. So now 276 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:05.559 that we kind of went back and kind of went 277 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.399 over all that, now you know why God is saying 278 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:10.440 this stuff, okay, So verse tennis is therefore behold, I 279 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.200 will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and I 280 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:16.600 will cut off Jeroboam every male in Israel bond and free. 281 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:18.960 And I will take away the remnant of the house 282 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:22.559 of Jereboam. As one takes away, takes away, refuse until 283 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:29.720 it is all gone. Because one takes away, refuse until 284 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:34.159 it's all gone. The dogs shall eat whatever whoever belongs 285 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:36.919 to Jeroboam and dies in the city, and the birds 286 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:39.320 of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field. 287 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:43.080 For the Lord has spoken a rise. Therefore, go into 288 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:46.039 your own house when your feet into the city, and 289 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:51.240 shall die. When your feet into the city. The child 290 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:55.000 shall die, and all Israel shall mourn for him and 291 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:57.360 bury him, for he is the only one of Jeroboam 292 00:15:57.399 --> 00:16:00.519 who shall come to the grave, because in him there 293 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.120 has found something good toward the Lord, God of Israel. 294 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.600 In the house of Jereboam. Ah man very sad. It's 295 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:11.240 hard to hear that, because I know that Jeroboam is bad. 296 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:14.360 But you know, when you lose the sun, I lost 297 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:19.919 his son. It's very sad. So this one is prophecy 298 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.480 against Jeroboam. The prophet Ahiajah delivered a message from God 299 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.639 foretelling that there's being read. As I'm reading it, it 300 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:29.879 shoots all the way to the top. I apologize, guys, 301 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:34.120 Let me get back down to my teaching points. Okay. 302 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:37.919 Prophecy against Jeroboam. The prophet Ahiajah delivered a message from 303 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:40.919 God foretelling the destruction of Jeroboam's house due to his 304 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.159 sins one Kings fourteen, Verses ten to eleven. The prophecy 305 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:50.879 underscores the certainty of God's judgment against underrepentant unrepentant sin, 306 00:16:55.360 --> 00:16:58.240 and the prophecy against Jeroboam is a significant event in 307 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:02.080 the Biblical narrative, highlighting the consequences of idolatry and disobedience 308 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:05.279 to God. Jereboam, the first king of the Northern Kingdom 309 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:08.720 of Israel after the division of the United Monarchy, is 310 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:11.680 a central figure in this account. His reign is marked 311 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:15.039 by a departure from worship of Yahweh, leading to divine 312 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:18.480 judgment pronounced through prophet We kind of already went through 313 00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:21.440 a lot of this. The prophecy against Jereboam serves as 314 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:24.519 a stark reminder of the seriousness of idolatry and the 315 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:30.119 importantness the importance of faithfulness to God's commandments. Jereboam's actions 316 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:34.000 set a pattern of disobedience that plagued the Northern Kingdom 317 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:39.279 throughout its history. The narrative underscores the principle that leadership 318 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:43.960 carries significant responsibility and deviation from God's ways lead to 319 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:48.640 dire consequences. The fulfillment of the prophecy through Josiah Reform 320 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.799 and Tewond Kings twenty three, verse fifteen through thirty further 321 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:57.640 illustrates God's sovereignty and the certainty of his word. And 322 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:02.240 then the death of Jereboam's son and one Kings fourteen 323 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:06.519 twelve through thirteen. The illness and subsequent death of Jerebom 324 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:09.559 son iba Yah served as a sign of God's displeasure 325 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:13.680 with Jerebom's reign. Despite the child's innocence, his death was 326 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:20.839 the consequence of his father's actions. Wow, and then so 327 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.839 the illness Yeah, so the death of Jerobom's son. The 328 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.599 death of Jerrebom Son is a significant event recorded in 329 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:29.640 the Old Testament, significantly in First Kings fourteen, verses one 330 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:33.279 through eighteen. This narrative not only highlights his personal tragedy, 331 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:35.759 within the royal family of Israel's first king of divided 332 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:39.720 Northern Kingdom, but also serves as a divine message concerning 333 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:46.440 the consequences of Jerobom's actions and the spiritual state of Israel. Jerebom, 334 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:48.359 the son of Nebat, was the first. Oh yeah, we 335 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:56.359 already talked about that. The illness of Abaijah. Oh yeah, 336 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:00.519 it's not. Yeah, Abijah is the son falling ill and distress. 337 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:03.000 Jerebom sends his wife to the prophet, which we talked about. 338 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:08.839 Jerebohm instructs his wife to disguise herself, perhaps to avoid recognition. Yes, 339 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:13.079 he had previously for a toold Okay, okay, all right, 340 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:14.960 so I don't want to give any spoiler alerts either. 341 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.839 So let's go back out and then we will talk. 342 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:22.079 We'll start reading in verse fourteen, so we'll do fourteen 343 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:24.160 through seventeen, and then we'll go back to my notes 344 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:30.319 First Kings fourteen, Verse fourteen. Moreover, the Lord will raise 345 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:32.680 up for himself a king over Israel, who shall cut 346 00:19:32.680 --> 00:19:35.799 off the house of Jerebone. This is the day, what 347 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:38.839 even now, for the Lord will strike Israel as a 348 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:42.200 reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel 349 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.000 from the good land which you have given, which he 350 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:47.599 gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the river, 351 00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:51.759 because they have made their wooden images, provoking the Lord 352 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:54.440 to anger, and he will give Israel up because of 353 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:58.000 the sins of Jeroboam, who sinned, and who made Israel sin. 354 00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:01.960 Then Jereboam's wife arose, departed and came to Tisra. When 355 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:04.240 she came into the threshold of the house, the child 356 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:07.400 died and they buried him in all Israel mourned for 357 00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:09.359 him according to the word of the Lord, which she 358 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:14.920 spoke through his servant Ahijah the prophet. So his son 359 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:20.559 passed away. Wow. And then there's a judgment also that's 360 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:23.359 talked about here, right. So the chapter concludes with a 361 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:27.680 broader judgment on Israel, indicating that the nation's sin would 362 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:32.200 lead to eventual exile. This highlights the collective responsibility of 363 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:36.039 the people to follow God's laws. So you notice that 364 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:40.880 that are not following God's laws. So there's a judgment 365 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:44.160 on Israel from the Lord. The concept of judgment on 366 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:47.759 Israel is a reoccurring theme throughout the Bible, reflecting the 367 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:52.920 covenant relationship between God and his chosen people. This judgement 368 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:56.400 is often betrayed. His divine response, excuse me, guys, I 369 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:59.000 started the podcast a little late tonight. So if you 370 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:05.200 see me yawning, I do it at a friend come 371 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:09.440 visit me from high school. Really cool guy, Now I 372 00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:12.079 haven't seen in a while. So he stayed till about 373 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.880 nine thirty and I didn't get to start the podcast 374 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:17.119 till a little bit late. So sorry, Sorry about the on. 375 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:23.680 So we were talking about the concept of judgment on Israel, right, 376 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:28.400 So yeah, there's a ton of stuff on this, so 377 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:30.920 I'll just read it real quick. So the Old Testament 378 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:32.920 context and the Old Testament, the judgment on Israel is 379 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:36.000 frequently depicted through the voices of the prophets, who served 380 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:40.000 as God's messengers. The prophets warned Israel of impending judgment 381 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:43.160 due to their sins and called for repentance. One of 382 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:45.480 the earliest instances of judgment is found in the Book 383 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:48.880 of Judges, where Israel repeatedly falls into sin, leading to 384 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:52.880 oppression by surrounding nations. Judges two verses eleven through fifteen 385 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:56.559 states and the Israelites did evil in the side of 386 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:59.880 the Lord and served all the bails. So the anger 387 00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:02.160 of the Lord burned against Israel, and he handed them 388 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:05.359 over to raiders who plundered them. And then the division 389 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:09.960 of the United Monarchy into the Northern and Southern Kingdoms 390 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:14.519 of Judah further illustrates the theme of judgment. The Northern 391 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:17.920 Kingdom in particular, faced severe judgment due to its persistent 392 00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:22.640 idolatry and rejection of God's commandments. The prophet Hoseiah, for example, 393 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:26.519 speaks on Israel's unfaithfulness and resulting judgment. My people are 394 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:29.559 destroyed for lack of knowledge, because they have rejected knowledge. 395 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:33.759 I also will reject you as my priests. And then 396 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:38.000 the fall of Samaria seven twenty two BC to the 397 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:41.480 Assyrian Empire marked a significant moment for the judgment of 398 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:45.119 the Northern Kingdom. The biblical narrative attributes this downfall to 399 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:49.599 Israel's continuous rebellion against God. Second Kings seventeen verses seven 400 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:54.319 through eighteen mentions this and then we also have Judah. 401 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:57.400