WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:05.000 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, Episode seventy. I 2 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:06.919 am your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, I'm 3 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:09.800 a Christian rapper, de voter, her husband, father, and Army veteran. 4 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:12.359 This is brought to you by Cope of Conspiracy Podcast. 5 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:14.919 Thank you so much for joining me. Really appreciate you, 6 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:17.280 And like I always do, I like to give shout 7 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:21.679 outs to those that commented. Last week on Sunday Service, 8 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:25.640 we had eight comments. Thank you. We have MDMP twenty two, 9 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:29.559 Jordan studies are making history. Yeah, thank you so much. 10 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.920 Earlier appreciate you Jordan, Brad Gillis, thank you, b thank you, 11 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.079 Angela Kelly, and Whiskers White. So I guess there was 12 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:40.200 a reply to Jordan's comment which made it eight. Oh, 13 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.920 actually there was a reply to Whiskers white comment as well. 14 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:47.679 He said church so perfect. Thank you guys. So eight comments, 15 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:51.439 that's amazing, thank you. And then also on Wednesday Service, 16 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:55.280 I think we had four. We had Angela Kelly, MDMP 17 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:59.679 twenty two, Brad Gillis and Whiskers White. Thank you you guys. 18 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:02.079 Are he was so consistent every week and I really 19 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:06.000 appreciate you guys, leaving comments. I really do thank you. 20 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:10.799 And my my camera is crazy because it started out 21 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:12.719 in the beginning where I was small, like it just 22 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:14.840 got small again. I was big and I get small. 23 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:17.120 I don't know what it's doing, but don't worry, it's 24 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.079 just zoom auto correcting for those that could see on 25 00:01:20.120 --> 00:01:24.200 the camera. But so this weekend I took my daughter 26 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:29.799 to some much needed little vacation time. It was her birthday, 27 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.280 so she asked me, hey, Daddy, can you Last year 28 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:36.280 I went with Mama to you know, to the beach 29 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:39.799 by myself. So this this week, this birthday, I want 30 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:41.480 to go with you by myself. So we went to 31 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.280 Santa Monica, spent the night a nice hotel, went to 32 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.239 Santa Monica the first day, got to ride the ferries 33 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:52.359 wheel all that stuff on the beach there, stayed at 34 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:55.319 a hotel and got to eat in this really nice restaurant. 35 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:56.680 I took her out to a birthday dinner. It was 36 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.439 really beautiful. You can kind of see a view of 37 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:03.920 all of l from it. Really nice. It's called the 38 00:02:03.959 --> 00:02:07.760 Angelino's Hotel. It was really really cool. And then we 39 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:12.000 ended up going to Venice Beach today, so I drove 40 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:16.759 back from Venice today. It was a long trip and 41 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:18.520 not a long trip. It took about two and a 42 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:20.560 half hours just because of the traffic. Two hours and 43 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.199 forty five minutes something like that. But we actually had 44 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:26.159 a good time. So it was such a blessing not 45 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:28.280 to be able to spend some time with her, you know, 46 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:30.879 just kind of have some alone time, because when you 47 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:35.039 have three kids all coming at you at once, it's 48 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:39.719 kind of hard, you know, sometimes to give attention to, 49 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:42.639 you know, my oldest, which is which is her? She's 50 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:45.840 my oldest, So she wanted to have some time with 51 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.039 just us, you know, and it was really cool. I 52 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.919 got to take her to the beach that I got 53 00:02:50.919 --> 00:02:54.039 to take her to a nice playground and bedtest beach 54 00:02:55.039 --> 00:02:57.000 and it was cool, you know, it was a blessing. 55 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:58.240 And then we got to go out to eat and 56 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:01.560 just you know, just amazing. Thank God for giving me 57 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:06.479 that time. I really loved it. And then everything else 58 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.360 is going good. I didn't get that job, Okay, I 59 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.560 didn't get that job, but it's okay, it's a blessing 60 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:13.280 in disguise because I talked to somebody that actually works 61 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:16.360 there in production, which is what I do, and he 62 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:23.360 told me. He just told me that. I don't want 63 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.719 to say anything bad, but you know, he was just 64 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:29.000 telling me that it might have been a better choice 65 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:31.039 not to work there. So it's a kind of a 66 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:33.479 good thing that it didn't happen. So you know, God 67 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:37.599 always protects his children, right, he's protecting me. I prayed 68 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.080 about it, and the guy that made the decision was 69 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:43.960 like their upper management, and I'd never even got the 70 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:45.879 interview with him, so I don't know how he even 71 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:48.360 made the decision or base it off of. So God 72 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:52.199 is great. He kept me. I kind of dodged a bullet, 73 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:56.560 if that makes sense. So that's a blessing. I don't 74 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:59.599 want to be stepping into any place where I have 75 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:01.680 issue or anything like that, because I want to be 76 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:04.919 able to continue this show. I want to stay motivated 77 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:06.560 and do everything that I need to do, you know, 78 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:09.800 here and also at work. Right, So I've been blessed 79 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:14.280 with having this show, and it's really assisted me a 80 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:16.079 lot of people too. I get a lot of messages 81 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.079 on Instagram and stuff, and and you know, people send 82 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:23.480 me messages that really enjoying the study. So let me 83 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:25.839 just go ahead and share the screen. I also was 84 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:28.600 on Cultive Conspiracy. Okay, so if you guys want to 85 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:32.879 check out episode I was on Cultive Conspiracy. I was 86 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:35.800 actually on there, and it's a deep diving deeper into 87 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.680 biblical literalism with Josh Money. If you guys want to 88 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.279 go and check that one out, it's episode nine eighty. 89 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:49.639 I was interviewed by Raven and Jacob. You know how 90 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:52.279 bad I wanted to say Jonathan and Jacob. It was 91 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.040 Raven and Jacob, So it was really cool. She's so 92 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:56.439 it was nice to meet her. That was the first 93 00:04:56.480 --> 00:04:59.319 time ever meeting her, and she seems like she's going 94 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:00.639 to be a good host, so I think they're going 95 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:03.720 to do fine together. So anyways, yes, let's go ahead 96 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:08.560 and check out Second Kings. We're in Second Kings and 97 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.720 we're gonna be in verse one. Okay, So before I 98 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.079 do that, let me just do the intro for Second 99 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.720 Kings and then also kind of pull up my notes here. Boom, 100 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:23.040 there we go, and uh, let's do the intro here. 101 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.120 Second Kings ten gives a graphic account of Jay, who's 102 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:30.759 determined efforts to purge the nation of Israel from bail 103 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:34.319 worship and the line of ahab in accordance with the 104 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:38.600 prophetic word. It is a chapter that presents Jayhu's zeal 105 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.920 in administering divine judgment, but it also underscores the complex 106 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:47.160 nature of power, leadership and religious reform. 107 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:56.759 Okay, let me just go ahead, go to the teaching 108 00:05:56.800 --> 00:05:57.319 points here. 109 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:04.160 Second King's ten. Then Ahab's seventy sons killed. We're gonna 110 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:08.480 be reading in verse one. Now, Ahab had seventy sons 111 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:12.480 of Samaria and jay who wrote and sent letters to Samaria, 112 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.759 to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to 113 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:26.360 those who reared Ahab's sons, saying saying, hold on first 114 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:34.839 Kings nine, six, and ten. Okay, it says, saying, Now, 115 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:37.160 as soon as the letter comes to you, since your 116 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:40.519 master's sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, 117 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:43.720 a fortified city also and weapons, choose the best qualified 118 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:46.920 of your master's sons, set him on your father's throne, 119 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:53.079 and fight for your master's house. And then verse four says, 120 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:56.399 but they were exceedingly afraid, and said, look, two kings 121 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:59.240 could not stand up to him, how can we stand? 122 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.759 And he who was in charge of the house, and 123 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:04.959 he who was in charge of the city. The elders 124 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.519 also and those who reared the sons sent Jehu saying, 125 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:13.600 we are the servants. We will do to all. We 126 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:17.439 will do all you tell us, but we will not 127 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:20.480 make anyone king do what is good in your sight. 128 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:23.360 Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying, if 129 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:26.600 you are for me and will obey my voice, take 130 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.319 the heads of the men your master sons, and come 131 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.040 to me at Jezreel at this time tomorrow. Now the 132 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:35.000 king's sons seventy persons were the great men of the 133 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.519 city who were rearing them. So it was where the 134 00:07:38.639 --> 00:07:41.319 letter came to them that they took the king sons 135 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:44.839 and slaughtered seventy persons, put their heads in baskets, and 136 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:49.680 sent them to him in Jezreel. Then a messenger came 137 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:52.680 and told him, saying, they brought the heads of the 138 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:56.959 king's sons, and he said, lay them in two heaps 139 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:59.600 in the entrance of the gate until morning. So it 140 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.040 was in the morning that he went out and stood 141 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:04.720 and said to all the people, you are righteous. Indeed 142 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:08.399 I conspired against my master and killed him. But who 143 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:13.439 killed all these? No? No, Now that nothing shall fall 144 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.040 to the earth of the word of the Lord, which 145 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:19.480 the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab. For the 146 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:23.839 Lord has done what he spoke by his servants, spoke 147 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:27.839 by his servant Elijah. So Jayhu killed all them who 148 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:31.879 remained in the house of Ahab, and Jezuel and all 149 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:35.399 his great men, and his close acquaintances and his priests, 150 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:40.960 until he left none remaining. Okay, So this is kind 151 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:44.480 of a big deal here. So Jehu was anointed by 152 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:46.799 a prophet to become this in my notes here, to 153 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:50.080 become a king and tasked with executing God's judgment on 154 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.480 the house of Ahab. His mission was divinely ordained, highlighting 155 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:57.720 God's control over the affairs of the nations and leaders. 156 00:08:58.960 --> 00:09:02.919 Let's look a little deeper. Jehu, the son of Jehosaphat 157 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:06.840 and the grandson of Nimshi, emerges as a pivotal figure 158 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.559 in the history of Israel during the tumultuous period of 159 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.879 the Divided monarchy. His account is primarily recorded in Second 160 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:19.080 Kings nine and Chapter ten. Jaehu's rise to power is 161 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:22.240 marked by a divine intervention and prophetic fulfillment, as he 162 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:24.799 is chosen by God to execute judgment on the house 163 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:30.399 of Ahab. A dynasty notorious for its idolatry and apostasy. 164 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:35.600 Anording of Jehu. The anording of Jehu is significant is 165 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:40.519 a significant event orchestrated by the prophet Elishah, who sends 166 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:44.320 one of the sons of the prophets to Raymoth Gilead. 167 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:48.279 The specific mission and second King's nine one through three. 168 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:51.799 Elias Shah instructs the young prophet, tuck your cloak into 169 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.399 your belt, take the flask of oil, and go to 170 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.799 Ramoth Gilead. When you arrive, look for a Jehu, son 171 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:03.120 of Jehosaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go to him, get 172 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:06.519 him away with the from his companions and take him 173 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:09.320 into the inner room. Then take a flask of oil, 174 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:11.399 pour it on his head, and declare, this is what 175 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:14.000 the Lord says. I note you King over Israel. Then 176 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:16.480 open the door and run. Do not delay. The annoying 177 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:20.039 signifies God's sovereign choice and empowerment of Jehu to fulfill 178 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:23.639 a divine mandate. The act of anointing with oil is 179 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:27.879 a symbolic of is symbolic of the Holy spirit presence 180 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.360 and the setting a part of an individual for specific purpose. 181 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.840 Jehu's mission is one of divine retribution against the House 182 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:40.360 of Ahab, he prophesied by Elijah One Kings twenty one 183 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.639 twenty one through twenty four. The mission involves the eradication 184 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:49.879 of bail worship and purging of idolatry from Israel. Upon 185 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:54.360 receiving the anointing, Jehu immediately takes action, demonstrating zeal and 186 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:59.519 demonstration to carry out God's judgment. Jay Who's first act 187 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.279 is the issa fascination of joe Ram, the King of 188 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:07.320 Israel and Ahiza, the King of Judah, as recorded in 189 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:10.120 Second King's nine twenty four through twenty seven. This act 190 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.840 fulfills the prophecy against the House of Ahab. Jay Who 191 00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:16.480 then proceeds to Jezreel, where he confronts Jezebel, the infamous 192 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:20.960 queen who had led Israel int idolatry and Second King's 193 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.360 nine thirty three. Jahu commands throw her down, resulting in 194 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:29.679 Jezebel's death and the fulfillment of Elijah's prophecy regarding her demise. 195 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.960 Jay Whu's mission extend to the extermination of Ahab's descendants 196 00:11:34.200 --> 00:11:37.799 and the eradication of bill worship. In Second Kings ten 197 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:41.960 eighteen through twenty eight. Now we haven't gone there yet 198 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:45.000 ten eighteen through twenty eight, so we'll have to continue reading. 199 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:47.679 But I just want to give you guys, a I 200 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:50.679 just want to give you guys that brief overview of 201 00:11:50.720 --> 00:11:55.000 what Jayhu did in chapter chapter nine, and that well, 202 00:11:55.039 --> 00:11:59.279 you guys remember what's going on, and then I'll be 203 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:03.480 right here as soon as I get done reading eighteen 204 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:06.360 through twenty eight, or yeah, once I get done reading 205 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:09.639 eighteen through twenty eight, I'll come back to these notes. Okay, 206 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:11.759 So let's go ahead and talk about what you know, 207 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:15.080 kind of go over what we just you know one 208 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.799 through eleven, right verses one through eleven. It says tewod 209 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.840 King's ten one through eleven describes Jay Who's ruthless fulfillment 210 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:25.720 of God's prophecy to destroy Ahab's wicked dynasty by tricking 211 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:28.799 and ordering the slaughter of a havebs, seventy sons, and 212 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:33.399 loyal supporters in Samaria, claiming it as a divine justice, 213 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:38.960 thus consolidating his own power and removing all political threats, 214 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.639 even as his methods, even as his methods show a 215 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:48.279 mixture of God's judgment and a brutal ambition. God's judgment 216 00:12:48.320 --> 00:12:52.279 and brutal ambition key events and meetings the command Verses 217 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:56.840 one through three, Jaehu, anoints by Elishah, anointed by Elisha 218 00:12:57.000 --> 00:13:01.000 to be king, writes to Samaria official, challenging them to 219 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:04.440 present Ahab's sons the potential heirs of the throne, knowing 220 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:08.159 they'd fear him and submit. In verses four through five, Terrified, 221 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:11.200 the official surrender, stating that they are Jehu's servants and 222 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:14.000 will obey him, performing they won't fight for Ahab's line. 223 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:17.519 In six through seven, jay who orders them to kill 224 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.919 all seventy of sons of Ahab, piling their heads in 225 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.159 the city gate as a brutal display of power fulfilling 226 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:28.960 God's word through Elijah and then divine justification. Jehu publicly 227 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:32.200 declares that God orchestrated this to fulfill his prophecy against 228 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:36.000 Ahab's house, attributing to the slaughter, attributing the slaughter to 229 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.759 divine will not just as his own ruthlessness even though 230 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:44.399 he commanded it. Eliminating support, Jehu then kills Ahab's remaining 231 00:13:44.440 --> 00:13:48.759 powerful supporters, relatives and priests, and Jezrael, leaving none remaining. 232 00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:51.879 The overall meaning and themes will fulfill the prophecy as 233 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:54.440 one of them. Right. It says this passage shows God's 234 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:57.159 judgment coming to pass on the evil house of Ahab, 235 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:02.840 as foretold by Elijah. Political consolidation. Jay Whu systematically eliminates 236 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:08.200 all potential rivals, solidifiing his coup and seizing power divine 237 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:11.840 versus human motives, while God uses Jahu to enact justice. 238 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:14.799 Jay Whu's methods were violent and self serving, leading to 239 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:18.320 later judgment on his own dynasty, as seen in Hosea one, 240 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:23.480 verses four through five. Psychological warfare. Jay Who's strategic letters 241 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:26.879 and brutal display of heads were intended to terrorize opponents 242 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:30.960 and demonstrate his absolute power. I'm sure God, you didn't 243 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.600 see anything in the prophecy about taking all the heads 244 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.159 of them and putting him in the front of the gate. 245 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:38.360 That wasn't there, right, So you see that he kind 246 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:43.159 of was using his own interpretation of how he should 247 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.519 handle it. It's for his own needs, right, He wants 248 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.960 to try to scare his opponents and show him that 249 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:54.159 you know, his absolute power that he has. Right. So 250 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:56.960 next we have a second King's ten verse twelve. Here 251 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:02.480 it says Aziah's forty two brothers. Verse twelve, it says, 252 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:05.759 and he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On 253 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.600 the way, at beth akd at of the shepherds, Jayhu 254 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.519 met with the brothers of Aziah, king of Judah, and said, 255 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:16.519 who are you? So they answered, we are the brothers 256 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.320 of Aziah. We have come down to greet the sons 257 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:21.759 of the king and the sons of the queen mother. 258 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.279 And he said, take them alive. So they took them 259 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:28.080 alive and killed them at the well of beth Akid 260 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.279 forty two men, and he left none of them. So 261 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:35.000 you see, this guy's pretty brutal, very brutal. Right, Jehu, 262 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:41.120 let's go ahead and read. So that's in eighteen through 263 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.600 twenty eight, which is going to be oh yeah, yeah, okay. 264 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:52.759 Once we're reading through twenty eight, I do have some notes. Oops. Okay, 265 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:55.519 looks like my wife is going to drop something down 266 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:59.320 real quick. Hold on top screen share let me possible. 267 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:11.080 We had to do something real quick. Okay, So we're 268 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.799 going to just start back at twelve again, it said, 269 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:15.519 is actually let me see okay, no, we already finished 270 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:18.480 twelve through fourteen, so let me just go ahead and 271 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:23.080 take them alive. So none of them. Yeah, so we 272 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:25.519 killed the forty two men. So let me just go 273 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:29.519 ahead and let me check back really quick, ful filling 274 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:33.000 the prophecy in Second Kings ten ten, we already talked 275 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:37.360 about that, and then we have ten. Okay, so all 276 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:39.000 of that is already there. Okay, let me just go 277 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.879 over a brief description of what we just read with 278 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.279 twelve through fourteen. So Second King's ten twelve through fourteen 279 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:49.320 describes jay Who's ruthless purging of Ahab's lineage and supporters 280 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:55.240 where he encountered. The summary summarily summarily executed forty two 281 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:59.120 relatives at Judas, King Azaiah, who was connected to Ahab's 282 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:04.119 evil dynasty, and Beth the Keid, fulfilling God's judgment against idolatry, 283 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:09.759 but raising questions about je Who's violent methods and zeal 284 00:17:10.119 --> 00:17:14.920 which meant which went beyond God's direct command in some instances, 285 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:19.200 highlighting themes of divine justice, wicked alliances, and the dangers 286 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:23.559 of excessive self serving violence even in the name of righteousness. 287 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:27.200 Jay Whu's mission. God had commissioned Jaehu to destroy the 288 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:30.920 house of Ahab with their idolatry and wickedness. One kings 289 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:34.000 twenty one twenty one through twenty four the journey. After 290 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:37.599 slaughtering Ahab's sons in Jezreel, Jehu was traveling to Samaria, 291 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:41.359 the capital where he met these relatives. The encounter Verses 292 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.359 twelve through fourteen. The relative's purpose. They were traveling to 293 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:49.039 greet the sons of the King Joam and the mother Jezebel, 294 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:52.119 likely unaware of the recent massacre. Jay Whu's question, who 295 00:17:52.119 --> 00:17:56.119 are you? Their question, We are the relatives of Azekiah 296 00:17:56.440 --> 00:18:00.000 or Azaiah. We have come down to greet the sons 297 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.519 of the king and sons of the queen Mother Jay 298 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.359 whose action he recognized their connection to Ahab's wicked family 299 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:16.000 and ordered them seized and executed. Seized and executed at 300 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:21.960 the pit of beth Akid, a place of sharing sheep. 301 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:25.160 The result, forty two men were killed, eliminating more of 302 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:31.160 Ahab's extended family and anyone associated with their evil. Divine justice. 303 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:35.839 This act fulfilled God's judgment against Ahab's Idolatr's house, showing 304 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:41.119 consequences of wicked alliances Jay Whu's zeal and methods. While 305 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:43.759 judged by God, Jay Who's zeal was extreme, he went 306 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:50.039 beyond his commission by killingia Aziah's relatives, acting with cunning 307 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:54.079 and violence that some commentators see as fleshly or self serving, 308 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:58.119 not purely divine. The danger of wicked associations the relatives 309 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:03.200 connection to Ahab made them targets, illustrating how entanglement with 310 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:07.640 evil brings judgment. The end does not justify the means 311 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:12.000 jay Who's effective cleansing of idolatry. The good end was 312 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:16.200 achieved through brutal, deceptive, and excessive violence. The bad means 313 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:21.000 a classical biblical tension. Okay, so yeah, I don't really 314 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:25.200 agree with that much either. And then let's go ahead 315 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:29.799 and read fifteen through seventeen. The rest of Ahab's family killed. 316 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.440 Verse fifteen says, now when he departed from there, he 317 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:43.400 met johonah Dab, Johonahdab, the son of Racab Racab Richab, 318 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:45.799 I think it is coming to meet him. And he 319 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:48.279 greeted him and said to him, is this your heart right? 320 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:52.079 Is my heart is towards your heart? Is your heart 321 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:55.200 right as my heart is towards your heart? And jeno 322 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:58.640 Dab answered it is. Jayhu said, if it is, give 323 00:19:58.680 --> 00:20:00.960 me your hand. So gave him his hand, and he 324 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:04.759 took him up to him into the chariot. Then he said, 325 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:07.200 come with me and see my zeal for the Lord. 326 00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:11.680 So they had him ride in his chariot, and when 327 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:15.039 he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to 328 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:18.400 Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed them according to 329 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:24.279 the word of the Lord which he had spoke to Elijah. Wow. Okay, 330 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:32.440 so what did we just read here? So in verses 331 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:37.279 fifteen through seventeen, it describes Jehu empowering by God to 332 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:46.640 judge Ahab's wicked dynasty, meeting the devout Jehunadab and inviting 333 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:49.319 him into his chariot to witness the zealous destruction of 334 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:53.440 bill worship and Ahab's remaining family in Samaria, thereby gaining 335 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:57.559 public support and fulfilling God's prophecy. This passed the highlights 336 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:02.880 Jaehu's radical purge of idolatry, using Jehonahdab Jahonahdab's respected presence 337 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:06.240 to legitimize his action demonstrate in a mix of divine 338 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:10.720 mandate and political maneuvering to eradicate evil from Israel. Jay 339 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:13.400 Who's zeal and divine mandate, Jay who was God's instrument 340 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:17.000 to destroy Ahab's family or house and bail worship a 341 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:24.559 Let me just accepted that, a mission he carried out 342 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:27.559 with extreme zeal, as seen in verses sixteen. Come with 343 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:30.839 me and see my zeal for the Lord. The significance 344 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:38.440 of Jahoonadab Jahonadab Jahonadad was the respected piniest man known 345 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:41.480 for his strict adherence to God's ways as deal as 346 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:45.160 detailed in Jeremiah thirty five. His presence, lan credibility, and 347 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:49.039 public approval to Jehu's seemingly ruthless actions give me thine 348 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:52.400 hand that this gesture likely symbolized a covenant of oath 349 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:57.119 or allegiance, solidifiing Jaehu's alliance with his respected figure, rather 350 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:00.400 than just helping him into the chariot public endorsement. By 351 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:05.240 taking Jahonahdab with him, jay Who strategically gained the backing 352 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:08.400 of the people, showing that a righteous man approved his 353 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:12.039 purge of idolatry fulfillment of prophecy. Jay Who's actions in 354 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:15.599 Samaria were the final steps in God's judgment against Ahab, 355 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:20.119 fulfilling Elijah's prophecies first Kings twenty one twenty one through 356 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:23.599 twenty four. In essence, this passage shows God using a 357 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:27.759 zealous but complex figure, Jehu, to carry out judgment, strategically 358 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:32.599 incorporated a respected ally Jahonahdab, to legitimate to legitimize and 359 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:37.839 publicize the eradication of idolatry and evil from Israel. Okay, 360 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:48.559 all right, now, let's read eighteen through thirty one real quick. Actually, 361 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:50.480 let me see what is What did I have there? 362 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:55.400 I wanted to read eighteen through twenty eight and then 363 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:59.960 twenty nine. Okay, let's do that. Worshippers of Bel killed. 364 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:04.359 Then Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, 365 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:10.799 Ahab served Bail a little, Jaehu will serve him much. Now, therefore, 366 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:14.160 call to me all the prophets of Bail, all his servants, 367 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:17.440 and all his priests. Let no one be missing, for 368 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:20.160 I have a great sacrifice for Bil. Whoever is missing 369 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:23.680 shall not live. But Jaehu acted deceptively with the intent 370 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:26.839 of his destroying the worshippers of Beil, and Jaehu said, 371 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:29.680 proclaim a solemn assembly for Bell. So they proclaimed it. 372 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.559 Then Jehu sent throughout all Israel, and all the worshippers 373 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:36.640 of Bel came. So there was not a man left 374 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:39.119 who did not come. So they came into the temple 375 00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:41.200 of Bail, and the temple of Bell was full from 376 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:43.519 one end to the other. And he said to the 377 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:46.839 one in charge of the wardrobe, bring out vestiments for 378 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:50.839 all the worshippers of Bel. So he brought out vestments 379 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:54.000 for them. Then Jehu and jenal Dab, the son of Recab, 380 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:57.599 went into the temple of Bel, and said to the 381 00:23:57.599 --> 00:24:00.279 worshipers of Bell, search and see that no servants of 382 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:03.200 the Lord are here with you, but only the worshippers 383 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:05.799 of Bail. So they went in to offer sacrifices and 384 00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:09.599 burn offerings. Now Jehu had appointed for himself eighty men 385 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:12.599 on the outside, and said, if any man whom I 386 00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:16.000 have brought into the hands of escapes, whoever let him escape, 387 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:18.400 shall be his life for the life of the other. 388 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:25.279 Now it happened as soon as he made an end 389 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:28.559 of the offering, the burn offering, that Jehu said to 390 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.160 the guard and the captains, go in and kill them, 391 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:33.559 let no one come out. And they killed them with 392 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:36.240 the edge of the sword. Then the guards and officers 393 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:38.680 threw them out and went into the inner room of 394 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:41.039 the temple of Beil, and they brought the sacred pillars 395 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:43.839 out of the Temple of Bail and burned them. Then 396 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:45.960 they broke down the sacred pillar of Bail and tore 397 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:49.039 down the Temple of Bail and made it a refuse 398 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:53.480 damp to this day. Then Jehu destroyed Bail from Israel. However, 399 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:57.799 Jehu did not turn away from the sins of jerob Jerobam, 400 00:24:58.079 --> 00:25:02.680 the son of Nebat, who was made is who made 401 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:05.319