A message from the series “1 & 2 Chronicles 2006.” The book of 1 Chronicles, as its name implies, gives us a record of the early history of the nation of Israel dating back to the beginning with the creation of man, namely Adam. Included in this historic record are the unconditional covenants that God made with man and kept plus the temple worship all for the reason that man might know God and have a relationship with Him.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” 118 years after the fall of the North, the Southern Kingdom began to fall. After the death of good king Hezekiah, his son, Manasseh began to reign. We are told that this man did more than any other king to sink the people into idolatry. In fact we are told that Manasseh seduced the nation into more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed under the leadership of Joshua. The study concludes with Pastor Jack looking at the last good king Josiah and the reforms he brought about. After he is killed in battle, the Southern Kingdom’s remaining kings were all evil who ushered in the demise of Jerusalem.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” With the Northern Kingdom now destroyed, the remaining chapters of 2 Kings document the history of the Southern Kingdom of Judah. This study looks at Hezekiah, the good king of Judah, who restored spiritual worship among the people. Because of Hezekiah’s relationship with the Lord, his intercession brought deliverance from the intended destruction by the Assyrians where in one night a single angel destroyed 186,000 soldiers. The end of Hezekiah’s reign included a miraculous recovery from an illness and God graciously extending his life by 15 extra years. Unfortunately, this was a time when pride caused him to get away from the Lord.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” Chapter 17 chronicles the end of the Northern Kingdom of Israel giving the last of the reigning kings who were all evil. In 722 BC, the Kingdom was overrun by the Assyrians, who repopulated the people into different regions that were under their control.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” In chapters 14 – 16 of 2 Kings, the history of Israel shifts back and forth between the two kingdoms. During this time, we read of both the kings that reigned. The Northern Kingdom had no good kings. The South had some good kings namely Amaziah and Uziah, but not without their faults.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” In chapter 11 of 2 Kings the focus shifts back to the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Years earlier, Jehoshaphat had arranged a marriage between his son, Jehoram, and Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel. After her son, King Ahaziah was executed by Jehu, she sought to take the throne by killing all of the royal heirs. However, the godly priest, Jehosheba, hid young Joash for six years. Then when the time was right, Jehosheba conceived a plan to put this young heir on the throne and kill Athaliah. This resulted in a spiritual revival with repairs being done to the Temple. Chapter 13 shifts back to the North and the final days of Elisha.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” Even though the evil king, Ahab, was long gone, the prophetic curse regarding his dynasty had yet to come to pass. It wasn’t until Elisha was sent to anoint Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, that the entire descendants of Ahab’s family was eliminated. His first task was to kill Ahab’s evil wife, Jezebel. Next came Ahab’s seventy sons. Lastly, he executed the Baal worshippers of Israel. Yet with all that he had done to rectify the evil of Ahab and his house, Jehu did not turn from following the sins of Jeroboam.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” Chapters 6 and 7 continue with Elisha’s ministry to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Through ungodly leadership, the people had left God and fell completely into idolatry. Yet God in His grace, sent servants like Elisha to help turn the people’s hearts back to Him. It was Elisha that God used to recover a lost axe head. When the Syrian army surrounded Elisha’s residence, they were completely blinded and led into Samaria, fed, and released. A prolonged famine forced the people to do the unthinkable of eating their children. It was during this devastating time, that Elisha foretold of an abundant provision that no one believed would happen.
A message from the series “The Character Of The New Man.”
A message from the series “1 & 2 Kings 2005-2006.” These chapters describe Elisha’s ministry, a man who performed more miracles than any other prophet. It was through Elisha that a widow and her sons were sustained. It was Elisha that raised the Shunammite’s son from his death bed. Additionally, Naaman, the Syrian was cleansed of his leprosy.
