A message from the series “1 & 2 Chronicles 2006.” As we advance the historical timeline of the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel, the days more or less became darker. However, there were times when Judah would have a good king who would bring the nation back into a right relationship with God. However, the Northern Kingdom of Israel never had a good, godly king and thus the nation went deeper into idolatry and never experienced a revival. In this study, Pastor Jack points out some of the good kings of Judah, principally Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah, and Hezekiah. The study ends with us looking at the reforms of Hezekiah as he brought revival to the nation and restored Temple worship.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Chronicles 2006.” This study starts with King Asa, a godly king who ruled Judah for 41 years. In the years that followed Solomon, the Southern Kingdom of Judah had a few good kings, with Asa being one. The Northern Kingdom of Israel had no good kings. Typically of these historical books, 2 Chronicles chronologically goes back and forth between the reigns of the various kings of the two kingdoms.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Chronicles 2006.” The books of 1 & 2 Chronicles depict God’s view of Israel whereas 1 & 2 Kings are from man’s perspective. As such, we get God’s account of the historic record of the events that took place after Solomon, which was the breakdown of the unified Kingdom leaving a permanent split between Judah and the rest of the tribes of Israel.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Chronicles 2006.” Beginning with 2 Chronicles, the historic record of the nation of Israel continues beginning with the reign of Solomon and the building and dedication of the Temple. Until Jesus would come and die for man’s sins, the only access to God for atonement was through the animal sacrifices at the Temple in Jerusalem.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Chronicles 2006.” In this third and final segment in our study through 1 Chronicles, Pastor Jack continues to look at David’s reign as King over Israel that ends with him assembling the materials for the Temple that his son, Solomon would eventually build.
A message from the series “1 & 2 Chronicles 2006.” This second study installment through 1 Chronicles looks at the history of King David. In these chapters, Pastor Jack teaches us about David and his mighty men; 13-16: David and his experiences restoring the ark to Jerusalem and its central place in worship; 17:David’s desire to build the temple for the Lord; 18-20: and David at war expanding the borders of the land and protecting the people of God from its enemies.
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.
