1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, hello and good morning friends and faithful listeners. 2 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for tuning into the Bible Explained podcast. 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: We are in the Book of Second Chronicles today and 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: we're going to finish out the life of King Amasia. 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: He started out good, but it's not going to be 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: a shock to you that he does not end good, 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: because that is the story of every single Judite king 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: in Juda's history for the most part. So we're going 9 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: to talk about the end of Amasia's life today on 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: the podcast, So faithful listeners, I am officially old. Okay. 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: I went to the i doctor yesterday and found out 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: that my eyes are quite bad. Well, I actually knew 13 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: that my eyes were quite bad. I never wore glasses before. 14 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: I have like nighttime driving glasses that I had to 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: get a couple of years ago, but they didn't really 16 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: seem to help me all that much. I went to 17 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: the eye doctor yesterday and was appalled at my results. Okay, 18 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: my eyes are so bad that I have to have 19 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: glasses on twenty four to seven now. And my husband, 20 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: who wears glasses all the time, he's like, oh, Jen, 21 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: that's so sad, that's so sad. You have to wear 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: glasses every single day, like he's making fun of me. 23 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: But for me, it's a big thing. You know. I 24 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: never had to wear glasses before, so this is gonna 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: be a big change in my life. And here's what 26 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: the eye doctor said to me, you know, because I'm 27 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: asking him about all these things with my eyes, and 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: he's like, well, you know, when we start to get old, 29 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 1: this is just what happens. And I'm like, oh, man, 30 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,679 Speaker 1: you know I'm old, So I'm officially old according to 31 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: the eye doctor. All right, let's go ahead and read 32 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: Second Chronicles, chapter twenty five, verses fourteen through twenty eight. 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: But as usual, before I begin today's episode, I'm going 34 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: to give a moment for a sponsor of the podcast 35 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: to say a message. But while that's happening, this is 36 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: a really great time for you to grab your Bible 37 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: and also your cup of coffee or your cup of tea, 38 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: or your eyeglasses for all of you oldies like me 39 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: that need eyeglasses and can't read the Bible without them, 40 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: and also your nice hot beverage, your cup of coffee 41 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: or a cup of tea this morning as well. Okay, 42 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: hopefully you got the chance to grab your Bibles and 43 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: your cups of coffee, and let's go ahead and read 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: Second Chronicles twenty five fourteen through twenty eight. As you 45 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 1: guys know, I'll be reading from the web now. After 46 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: Amasia had come down from the slaughter of the Edomites, 47 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: he brought the gods of the children of Seer and 48 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: set them up to be his gods, and bowed down 49 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: himself before them and burned incense to them. Therefore, you 50 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: always anger burned against Amasia. And he sent to him 51 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: a prophet, who said to him, why have you sought 52 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: after the gods of the people, which have not delivered 53 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: their people out of your hand? As he talked with him, 54 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: the king said to him, have we made you one 55 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 1: of the king's counselors? Stop? Why should you be struck down? 56 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: Then the prophet stopped and said, I know that God 57 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: has determined to destroy you because you have done this 58 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: and have not listened to my counsel. Then Amazia, king 59 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: of Judah, consulted his advisers and sent to joe Ash 60 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, 61 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: and said, come, let's look one another in the face. 62 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: Joe Ash, the king of Israel sent to Amasia, King 63 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 1: of Judah, saying, the thistle that was in Lebanon sent 64 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, give your 65 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: daughter to my son as his wife. Then a wild 66 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled down 67 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: the thistle. You say to yourself that you have struck edom, 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: and your heart lifts you up to boast. Now stay 69 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: at home. Why should you meddle with trouble that you 70 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: should fall, even you and Judah with you. But Amasia 71 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: would not listen, for it was of God that he 72 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because 73 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: they had sought after the gods of edom. So Joash, 74 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: King of Israel, went up, and he and Amasia, King 75 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: of Judah, looked to one another in the face at 76 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: Beth Schemesh, which belongs to Judah. Judah was defeated by Israel, 77 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: so every man fled to his tent. Joe Ash, King 78 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: of Israel, took Amazia, King of Judah, the son of Joash, 79 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: the son of jehoahaz at Beth Shamesh, and brought him 80 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from 81 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 1: the gate of Ephrium to the corner gate four hundred cubits. 82 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: He took all the gold and silver and all the 83 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: vessels that were found in God's house with obed Edom 84 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: and the treasures of the king's house and the hostages, 85 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: and returned to Samaria. Amazi, the son of Joash, king 86 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Joash, 87 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. Now the rest of 88 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: the acts of Amazia first and last, behold, aren't they 89 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: written in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. Now, 90 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: from the time that Amazia turned away from following Yahweh, 91 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled 92 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: to Lakeish, but they sent after him to Lakish and 93 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: killed him there. They brought him on horses and buried 94 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: him with his fathers in the city of Judah. So 95 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: this is the sad fall of King Amazia, and the 96 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: reason he fell was actually twofold. It says that he 97 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:07,720 Speaker 1: started worshiping foreign gods, the gods specifically of Edom, and 98 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: he also refused to listen to the council of one 99 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: of God's prophets. It says in verse fourteen that after 100 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: Amasia had come from the slaughter of the Edomites, he 101 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: brought the gods of the children of Seir and set 102 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself 103 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: before them and burned incense to them. Therefore, yahways Anger 104 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: was burned against Amasia, and he sent him a prophet. 105 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: So this is the typical response that we see from 106 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:38,640 Speaker 1: the kings of Israel and Judah. They struggle with idolatry 107 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: so badly. It just seems like it never can leave 108 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: Israel or Judah no matter what the good kings try 109 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,239 Speaker 1: to do. And Amasia did start out as a pretty 110 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: good king, like a Yahweh follower. We saw how he 111 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: tried to follow some of God's commandments during the beginning 112 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: of his reign. But after he went to the country 113 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: of Edom and had a big success there, like he 114 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: slaughtered the Edomites, he had a big success. He ended 115 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,679 Speaker 1: up getting very prideful, and so he took the Edomite 116 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: God's home with him to set them up as his 117 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: own gods and worship them. What's really interesting is idolatry 118 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: is often linked to pride, and why is that? Why 119 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: is pride linked to idolatry? Well, the Heidelberg Catechism defines 120 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: idolatry as having or inventing something in which we put 121 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 1: our trust instead of, or in addition to, the only 122 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: true God, who has revealed himself in his word. And 123 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: I really like that definition because idolatry genuinely comes down 124 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 1: to making a God for ourselves, which is why God 125 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: tells us in the First and Second Commandments of the 126 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: Old Testament that we should have no other gods before him, 127 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: nor should we make any graven images. And as we've 128 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: discovered in the Old Testament, people can absolutely ourselves included. 129 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: We can make more than one God form ourselves. We 130 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: can worship Yahweh while also worshiping other gods. Even Jesus 131 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: said that in the New Testament. He said, you cannot 132 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: serve both God and Mammon. Either you will hate one 133 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: and love the other, or you will hold fast to 134 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: the one and despise the other. So idolatry is creating 135 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: an idol that you're going to worship in addition to 136 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: Yahweh or in place of Yahweh. Essentially, idols are nothing 137 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 1: but created things. And the reason idolatry is always linked 138 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: to pride is because when we make an idol. We 139 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: are saying that our standards should be God's standards, and 140 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,720 Speaker 1: if they're not, that there's something wrong with God. And 141 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: so that is why idolatry is always linked to pride. 142 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: Whenever we see this, and in the case of Amasia 143 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: right here, instead of giving thanks to God for this 144 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: massive success that he had in Edom, he becomes prideful 145 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: and he's like, look at what I did, and he 146 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: takes these Edomite gods home, sets them up, burns incense 147 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: to them, and bows down to them and starts worshiping them. Now, 148 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: historically this was not super uncommon. More often than not, 149 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: when a country was defeated, whoever defeated that country would 150 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: go in and destroy all the gods to humiliate all 151 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: of the people that lived in that country, to say 152 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: that their gods were not as powerful. Which is why 153 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: whenever we see Judah being trampled upon, where do they 154 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: always go first? They always go to the temple of 155 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: God to try to destroy it. So that was very common, 156 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: But it wasn't completely uncommon for a country to take 157 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: those gods home with them and start worshiping those gods, 158 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: to give them thanks basically for helping them. Instead of 159 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: their own people, and it kind of seems like that's 160 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: what Amasia starts to do. Instead of worshiping and thanking Yahweh, 161 00:08:56,160 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: he's thinking these idols of this foreign nation, which, by 162 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,319 Speaker 1: the way, the main deity of edom at this time 163 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: was called Kas QoS. And what's really interesting about Kas 164 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: I found this out today. If you google Edomite god Kas, 165 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,199 Speaker 1: you're gonna see that most people nowadays, most scholars say 166 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: that Kas is the same as Yahweh, as if the 167 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: Edomites just had another name for Yahweh, similarly to how 168 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: you know here in America we call God God, but 169 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: in Mexico they call him Dios. And I was reading 170 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: through all these things, including the National Catholic Register, and 171 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: they pretty much agree that Kas is the same as Yahweh. 172 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: And Kas was the main deity of the Edomites for 173 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: a very very long time. But if that's the case, 174 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: if Ks was just another name for Yahweh, why does 175 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:58,440 Speaker 1: God get so angry at Amasia for worshiping coasts. Now, 176 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: the word Coas is not mentioned here, but that is 177 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: definitely who Amasia would have been worshiping in this situation. 178 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: It was the most famous Edamite god. Why does Yahweh's 179 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: anger burn against Amasia. Why does God send him a prophet? 180 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: Why does this prophet say, Amasia, why have you sought 181 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 1: after the gods of the people which have not delivered 182 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: their own people out of your hand? That makes it 183 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: very clear that Yahweh is Yahweh and cos was something 184 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: completely different. He was a fake god, something man made, 185 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: something made up. Because this prophet goes to Amasia and 186 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: he says, why have you sought after the gods of 187 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 1: the people which have not delivered their own people out 188 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: of your hand? He basically says to Amasia, these gods 189 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,719 Speaker 1: that you are now worshiping, these Edomite gods, they are 190 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: doing nothing for you. They were unable to do anything 191 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: for their people because here you are. You know, you 192 00:10:56,559 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: just slaughtered the Edomites. So why are you work shipping 193 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: these gods who have clearly been unable to help anybody 194 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: or anything because they are fake? Why are you doing this? 195 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 1: But Amasia instead of listening to this prophet, who by 196 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: the way, could have been the same prophet that went 197 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: to Amazia beforehand, we talked about that on Monday, where 198 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: a nameless prophet went to Amazia and told him to 199 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: be strong in battle and not to join forces with 200 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: the Israelites because the Israelites were bad news at this time. 201 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 1: And Amasia actually listened to that prophet and dismissed all 202 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 1: the Israelites that he had hired and took courage because 203 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: he had faith in Yahweh. But then directly after this battle, 204 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: instead of thanking Yahweh, he becomes boastful and prideful to 205 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: thank gods that are not Yahweh. And it says that 206 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: as this prophet talked with Amasia verse sixteen, the king 207 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: said to him, have we made you one of the 208 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: king's counselors? Stop? Why should you be struck down? So 209 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: basically he threatens this prophet and he's like, you better 210 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: talking right this minute, or I will kill you. And 211 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 1: the prophet did stop, and he says, I know that 212 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: God has determined to destroy you because you have done 213 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: this and have not listened to my counsel. So there 214 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: you go. The Edomite god ks is not the same 215 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: as Yahweh. Yahweh wants us to worship him and him 216 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: only that is it. All these other gods are going 217 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: to gain us nothing. That is what that prophet said 218 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: actually to Amazia. He's like these idols couldn't even save 219 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: their own people, So what makes you think they're gonna 220 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: do anything for you. They can't do anything for you. 221 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: They won't do anything for you. But the prophet did 222 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: stop talking, and nothing serious happened to him that we 223 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: know of. It seems like he just left. So after this, 224 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 1: Amasia does not listen to the words of this prophet, 225 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: and he consults his advisers and sends to joe Ash 226 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: in verse seventeen, the son of Jehohas, the son of Jehu, 227 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 1: the King of Israel, saying, come, let's look one another 228 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: in the face. So this is where things get a 229 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: little bit confusing, because because there are two king joe 230 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 1: Ashes very close together. Amazia, the King of Judah, had 231 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: a father named joe Ash, who we talked about not 232 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: too long ago. But now in Israel there is also 233 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: a king named joe Ash, So this is talking about 234 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: King joe Ash of Israel at this point. And don't forget, 235 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: Amazia had just had a run in with the Israelites. 236 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,199 Speaker 1: We talked about all of that on Monday, but Amazia, 237 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: unfortunately did not handle that situation the right way. Instead, 238 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: he decides to go to battle with all of Israel. 239 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: And so he sends a letter to King Joe Ash 240 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: of Israel, and he's like, let's look one another in 241 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: the face. And that is an old, old fashioned way 242 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: of saying, let's go to war with each other. And 243 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: so the King of Israel sends a letter back to Amazia, 244 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: the King of Judah, saying this little poem. He says, 245 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: the thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar 246 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: that was in Lebanon, saying, give your daughter to my 247 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: son as his wife. Then a wild animal that was 248 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: in Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. So 249 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: basically what this guy is saying to Amasia, he's like, look, 250 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: I am this beautiful cedar that lives in Lebanon, and 251 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: you are like this little thistle. You are nothing, and 252 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: you are demanding something great from this cedar. But you 253 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: should not continue down this path because you are nothing 254 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: but a little thistle, and a little thistle at any 255 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:36,600 Speaker 1: point in time can be trampled down by just an 256 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 1: animal running through the woods. That's what he says to 257 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: the king. And then he continues, he says, you say 258 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: to yourself that you've struck eaedom and so now your 259 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: heart lifts you up to boast. Stay at home. Why 260 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: should you meddle with trouble that you should fall, even 261 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: you and Judah with you. Now, it's really interesting. Joe 262 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: Ash was not a good king of Israel. In fact, 263 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: there are no good kings of Israel in all of 264 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: Israel's history. But this was some really wise words, interestingly 265 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: enough that joe Ash gave to Amazia. Now, he could 266 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: have done without the snark and the little fable that 267 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: he sent to Amasia, but still his response had a 268 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: lot of great advice. His advice to Amasia was don't 269 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: push your luck. You did strike Eatom, and you were 270 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: successful in that, but don't become prideful and get too 271 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: big for your breeches and try to come out to 272 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: war against me, because if you do, something bad is 273 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: going to happen to not just you, but all of Judah. 274 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:45,440 Speaker 1: So stay home and don't meddle. Amazia became prideful, he 275 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: was pretty successful against his war with Edom, and now 276 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: he thinks that he is going to take Israel back 277 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: for David's bloodline. That's actually what Josepha says is that 278 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: the reason Amazia did this was because he wanted Israel 279 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: to become one nation again, and he wanted to be 280 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: the king of that nation. So Josephus the historian actually 281 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: says that this had nothing to do with the run 282 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: in he had with Israel that we talked about on Monday. 283 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: This was everything to do with his pride in himself 284 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: and his bloodline. And that's why the answer joe Ash 285 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: gave to Amazia was very good. And Amazia should have listened, 286 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: because he wasn't just putting his life on the line 287 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: by going out to war. He was putting the lives 288 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 1: of every single fighting man in Judah on the line, 289 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: and not to mention his own people as well. But 290 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: in verse twenty, Amazia would not listen, for it was 291 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: of God that he might deliver them into the hand 292 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: of their enemies because they had sought after the gods 293 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: of Edom. So because Amazia refused to worship Yahweh and 294 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: started worshiping other gods, and then when God sent Amazia 295 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: a warning and said, hey, stop worshiping these other gods 296 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: because bad things are going to happen to you, Amasia 297 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't listen. He became too prideful, and there was even 298 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: a second warning. He got from King joe Ash, who 299 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 1: said essentially the exact same thing. Stop doing what you're doing, Amasia, 300 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: or you're going to be destroyed. Things are not going 301 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: to go well for you. God gave Amazia two warnings 302 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 1: to repent before something bad happened to him, but Amasia 303 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: would not listen, it says, so joe Ash, king of Israel, 304 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: went up, and he and Amasia, king of Judah, looked 305 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: one another in the face at Beth Schemesh, which belongs 306 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: to Judah. Judah was defeated by Israel, so every man 307 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: fled to his tent. And this is interesting because I 308 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: bet you that King Amazia thought that this battle was 309 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 1: a piece of cake, because don't forget what the Prophet 310 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,880 Speaker 1: had told him about the Israelites. When we talked about 311 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: all of that on Monday, the Prophet came to Amazi 312 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: and was like, the Israelite are bad news and God 313 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: is not with them, so don't go to war with them, 314 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 1: don't make any peace treaty with them. So Mazia was 315 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: probably thinking, well, God is going to be on my 316 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: side because he already said he's not with the Israelites, 317 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: so this is a piece of cake. And I'm gonna 318 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: take Israel back for the line of David once again. 319 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,359 Speaker 1: But it's said because Amazia forgot the other part of 320 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 1: the warning that that prophet gave to him. Going back 321 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: to verse seven of the same chapter, it says a 322 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 1: man of God came to Amasia saying, O, King, don't 323 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: let the army of Israel go with you, for Yahweh 324 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: is not with Israel with all the children of Ephrieem. 325 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: But if you will go take action and be strong 326 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 1: for the battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy. 327 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: For God has power to help and to overthrow. Now 328 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: that was a warning to Amasia that if he doesn't 329 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:56,119 Speaker 1: listen to the call of God, that God has the 330 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: power to either help or to overthrow. Which one will 331 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: you choose? And Amazia forgot that part. He's like, God 332 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: helped me in the battle with Edamite, so certainly he'll 333 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 1: help me here because he's not with the Israelites. But no, 334 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: God has the power to overthrow as well, and that 335 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: is what that prophet warned Amasia, and he forgot about 336 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: all that. So now Judah has been defeated by Israel. 337 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: It says that joe Ash, the King of Israel, took Amazia, 338 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 1: king of Judah, the son of joe Ash, the son 339 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: of Jehoah has At Beth Schamesh, and brought him to 340 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the 341 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: gate of Ephriem to the corner gate four hundred cubits. 342 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: So this was a devastating, devastating defeat for Judah because 343 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: the wall that surrounded Jerusalem to keep foreign invaders out 344 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: is now pretty much destroyed. Anybody can just come right 345 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 1: in now. Going back to the historian Josephus, Josephus mentioned 346 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: that Amazia allowed this to happen because he was terrified 347 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 1: for his life, so he actually had his people stand 348 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: down and allow King joe Ash of Israel to just 349 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: sort of walk right in. And when joe Ash got in, 350 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: he ordered his men to destroy part of the wall. 351 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 1: So now joe Ash and the Israelites are in Jerusalem. 352 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: And it says that joe Ash took all the gold 353 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: and silver and all the vessels that were found in 354 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: God's House with obed Edom and the treasures of the 355 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: king's house and the hostages and returned to Samaria. Once again. 356 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: Whenever there's a foreign invader, they always go to God's 357 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: house first and just like pillage it, probably because it 358 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: was very beautiful and everybody knew it was very beautiful, 359 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: but also because it was a way to humiliate anybody 360 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,440 Speaker 1: that worshiped Yahweh. So that's the first place that joe Ash, 361 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: the King of Israel, goes. He takes all the gold 362 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: and silver from the treasures of God's House and the 363 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 1: vessels that were with obed Eatam. Obed Eaedom was probably 364 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: somebody that worked in the temple took care for all 365 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: of these vessels. But what's really interesting is his name 366 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: obed Eatom, that actually means the servant of Edom. And 367 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 1: where did all of Amazia's problems start when he went 368 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 1: to eat them and started serving the gods that were there. 369 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: So it's just kind of an interesting little thing right 370 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: here where the guy that took care of God's house 371 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: was the servant of Eaedom, Like just kind of interesting. 372 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: But anyway, God's house has been pillaged as well as 373 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: the King's house, and King joe Ash took hostages from 374 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 1: Jerusalem as well. Now, most likely joe Ash left Amazia 375 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: in Jerusalem with this absolutely devastating defeat. He just like 376 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: left him there and took everything from him as well 377 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: as all of these hostages and stuff. So this shows, 378 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: you know, Amasia should have listened to joe Asha his words, 379 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,440 Speaker 1: because this wasn't just bad for Amasia, this was bad 380 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: for all of Judah and all of Jerusalem who had 381 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: to deal with all of this crap. It says in 382 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: verse twenty five that Amazia, the son of joe Ash, 383 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death 384 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:21,400 Speaker 1: of joe Ash, the son of jehoahas king of Israel. Now, 385 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: the rest of the acts of Amasia first and last, behold, 386 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: aren't they written in the Book of the Kings of 387 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:29,359 Speaker 1: Judah and Israel. So interestingly enough, joe Ash did not 388 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: kill Amasia. In fact, Amasia lived for much longer than 389 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 1: joe Ash did, fifteen years longer than joe Ash did. 390 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: Amazia's reign after this horrifying defeat from Israel was shattered, 391 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: and that's kind of proven right here that Amazia was 392 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: hated by his people. It says in verse twenty seven, 393 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: from the time that Amazia turned away from following Yahweh, 394 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem. He fled 395 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,479 Speaker 1: to Lakeish, but they sent after him to Lakish and 396 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: killed him there. So this was being planned for a 397 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: very long period of time, this conspiracy to kill Amasia. 398 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 1: Amasia was very much like his father in many ways, 399 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: and Amasia and his father had the exact same end. 400 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: There is a conspiracy against them where they were killed 401 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: by their own servants. It says in verse twenty eight 402 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: that they brought him on horses and buried him with 403 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: his fathers in the city of Judah. So that's the 404 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: only difference between Amasia and his father, joe Ash. Joe 405 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: Ash was not buried in the tombs of the kings, 406 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,159 Speaker 1: but it sounds like Amasia was. So the story of 407 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: Amasia is another lesson for us that we need to 408 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: be very, very careful because pride leads to idolatry. That's 409 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: why it says in scripture that God hates pride. It's 410 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: like the first thing on his list that he hates, 411 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: even above murder. He hates pride because pride is the 412 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: root of all evil. Pride causes so much destruction, and 413 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: it's linked to idolatry. Because we think that we can 414 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: make God, we think that our will should be divine will, 415 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: that the things we want to do should be the 416 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 1: things that God wants to do. 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