1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, good morning there, friends and faithful listeneris 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: and Hi. My name is Jen. I am the host 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: of the Bible Explained podcast. We're going to be in 4 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: second Chronicles twenty talking about a beautiful, beautiful portion of 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: scripture that I think is going to be an encouragement 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: to every single person listening in some way or another, 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: because this story is talking about something that we all experience, 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: which is trials, but how God is right there with 9 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: us through all of it. So stay tuned for a 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 1: great episode. Al righty, faithful listenaries. 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All right, let's go 31 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: ahead and read it. Second Chronicles twenty one through nineteen. 32 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: Grab your cup of coffee or your cup of tea 33 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: so that we can sip our hot beverages and read 34 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: this passage of scripture together this morning. I'll be reading, 35 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: as always from the web version, but feel free to 36 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: grab the version of the Bible that you prefer this morning. 37 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,519 Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and read it. Second Chronicles twenty one 38 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: through nineteen. After this, the children of Moab, the children 39 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: of Amin, and with them some of the Ammonites came 40 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: against Jehashafat to battle. Then some came who told Jehashafat saying, 41 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: a great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, 42 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: from Syria. Behold there in Hazazen Tamer, that is and Geddi. 43 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: Jehashafat was alarmed and set himself to seek Yahweh. He 44 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Judah gathered themselves together 45 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all 46 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,079 Speaker 1: the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh. Jehashafat stood in 47 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in Yahwei's house before 48 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: the new Court, and he said, Yahweh, the God of 49 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: our fathers. Aren't you God in heaven? Aren't you ruler 50 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,079 Speaker 1: over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might 51 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: are in your hand so that no one is able 52 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: to withstand you. Didn't you, our God, drive out the 53 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 1: inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give 54 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: it to the offspring of Abraham, your friend forever they 55 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in 56 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: it for your name, saying, if evil comes on us, 57 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine, we will stand before 58 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: this house and before you, for your name is in 59 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: this house, and cry to you in our affliction, and 60 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: you will hear and save. Now behold the children of 61 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: Ammon and Moab and Mount Seer, whom you would not 62 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: let Israel invade when they came out of the land 63 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: of Egypt. But they turned away from them and didn't 64 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: destroy them. Behold, how they reward us to come and 65 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: cast us out of your possession, which you have given 66 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: to us to inherit our God. Will you not judge them, 67 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: For we have no might against this great company that 68 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: comes against us. We don't know what to do, but 69 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: our eyes are on you. All Judah stood before Yahweh 70 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: with their little ones, their wives, and their children. Then 71 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: Yawe's spirit came on Jehaziel, the son of Zechariah, the 72 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: son of Benaiah, the son of Jael, the son of Matania, 73 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: the levite of the sons of Aesaf, in the middle 74 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: of the assembly, and he said, listen, all Judah, and 75 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you King Jehoshaphat. Yaways says 76 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: to you, don't be afraid and don't be dismayed because 77 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: of this great multitude. For the battle is not yours, 78 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: but God's tomorrow. Go down against them. Behold, they are 79 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: coming up by the ascent of ziz You will find 80 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness 81 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: of Jerul. You will not need to fight this battle. 82 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: Set yourselves stand still and see the salvation of Yahweh 83 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: with you, Oh Judah and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid nor 84 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is 85 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: with you. Jehashafad bowed his head with his face to 86 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 87 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:05,719 Speaker 1: fell down before Yahweh, worshiping Yahweh. The Levites, of the 88 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: children of the Coathites and of the children of the 89 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: Korahites stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, 90 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: with an exceedingly loud voice. Now, the story is one 91 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: that we don't really see anywhere else in scripture. This 92 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: is the only time it's talked about. It was not 93 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: mentioned in the Kings, So it was kind of cool 94 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: because a lot of the times when you're going through 95 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: second chronicles, it's very similar to first and second Kings. 96 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: But in this case, you know, this is a totally 97 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: new story that we haven't heard about anywhere else. So 98 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 1: it says after this, the children of Moab, the children 99 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: of Amen, and then some of the Ammonites came against 100 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: Jehashafat to battle. So what I mentioned after this, that's 101 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: talking about after Jehashafat got back from Israel, because you'll 102 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: remember that he had recently gone up to Israel to 103 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: help King Ahab in a battle against the Syrians. But 104 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: that did not end well at all. In fact, King 105 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: Ahab ended up dying, and it didn't end well for 106 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 1: johash Fat either, because even though johash Fat came home 107 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: safe and sound, God was angry at Jehoashfat for actually 108 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: going and helping evil King Ahab in this battle. So 109 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: God actually told jehash Fat, there is wrath on you 110 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: because of what you have done. But after this, you know, 111 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: jehosh Fat it kind of seemed like took that prophecy 112 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: to heart. He never went up to Israel again that 113 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,799 Speaker 1: we know of, and he also continued with the reform 114 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 1: that he was doing in Judah. A few chapters back, 115 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: we saw that after jahash Fat became the king, he 116 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: actually sent the Leevites out into the land of Judah 117 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: to preach the law wherever they went, and that was 118 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: something that was biblical. That was something that God actually 119 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: wanted the Levites to do, and so jehash Fad actually 120 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 1: went ahead and did that, which was kind of cool. 121 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: And he also did a judicial reform as well as 122 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: a spiritual reform. So he got rid of all the 123 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 1: corrupt judges in the land and the appointed brand new 124 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: judges that were presumably better and told them that they're 125 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: not judging the people for the sake of the people. 126 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: They're judging the people for the sake of God. So 127 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: they needed to be on guard with everything that they did, 128 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: make sure that they don't take bribes or twist justice 129 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: in any way. So that was something that we talked 130 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: about in the last chapter. And so after all of that, 131 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: it says the children of Moab, the children of Amin, 132 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: and with them some of the Amonites came against Jehoshafat 133 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: to battle. And you might be wondering here why the 134 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: Ammonites are mentioned twice, because it says the children of 135 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: Amen and with them some of the Ammonites came against 136 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 1: jehosh Fat. The reason being is because the Hebrew, if 137 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: you go back to it, it actually does say that. 138 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: It just says the Moabites the Ammonites, and with them 139 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: some of the Ammonites came against Jehoashafat to battle, but 140 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: the Subtuagint actually translated it as the Moabites, the Ammonites, 141 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: and some of the Munites came against Jehashapat to battle. 142 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: So depending on what version you read, I think if 143 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: you read out of the NIV or the ESV, it'll 144 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: say Unites instead of Ammonites. And later on in Jehashfat's 145 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: prayer that we're about to get into, Jehashfat distinguishes them 146 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: as the people of Mount Seer. So the overall consensus 147 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: is that some of the Arabs also came against jehash 148 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: Fat in this battle as well. So definitely the Mobiites, 149 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: definitely the Ammonites, and also some Arabs that lived in 150 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: the general region, they came against Jehoshafat to battle. So 151 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: these people came up against Judah and encamped in and Getdi. 152 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,080 Speaker 1: So Ingeeddi was actually a little oasis that was very 153 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: close to the Dead Sea, and it was a beautiful oasis, 154 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: I guess, with a lot of palm trees. And Arabs 155 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: came up against Jehoshafat, And you might be wondering why 156 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: did they come up against Judah? You know, because Jooshfat 157 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: didn't do anything to these people. He didn't target them 158 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: in any way. So why are they coming up against Judah. Well, 159 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: there's a possibility that the Moabites and the Ammonites saw 160 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: their chance to take Judah down because of that disastrous 161 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: battle that Jehashaphat had gone into with Israel and it 162 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: was so disastrous, you know, King Ahab ended up dying. 163 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: It was a bad defeat for the Israelites, and Judah 164 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 1: and King Jehoshaphat were part of that. So it could 165 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: be that the Ammonites and the Moabites are looking at 166 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: this and they're like, wow, you know, Judah is really weak. 167 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: This is our time to strike. If we want to 168 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: take that land, let's take it now, because they can't 169 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: even fight against the Syrians, so let's do it. Or 170 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: it could just be that they wanted the land, that 171 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: they were envious of Judah and wanted to take it 172 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: and thought that if they gathered multiple nations against to 173 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: Judah that that would be beneficial for going out to 174 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: battle with them. So johash Fat obviously was alarmed because 175 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: this was a huge multitude, much bigger than the army 176 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: that a Hashafat had. And so it says he set 177 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:08,119 Speaker 1: himself to seek Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah, 178 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: and Judah gathered themselves together to seek help from Yahweh. 179 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: They came out of all the cities of Judah to 180 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: seek Yahweh. So, in other words, there was this big 181 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: gathering of all of God's people to come together to pray. 182 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: And there really is something about praying together as a community. Obviously, yes, 183 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: God listens to our individual prayers, but when there's a 184 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: collective unity between God's people, that is very, very powerful. 185 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: And we're praying to God for one thing, God's going 186 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: to hear that, especially if it's the overall consensus that 187 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: the entire nation is turning toward Yahweh. You know, God 188 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: is going to see that. And so all of these 189 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:59,079 Speaker 1: peoples from every city in Judah come together to worship Yahweh. 190 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: And so it says verse five that Jehasha Fat stood 191 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in Yahweh's house 192 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: before the new Court. And I really like that the 193 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 1: author of Second Chronicles adds that little detail in there 194 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: that this was a new court. Most people think that 195 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: the author of the Second Chronicles was Ezra, who was 196 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: a high priest, and you can see by his writings 197 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: so far in the chronicles that he's very, very focused 198 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,319 Speaker 1: on the temple itself, Like that's kind of the author's 199 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: goal to talk about the spirituality of Judah and also 200 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: the temple and everything that happened in the temple. So 201 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: it's really funny that this little detail was added in 202 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: there that there was a new court in Yahweh's house, 203 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: even though I don't believe it was mentioned that Johashfat 204 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: built a new court. Just kind of funny that the 205 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 1: author threw that little detail in there. So josh Fat 206 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: standing in the new court in God's house and he 207 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: begins to pray, and he prays one of the most 208 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:01,559 Speaker 1: beautiful prayers I have ever heard, says Yahweh, the God 209 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: of our fathers. Aren't you God in heaven? Aren't you 210 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and 211 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: might are in your hand so that no one is 212 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: able to withstand you. Now, don't forget what Judah is 213 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: facing at this time. They're facing a huge threat, two 214 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:27,239 Speaker 1: and a half nations coming up against them, multitudes of warriors, fighters, 215 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: weapons that Judah just didn't have. And so he praised 216 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: this public prayer. You know that everybody is hearing, and 217 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: he says, God, you are mighty, You are the only God. 218 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: You rule over all the nations on the earth, not 219 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: just over Judah, not just over Israel, but all the nations. 220 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: You are the ruler. Power and might are in your hand, 221 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: and no one is able to withstand you. So he's 222 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: giving this encouragement in the middle of this prayer, reminding 223 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: his people God is supreme that no matter what nations 224 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 1: come up against Judah, if God is on Judah's side, 225 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 1: they are not going to prevail because God has power 226 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: over everything. He rules over all the kingdoms and all 227 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: the nations. That he continues, he says, didn't you are God, 228 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, 229 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: and give it to the offspring of Abraham, your friend forever. 230 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: And this is something we see in a lot of 231 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: prayers in scripture, is reminding God of his promises, saying 232 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: to him, God, you did this before. This is the 233 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: promise that you gave us, So keep your promise. Essentially, 234 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: you gave us this land, and these Moabites and these 235 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: Ammonites and these Unites are trying to come up against us. 236 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: But yet God, you actually drove them out from the beginning. 237 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: Don't forget that you promised it to us. You promised 238 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: it to Abraham, your friend, and we know that your 239 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: promises stand. And then he says, our ancestors lived in 240 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: it and have built you sanctuary in it verse eight, 241 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: for your name, saying, if evil comes on us, the sword, judgment, pestilence, 242 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: or famine, we will stand before this house and before you, 243 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: for your name is in this house, and cry to 244 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: you in our affliction, and you will hear and save. 245 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: So now jehash Fad is repeating the words of his 246 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: I think it's great great grandfather Solomon. Remember when Solomon 247 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: first built the temple, he gave this really long prayer 248 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: where if anybody was sinning, if Israel was sinning and 249 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: something bad happened to them, if they came to the 250 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: temple and admitted their sin and turned toward God, God 251 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: would hear from the temple and help them and eventually 252 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 1: bless them once again. And now that's exactly what Judah 253 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: is doing with Jehashvad. They are standing at the temple 254 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: praying to God, saying, God, this bad thing is happening 255 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: to us. This multitude is coming up against us, and 256 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: we don't know exactly what to do. As Solomon and said, 257 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 1: we are standing here begging for your mercy. We will 258 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: stand before this house verse nine, and before you, for 259 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: your name is in this house, and cry to you 260 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: in our affliction, and you will hear and save. Then 261 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: he says in verse ten, Now behold the children of 262 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: Ammon and Moab and Mount Seer, whom you would not 263 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: let Israel invade when they came out of the land 264 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 1: of Egypt, but they turned away from them and didn't 265 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: destroy them, to come and cast us out of your 266 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: possession which you have given us to inherit. I like 267 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: that little statement that johash Fat gives because he's like, 268 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: look how these people are rewarding us for the kindness 269 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: we did to them. God, our ancestors could have destroyed 270 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: them seven hundred years ago when they came out of Egypt, 271 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: but they didn't. They didn't because you didn't let them. 272 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: You didn't let us destroy them. And now look how 273 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: they are repaying us and you. They are trying to 274 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: kick us out of your inheritance, out of the land 275 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: that you gave us to inherit. I really love that 276 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: johash Fat brings all of that back to God. He's like, God, 277 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: this land isn't actually ours, it is yours, and you 278 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: can give it to whoever you want, but you did 279 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: promise it to Abraham, our ancestor, and now we are 280 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: living in it. And now these other people who you 281 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: showed kindness to so many years ago are trying to 282 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: kick us out of this land that is yours that 283 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: you gave to us. So don't let them do this, 284 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: our God, verse twelve. Will you not judge them? For 285 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: we have no might against this great company that comes 286 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: against us. We don't know what to do, but our 287 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: eyes are on you. I wonder if Josh Fad at 288 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: this point in time, is remembering his father, King Aesa, 289 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: and how Asa had a very similar situation where a 290 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: million Ethiopian soldiers came up against Judah and tried to 291 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 1: destroy it. At that time, you know, Asa also cried 292 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: out to God and he didn't know what to do 293 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 1: because a million warriors coming up against Judah that was 294 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: a death sentence for everybody. But Asa cried out to 295 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: God and God listened to Asa back then. I wonder 296 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:18,040 Speaker 1: if Joosh Fad is remembering that story and also hoping 297 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: and believing that God is going to answer him too. 298 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 1: He says, God, we don't know what to do, but 299 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: our eyes are on you, so we're gonna wait for 300 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: your direction, is what Jeoshfad is saying. I love that prayer. 301 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: I think that's a beautiful, beautiful prayer. You know, johash Fat, 302 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: you can tell is clearly scared, but he's trying to 303 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: be strong for his people. He's worried about his people. 304 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 1: He doesn't know what is going to happen in this situation. 305 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: He knows that if God is not on his side, 306 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: that these Ammonites and these Moabites are going to be 307 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: successful in their takeover of Judah. I can't rely on myself, 308 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 1: I can't rely on my people, I can't rely on 309 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: my weapons, because the Mobites and the Ammonite they have 310 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: far more and they're going to be successful if they 311 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 1: come up against Judah without your help. So we don't 312 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 1: know what to do. So this prayer covers all the 313 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: basis of a prayer that you and I should pray 314 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: if we're in a circumstance that we just cannot figure 315 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: out on our own obviously we're not going to be 316 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,239 Speaker 1: in the same circumstances josh Fat here, but there are 317 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: certainly trials we're going to go through when we're just like, 318 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: why is this happening? How is this happening? And I 319 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: don't know if I can survive this? How am I 320 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: possibly going to get through this? And scripture gives us 321 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: encouragement by showing how God always shows up when we 322 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: cry out to him. Reminds me of my favorite Psalm, 323 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: Psalm Chapter forty, verses one and two. It says, I 324 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he 325 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: turned me and heard my cry. He lifted me out 326 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: of the pit of despair, out of the mud and 327 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,879 Speaker 1: the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and 328 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: steadied me as I walked along. I love those verses 329 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,880 Speaker 1: some of my favorite verses in the Bible, because when 330 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: we cry out to God, he does hear us, and 331 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: sometimes it takes him a while to answer, which is 332 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,479 Speaker 1: why you know in that Psalm, David said, I waited 333 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 1: patiently for the Lord to help me, so you have 334 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: to also have patience. But in the case of jehash 335 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,760 Speaker 1: Fat here, he actually didn't need patience because God answered 336 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: him like right after this prayer was done, it says 337 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,159 Speaker 1: in verse thirteen that all Judas stood before Yahweh with 338 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: their little ones, their wives and their children. So this 339 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: prayer is done, and so now maybe people are breaking 340 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: up into groups to pray. And then it says at 341 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: that time in verse fourteen, Yahweh's spirit came on Jehaziel, 342 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: the son of Zechariah, the son of Benea, the son 343 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:47,239 Speaker 1: of Jel, the son of Matania, the Levite of the 344 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: sons of Asaf, in the middle of the assembly. So 345 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: immediately God sends a prophecy to this man named Jehaziel, 346 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: who was one of the Levites, and he had a 347 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: big name in the levitical tribe as well, because he 348 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: was a descendant of Asaf Okay and Asaph was the 349 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: really famous Levites that wrote a few psalms and also 350 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: was very close to King David. So this man Jehaziel, 351 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:17,440 Speaker 1: stands up in the middle of the assembly and proclaims 352 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: a prophecy from God. He says in verse fifteen, listen, 353 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you King 354 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: jehash Fat. He always says to you, don't be afraid 355 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: and don't be dismayed because of this great multitude, for 356 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: the battle is not yours, but Gods. Oh, I love that. 357 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: I love that verse. And you know what, it makes 358 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,120 Speaker 1: so much sense because jehash Fat was just saying that 359 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: that land they were on was not theirs, but it 360 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: was God's. So obviously, if people are coming against that 361 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: land to try to take it for themselves, they're not 362 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: really fighting a battle against the people of Judah. They're 363 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:03,520 Speaker 1: fighting a battle against God, who owns that land. So 364 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: God tells his people this is not your battle. This 365 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: is actually my battle. So don't be afraid and don't 366 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: be dismayed of this great multitude. Tomorrow verse sixteen, go 367 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the 368 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end 369 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: of the valley, before the wilderness of Jerule. You will 370 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,959 Speaker 1: not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves stand still 371 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, oh Judah 372 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid nor be dismayed. Go out 373 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you. And if 374 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 1: that is not a test of faith, you know, I 375 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: don't know what is God could have just struck all 376 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: of those people dead without the Judaites having to go 377 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 1: down there at all to witness it. But God purposely 378 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 1: wanted the people of Judah to go down into that 379 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: battle without going to battle. He wanted them to see 380 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: the multitude, to see all of the people coming against Judah, 381 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: but to stand still and not to fight at all. 382 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: So this was definitely a test of their faith. And 383 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: that shows right there that God sometimes puts us in 384 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: the middle of battle just to show us his great might. 385 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: You know, all of us, we don't want to be 386 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,400 Speaker 1: part of these battles. We don't want to see them, 387 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: we don't want to have to deal with them. But 388 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: sometimes God puts us in the middle of them specifically 389 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: to show us who he is. And that's what he's 390 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:39,400 Speaker 1: doing right here for Israel. He is showing them exactly 391 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: who he is. Because if he just you know, struck 392 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: all these Ammonites and Moabites down dead right now, the 393 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 1: people of Judah would never experience seeing God's great power 394 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: working for them, and they also wouldn't have that test 395 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 1: of their faith to see how strong they actually are. 396 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: So God had several reasons for having the Israelites go 397 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,199 Speaker 1: down to battle to literally just stand there and watch 398 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: as if they're just viewing a TV show essentially. So 399 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: God says, don't be afraid nor be dismayed, go out 400 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 1: against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you. And jehasha Fat, 401 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,479 Speaker 1: after this prophecy is over, it says he bowed his 402 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: head with his face to the ground, and all Judah 403 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh worshiping Yahweh. 404 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: The Levites of the children of the Koathites and the 405 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: children of the Korah heights stood up to praise Yahweh, 406 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: the God of Israel, with an exceedingly loud voice. So 407 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 1: the people respond to this prophecy. They respond to this 408 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: message in faith. Jehash Fat starts prostrating himself immediately in 409 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: just probably relief that God answered him, and all of 410 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:57,199 Speaker 1: Judah also prostrated themselves and start worshiping God, and the 411 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: Levites started praising God or what he had just said 412 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: he would do. So there's definitely a lot we can 413 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: learn from today's story, and I'll conclude the episode with 414 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: those points right after this quick word from a sponsor. 415 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: So there's definitely a few things we can learn from 416 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 1: this story. The first being that we have to go 417 00:24:19,119 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: through trials. Everyone has to go through trials. Jesus said 418 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: that we do. He said, in this world, you're going 419 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: to experience tribulations, but take heart, because I have overcome 420 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: the world. And that's the case right here with jahash Fat, 421 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 1: in all of Judah, they had to experience this because 422 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: they live in a fallen world. Just because they believe 423 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: in Yahweh does not mean that they're going to be 424 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: free of all trouble in life. That's not how things work. 425 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: So that's the first thing we can learn from this. 426 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 1: The second thing we can learn is that God answers us. 427 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:58,360 Speaker 1: You know, when we genuinely seek God and cry out 428 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,239 Speaker 1: to him and pray to him, he hears us, and 429 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: He will answer us. Sometimes it takes a while, like 430 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,879 Speaker 1: the Psalmist said in Psalm forty where he says he 431 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: had to wait patiently for the Lord. Or sometimes it 432 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,560 Speaker 1: doesn't take any time at all, like in the case 433 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,479 Speaker 1: right here with Jehashaphat and Israel. How he just finished 434 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: this prayer and God basically immediately answers him. God works 435 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,200 Speaker 1: on his own time, and we have to be patient 436 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: for God to work because he knows the exact and 437 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: most proper time to lift us out of the mire. 438 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: As the Psalmist would say, so we have to be 439 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,160 Speaker 1: patient for God to hear us, because He will hear 440 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: us when we cry out to him. And the third 441 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: thing that we can learn from this is that God 442 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: teaches us things through our trials. You know, the times 443 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:48,239 Speaker 1: when I have grown the most in my life is 444 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: not when things are going super well for me. Usually 445 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 1: I stagnate during those times. It's the times when I'm 446 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 1: going through something that I absolutely hate, some sort of trial. 447 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: Those are the times in my life that I grow. 448 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: And I hate to admit that because I don't want 449 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,760 Speaker 1: to go through any more trouble in the future, but 450 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: sometimes it is necessary for us. There's a verse in 451 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 1: the New Testament that says that when we go through 452 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 1: trials and persecutions and tribulations and just problems in life, 453 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: it's an opportunity for great joy because it produces endurance 454 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: in our life and we learn from those trials that 455 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: we went through. And secondly, God often shows his power 456 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: in the middle of our trials, and that reminds me 457 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: of another verse in the New Testament where it says 458 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: that when I am weak, that's when He is strong. 459 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: So in the case of the Israelites here, they were weak. 460 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: They couldn't go up against these Ammonites and these Moabites 461 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: by themselves. But yet God was showing his power through 462 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: their weakness honestly to benefit them. And God does the 463 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 1: same thing for us as well. He shows us his 464 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: power at the times when we are the weakest, when 465 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: we think we can't do anything, he is right there 466 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: showing us his power. He's with us through these trials, 467 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: and there's a reason for the trials that we go through. 468 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 1: We don't know what it might be right now, but 469 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: God knows, and God is going to lift us out 470 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: of those and show us what the reason was in 471 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: his proper time. So, faithful listeners, I hope you enjoyed 472 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: today's episode and learned something from it. 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