WEBVTT - 2 Kings 21

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>John Stangi, and today we're in Second King's Chapter twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll be reading from the message. Manassa was twelve

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<v Speaker 1>years old when he became king. He ruled for fifty

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<v Speaker 1>five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hefseiba. In

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<v Speaker 1>God's judgment, he was a bad king, an evil king.

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<v Speaker 1>He reintroduced all the moral rot and spiritual corruption that

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<v Speaker 1>had been scoured from the country when God dispossessed the

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<v Speaker 1>pagan nations. In favor of the children of Israel. He

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<v Speaker 1>rebuilt all the sex and religion shrines that his father

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<v Speaker 1>Hezekiah had torn down, and he built altars and phallic

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<v Speaker 1>images for the sex god Bail and sex goddess Ashira,

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what a has king of Israel had done. He

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<v Speaker 1>worshiped the cosmic powers, taking orders from the constellations. He

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<v Speaker 1>even built these altars in the Temple of God, the

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<v Speaker 1>very Jerusalem Temple dedicated exclusively by God's decree. In Jerusalem,

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<v Speaker 1>I place my name to God's name, and he built

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<v Speaker 1>shrines to the cosmic powers and placed them in both

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<v Speaker 1>courtyards of the Temple of God. He burned his own

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<v Speaker 1>son in a sacrificial offering. He practiced black magic and

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<v Speaker 1>fortune telling. He held seances and consulted spirits from the underworld.

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<v Speaker 1>Much evil in God's judgment, a career in evil, and

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<v Speaker 1>God was angry. As a last straw, he placed the

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<v Speaker 1>carved image of the sex goddess Ashira in the Temple

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<v Speaker 1>of God. Of flags and provocative violation of God's well

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<v Speaker 1>known statement to both David and Solomon. In this temple

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<v Speaker 1>and in this city, Jerusalem, my choice out of all

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<v Speaker 1>the tribes of Israel, I place my name exclusively and forever.

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<v Speaker 1>Never again will I let my people Israel wander off

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<v Speaker 1>from this land I gave to their ancestors. But here's

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<v Speaker 1>the condition. They must keep everything I've commanded in the

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<v Speaker 1>instructions my servant Moses passed on to them. But the

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<v Speaker 1>people didn't listen. Manassa led them off the beaten path

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<v Speaker 1>into practices of evil, even exceeding the evil of the

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<v Speaker 1>pagan nations that God had earlier destroyed. God thoroughly fed

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<v Speaker 1>up sent word through his servants the prophets, because manassa

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<v Speaker 1>king of Judah, has committed these outrageous sins, eclipsing the

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<v Speaker 1>sin performance of the Amorites before him, setting no records

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<v Speaker 1>in evil, using foul idols to debase Judah into a

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<v Speaker 1>nation of sinners. This is my judgment, God's verdict. I,

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<v Speaker 1>the God of Israel, will visit catastrophe on Jerusalem and Judah,

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<v Speaker 1>a doom so terrible that when people hear of it,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll shake their heads in disbelief, saying I can't believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll visit the fate of Samaria on Jerusalem, a rerun

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<v Speaker 1>of Ahab's doom. I'll wipe out Jerusalem as you would

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<v Speaker 1>wipe out a dish, wiping it out and turning it

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<v Speaker 1>over to dry. I'll get rid of what's left of

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<v Speaker 1>my inheritance, dumping them on their enemies. If their enemies

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<v Speaker 1>can salvage anything from them, they're welcome to it. They've

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<v Speaker 1>been nothing but troubled to me from the day their

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<v Speaker 1>ancestors left Egypt until now. They pushed me to my limit.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't put up with their evil any longer. The

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<v Speaker 1>final word on Manasso was that he was an indiscriminate murderer.

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<v Speaker 1>He drenched Jerusalem with the innocent blood of his victims.

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<v Speaker 1>That's on top of all the sins in which he

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<v Speaker 1>involved his people. As far as God was concerned, he

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<v Speaker 1>turned them into a nation of sinners. The rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the life and times of Manassa, everything he did in

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<v Speaker 1>his sorry record of sin is written in the chronicles

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<v Speaker 1>of the Kings of Judah. Manassa died and joined his ancestors.

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<v Speaker 1>He was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uza.

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<v Speaker 1>His son, Ammon became the next king. Ammon was twenty

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<v Speaker 1>two years old when he became king. He was king

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<v Speaker 1>for two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Mischulimeth,

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<v Speaker 1>the daughter of Harah's. She was from Jatpa. In God's opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>he lived in evil life, just like his father Manassa.

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<v Speaker 1>He followed in the footsteps of his father, serving and

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<v Speaker 1>worshiping the same vowel gods his father had served. He

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<v Speaker 1>totally deserted the God of his ancestors, and he did

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<v Speaker 1>not live God's way. Amin's servants revolted and assassinated him,

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<v Speaker 1>killing the king right in his own palace. But the

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<v Speaker 1>people in their turn, killed the conspirators against King Amin,

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<v Speaker 1>and then crowned Josiah, Ammon's son as king. The rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the life and times of Amin is written in

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<v Speaker 1>the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. They buried Amin

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<v Speaker 1>in his burial plot in the garden of Uza. His

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<v Speaker 1>son Josiah became the next king. Let's pray, Lord, we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for your word, and we thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>the privilege of being able to look at it today.

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<v Speaker 1>And we pray Lord that as we look at this

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<v Speaker 1>chapter of scripture, that you would speak to our conscience,

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<v Speaker 1>that you would help us to be people who obey you,

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<v Speaker 1>that we would be people who are sensitive to your leading,

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<v Speaker 1>that the God of this world, the things of temptation,

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<v Speaker 1>the things that can present themselves as idols in our lives,

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<v Speaker 1>would not be the things that our hearts bow to.

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<v Speaker 1>We pray Lord, that we would bow in worship to

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<v Speaker 1>your son, Jesus Christ, who is our Savior, who is

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<v Speaker 1>our Lord, who is our God, who is our King,

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<v Speaker 1>who is the Messiah, who is promised, and who fulfilled

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<v Speaker 1>the teaching of your word and all righteousness. Lord, We

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<v Speaker 1>know that that's not something we could have fulfilled. So

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<v Speaker 1>Christ fulfilled it for us. We see in these kings

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<v Speaker 1>that they broke your word. We see that the people

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<v Speaker 1>broke your word. And if it came down to us

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<v Speaker 1>to try and fulfill the things that you communicated through Moses,

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<v Speaker 1>we couldn't do it. So your son, Jesus Christ, who

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<v Speaker 1>is himself God, one with the Father, one with the Spirit,

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<v Speaker 1>three persons, one God, our Lord, Jesus Christ, came to

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<v Speaker 1>this earth and fulfilled all righteousness for us. And now

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<v Speaker 1>through faith in your Son, we know, Lord that our

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<v Speaker 1>sin is forgiven, and we live forever, and we rejoice

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<v Speaker 1>in the presence of Christ in our lives and the

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<v Speaker 1>righteousness of Christ that's been granted to us. So we

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<v Speaker 1>thank you Lord for these realities, and we pray Lord

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<v Speaker 1>that throughout the course of this day that we would

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<v Speaker 1>walk by faith in You. We love you, Lord, and

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for all these things in Jesus' name. Amen.