1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Well, good morning, friends and faithful listeners. Hi. 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: My name is Jen I am the host of the 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 1: Bible Explained podcast. We're going to be finishing up another 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: chapter of the Bible today, second Chronicles eighteen, and talking 5 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: about the death of King Ahab and also why King 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: Jehosha Fat decided it was a good idea to go 7 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: into battle with King Ahab even though there was a 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: prophecy telling Ahab not to go into battle. We'll get 9 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: into this episode in just one second. So I have 10 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: an interesting new development that happened with me and my 11 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: husband just recently. My husband is now the interim worship 12 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 1: leader at my church and I am the vocal worship 13 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: leader at my church now, so I'm still doing youth group. 14 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: I'm still doing worship with the youth. But last month 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the worship leader put in her resignation at our church, 16 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: and the pastor called my husband and was like, hey, 17 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: can you do this until we find a worship leader 18 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: to take over full time? And so my husband agreed. 19 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: We just on Sunday had our first worship together, my 20 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 1: husband and I up on the stage, and I think 21 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,920 Speaker 1: it went really well. So I've been enjoying the process 22 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:23,400 Speaker 1: of doing worship up at the front of the stage 23 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: once again. So that's been something really really exciting going 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: on in my life recently. But faithful listeners, if you 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: ever have a prayer request or something that you'd like 26 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: to share with me, please feel free to contact me 27 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: via my email address, which is listed in the description 28 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 1: of every single episode. But let's go ahead and jump 29 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: into this episode four today, right after a quick word 30 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: from a sponsor. All right, so let's go ahead and 31 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: finish up Second Chronicles eighteen versus eighteen through thirty four. 32 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: I'll be reading as I always do from the web, 33 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: but make sure to read out of the version that 34 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: you prefer this morning, and also grab your cup of 35 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: coffee or your cup of teeth this morning to enjoy 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: with me as we read Second Chronicles eighteen eighteen through 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: thirty four together. Makaiah said, therefore hear Yahweh's word. I 38 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 1: saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army 39 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 40 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: Yahweh said, who will entice Ahab king of Israel, that 41 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: he may go up and fall at Ramoth? Gilead one spoke, 42 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: saying in this way, and another saying in that way. 43 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: A spirit came out stood before Yahweh and said, I 44 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: will entice him. Yahweh said to him, how he said, 45 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: I will go, and I will be a lying spirit 46 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,079 Speaker 1: in the mouth of all of his prophets. He said, 47 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: you will entice him, and you will prevail also, Go 48 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: and do so now. Therefore, behold, Yahweh has put a 49 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, and 50 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,519 Speaker 1: Yahweh has spoken evil concerning you. Then said Akaiah, the 51 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: son of Chinnana. Came near and struck Makaiah on the 52 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 1: cheek and said, which way did Yahwe's spirit go for 53 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: me to speak to you. Makiah said, behold, you shall 54 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: see on that day when you go into the inner 55 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,119 Speaker 1: room to hide yourself. The King of Israel said, take 56 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: Makaiah and carry him back to amm And, the governor 57 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: of the city, and to joe Ash, the King's son, 58 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: and say, the King says, put this fellow in prison 59 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: and feed him with the bread of affliction and the 60 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: water of affliction until I return in peace. Makiah said, 61 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: if you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not 62 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,399 Speaker 1: spoken by me. He said, listen all you people, all 63 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: of you. So the King of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the 64 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: King of Judah, went up to Ramit Gilead. The King 65 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and 66 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: go into battle, but you put on your robes. So 67 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: the King of Israel disguised himself and they went into 68 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: the battle. Now, the King of Syria had commanded the 69 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: captains of his chariots, saying, don't fight with small nor 70 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: great except only with the King of Israel. When the 71 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, it's the 72 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: King of Israel. Therefore they turned around to fight against him. 73 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: But Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him, and God 74 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: moved them to depart from him. When the captains of 75 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: the chariots saw that it was not the King of Israel, 76 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: they turned back from pursuing him. A certain man drew 77 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: his bow at random and struck the King of Israel 78 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: between the joints of the armor. Therefore, he said to 79 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: the driver of the chariot, turn around and carry me 80 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: out of battle, for I am severely wounded. The battle 81 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,679 Speaker 1: increased that day, however, the King of Israel propped himself 82 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening, 83 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 1: and at about sunset he died. So on Monday we 84 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: talked about the first half of this chapter and to 85 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: do a quick recap, Ahab and Jehoshaphat became allies with 86 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: each other, Jehoshaphat being the good King of Judah, Ahab 87 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: being the bad King of Israel. So he goes and 88 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,840 Speaker 1: visits King Ahab, and Ahab's like, hey, you know, I'm 89 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: really sick of these Syrians. Can we go to war 90 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 1: with each other? You know, I'll help you, you help me. 91 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: We'll just get rid of these Syrians across the board. 92 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: And Jehoshaphat is like, yeah, this is a great idea, 93 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: but first let's ask Yahweh what he thinks. So King Ahab, 94 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: who was a worshiper of pretty much everything except Yahweh, 95 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: really he brings together all of the prophets that he had, 96 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 1: which was about four hundred men, and all of these 97 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,239 Speaker 1: men are prophesying. They're like, yes, this is a great idea. 98 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: You should go and defeat the Syrians. God is with you. 99 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: He is going to protect you and we don't know 100 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: what these prophets were. We know at least some of 101 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: them claim to be prophets of Yahweh, but it very 102 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: well could be that many of these other prophets were 103 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: prophets of Bail, prophets of Ashermolik, Chemish, whoever else Ahab worshiped, 104 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: So they were all illegitimate prophets. And Jehoshaphat can kind 105 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: of smell the crap that's going on with these prophets, 106 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: and he turns to Ahab and he's like, hey, do 107 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: you have like a real prophet of Yahweh, like somebody 108 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: that you know actually is a prophet. And so Ahab 109 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: is like, well, there's this one guy, but I hate him, 110 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: and that's verbatim. I hate him because he never prophesies 111 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 1: anything good about me. And Jehosha Fat's like, well, you 112 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: shouldn't hate one of God's prophets. Can we hear what 113 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: this guy has to say? So Ahab goes and gets him. 114 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,239 Speaker 1: And this guy's name was Macaiah, the son of Imla. 115 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: And this is really the only time we see Makaiah 116 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: mentioned in scripture by name. There is a possibility that 117 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: he shows up in one Kings twenty as a nameless prophet. 118 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: But there's really no way to tell if that nameless 119 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: prophet was Makaiah or not, but some people guess that 120 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: it was. And if that is the case, if the 121 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: nameless prophet in One Kings twenty is Makaiah, then the 122 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: two times that we see Makaiah, he gets punched in 123 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: the face. So poor Macaiah, he's always getting punched in 124 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: the face every single time we see him, if in fact, 125 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: he was the nameless prophet in First Kings twenty. But anyway, 126 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: Makaiah comes to the courtyard and he starts out by 127 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: being really snarky to the King of Israel. He's like, oh, yes, King, 128 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: you're definitely going to prosper in this battle. That's what 129 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,679 Speaker 1: you want to hear, isn't it. And the king gets 130 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: really angry. He's like, Makaiah, how many times have I 131 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: told you to speak nothing but the truth in Yahweh's name. 132 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: So the king knew he was being snarky. There was 133 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: clearly something going on with Macaiah's tone, and so Makaiah 134 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: says in verse sixteen, I saw all Israel scattered on 135 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: the mountains as sheep that have no shepherd. You always said, 136 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: these have no master, let them return to his house 137 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: in peace. So that's a really heavy prophecy. That's a 138 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: prophecy that Israel is going to go out to battle 139 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: and all of the people are going to be scattered 140 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: because they have no shepherd. In other words, their king 141 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: is gone. So this was a prophecy of Ahab's death. 142 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 1: And Ahab turns to Jehoshaphat and he's like, see, this 143 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: is why I hate this guy. Didn't I tell you 144 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: he would not prophesy anything good concerning me, but evil. 145 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: So then Makaiah continues, and that's where we left off 146 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: today verse eighteen. I said, therefore hear Yahwei's word, I 147 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army 148 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 149 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: So Makaiah was one of the lucky few prophets that 150 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: got to see a vision of heaven. He said he 151 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: saw Yahweh sitting on his throne and all the army 152 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: of Heaven standing on the right hand and on the left. 153 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: And Yahweh says, to all of these angels and very 154 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: likely demons, who will entice Ahab, king of Israel that 155 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 1: he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead. And 156 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: it says one spoke in this way and another spoke 157 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: in that way. So a bunch of the angels were 158 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: talking all at the same time, but nobody really wanted 159 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: to take the job until a spirit came out, stood 160 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 1: before Yahweh and said I will entice him. So very 161 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 1: likely this was an evil spirit that came up and 162 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: volunteered for the job. He's like, yeah, i'll do it. 163 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: That sounds great, And Yahweh says to him, how are 164 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: you going to do it? And he says, I will 165 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: go and I will be a lying spirit in the 166 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: mouth of all of his prophets. Now you might be 167 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: wondering at this point, how can God have evil spirits 168 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: in his presence? Well, God can have anybody in his 169 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: presence because he's God. You know, there's nobody greater than him, 170 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: so he can have anybody in his presence. The problem 171 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: is is that we can't handle God's presence. Now, obviously 172 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: angels and fallen angels are on a different level than 173 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: we are. It kind of seems like they're able to 174 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: tolerate God's glory a little bit differently than we are. 175 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: You know, we just read yesterday in One Timothy that 176 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: no one has seen God. We cannot handle his presence, 177 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: So we can't handle being in the presence of God. 178 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: But angels and fallen angels, it kind of sounds like, 179 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: can handle being in his presence a little bit better 180 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: than us, even though there's some verses that actually say 181 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 1: that the angels have to cover their eyes when they're 182 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: in God's presence because even and though they can handle 183 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: it better than us, they still can't bear to look 184 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: at God because of how pure and holy God actually is. 185 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: So yes, angels and fallen angels together can be in 186 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: God's presence. Now that being said, I don't know if 187 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: fallen angels are still allowed in the presence of God. 188 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: It very well could be that they're not allowed. We're 189 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: not really sure, but there are verses that do say 190 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: that fallen angels were allowed to be in God's presence 191 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: even though they were fallen. The most famous example is 192 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 1: in the Book of Job, where God is holding an 193 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: audience with all of his angels and Satan actually shows 194 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: up and it's talking to God and tells God like, hey, 195 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: you know you favor Job, so maybe I should go 196 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: and you know, tempt a job to do all these things. 197 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: And eventually, you know, if I tempt job enough, He's 198 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: going to curse you. And God said, all right, go 199 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: try and tempt a job. See what happens. And then 200 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: we find out that Job did not end up cursing God. 201 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: You read through the Book of Job. But my point 202 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: is is that, yes, angels and fallen angels together biblically 203 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: have been in God's presence. So God says to all 204 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 1: of these angels in verse nineteen, who's going to entice Ahab, 205 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,719 Speaker 1: the king of Israel, that he may go up and 206 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: fall at Ramoth Gilead. And this fallen angel says, I 207 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: will go, and I will be a lying spirit in 208 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: the mouth of all of his prophets. God said, you 209 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: will entice him and you will prevail. Also, go and 210 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: do so. And you might be like, why is God 211 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: being so mean to King Ahab? Well, you have to 212 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: read first kings in order to really get the full 213 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: understanding of what is going on here. Ahab was a terrible, 214 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: terrible king. He just had no mercy. He would kill prophets, 215 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: he would kill people for pieces of land. He was 216 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:54,199 Speaker 1: an awful king and Finally God had enough. He was like, Ahab, 217 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: as you murdered a man for a piece of land, 218 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: I'm going to do the same thing to you someday. 219 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: So God now allows this spirit, this lying spirit, to 220 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 1: go entice Ahab's prophets. And you might be like, well, jen, 221 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: isn't that God causing somebody to sin? Well, no, of 222 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: course not. God doesn't cause people to sin. In fact, 223 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 1: he was telling Ahab through Machiah, exactly what he was doing. 224 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: There was no secret here. Ahab had a choice. Did 225 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: he want to listen to these liars or was he 226 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: going to listen to the truth that Machiah was bringing. 227 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: It's funny God was telling Ahab exactly what he was doing. 228 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: He's like, Ahab, this is what I'm doing. So you 229 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 1: can choose to believe the liars or you can choose 230 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: to believe me. God literally told Ahab the entire plan 231 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: through Machiah. So no, God was not being mean and 232 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: he was not causing Ahab to sin. He was telling Ahab, 233 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: this is what I did, this is the plan, this 234 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: is what's going to happen if you listen to all 235 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: of those lying prophets. So listen to Makiah. So verse 236 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: twenty three says Zedekiah, the son of Channaa came over 237 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: and struck Makiah on the cheek and said, which way 238 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: did ye always spirit go from me to speak to you? So, Zedekiah, 239 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: he was one of the false prophets that we talked 240 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: about on Monday. He was the guy that made horns 241 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: of iron and was like pretending that those horns of 242 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,320 Speaker 1: iron were something special and being like, with these, you're 243 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,160 Speaker 1: gonna push back the Syrians until they are consumed. And 244 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: so he was making like a big show out of 245 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: all of this stuff. But of course he was just 246 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: a false prophet. So he goes up to Makiah, smacks 247 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: him on the face and says, Makiah, since when did 248 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: God's spirit leave me to go to you? That's what 249 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: he says, And Makiah says, well, you'll find out that 250 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: God's spirit is not with you when you go into 251 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: an inner room to hide yourself. And we don't have 252 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,599 Speaker 1: any story about that in scripture. We don't have a 253 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: story of Zedekiah hiding himself in an inner room. But 254 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: of course this took place because Michaiah was a true prophet. 255 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: So what Machiah was saying was going to happen, and 256 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: very likely after the fall of Ahab that we see 257 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: here at the end of the chapter, Zedekiah and the 258 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: other prophets were fleeing for their lives because a new 259 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: king was in town. My guess is that this happened 260 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: during the reign of Jehu. Actually Jayhu was a few 261 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: kings later, and he was a really crazy king, like 262 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: all he wanted was like blood. But I'm gonna guess 263 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: maybe that's when Zedekiah was hiding himself. Was during the 264 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: reign of King Jehu. But after Machiah is done with 265 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: this prophecy and he gets smacked in the face, the 266 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: King of Israel said, take Makaiah and carry him back 267 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: to amm and the governor of the city, and to 268 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: joe Ash the king son and say. The King says, 269 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: put this fellow in prison and feed him with the 270 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: bread of affliction in the water of affliction until I 271 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: return in peace. So, in other words, feed this guy 272 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: very very little, take him back to prison, because it's 273 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: possible that Makaiah was already in prison at this point. 274 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: Take him to prison and feed him almost nothing until 275 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: I get back in peace. And so Makaiah is getting 276 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: dragged away and he says, if you return it all 277 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me, and he yells, 278 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: listen you people, all of you. But of course the 279 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: people weren't going to listen. And it's really unfortunate because 280 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: Jehoshaphat didn't listen either. Even though jehosh Fat was the 281 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: one who wanted Makayah to come out and talk about 282 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: this in the beginning, jehoshah Fat just kind of ignored it. 283 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: It says the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the King 284 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: of Judah, went up to ramitth Gilead. So obviously Ahab 285 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: was going to make that decision all along because he 286 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: was always anti God, he was always in it for himself. 287 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: He was a very very spoil and selfish king, so 288 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: of course he was going to just do whatever he 289 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: wanted to do. But the interesting thing is we don't 290 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: see Jehosha Fat being that type of king. We see 291 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: jehosh Fat up until this point generally choosing what Yahweh wants, 292 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: generally trying to listen to Yahweh. So I don't really 293 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: know what happened here with Jehoshaphat. It could be that 294 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 1: jehosh Fat did believe this prophecy but was like, yeah, 295 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna be fine because this is a prophecy 296 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: against Ahab, not me. Could also be that Jehosha Fat 297 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: didn't want to go back on his initial word because 298 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: he did tell Ahab at the beginning, hey, I will 299 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: go out to battle with you, but let's hear what 300 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: Yahweh has to say about it. So maybe Jehosha Fat 301 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: was feeling guilty and was like, yeah, I kind of 302 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: told him I'd go with him, so I might as well. 303 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: And you know, this prophecy wasn't about me, so it 304 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: should be okay. Or maybe Jehosha Fat was easily manipulated, 305 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: you know, hearing stories about Makaiah being a bad prophet 306 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: or something from Ahab or or other people. Or maybe 307 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: Jehosha Fat was a yes man. Maybe he was just 308 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: the kind of guy that's had a hard time saying 309 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: no to people. I don't know what was going on 310 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: with Jehosha Fat, but he goes out to Ramuth Gilead 311 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: with King Ahab and it says right here, the King 312 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,880 Speaker 1: of Israel said to jehosh Fat, I will disguise myself 313 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: and go into the battle, but you put on your robes. 314 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: So that right there kind of tells me that Makiah's 315 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: prophecy did get to Ahab a little bit because he 316 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: doesn't want to make himself look like the king in 317 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: the battle. He's gonna disguise himself as one of the 318 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: common soldiers and just go among the soldiers. And he thinks, well, 319 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: if Makaiah's prophecy is true, it's not gonna matter because 320 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna die. Since I'm not gonna look like 321 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: the king, i won't be targeted. So he's like, jehoshah Fat, 322 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 1: you put on your kingly robes and go out to battle, 323 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: and I will dress as a commoner and nobody's gonna 324 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: attack or target me. And jehoshah Fat does it. He's like, yeah, 325 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: great idea. I don't know what Jehoshapat was thinking during 326 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: all this. Maybe he was drunk. Maybe all that feast 327 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: food that Ahab gave him at the beginning messed with 328 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: his brain. I don't know what was happening here. So 329 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: Jehoshaphat does it, and it says right here in verse 330 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: thirty though, that God was protecting Jehoshaphat from the very beginning, 331 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: because the King of Syria had commanded the captains of 332 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: his chariots saying, don't fight with small nor great, except 333 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 1: only with the King of Israel. So the Syrian king 334 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: told his men, He's like, don't target anybody, a single 335 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:39,479 Speaker 1: person except the King of Israel. That's the only person 336 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: I really want dead in this battle. So now the 337 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: war wages, and it says the captains of the chariots 338 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: saw Jehosha Fat, they said, it is the King of Israel. 339 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 1: Therefore they turned around to fight against him. So the 340 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 1: men in this battle they see a guy, probably from 341 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: a distance, dressed in these nice robes, and they're like, 342 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: that has to be the King of Israel. That guy 343 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: is certainly the King of Israel. And so they go 344 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: to try to kill him. But Jehoshaphat, it said, cried out, 345 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: and Yahweh helped him, and God moved them to depart 346 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: from him. So God helped Jehoshaphat at the same time 347 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: as bringing destruction on King Ahab. This reminds me of 348 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: a verse it's either in first or second Peter that 349 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 1: talks about how God can absolutely rescue while at the 350 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 1: same time bringing destruction. And I believe the examples that 351 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 1: Peter gave was Noah in the Ark and also Lot 352 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: and his daughters fleeing from Sodom and Gomorrah. So God 353 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,879 Speaker 1: can rescue at the same time as bringing destruction to 354 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: other people. And that's why we shouldn't fear God's wrath. 355 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: It's because we're not meant for that wrath. His children 356 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 1: are not meant for that wrath. And Jehoshaphat cries out 357 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,199 Speaker 1: to God and maybe he cried out in fear, and 358 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 1: God listened and moved those men to depart from him. 359 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: So here's how God did it. When the captains of 360 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: the chariots saw that it was not the King of Israel, 361 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,239 Speaker 1: they turned back from pursuing him, because don't forget, they 362 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 1: were given the order not to fight against anybody, whether 363 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: they were small or great, it didn't matter who they were. 364 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: The Syrian king only wanted the King of Israel, not 365 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: any other king, not any rich person, but the King 366 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: of Israel. So the men driving these chariots, they're like, oh, 367 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: that's not the right guy. We've got the wrong guy, 368 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: and they turn away and Meanwhile, verse thirty three, a 369 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: certain man drew his bow at random and struck the 370 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: King of Israel between the joints of the armor. The 371 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: King of Israel thought he was going to be protected, 372 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: disguised and also heavily armored, and yet somebody drawing their 373 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: bow at random, you know, just hoping to hit somebody, 374 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: it strikes the King of Israel between the joints of 375 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: the armor. What are the odds of that? What are 376 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: the odds of that happening? And I'm wondering at that 377 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: point in time, did Ahab know that this prophecy was 378 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: coming true against him? He says to his men, turn 379 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 1: around and carry me out of the battle, for I 380 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: am severely wounded. And they tried to, but they couldn't. 381 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: The battle increased that day, however, the King of Israel 382 00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until 383 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: the evening, and at about sunset he died. So he 384 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: was trying to get away, it sounds like, but the 385 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: battle just kept getting worse and worse and worse, and 386 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 1: he was unable to get away. So he props himself 387 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: up in his chariot the best he can, maybe fighting 388 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: against the Syrians. I don't know, but he did this 389 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: until evening, and presumably this was a very very long 390 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: time that Ahab was dying, like hours and hours that 391 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: Ahab was slowly dying because of this arrow wound. He 392 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: died at sunset, is what it says, So he did 393 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: not have an easy death. He should have listened to Macaiah. 394 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: He should have listened to the one prophet that was 395 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: telling him the truth exactly what was going on. That's 396 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: the man he should have listened to. But he chose incorrectly. 397 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: He chose what he wanted to hear, not the truth. 398 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 1: And we discussed that a little bit on Monday. We 399 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: talked about how prophecy is not always something we want 400 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: to hear. In fact, generally prophecy is something we don't 401 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: want to hear, because prophecy comes to us in order 402 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: to warn us about something that's going to happen, or 403 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:47,159 Speaker 1: get us to change from our wayward ways so that 404 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: we can get back on the right path. That's not 405 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: to say all prophecy will be negative, but the majority 406 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: of prophecy in the Old Testament has a negative connotation 407 00:22:57,119 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: to it. That's what Ahab didn't understand or realize because 408 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,399 Speaker 1: he didn't care. He didn't care about Yahweh. Now, I 409 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 1: don't know what Jehosha Fat's problem was. I don't know 410 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: why he went into this battle. But we're gonna find 411 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: out how God handles Jehosha Fat in the next chapter, 412 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: because God does have some words for Jehosha Fat, like 413 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 1: why did you do that? So we're gonna get into 414 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: that topic on Monday, and I hope that you tune 415 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: in then. But faithful listeners, before I end the episode, 416 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: here is a quick word from one or two of 417 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: our sponsors in conclusion of this episode. It is good 418 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: to listen to Yahweh. It is good to hear the 419 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: truth and to believe the truth. The truth is really 420 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: what sets us free. And unfortunately Ahab did not listen 421 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,959 Speaker 1: to the truth, but listened to the lying spirit of 422 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,360 Speaker 1: all of these false prophets. Well, faithful listeners, I hope 423 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: you enjoyed it today's episode. 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