1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Life Audio. For more resources to help you in your 2 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: walk with Christ, please visit us at Bible Study Headquarters 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: dot com. You're listening to the chapter today Audio Bible. 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: I'm John Stangi, and today we're in Second Chronicles, chapter 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: twenty nine and will be reading from the English Standard version. 6 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty five years old, 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's 8 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: name was Abaija, the daughter of Zechariah. And he did 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according 10 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 1: to all that David his father had done in the 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: first year of his reign. In the first month, he 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: opened the doors of the House of the Lord and 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: repaired them. He brought in the priests and the levites 14 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: and assembled them in the square on the east, and 15 00:00:55,720 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: said to them, hear me, leevites, now consecrate yourselves and 16 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, 17 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: and carry out the filth from the holy place. For 18 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was 19 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: evil in the sight of the Lord, our God. They 20 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from 21 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: the habitation of the Lord and turned their backs. They 22 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out 23 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt 24 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,400 Speaker 1: offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel. 25 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: Therefore the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, 26 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, 27 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes. 28 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and 29 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: our sons, and our daughters and our wives are in captivity. 30 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: For this now it is in my heart to make 31 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in 32 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: order to that his fierce anger may turn away from us. 33 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord 34 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,960 Speaker 1: has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister 35 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: to him, and to be his ministers and make offerings 36 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: to him. Then the Levites arose Mayhath the son of Amesi, 37 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of 38 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 1: the Cohathites and of the sons of Murari, Kish the 39 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: son of Abde and Azariah the son of Jahaleel, and 40 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zima and Eden, 41 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: the son of Joah, and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri, 42 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: and Jaul, and of the sons of Asath Zechariah and Madaniah, 43 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: and of the sons of Hemen, Jaul and Shimai, and 44 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: of the sons of Jeduthan, Shemaiah and Uziel. They gathered 45 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: their brothers and consecrated themselves and went in, as the 46 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: King had commanded by the words of the Lord, to 47 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: cleanse the house of the Lord. The priests went into 48 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: the inner part of the House of the Lord to 49 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 1: cleanse it. And they brought out all the uncleanness that 50 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: they found in the temple of the Lord into the 51 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: court of the House of the Lord, and the levites 52 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron. 53 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: They began to consecrate on the first day of the 54 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: first month, and on the eighth day of the month 55 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: they came to the vestibule of the Lord. Then for 56 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: eight days they consecrated the house of the Lord, and 57 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished. 58 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: Then they went in to Hezekiah the King, and said, 59 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: we have cleansed all the house of the Lord. The 60 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the 61 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: table for the show bread and all its utensils. All 62 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: the utensils that King AHAs discarded in his reign when 63 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: he was faithless, we have made ready and consecrated. And 64 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: behold they are before the altar of the Lord. Then 65 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: Hezekiah the king, rose early and gathered the officials of 66 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: the city and went up to the house of the Lord. 67 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and 68 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom 69 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded 70 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: the priests, the son of Erin, to offer them on 71 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: the altar of the Lord. So they slaughtered the bulls, 72 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: and the priests received the blood and threw it against 73 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood 74 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, 75 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: and their blood was thrown against the altar. Then the 76 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: goats for the sin offering were brought to the king 77 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them, 78 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering 79 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: with their blood on the altar to make atonement for 80 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: all Israel. For the King commanded that the burnt offering 81 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: and the sin offering should be made for all Israel, 82 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: and he stationed the lever in the house of the 83 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: Lord with symbols, harps and leers, according to the commandment 84 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: of David and of Gad the King Seir, and of 85 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: Nathan the prophet for the commandment was from the Lord 86 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: through his prophets. The Levites stood with the instruments of David, 87 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: and the priests with the trumpets. Then Hezekiah commanded that 88 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when 89 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 1: the burnt offering began, the song to the Lord began also, 90 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: and the trumpets accompanied by the instruments of David, King 91 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: of Israel. The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang 92 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt 93 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: offering was finished. When the offering was finished, the King 94 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped, 95 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: and Hezekiah, the King and the officials commanded the Levites 96 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 1: to sing praises to the Lord with the words of 97 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: David and of Asaf the Seer, and they sang praises 98 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped. Then hezekiahs said, 99 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 1: you have now consecrated yourselves to the Lord. Come near, 100 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,679 Speaker 1: bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the House of the Lord. 101 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all 102 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. The 103 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 1: number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 104 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All 105 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. And 106 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: the consecrated offerings were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep. 107 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 1: But the priests were too few and could not flay 108 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 1: all the burnt offerings. So until other priests had consecrated 109 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: themselves their brothers, the levites helped them until the work 110 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: was finished, for the Levites were more upright in heart 111 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 1: than the priests in consecrating themselves. Besides the great number 112 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: of burnt offerings, there was the fat of the peace offerings, 113 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: and there were the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. 114 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: Thus the service of the House of the Lord was restored, 115 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: and Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had 116 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: provided for the people for the thing came about suddenly. 117 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: Let's pray, Lord, we thank you for your word, and 118 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: we thank you for the privilege of being able to 119 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: look at this wonderful and momentous occasion, as this group 120 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: of people that had spent so much time failing to 121 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: focus on genuine worship was now coming back to you 122 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: and worshiping you with sincerity. Once again. Lord, we're grateful 123 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: for the privilege of being able to witness this sort 124 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: of event. And Lord, we also noticed that when the 125 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: goats for the sin offering were brought to the king 126 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: in the assembly, they laid their hands on them, and 127 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with 128 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: their blood on the altar to make atonement for all Israel. 129 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 1: And Lord, we recognize that this was done in a 130 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: foreshadowing kind of way that pointed to the sacrifice of 131 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: your son Jesus Christ, who came to this earth as 132 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 1: a sin offering, and our sins were laid on him 133 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: and his blood was shed to make atonement for us all. Lord, 134 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: we're grateful for that reality, and we're grateful that even 135 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: in a portion of scripture like this, that sometimes gets overlooked. 136 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: Tucked away in the Old Testament, we see a reference 137 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: that points our hearts to the ultimate sacrifice that was 138 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: accomplished by your son, Jesus Christ. So Lord, we pray 139 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: that we would genuinely worship you today, and that our 140 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: hearts and our minds would be continually pointed to Jesus, 141 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: your son, our Savior, our Lord, and that we would 142 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: rejoice in the new life and the forgiveness that we 143 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: have because of his blood which was shed for our sin. 144 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: We're grateful for these realities, and we're grateful for this reminder. Today. 145 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.