1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Let us pray. Whereupon the princes of Israel and the 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: King humbled themselves, and they said, the Lord is righteous 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:16,319 Speaker 1: second Chronicles twelve six. Dear God, in this moment, I 4 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: will not allow my legacy to be remembered through a 5 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: negative lens like the two kings in to day's story. 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: As much as it remains with me, I will leave 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: a legacy worthy of telling my future generations about. I 8 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: will use whatever influence you have given me to influence 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: those around me to honor and to love You Lord 10 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 1: with their whole hearts. In this moment, I declare that 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: my life will serve as a lamp to point people 12 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: to the marvelous path of abundant peace and provision you 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: provide for your children to live in accordance to your ways. 14 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: Even when I make a mistake, I will be swift 15 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: to correct and redirect my steps. Thank you for never 16 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 1: leaving me and for always giving me another chance to 17 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 1: become the best version of myself. You are good, and 18 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:24,199 Speaker 1: your mercy endures forever. My soul knows this very well. 19 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you for making prayer a 20 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: priority in your day. To learn more about the Bible, 21 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: stay tuned for today's story, brought to you by Bible 22 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: in a Year dot. 23 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: Com The Legacy of Kings. 24 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 3: In our last story, we learned about the Man of 25 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: God's disobedience towards the Lord. He was tricked into eating 26 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 3: among the wicked city and ultimately devoured by a lion. Meanwhile, 27 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 3: the country of Israel was descending into wickedness under the 28 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 3: leadership of Jeroboam. And this story we behold the two kings, 29 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 3: Jeroboam of Israel and Rioboam of Judah, and the fates 30 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 3: of both men, as well as their legacies inspired by 31 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 3: the Book of First Kings. 32 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 4: Hello, this is Jack Graham with today's episode of the 33 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 4: Bible in a Year. In our previous reading, we heard 34 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 4: about the Man of God. He went to Jeroboam to 35 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: deliver a word of condemnation from God for this king, 36 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 4: who had turned to idle worship and abandoned God's truth. 37 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 4: On his trip home, he had believed the word of 38 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 4: a prophet who had lied to him about God, and 39 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 4: then he disobeyed the Lord's command. This disobedience cost this 40 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 4: man his life, as we'll hear in today's passage, the 41 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 4: Two Kings and the Divided kingdom of his Islae will 42 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 4: suffer the consequences of their own sins, will once more 43 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 4: be reminded that the only path to true success in 44 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 4: life is by believing God's commands and obeying him. Let's 45 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 4: listen now to God's word. 46 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 3: It was late into the night. The clouds were thick 47 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 3: in the sky and blocking the stars from shining down 48 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 3: on Israel. The land was asleep except King Jeroboam, who 49 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 3: was sitting at the bedside of his son Abaijah. The 50 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 3: boy quivered in his sleep. The sheets were damp from 51 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: his sweat, and he trembled from his fever. Jeroboam stroked 52 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 3: his son's hair and patted his forehead with a damp cloth. 53 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 3: He could not stand to see the suffering of his son. 54 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 3: His wife was beside him, holding her son's hand. Jeroboam 55 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 3: looked at her and said, we have no clue what 56 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 3: is wrong with him, or if he will make it. 57 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 3: You should disguise yourself and leave the city towards Shiloh. 58 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 3: There is a prophet named Ahijah. He is the one 59 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 3: who told me I would be king long ago. Go 60 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 3: and ask him about our son's future. So the king's 61 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 3: wife departed towards Shiloh. She rode into the night, shrouded 62 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 3: under a cloak to hide her identity. She came to Shiloh, 63 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: where he dwelled. There was a small home in the 64 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 3: hills where he lived. The queen entered the home to 65 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 3: find the prophet old and decrepit in his bed. A 66 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 3: Hyjah could not see in his old age, but he 67 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,359 Speaker 3: was still attuned to the Lord's spirit and wisdom. Jeroboam's 68 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 3: wife will come to you pretending to be some one else, 69 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 3: the Lord told him. Tell her only what I tell you. 70 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: So when he heard the footsteps of the queen, he 71 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 3: called out, come on in, dear wife of Jeroboam, why 72 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:53,160 Speaker 3: do you hide your identity. She was shocked to hear 73 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 3: him call out to her, and paralyzed by his insight 74 00:04:56,640 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: despite his blindness. I have disturbing news. 75 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 4: He told her. 76 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 3: The Lord has spoken to your husband, saying I have 77 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 3: given you all you have asked for. I ripped the 78 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 3: kingdom away from the line of David and gave it 79 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 3: to you. But you are nothing like my servant David. 80 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 3: You have done more evil than all kings who have 81 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 3: lived before you. Since you have turned your back to me, 82 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 3: I shall bring disaster to your lineage. Your family will 83 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 3: die in the city streets and be remembered no more. 84 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 3: A few small tears fell from Jeroboam's wife. Her hands 85 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 3: began to shake as she listened to the old prophet's 86 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 3: speak curses over her family. Ahijah got up from his 87 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 3: bed and held her hands. When you return home, your 88 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 3: son shall be dead. All of Israel shall mourn for him, 89 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: for he is the only good thing to come out 90 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: of Jeroboam's life. He then released her hands. The queen 91 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 3: stood up and began to leave. As her back was 92 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: turned to the prophet, he spoke one last thing. This 93 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 3: would prove to be the most deserving. 94 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 5: News of all. 95 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 3: The Lord will raise up a new king to destroy 96 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 3: your husband. He will shake Israel to its core, and 97 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 3: it shall be whipped about like a log and rapids. 98 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 3: They will be uprooted and scattered beyond the Euphrates River. 99 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,679 Speaker 3: Israel will feel abandoned because of Jeroboam. Without a word, 100 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 3: she fled back to the city. The child had died, 101 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 3: just as a Hija had predicted, and the rest of 102 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 3: Jeroboam's kingship was marked with war. His reign was twenty 103 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 3: two years and most of his time was plagued with dysfunction, 104 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 3: idol worship, and needless conflict. Once he passed, his son 105 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 3: Nada took over as king. 106 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 4: We begin today's scripture in the palace of King Jeroboam. 107 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 4: He refused to turn from his wicked ways, and his 108 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 4: son Abajai now lay sick in his bed. The king 109 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 4: is desperate for answers, by there are none. He then 110 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 4: remembered a name he had long since forgotten, Ahijah, the 111 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 4: prophet who has spoken God's word to him concerning the 112 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 4: division of Israel and that the northern tribes would make 113 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 4: him king. It's the same prophet who warned Jeroboam to 114 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 4: keep God's commands and follow him, something else that he 115 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 4: had forgotten long ago. So he sends his wife to 116 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 4: Ahijah and tells her to disguise herself and inquire of 117 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 4: their son's future. She does what the king asks and 118 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 4: enters the prophet's home. His eyes are weak, but his 119 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 4: spirit is still strong, and he senses God speaking to him, 120 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 4: telling him who this woman is and to tell her 121 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 4: only what God says. Ahijah beckons her to come near, 122 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 4: identifying her as the king's wife. He then delivers bad news. 123 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 4: God gave Jeroboam all he had asked for, but he 124 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,239 Speaker 4: turned his back on God. He became a more wicked 125 00:07:57,320 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 4: king than Israel had ever known, and for this his 126 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 4: family would come to destruction. The sixth son would be 127 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 4: dead when the woman got back home, and Jeroboam's rule 128 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 4: would come to an end and the people would be scattered. 129 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 4: Jeroboam's sins would cause all of Israel to feel abandoned. 130 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 4: And in First Kings fourteen verse sixteen, we read God's 131 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 4: final words to Jeroboam's wife, and he will give Israel 132 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 4: up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned 133 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 4: and made Israel to sin. When she returned home, she 134 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 4: found the son dead, just as Ahijah had prophesied, and 135 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 4: all the people mourned the loss of this child. It 136 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,840 Speaker 4: was said that the child was the only good thing 137 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 4: to ever come from Jeroboam's life. What a sad commentary 138 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 4: on the worthless legacy of this king who had been 139 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 4: chosen by God. He had held such promise, but his 140 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 4: name is now ruined forever because he chose to follow 141 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 4: after other gods and give his worship to false god 142 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 4: gods rather than the one True God. And to lead 143 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 4: Israel to sin. His reign was marred by idolatry and 144 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:12,239 Speaker 4: conflict with the Southern kingdom ruled by Rao Boem. Raoboam 145 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 4: did not fare much better. In fact, Judah was even 146 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 4: worse off. Under his reign. The people turned to idolatry 147 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 4: and ritual prostitution. God's wrath burned against Judah, and the 148 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 4: King of Egypt invaded the land, pillaging gold and treasures 149 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 4: from God's House and the king's palace. The richly adorned 150 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 4: temple Solomon had built was a shadow of its former glory. 151 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 4: God was judging his people for their lack of faith 152 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 4: and devotion to Him, but he would not abandon them. 153 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 4: Their future would be marked by much conflict and only 154 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 4: a few kings who followed God and sought his favor. 155 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 4: Much of what would come would be evil kings who 156 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 4: turned from God, and with them the people. These evil 157 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 4: kings ruled, and the people paid the price for they 158 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 4: all fell into sin and judgment. There will, however, be 159 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 4: glimmers of a future hope, a time when God would 160 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 4: send the true and one mighty king that would point 161 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 4: Israel and the whole world to God, the Father. His 162 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 4: name is Jesus and the promised Messiah and the savior 163 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 4: of the world. Dear God, thank you for what we 164 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 4: learn in today's reading that you are serious about sin 165 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 4: and will always judge disobedience. May we learn your ways 166 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 4: and do your will and walk in holiness before you. 167 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 4: May we see that judgment comes upon all of those 168 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 4: who reject you and believe the lies of Satan. Thank 169 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 4: you for your son, Jesus Christ, the Savior, who came 170 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,000 Speaker 4: into the world to give his life on the cross, 171 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 4: to die and to rise again so that we could 172 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 4: have eternal life. That we can turn from our idols 173 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 4: in our old way and have a brand new life. 174 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 4: And if you want this brand new life, why not 175 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 4: where you are right now, bow your head and pray 176 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 4: a prayer like this. Dear God, I thank you for 177 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 4: loving me, for sending your son into the world to 178 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 4: be my savior. I believe Jesus that you died and 179 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: rose again, and that you're coming again for me, and 180 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 4: I trust you as my Lord and my savior. Lord. 181 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 4: I give you my heart. I will follow you by 182 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 4: the power of your spirit all the days of my life. Amen. 183 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 184 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 4: I'm Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. Download thepray dot com 185 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 4: app and make prayer and Bible study a priority in 186 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 4: your life. 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