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. In 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 Isae 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 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: where he dwelled. 64 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 4: There was a small. 65 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 3: Home in the hills where he lived. The queen entered 66 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 3: the home to find the prophet old and decrepit in 67 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 3: his bed. A Hyjah could not see in his old age, 68 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 3: but he was still attuned to the Lord's spirit and wisdom. 69 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 3: Jeroboam's wife will come to you pretending to be some 70 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 3: one else, the Lord told him. Tell her only what 71 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 3: I tell you. So when he heard the footsteps of 72 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 3: the queen, he called out, come on in, dear wife 73 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 3: of Jeroboam, why do you hide your identity. She was 74 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 3: shocked to hear him call out to her, and paralyzed 75 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 3: by his insight despite his blindness. I have disturbing news. 76 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 4: He told her. 77 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 3: The Lord has spoken to your husband, saying I have 78 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 3: given you all you have asked for. I ripped the 79 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 3: kingdom away from the line of David and gave it 80 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 3: to you. But you are nothing like my servant David. 81 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 3: You have done more evil than all kings who have 82 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 3: lived before you. Since you have turned your back to me, 83 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 3: I shall bring disaster to your lineage. Your family will 84 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 3: die in the city streets and be remembered no more. 85 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 3: A few small tears fell from Jeroboam's wife. Her hands 86 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 3: began to shake as she listened to the old prophet's 87 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 3: speak curses over her family. Ahijah got up from his 88 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 3: bed and held her hands. When you return home, your 89 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 3: son shall be dead. All of Israel shall mourn for him, 90 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: for he is the only good thing to come out 91 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: of Jeroboam's life. He then released her hands. The queen 92 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,359 Speaker 3: stood up and began to leave. As her back was 93 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 3: turned to the prophet, he spoke one last thing. This 94 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 3: would prove to be the most deserving 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 in 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 Abaji 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 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 4: identifying her as the king's wife. He then delivers bad 123 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 4: news God gave Jeroboam all he had asked for, but 124 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 4: he turned his back on God. He became a more 125 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 4: wicked king than Israel had ever known, and for this 126 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 4: his family would come to destruction. The sixth son would 127 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 4: be dead when the woman got back home, and Jeroboam's 128 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 4: rule would come to an end and the people would 129 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 4: be scattered. Jeroboam's sins would cause all of Israel to 130 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 4: feel abandoned. And in First Kings fourteen verse sixteen, we 131 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 4: read God's final words to Jeroboam's wife, and he will 132 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 4: give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which 133 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 4: he sinned and made Israel to sin. When she returned home, 134 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 4: she found the son dead, just as Ahijah had prophesied, 135 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 4: and all the people mourned the loss of this child. 136 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 4: It was said that the child was the only good 137 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 4: thing to ever come from Jeroboam's life. What a sad 138 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 4: commentary on the worthless legacy of this king who had 139 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 4: been chosen by God. He had held such promise, but 140 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 4: his name is now ruined forever because he chose to 141 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 4: follow after other gods and give his worship to false 142 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 4: god gods rather than the one True God, and to 143 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 4: lead Israel to sin. His reign was marred by idolatry 144 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 4: and conflict with the Southern kingdom ruled by Rao Boem. 145 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 4: Raoboam did not fare much better. In fact, Judah was 146 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 4: even worse off. Under his reign. The people turned to 147 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:24,840 Speaker 4: idolatry and ritual prostitution. God's wrath burned against Judah, and 148 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 4: the King of Egypt invaded the land, pillaging gold and 149 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 4: treasures from God's House and the King's palace. The richly 150 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 4: adorned temple Solomon had built was a shadow of its 151 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:39,080 Speaker 4: former glory. God was judging his people for their lack 152 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 4: of faith and devotion to Him, but he would not 153 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 4: abandon them. Their future would be marked by much conflict 154 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 4: and only a few kings who followed God and sought 155 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 4: his favor. Much of what would come would be evil 156 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 4: kings who turned from God, and with them the people. 157 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 4: These evil kings ruled, and the people paid the price 158 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 4: for they all fell into sin and judgment. There will, however, 159 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 4: be glimmers of a future hope, a time when God 160 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,240 Speaker 4: would send the true and one mighty king that would 161 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 4: point Israel and the whole world to God, the Father. 162 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 4: His name is Jesus and the promised Messiah and the 163 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 4: savior of the world. Dear God, thank you for what 164 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 4: we learn in today's reading that you are serious about 165 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 4: sin and will always judge disobedience. May we learn your 166 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 4: ways 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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