1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Let us pray, and Hilkiah, the High Priest said, unto 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,079 Speaker 1: Chaeffan the scribe, I have found the Book of the 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: Law in the house of the Lord. Then Hilkiah gave 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: the book to Chaeffan, and he read it. Second Kings 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: twenty two eight. Dear Father, I will not allow my 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: age or the maturity of my knowledge in my given 7 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: space to stop me from relying on you and your word. 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: Give me the heart of King Josiah. Give me the 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: passion and dedication to observe your ways no matter what 10 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: I face or what I may be going through. Like 11 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: the reading in Second Kings twenty two and Second Chronicles 12 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: thirty four, I too am making the decision. I too 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: am making the decision to seek after and to stay 14 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: in your Holy Word. I will praise you as I 15 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 1: read through the Bible, knowing that between the pages are 16 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: promises forevermore. Today I will rejoice in what you rejoice in. 17 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: I will cry over what grieves you, because I now 18 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: know that the level of my activity is connected to 19 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: the level of my purity. Therefore, realign my sight, fix 20 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: my focus on you, and give me the strength to 21 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: tear down any walls that hinder me from living in 22 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 1: your presence in Jesus name, Amen, thanks for making prayer 23 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 1: a priority in your life. To hear the Bible come 24 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: to life. Stay tuned for the Bible in a Year, 25 00:01:47,880 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: brought to you by Bible in a Year dot com. 26 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: The word is found again. In our last story, we 27 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: learned of the wicked kings Manassa and Aman. Their evil 28 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 2: knew no limits. They openly sacrificed their own children at 29 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 2: the altar of false gods and marked God himself. They 30 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 2: provoked him and beckoned him into conflict. Manassa learned his lesson, 31 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: but Ahman did not. Now out of the evil seed 32 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 2: of Manassa, a redeeming force for good emerges. King Josiah 33 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: is raised up as a pillar to Judah. His devotion 34 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 2: to God and dedication to kindness begins to restore Judah's heart. 35 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: Inspired by the Book of Second Chronicles and Second Kings. 36 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 3: Hello, this is Jack Graham, and I'm so glad that 37 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 3: you've joined us once again for today's episode of the 38 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 3: Bible in a Year. In our last reading, we heard 39 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 3: how Manassa lived in wickedness and darkness for years, mocking, blaspheming, 40 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 3: angering God, with his idolatry and murderous ways. And yet 41 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 3: when he turned back to God in genuine repentance, God 42 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 3: showed him mercy and restored Manassa to a relationship with him. 43 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 3: It's a reminder to us that God is not willing 44 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 3: that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 45 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 3: According to the scripture, he is always ready to forgive 46 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 3: when we turn our hearts to him. Today we'll hear 47 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 3: about King Josiah, the grandson of Manassa, who lived as 48 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: a righteous man. A god fearing King Josiah would usher 49 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 3: in a new era of prosperity and faithfulness to God 50 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 3: in Judah. So let's now turn to God's word. 51 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 2: One afternoon, little Josiah was playing in the courtyards of 52 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: the palace. He chased butterflies and pretended to be a 53 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 2: mighty warrior. He was a mere boy of eight, filled 54 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 2: with laughter and joy. He had no eye idea that 55 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 2: his father was laying in his bed, assassinated only a 56 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: few yards away. King Aman's life had ended the night before, 57 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 2: along with Josiah's childhood. Later that morning, Josiah was swept 58 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 2: away in a flurry of meetings and ceremonies. Before the 59 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 2: day had ended, Josiah was crowned king over Judah. Eight 60 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 2: year old Josiah was now responsible for the entire well 61 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 2: being of God's people. The title of king was daunting 62 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 2: for any man, let alone an eight year old boy. 63 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: If Josiah was to lead, he needed aid not just 64 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 2: from counselors and elders, but from God. Josiah leaned on 65 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: the wisdom of the Lord in many ways. Josiah was 66 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 2: able to maintain a childlike faith towards God because he 67 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 2: was a child himself. The pride and lust that gripped 68 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 2: most king's hearts had no effect on him. He was 69 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: a boy in need of love, and the Lord provided it. 70 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: Josiah please God with all he did. He did not 71 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 2: turn to the right or to the left. When Josiah 72 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 2: was sixteen, he began to dive deep into the law 73 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 2: and worship of God. He filled his mind with useful 74 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 2: philosophy and history. He sat in the presence of the 75 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 2: priests and learned about the ways of the Lord. At 76 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 2: age twenty, Josiah began a purge of all the idols 77 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 2: erected by his father. He knew that it was not 78 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 2: enough to throw away these idols, he had to make 79 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 2: a statement. So Josiah chopped down the altars of Bales 80 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 2: and ground them into a powder as a symbol of 81 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 2: their demise. He scattered the powder over the graves of 82 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 2: dead pagan priests and worshippers. Josiah went from city to city, 83 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 2: destroying every idle and false god he could find. He 84 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 2: did as his great grandfather Hezekiah did. He knew that 85 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 2: the minds of the people were clouded with those idols. 86 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 2: In the eighteenth year of Josiah's he had cleansed the 87 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,600 Speaker 2: land of all its idols. He sent his governors Chaffin 88 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 2: and Masaiah to repair broken parts of the temple. They 89 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 2: hired stone masons and carpenters to repair the shattered altars 90 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 2: and broken beams. The plan was to pay all the 91 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: workers with some of the wealth and the temple. Sohlkaia, 92 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: the priest, went deep into the temple to find some 93 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 2: of the gold stored down below. This part of the 94 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 2: temple was dusty and hidden. Some of the priests had 95 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 2: kept its secret while the wicked king Amon was in power. 96 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 2: As Hilkiah was collecting some coin to pay the workers, 97 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 2: he stumbled upon a large, dusty scroll resting on the 98 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 2: edge of an altar. Helkaia's eyes were fixed on it 99 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: and drawn to it. He walked slowly towards it and 100 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 2: loosened the bindings gently. The scroll was old and had 101 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 2: collected a large amount of dust. As Hilkia scanned the 102 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 2: scroll's contents, his eyes lit up. Helkaia rolled up the 103 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 2: scroll and ran up to Schaffen. I have found it, 104 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 2: Hilkiah yelled, I have found the Book of the Law 105 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 2: written by Moses. The entire sanctuary erupted in gasps and applause. 106 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,679 Speaker 2: The scroll had been lost and forgotten for a long time. 107 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: In it was documentation of the covenant between God and 108 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 2: Israel in the wilderness. It was one of the original 109 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: documents preserved from Moses and a precious reminder of God's 110 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 2: love for his chosen people. Chaffin brought the scroll to 111 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: the king. Together they read it in its entirety. Josiah's 112 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 2: eyes glared at the pages with curiosity and amazement. For 113 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 2: decades the people had been without this specific document. Josiah 114 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 2: could hardly help but cry. Chaffin looked at Josiah as 115 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: he wept. At first, he thought they were tears of joy, 116 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: but soon realized they were tears of sorrow. What troubles 117 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 2: the king? Chaffin asked, isn't this a happy thing? Josiah 118 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 2: shook his head. He placed his hand on the written 119 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 2: word and said, this book speaks of promises unkept. The 120 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 2: king looked at the governor intensely. Our fathers made a 121 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 2: covenant with God, the covenant that God was faithful to keep. However, 122 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: our fathers from Jerusalem to Samaria have done nothing but 123 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: disobey him. Josiah slid his fingers across the words. He 124 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 2: was troubled by Judah in Israel's departure from God. We 125 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 2: must repent before wrath comes upon us. Lord knows we 126 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 2: would deserve it. Quick go find someone in the land 127 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 2: that can hear the voice of God. We must have clarity. 128 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 2: So Chaffin left in search of a prophet. Days had passed, 129 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 2: and Josiah's anxiety had increased. He wrestled in his heart 130 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: regarding Judah's future. He loved his country, but he also 131 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: knew that they had strayed from God far too many 132 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 2: times to go without consequence. If God would not punish them, 133 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 2: certainly he would at least allow for their past sins 134 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 2: to catch up to them. As Josiah pays in his chambers, 135 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 2: the doors opened Chaffin into the room with a woman 136 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 2: by the name of Holda. She was a woman of God, 137 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 2: well respected and a prophetess. Josiah had her sit, and 138 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 2: the too spoke of what was to come. Josiah poured 139 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 2: out his heart before her. He spoke of his fear 140 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 2: that the Lord would punish Judah as he did Israel. 141 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 2: Holda looked at her king with admiration and pity. Listen 142 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 2: to the word of the Lord, she said softly, Disaster 143 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,559 Speaker 2: will come upon Judah because they have forsaken me. They 144 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 2: continually slip into idolatry and openly provoke me with their wickedness. 145 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: I will pour out my wrath like molten fire, and 146 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 2: it shall not be quenched. A chill shut up Josiah's spine, 147 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 2: and his heart began to break. However, she was not finished. 148 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: Because your heart was humble before God, and you have 149 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 2: done your best to reconcile the people to me, Destruction 150 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: shall not come in your lifetime. Josiah raised himself up 151 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: and beckoned the elders of Israel to the temple. He 152 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 2: would not allow this word to quench his devotion to God. 153 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 2: He had the priests lay out the scroll before the 154 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 2: elders and read from it. The words danced out of 155 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: the priest's mouth. They filled the air like a sweet aroma. 156 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 2: The elders of Israel were enthralled by the word of 157 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 2: God pouring into their hearts. Then Josiah led them in 158 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 2: a rededication to keeping the Lord's promises. Although the end 159 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 2: of Judah was near, God had a plan to redeem 160 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 2: his people. The old way was slowly passing and making 161 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: way for a new and better covenant, a covenant not 162 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: dependent on the obedience of man, but by the goodness 163 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 2: of God himself. Josiah's new promise to God was a 164 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 2: mere image of good things to come. However, this new 165 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 2: plan would not come without struggle, and there was still 166 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 2: much pain to endure. 167 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 3: In today's scripture, we meet another young king, crowned as 168 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 3: ruler of Judah at just amazingly eight years of age. 169 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 3: Though he was very young, Josiah did not exhibit the 170 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 3: immaturity of many young people. Josiah sat with priest and 171 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 3: absorbed everything that he could. At an early age, he 172 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 3: was well studied in God's law, and his heart was 173 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 3: fastened onto the ways of God. There's no better way 174 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 3: for a young person to begin their life than this, 175 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:31,320 Speaker 3: The Bible says, remember your Creator in the days of 176 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 3: your youth. When he was just twenty years of age, 177 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 3: Josiah began the task of undoing so much of what 178 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,319 Speaker 3: his father Amon had done in defiling God's land and 179 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 3: his people. So Josiah tore down the altars of sin 180 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 3: and wickedness. But this was just the beginning. He symbolically 181 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 3: crushed the idols into dust and burned the bones of 182 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 3: the pagan priests. Josiah meant business. He was cleansing the 183 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 3: land of evil in God's name, and the Lord blessed 184 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 3: him for it. In the eighteenth year of his reign, 185 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 3: Josiah began to repair God's Temple. Like his ancestor David, 186 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 3: Josiah knew that although no structure could contain the Lord God, 187 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 3: the Lord desired and deserved a place of honor and 188 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 3: praise and recognition in the great city of Jerusalem. The 189 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 3: temple would call people to worship their God and the 190 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 3: one who is always faithful to his own as the 191 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 3: temple was being cleansed and repaired, a priest named Helkiah 192 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 3: came upon a treasure. It did not shine like gold 193 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 3: or emeralds, but it was a much greater treasure for 194 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 3: God's people. Helkiah found a scroll containing the law of Moses. 195 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 3: This may not seem like a big deal to you 196 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 3: and me, but to the people of Judah, this was 197 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 3: a reminder of the trustworthiness of God and the generational 198 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 3: connection they had with their past and the great leader 199 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 3: of the nation, Moses, who delighted to deliver God's law 200 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 3: and to keep God's law. But as joyous as this 201 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 3: discovery was, as the scroll was read aloud, Josiah tore 202 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 3: his clothes in a sign of mourning. Hearing all that 203 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 3: was in God's law, there was no missing the fact 204 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 3: that Judah had failed to keep it, not once, but 205 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 3: again and again. When confronted with this fact, Josiah sought 206 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 3: guidance from the Lord, saying in Second Chronicles thirty four 207 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 3: to twenty one, go inquire of the Lord from me 208 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,199 Speaker 3: and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, 209 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 3: concerning the words of the book that has been found. 210 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 3: For great is the wrath of the Lord that is 211 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 3: poured out on us because our fathers have not kept 212 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 3: the word of God to do according to all that 213 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 3: is written in his book. Josiah knew that they must 214 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 3: repent of all the wrong that they had done. Repentance 215 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 3: means that you're going in one direction the wrong way, 216 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 3: but you turn around and meet God and trust him 217 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 3: and go in a brand new direction with new conviction. 218 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 3: We may try to justify our sin, the way that 219 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 3: we're living our life, the direction we're going, but it's 220 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 3: always a mistake to run from God, to walk away 221 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 3: from God, and it's always the right thing to do 222 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 3: to return to him. Josiah sent Chaffon, one of his governors, 223 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 3: to find a prophet to inquire of the Lord. Chaffon 224 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 3: returned with a prophetess name Huldah. She heard Josiah's words 225 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 3: and his convictions and responded with the truth of God's word. 226 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 3: Judah had indeed been unfaithful and disobedient, and for this 227 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: they would be judged and feel the wrath of God. 228 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 3: But because of Josiah's earnest attempts to make things right, 229 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 3: disaster would not come in his lifetime. Though this may 230 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 3: have brought some comfort Unlike Hazekiah before him, Josiah was 231 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 3: grieved at the eventual judgment that would come upon his people. 232 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 3: He called the priest and the people to dedicate themselves 233 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 3: to the Lord and not turn again from him. Josiah 234 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 3: was committed to keeping the Lord's commandments, even though destruction 235 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 3: was coming to Judah ultimately. And while Judah would endure 236 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 3: punishment in God's wrath, the Lord had not abandoned his people. 237 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 3: Rescue would one day come, and God would send the 238 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 3: ultimate answer to the problem of sin and judgment in 239 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 3: the world. He would send the Messiah, the Savior. The 240 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 3: Lord himself would come to be our savior. Dear God, 241 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 3: thank you for Josiah's example of goodness and faithfulness. Thank 242 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 3: You for the lesson that we've heard today on repentance 243 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 3: and seeking Your face and turning from our evil ways. 244 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 3: Help us too to repent and not make excuses when 245 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 3: we sin. In Christ's name. Amen. Thank you for listening 246 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 3: to today's Bible in a Year podcast. I'm Pastor Jack 247 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 3: Graham from Dallas, Texas. Download thepray dot Com app and 248 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 3: make prayer a priority along with Bible study in your life. 249 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 3: And if you enjoyed this podcast, be sure and share 250 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 3: it with someone you know because it can truly make 251 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 3: a difference in someone else's life. 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