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2 Kings 14: Amaziah Becomes The King Of Judah

 In the second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. 

2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. 

3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash. 

4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

5 After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. 

6 Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”

7 He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.

8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, with the challenge: “Come, let us face each other in battle.”

9 But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot. 

10 You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”

11 Amaziah, however, would not listen, so Jehoash king of Israel attacked. He and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah. 

12 Judah was routed by Israel, and every man fled to his home. 

13 Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section about four hundred cubits long.

14 He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace. He also took hostages and returned to Samaria.

15 As for the other events of the reign of Jehoash, what he did and his achievements, including his war against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 

16 Jehoash rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam his son succeeded him as king.

17 Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. 

18 As for the other events of Amaziah’s reign, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

19 They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there. 

20 He was brought back by horse and was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors, in the City of David.

21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. 

22 He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his ancestors.

Jeroboam II King of Israel

23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. 

24 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. 

25 He was the one who restored the boundaries of Israel from Lebo Hamath to the Dead Sea, in accordance with the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, spoken through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

26 The Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free, was suffering; there was no one to help them. 

27 And since the Lord had not said he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.

28 As for the other events of Jeroboam’s reign, all he did, and his military achievements, including how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 

29 Jeroboam rested with his ancestors, the kings of Israel. And Zechariah his son succeeded him as king.

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The following text is taken from an interview by Jehoaddan W. on behalf of Analyze Weekly, published in February 2023.

INTERVIEWER: Another popular question we got was about the album cover of Unfamiliar Game— who is the person depicted in the cover?

MARCO: Oh, yeah, that’s me at uh, 19? Sometime before, y’know… this. I’ve got the original somewhere on a memory stick— maybe it’s on my phone… I’ll find it later. […] I can’t believe not everyone recognized me, but I see this face every day in the mirror so, y’know.

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Amaziah Reigns Well in Judah (2 Kings 14:1-14)

1 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants which had killed the king his father. 4 But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.

Amaziah's Victories

5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. 6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. 8 But if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for the battle: God shall cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down. 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

11 And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 13 But the men of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much spoil.

Amaziah Rebuked for Idolatry

14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thine hand? 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

Amaziah Defeated by Joash of Israel

17 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon; and trode down the thistle. 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. 23 And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 24 And he took all the go1d and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.

The Death of Amaziah

25 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? 27 Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. — 2 Chronicles 25 | English Revised Version (ERVB) The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Exodus 3:2; Numbers 1:3; Deuteronomy 8:18; Deuteronomy 24:16; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 15:10; 1 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 6:10; 2 Kings 4:9; 2 Kings 14:1; 2 Kings 14:5; 2 Kings 14:7-8; 2 Kings 14:13; 2 Kings 14:17; 2 Chronicles 10:15; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 33:24; Psalm 141:6; Isaiah 44:15

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Daily Bible Reading 11 May 2024

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 13-14, John 2  2 Kings 14:1-7 (NKJV) In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.  He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like his…

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2 Kings 14: 1-7. "The Arrival."

Back to the High Places we go. And for that, we are going to need a dove. Doves are persons who flit about, quoting scripture, following all the rules, very strictly. They don't swear, pee, masturbate, tell lies, they don't own a single pair of sexy underpants. They have no body odors, they have no identities, lives, or spiritual earthquake epicenters. They are like artificially flavored diet sodas, chemical swills made from water mixed with manmade crap, whipped into a sparkling sudsy toxic potion.

Doves and the High Places eventually rot societies out. As we are seeing all around the world, they provide distraction upon distraction from the real meanings of scripture, creating false faiths with rigid stances that prevent the real business and purposes of civilization from coming to fruition. In short, High Places are liturgies.

Illumination of a scripture is the alternative to liturgizing. The Gospels suggest a four stage process for illumination over the usual Jewish three called Chabad.

1- Identify the spiritual question or dilemma.

2- Do research

3- Reverse engineer the problem(s)

4- Solve the problem

The Four Archangels, Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel also contain a process for explaning the essential nature of scripture to oneself:

"1) Who is God? 2) He is the Almighty, the Most High 3) Who are your Ancestors? 4) Do you understand?"

This portion of the Melachim add another step: Don't just kill the doves, kill the chicks, too.

As always, the Names and Numbers have to be translated and defined. The usual seven levels are present as will be seen.

Amaziah is the Hebrew word for male Amazon, a man of great strength. His strength comes from his ability to be good, very good, but not arrogant.

Amaziah King of Judah

14 In the second year of Jehoash[a] son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah began to reign. 

2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. 

3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not as his father David had done. In everything he followed the example of his father Joash. 

4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

5 After the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. 

6 Yet he did not put the children of the assassins to death, in accordance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses where the Lord commanded: “Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[b]

7 He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 1:

Jehoash=Upom whom God has bestowed

Jehoahaz=God has possessed

Amaziah=

The verb אמץ ('ames) means to be or become strong. Nouns אמץ ('omes), אמצה ('amsa) and מאמץ (ma'amasa) mean strength or power. Adjectives אמוץ ('amos) and אמיץ ('ammis) mean strong or mighty.

Joash=What God has given

The passage starts off by saying God has given us what we need to know and all that we need for grasping it. We do not need a bunch of blowhards to liturgize. What makes us mighty is what we learn on our own. The Second Year is when we become conscious of the fact we are intelligent and can groom our own minds.

The Value in Gematria is 6211, ו‎באא and baa, "to excercise dominion over number 1, alef, or the ability to learn.

v. 2: The process culiminated when the young man turned 25. 25 is the age of reason in Judaism. A reign of 29 years means "in her we find security". This refers to the relationship between Jacob and Leah, "the follower and the leader", who created the namesake of Israel.

The Value in Gematria is 13041, יג‎אֶפֶסדא‎, igapesda, "redemption through understanding of the Pesach."

v. 3: The Value in Gematria is 9056, טאֶפֶסהו, tapesho, "a man of peace rejoices."

v. 4: The Value in Gematria is 6240, ו‎בדאֶפֶס‎, "in fabric and in print."

Fabric and the printed word are but facades for the real truth found in a scripture. While theyare all we have as a general direction finder for the Holy Spirit, they are not the end but the beginning of a process called Ha Shem, "acquaintance with the Infinite."

v. 5: The Value in Gematria is 5192, האטב‎ , atav, "to learn with a goal in mind."

The most current teachings or research on a topic is always the one that makes the rule valid or renders it obsolete.

For example, I recently learned the sin of Onan is bigotry, not masturbation. Onan was told by God to understand customs outside his race. He refused to cross pollinate and God became angry with him. The actual scripture has nothing to do with a prohibition regarding the waxing of the weasel.

v. 6: The Value in Gematria is 10806, י‎חאֶפֶס‎‎ו‎, "they will be arrested." One of the dangers of liturgies is they attempt to explain why persons should be allowed to break the law. The Mormons, Republicans, Evangelicals, Pro-Lifers, Hamas, etc. explain their unruly behaviors as tenets their religious beliefs and practices, many which which are condoned by rule of law. ‎

These are always susceptible to arrest and few exceptions should be made.

v. 7:

Ten Thousand Edomites= Edomites are "holy orders." The Value is 931, טג‎א, taga, "A man who has arrived."

Valley of Salt= a completely devolved community.

Sela= a rock cliff

Joktheel= What God has subdued

The Value in Gematria is 7863, ז‎חוג‎, a male, the end of the road for a person who wants to figure life out for himself using the mind God gave him.

For a future king or prince, anyone serving in the Assembly of the Kingdom of Israel this is a must. Otherwise we will wind up stuck with what we've got, and that's not all we are meant to be.

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What does 2 Kings 14:1-7 mean?

The Reign of Amaziah. – B.C. 828. 1 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did…

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2 Chronicles 25: 1-4. "The Edge."

Joash "Grab the Power" is killed and Amaziah, "Getting Stronger" becomes the new king.

Amaziah King of Judah

25 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from Jerusalem. 

2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not wholeheartedly. 

Amaziah=

אמץ

The verb אמץ ('ames) means to be or become strong. Nouns אמץ ('omes), אמצה ('amsa) and מאמץ (ma'amasa) mean strength or power. Adjectives אמוץ ('amos) and אמיץ ('ammis) mean strong or mighty.

Jehoaddan=

עדן

Root עדן ('eden) has to do with free exchange of broadly diverse information, services and goods — which is where wealth comes from, in the modern understanding of economy. Nouns עדן ('eden), עדנה ('edna) and מעדן (ma'adan) mean delight, finery or luxury. Adjective עדין ('adin) means delightful or luxurious. Verb עדן ('adan) means to luxuriate or to delight.

3 After the kingdom was firmly in his control, he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. 

4 Yet he did not put their children to death, but acted in accordance with what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded: “Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children be put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.”[a]

Amaziah became the king like his predecessor after Seven Years. His 25 years of age have a Gematria of 2+5 or 7 years. The change in figures is due to the amount of time he reigned, for 29 years. 25 + 29= 54 years total which is the number of Parshiot in the Torah.

He quotes Moses and says personal responibility will be the rule of thumb in Israel, which is the overaching theme of the Torah.

Each year past Parsha 25, Tzav, "the Commands," the King apparently improves in his ability to run things including getting vengeance against his parents' killers in a very sensible way: By leaving Eden behind and finding his own way.

Before one can be wholehearted in the effort to move out, the Gematria for verse 1 says one must be Agazah, אגה‎‎זח‎''a person with intensely good feelings" Just as Moses was the day he led the people of Israel from Egypt:

And It Came To Pass That Moses Looked And Beheld The World Upon Which He Was Created And Moses Beheld The World And The Ends Thereof And All The Children Of Men Which Are And Which Were Created Of .

The value In Gematria Is 10848, which returns the word אאֶפֶסחד‎ח Aepsahdah, which means, "To transcend the smaller realm for the larger."

ספף

Root ספף (sapap) has to do with creating, marking or temporarily reaching through the border between two essentially distinct realms that nevertheless have a common origin; this border circles around the smaller of the two so that this smaller realm sits within the larger. It's the verb that describes any such formation from the palisade around a tribal territory to the fence around a single house, the skin of a person or even the cellular wall of a eukaryote.

Noun סף (sap) means threshold or sill (and is also the word for a kind of goblin or based bowl). Verb סוף (sup) means to come at an end. Noun סוף (sop) means end. Noun שפה (sapa) denotes the edge of things. Noun סופה (supa) describes a violent storm (perhaps a tornado, in form comparable to a goblin or based bowl).

Noun סוף (sup) refers to reed, which grows at, and thus marks the border between water and dry land. From reed comes papyrus, and books mark the border between the howling outer dark and the enlightened space within. The industrial production of papyrus, of course, was an absolute marvel and a milestone in information technology (easily comparable with the invention of floppies and disk drives in our age).

Verb ספה (sapa) means to sweep away (across the threshold, out the door) and so does verb שפה (shapa). The latter may also mean to skim, to shave or to border-mark by means of a protruding beacon or mark. From the latter comes the verb שפת (shapat), which describes some kind of setting or placing just outside the realm of civilization, and that usually by means of a ring of conspicuous, guiding and protecting fires. Proverbially, both the contagious and the extremely poor, and of course the shepherds, their flocks and wild animals abided on the dark side of these fires. The latter verb also yields noun שפי (shepi), which describes bones sticking through the skin of an emaciated man, or hills that likewise conspicuously mark some border, presumably in an otherwise flat landscape.

Verb שוף (shup) appears to mean to violate in the sense of illicitly entering one's personal space (or body). This verb became associated with the bite of a snake, and the noun שפיפן (shepipon) denotes some sort of snake, presumably one that attacks by darting from its burrow and then swiftly retreating.

The new King of Israel, Amaziah, embodies everything one needs in order to capitalize on a society that has given up on apartheid, has resurrected its value system from the past, and perform the Fellowship Offering, AKA kindness, the "edge" between fellowship and personal freedom.

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“Heavenly wisdom centers on purity, peace, gentleness, deference, mercy, and other good fruits untainted by hypocrisy.

The seed that flowers into righteousness will always be planted in peace by those who embrace peace.”

Today’s reading of the Scriptures from the New Testament is the 3rd chapter of the letter of James:

My brothers and sisters, do not encourage a large number of you to become teachers because teachers will be held to a higher standard. We all stumble along the way. If a person never speaks hurtful words or shouts in anger or profanity, then he has achieved perfection. The one who can control his tongue can also control the rest of his body. It’s like when we place a metal bit into a horse’s mouth to ride it; we can control its entire body with the slightest movement of our hands. Have you ever seen a massive ship sailing effortlessly across the water? Despite its immense size and the fact that it is propelled by mighty winds, a small rudder directs the ship in any direction the pilot chooses. It’s just the same with our tongues! It’s a small muscle, capable of marvelous undertakings.

And do you know how many forest fires begin with a single ember from a small campfire? The tongue is a blazing fire seeking to ignite an entire world of vices. The tongue is unique among all parts of the body because it is capable of corrupting the whole body. If that were not enough, it ignites and consumes the course of creation with a fuel that originates in hell itself. Humanity is capable of taming every bird and beast in existence, even reptiles and sea creatures great and small. But no man has ever demonstrated the ability to tame his own tongue! It is a spring of restless evil, brimming with toxic poisons. Ironically this same tongue can be both an instrument of blessing to our Lord and Father and a weapon that hurls curses upon others who are created in God’s own image. One mouth streams forth both blessings and curses. My brothers and sisters, this is not how it should be. Does a spring gush crystal clear freshwater and moments later spurt out bitter salt water? My brothers and sisters, does a fig tree produce olives? Is there a grapevine capable of growing figs? Can salt water give way to freshwater?

Who in your community is understanding and wise? Let his example, which is marked by wisdom and gentleness, blaze a trail for others. If your heart is one that bleeds dark streams of jealousy and selfishness, do not be so proud that you ignore your depraved state. The wisdom of this world should never be mistaken for heavenly wisdom; it originates below in the earthly realms, with the demons. Any place where you find jealousy and selfish ambition, you will discover chaos and evil thriving under its rule. Heavenly wisdom centers on purity, peace, gentleness, deference, mercy, and other good fruits untainted by hypocrisy. The seed that flowers into righteousness will always be planted in peace by those who embrace peace.

The Letter of James, Chapter 3 (The Voice)

Today’s paired chapter of the Testaments is the 25th chapter of the book of 2nd Chronicles that details the reign of King Amaziah of Judah:

Amaziah, son of Joash and Jehoaddan of Jerusalem, was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem.

He followed the Eternal, but was not completely devoted to Him for his entire life.

As soon as he took power in the Southern Kingdom, Amaziah solidified his throne by executing his opponents, the servants who had assassinated his father Joash. But Amaziah followed Moses’ law, which the Eternal had commanded, and had mercy on their children: “Everyone is responsible for his own sins. Therefore, parents will not be killed for their children’s actions and children will not be killed for their parents’ actions.”

Then Amaziah prepared for battle by gathering the Judahites and appointing commanders from each family in Judah and Benjamin. He took a census of the men 20 years old and older, and there were 300,000 ready to fight with spears and shields. To enlarge his army, Amaziah also hired 100,000 heroic men from the Northern Kingdom for 7,500 pounds of silver. But Amaziah was warned against hiring mercenaries from the Northern Kingdom by a man who followed after the True God.

Prophet of God: O king, do not let the army of Israel fight with you. The Eternal does not support the Northern Kingdom, these Ephraimites. But if you do take the mercenaries with you, prepare yourself well for the battle. The True God will support your enemy rather than supporting you because God has the power to both build you up and tear you down.

Amaziah: But I have already paid 7,500 pounds of silver to the Northern Kingdom’s troops. What should be done?

Follower of God: Don’t worry about the money. It is nothing compared to what the Eternal has to give you.

So Amaziah dismissed the Northern Kingdom’s mercenaries as the man had advised him to do, and they returned home. The mercenaries were furious at Judah because they would lose their portion of the spoils of victory, so they raided the cities in Judah (from Samaria in the north to Beth-horon in the south), killing 3,000 and taking spoils.

But Amaziah was rewarded for obeying God’s message. He strengthened himself and led only Judahite soldiers into battle at the valley of Salt. There they killed 10,000 Edomites from the city of Seir and captured 10,000. The Judahites then threw the prisoners from the top of a cliff, crushing them on the rocks below.

Unfortunately, Amaziah did not remain faithful to God and His messages. When he returned from fighting the Edomites, he brought the gods of Seir back to Jerusalem where they worshiped them—bowing down and burning incense—as he had worshiped God.

Furious with Amaziah, the Eternal sent a message to the king through a prophet.

Prophet: What are you thinking? Why would you choose to follow gods that cannot save their own people from your armies after I gave you victory?

Amaziah (interrupting): When did you become my advisor? Stop prophesying, or your life will be taken from you.

Prophet: I may not be one of your court advisors, but you should still listen to my counsel. If you do not, the True God will destroy you because you have worshiped other gods and ignored my warning.

Then Amaziah, king of Judah, listened to his royal counselors’ advice and decided to address the Northern Kingdom’s invasion of Judah. He sent a message to Joash (son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu), the king of the Northern Kingdom asking for a face-to-face meeting.

Joash’s Response: The thornbush in Lebanon sent a message to the cedar in Lebanon: “Give your daughter to my son in marriage.” But a wild beast in Lebanon trampled the thornbush.

You defeated the Edomites, and now you have become haughty. For your own good, stay where you belong. Do not provoke me to destroy both you and your people, Judah.

But Amaziah would not listen to Joash’s warning because the True God had allowed him to become stubborn. God intended to give Joash a victory over the Southern Kingdom because they worshiped the Edomite gods. Then Joash, king of the Northern Kingdom, traveled south to the interior of the Southern Kingdom to face Amaziah, king of the Southern Kingdom, at Beth-shemesh. As predicted, the Northern Kingdom defeated the Southern Kingdom, and the Judahites fled to their homes. Joash captured Amaziah, son of Joash who was the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh and took him to Jerusalem where the Northern forces tore down 600 feet of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate. Joash took all the gold, silver, and utensils from the True God’s temple from the service of Obed-edom. He then returned to Samaria with the temple treasures, palace treasures, and hostages.

Amaziah (son of Joash, king of the Southern Kingdom) lived 15 years longer than Joash (son of Jehoahaz, king of the Northern Kingdom). All the events of Amaziah’s reign are included in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel, from his ascension to his assassination. From the moment Amaziah stopped following the Eternal to follow the Edomite gods, the people of Jerusalem plotted against him. He fled to Lachish, where the people followed and killed him. They brought his body back to Judah on horseback, where they buried him. But Amaziah was not honored in his burial. He was not laid with the former kings, but with just his ancestors in the capital city of Judah, Jerusalem.

The Book of 2nd Chronicles, Chapter 25 (The Voice)

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures for Sunday, march 12 of 2023 with a paired chapter from each Testament of the Bible along with Today’s Proverbs and Psalms

A post by John Parsons about opening to trust:

If you can't detect God's hand in your circumstances, then trust His heart... The heart of faith affirms: "Gam zu l'tovah" (גַּם זוּ לְטוֹבָה): “this too is for good,” particularly when the present hour may be shrouded in darkness... Whenever I am confused about life (which is often enough), I try to remember what God said to Moses after the tragic sin of the Golden Calf: "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my Name, 'The LORD' (יהוה). And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy" (Exod. 33:19). God’s character does not change: the LORD is the same “yesterday, today, and forever.” The meaning of the Name, however, cannot be known apart from understanding the need of the heart...

Earlier God had revealed to Moses that the Name YHVH (יהוה) means: "He is Present" (i.e., the word is a play on the Hebrew verb hayah [הָיָה], "to be"), and therefore the LORD God is “always there” (Exod. 3:14). The great I AM (אֶהְיֶה) means God stands outside of the constraints of time, “one day is as a thousand years” and “a thousand years as one day” before Him (2 Pet. 3:8). Just as a thousand years is but “a watch in the night” (Psalm 90:4), so one day is as a thousand years. God’s Spirit broods over all things and sustains the entire universe. God is “necessary being,” the Source of Life, and foundation for all other existence. God’s creative love and power sustain all things in creation...

Now while the idea that God is the Source of all life in the universe is surely important, it is not entirely comforting, especially in light of man’s guilt and anxiety over death. After all, we do not stand before the “god of the philosophers,” but rather the personal God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The meaning of the Name YHVH - that He is merciful, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and truth (Exod. 34:6-7) - therefore presents additional revelation in face of man’s inherent brokenness and spiritual need. Some things in life are only known in the *passion of faith... things like love, beauty, honor, and so on. The Name of the LORD as the Compassionate One is only known in humility, when all human pretense is stripped away and the inner life is laid bare in its desperate need. The Name YHVH is God’s response to the heart’s cry for deliverance, for compassion, for mercy....

What is God like - what is His heart - is the first question, and how we answer that will determine how we deal with all the other questions that come up in theology... What do you feel inside when you look up at the ceiling before you go to bed? In light of the ambiguity and heartaches of life we might wonder if God is truly there for us. Does God care? Is He angry at me? Does He really love me? This is the raw place of faith, where we live in the midst of our questions. The Name YHVH means “He is present,” even when we are unconscious of His Presence in the hour of our greatest need.

The religionist is at risk of being enslaved to the idea of God’s conditional acceptance. His unconscious creed is: “If you (outwardly) obey, then you belong.” The message of the cross scandalizes the realm of the outwardly religious because it boldly states, "if you believe, then you belong...” As Kierkegaard rightly observed, "And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Instinctively, as do the shipwrecked, he will look around for something to which to cling, and that tragic, ruthless glance, absolutely sincere, because it is a question of his salvation, will cause him to bring order into the chaos of his life. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. All the rest is rhetoric, posturing, farce." For Kierkegaard, religious rituals devoid of a sense of crisis within the heart are little more than a sham. “I think of the times I tried to use him to make my life secure, and undisturbed, and painless. Also the times I was enslaved by fear of him, and by the need to protect myself against him through rites and circumstances” (Anthony de Mello). Religious behavior (i.e., rituals, ceremonialism, etc.) is an otiose substitute for trusting that God's heart (YHVH) is forever present for you.

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Exodus 34:6 reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/exod34-6-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page download:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/exod34-6-lesson.pdf

See also: Ki Tisa Torah summary:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Scripture/Parashah/Summaries/Ki_Tisa/ki_tisa.html#loaded

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Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

March 12, 2023

Limitations on God's Promises

“Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.” (Jeremiah 31:37)

The people of Israel, in spite of all God had done for them, continually rebelled against Him, even turning to other gods. One might think God would have destroyed them and started again, but He had made a promise first to Abraham, then to Isaac, and then to Jacob that this nation would be His special people, and He would not break that promise.

In our text God reveals the “conditions” under which He would cast off Israel, but they are such that there is no possibility of their being met.

If heaven above can be measured: Neither Abraham nor Jeremiah could have had any concept of the number of stars or the depth of space. Now, with modern telescopes, we see unthinkable distances and even farther and farther as our technology increases. Estimates of the radius of the universe now stand at around 46 billion light-years, and no end is in sight.

If the foundations of the earth [can be] searched out beneath: Sometimes scientists claim they know more about the sun than they do the earth. But in reality, only one percent of the earth’s radius has been explored. The pressures and temperatures that exist deep inside the earth are unthinkably great, and we don’t even know how matter acts under those conditions. The promise to Israel is secure.

Scripture is likewise full of “exceeding great and precious promises” (2 Peter 1:4) made to the believer. Our text indicates God’s attitudes toward His promises. We need not worry that He will keep His Word. JDM

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May 24, 2021

Verse: 2 kings 14 Write/ Copy Gods words :

14 In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. 4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. 6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. 13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. 26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. 27 And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

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16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 17 And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

Explain in your own words what you just read:

Amaziah, son of the great reformer Joash, continued the generally godly reign began by his father.

Commitment / what will i do : I will made a good beginning in thus adhering closely to the law

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Who was King Amaziah in the Bible?

Who was King Amaziah in the Bible?

King Amaziah Amaziah was the ninth king of Judah. He reigned from 796 to 767 BC and succeeded his father, King Joash, who was at first a righteous king but later slipped away and was murdered by his officers (2 Kings 12:20–21). Amaziah’s mother was Jehoaddan (2 Kings 14:1–4) and his son was Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:1). The word Amaziah means “the strength of the Lord,” “strengthened by Yahweh,” or…

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Amaziah Begins His Rule in Judah

1 Amaziah, son of Joash, became king of Judah in the second year of the reign of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 2 He was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 3 He did what was right in the Lord's sight, but not in the same way as his forefather David had. He did everything just as his father Joash had done. 4 But the high places were not removed. The people still were sacrificing and presenting burnt offerings in those places.

5 Once he was secure on the throne he executed the officials who had murdered his father the king. 6 But he did not execute the murderers' children, following the Lord's command in the law of Moses that “Fathers must not be put to death for their children's sins, and children must not be put to death for their father's sins. Everyone is to die for their own sin.”

7 Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He attacked and captured Sela and renamed it Joktheel, which is what it is called to this very day. 8 Amaziah sent messengers to the king of Israel, Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, telling him, “Let's fight, face to face!”

9 Jehoash, king of Israel, replied to Amaziah, king of Judah: “In Lebanon a thistle sent a message to a cedar, saying, ‘Give your daughter as a wife to my son.’ But a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thistle. 10 You may indeed have defeated Edom. Now you've become arrogant. Stay home and enjoy your victory! Why provoke trouble that will bring you down, and Judah with you?”

11 But Amaziah refused to listen, so Jehoash, king of Israel, came to attack him. He and Amaziah, king of Judah, met face to face at Beth Shemesh in Judah. 12 The army of Judah was defeated by Israel, and ran away home. 13 Jehoash, king of Israel, captured Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash attacked Jerusalem and knocked down the city wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, about four hundred cubits in length. 14 He removed all the gold and silver, and all the items found in the Lord's Temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and also some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria.

15 The rest of what happened in Jehoash's reign, all he did, and his great achievements and his war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 16 Jehoash died and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam succeeded him as king. 17 Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen more years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. 18 The rest of the events that happened in Amaziah's reign are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.

19 A conspiracy against Amaziah took place in Jerusalem, and he ran away to Lachish. But men were sent after him and they murdered him there. 20 They brought him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his forefathers in the City of David. 21 Then all the people of Judah made Amaziah's son Azariah king to replace his father. Azariah was sixteen years old. 22 Azariah recaptured Elath for Judah and rebuilt it after his father's death.

23 Jeroboam, son of Jehoash, became king of Israel in the fifteenth year of the reign of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah. He reigned in Samaria for forty-one years. 24 He did what was evil in the Lord's sight and did not end all the sins that Jeroboam, son of Nebat, had made Israel commit. 25 He restored the border of Israel to where it had been, from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had said through his servant Jonah, son of Amittai, the prophet, who came from Gath-hepher.

26 The Lord had seen how badly the Israelites were suffering, both slave and free. No one was there to help Israel. 27 However, since the Lord had said that he would not wipe out Israel, he saved them through Jeroboam, son of Jehoash. 28 The rest of what happened in Jeroboam's reign, all he did, his great achievements and the battles he fought, and how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, are recorded in the Book of Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. 29 Jeroboam died and was buried with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah succeeded him as king. — 2 Kings 14 | Free Bible Version (FBV) The Free Bible Version is a project of Free Bible Ministry; Copyright © 2018, Free Bible Ministry. All rights reserved. Cross References: Exodus 3:2; Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 24:16; Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 32:36; Joshua 10:31; Joshua 15:10; Joshua 15:38; 1 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 2:14; 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 12:18; 2 Kings 12:20-21; 2 Kings 13:12-13; 2 Kings 15:1; 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Chronicles 5:17; 2 Chronicles 8:3; 2 Chronicles 25:23; 2 Chronicles 23:25; Hosea 1:1; Amos 1:1; Amos 7:10; Matthew 12:39-40

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Daily Bible Reading 06 July 2023

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 14, 2 Chronicles 25   2 Kings 14:1-7 (NKJV) In the second year of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.  He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not…

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Evaluation of Amaziah

2 Chronicles 25:1-4 25 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a loyal heart. 3 Now it happened, as soon as the kingdom was established for him, that he executed his servants who had murdered his father the king. 4 However…

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LIGHT OF LIFE 113

John 1:4

DANGEROUS LIGHTS 16 – POWER FLOW ISSUES 4

Exo 19:21-22 The LORD said to him, "Go down and warn the people not to FORCE their way through the boundary to see the LORD, or many of them will die. Even the priests who are allowed to come near the LORD must SET THEMSELVES APART as holy, or the LORD will VIOLENTLY kill them." GW

Another problem in Electrical connections, which is destructive and also applies to Spiritual/Divine Principles, is what we call: PARTIAL CONTACT.

What does it mean?

We commonly put Plugs into Sockets but we soon realize that the plug is very hot or we perceive smell of burning and when we pull the plug, one if the pin holes is badly burnt.

That is a problem of Partial Contact and it occurs when the connecting points between plug and socket is not FIRM but the energy or current used from that point is much.

It could be so bad sometimes that the plug and socket get damaged beyond usefulness.

Spiritually, it means: anointing-carrying vessels must have very firm and sound connection with God, or else, in his services, demands will be made based on his connection strength.

2Ch 25:1-2 Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. He did what the LORD approved, BUT NOT WITH WHOLEHEARTED DEVOTION. NET

If your Commitment or devotion to God is Partial, anointing flowing through you to others will be restrained and frustrating; you will soon “burnout”.

King Saul is a perfect example of a Man with Half-Hearted Devotion to God: he was willing to serve God but was also much devoted to the people and easily influenced by their whims.

1Sa 15:20-22 "I did obey the LORD," Saul replied. "I went out AS HE TOLD ME TO, brought back King Agag, and killed all the Amalekites. BUT MY MEN did not kill the best sheep and cattle that they captured; instead, they brought them here to Gilgal to offer as a sacrifice to the LORD your God." Samuel said, "Which does the LORD prefer: obedience or offerings and sacrifices? It is better to obey him than to sacrifice the best sheep to him. GNB

One very bad thing about partial devotion is the Christian [involved] truly believes that his devotion is undivided and unquestionably sound, until something crashes down terribly.

Same thing happens when you put Plug into Socket.

You can never know [from outside] if the connection is not perfect; you won’t even know it’s burning until you perceive smell and by that time, it is probably [sometimes] burnt beyond redemption.

Another very terrible effect of partial devotion is that you mostly don’t even know how badly your attention is divided from God even when you should attempt to make things right.

1Sa 15:30-31 Saul said, "I did sin, but please HONOR ME IN FRONT OF THE LEADERS OF THE ARMY AND THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. Come back with me, so I can worship the LORD your God." Samuel followed Saul back, and Saul worshiped the LORD. CEV

Saul was yet engrossed with his loyalty to men, at the expense of his “crashing” relationship with God.

Take note that Samuel obliged him then. It is a sickness of insanity, beloved.

Too many Pastors today have divided loyalty between God and the congregation.

They do what God want to get anointing but do what the people want to get benefits. Very odd!

When you turn your focus from God, you become confused and disoriented, and all your efforts frustrate you and the people.

Worst case, God could “disconnect” from you totally.

1Sa 28:5-6 When Saul looked at the Philistine army, he was very afraid-terrified. He prayed to the LORD, but the LORD didn't answer him through dreams, the Urim, or prophets. GW

The people too could get badly hurt because of you: partial contact causes Light bulbs to flicker and fluctuate until eventually, the bulb burns out, never to light again.

2Ch 16:10 Asa was angry with Hanani because of what he said. HE WAS SO MAD that he put Hanani in prison. He was also very rough and cruel to some of the people then. ERV

That was King Asa: he joined alliance with Syria to fight Israel and God was angry with that.

So we see Asa’s reaction with the people and with the Prophet sent to rebuke him.

Did we not say that Partial Devotion could breed Insanity?

There you see it again folks.

Take note: Partial Devotion is not only a problem of Leadership.

Anyone could be none steadfast with God; any component in Electric lines could be partially connected too.

Psa 78:35-37 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. NEVERTHELESS they did FLATTER HIM with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. For THEIR HEART was not right with him, neither were they STEDFAST in his covenant. KJV

Do you see the Partial Contact?

They knew God to be their redeemer quite alright, yet they were not sincere nor steadfast with Him; their Loyalty was divided.

Don’t be Partial with God; don’t share his Loyalty with anyone else and don’t get burnt.

May God keep us all firmly attached to Himself, in Jesus name, Amen.

Be back on Friday for more on this intriguing subtopic.

Keep Shinning!

Brother Prince

Wednesday, October 27, 2021.

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The Temptation After Trusting GOD | timhatchlive [2 Chronicles 25:1-2]

            2 Chronicles 25:1-2 | ¹ Amaziah was 25 years old when             he became king, & he reigned in Jerusalem 29 years.             His mother’s name was Jehoaddan; she was from             Jerusalem.

            ² And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD,               but not wholeheartedly.

      The story of Amaziah would seem a mystery.

      He sets out to develop Judah's army.

      Then he goes so far as to enlist men from Israel to join &       succeeds by securing 100,000 men from Ephraim to join       his army. It is then the prophet speaks:

            2 Chronicles 25:7-8 | ⁷ But a man of GOD came to him             & said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go w/ you,             for the LORD is not with Israel

            —not with any of the Ephraimites.

            ⁸ Even if you go & fight bravely in battle, GOD will make             you stumble before the enemy, for GOD has power to             help & power to overthrow.”

      Amaziah is concerned about the money he already paid       these mercenaries.

      And the man of GOD replies with an important truth.

            2 Chronicles 25:9 | ⁹ Amaziah asked the man of GOD,             “What should I do about the hundred talents I have             given to the army of Israel?”

            And the man of GOD replied,             “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

      So often we think we need to hold on to the things we       have acquired or achieved.

      We do this because we forget GOD is able to restore       whatever true obedience may "cost" us.

      HE owns the world.

      Paul speaks about this when compelling the Corinthians       to give abundantly to the mission in Jerusalem:

            2 Corinthians 9:8-9 | ⁸ And GOD is able to make all             grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all             times, having all that you need, you will abound in             every good work.

            ⁹ As it is written: “HE has scattered abroad HIS gifts             to the poor; HIS righteousness endures forever.”

      We hold on to this world when we forget that GOD has       all that we need because HE owns all we have anyway.

      Amaziah receives the word & follows through.

            2 Chronicles 25:10 | ¹⁰ So Amaziah dismissed the             troops who had come to him from Ephraim & sent             them home. And they were furious with Judah &             returned home in great anger.

      Now, this leads me to a bigger point in the narrative.

      I believe there's another temptation that comes upon us       when we choose to obey GOD instead of relying on       men or things in this world.

      Let's give Amaziah credit, he heeded the prophet's words,       but now he's got another problem.

      The problem of people's disapproval.

      And as a king, he feels he needs it.

      This is the often unspoken reality of obeying the LORD.

      We obey, then people reject & we face the real temptation       to appease in order to regain some standing in       their eyes.

            Friend, I share this so that you may be ready             & able to face it. When that temptation to             appease people's opinion comes after             obeying GOD, don't be surprised, & do not waver.

      Your FATHER will sustain you.

      Amaziah wasn't prepared for this temptation.

      And while GOD gave him great success against Edom,       in the end he falls for their idolatry & inevitable disrepute.

            2 Chronicles 25:14 [ESV] After Amaziah came from             striking down the Edomites, he brought the gods of             the men of Seir & set them up as his gods &             worshiped them, making offerings to them.

      Another prophet warns him of this action & he       resoundingly rejects the admonition.

      He then seeks engagement with Joash in Israel       —the very nation the LORD told him to stay away from!

      The LORD uses this moment to humble him & bring       him low. He dies in defeat. Why?

      Because he didn't consider & wasn't prepared for the       temptation that comes after you trust & obey GOD.

      The temptation to be accepted by those who should       be rejecting you.

      JESUS told us plainly, the world will hate us.

      Expect & receive it as a badge of honor.       For in the last day only heaven's opinion will count.