WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.119 practical ways. Everybody, welcome back, assuming that. 4 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:16.440 This is not your first time, which is a big assumption. 5 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.079 That anybody would come back a second time after they 6 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:20.960 heard us the first time. 7 00:00:22.280 --> 00:00:24.120 But if you're new to the Bible Guys, I'm Chris, 8 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:27.359 this is Jeff, and we are a couple of pastors 9 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:30.039 and friends who work at the same church who have 10 00:00:30.280 --> 00:00:31.559 very similar backgrounds. 11 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:34.200 We really do, and we like to talk about the Bible. 12 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:37.119 Yeah, same age, even though I'm older, better. 13 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:41.960 Looking, substantially older, Yeah, substantially better looking, questionable, opinions. 14 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:46.520 Questionable, and that anyway, we just really just walked through 15 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.439 the Bible. We're in a series talking about the highlights 16 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:51.600 of the milestones of the Old Testament, and right now 17 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:56.000 we're talking about a battle between well Israel and Judah 18 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:59.399 going against airmens. 19 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:00.000 Yeah. 20 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:02.359 But before we do, we have a segment. 21 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.040 And these are fun segments. We like these sometimes, yeah, 22 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:08.040 because scary people right in. 23 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:08.920 Yeah. 24 00:01:08.959 --> 00:01:10.760 And so here's what we would like to say. We'd 25 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.359 like to say. We would love for you to write 26 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:16.840 in to email us at info at the Bible guys 27 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:18.319 dot com. Yes, hope, we'll put down on the. 28 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.359 Screen right there for the stump the Pastor segment. 29 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:23.200 Yes, or to be honest, any any question that you 30 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.599 might have, or comments or emails or feedback. We just 31 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:29.159 love it all and we'd like to use it. But 32 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:32.760 stump the pastor is what is today? This is from 33 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:33.439 Ivy B. 34 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.040 Yes, Hi, ivy B, and ivy. 35 00:01:35.719 --> 00:01:39.239 B says, I really enjoy listening to both of you daily. 36 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:41.879 Good job for exclamation. 37 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:43.799 Marks four Yes, that might be a record for us. 38 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.319 You're measuring exclamation for us. The Bible says, unless we 39 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:50.920 believe in the Son of God, we will not have 40 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.760 eternal life. He's the only way to God. What then 41 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:56.159 will happen to the people of the Old Testament. Jesus 42 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:59.680 was born centuries after them, and no one knows about him, 43 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.719 only maybe hears about him. Doesn't mean they will not 44 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:08.280 have eternal life. People like Abel, Hagar, Samson, boaz Adam. Well, 45 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:09.800 I get to see them when I go to heaven, 46 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:13.479 says Ivy. Great question is great question. Yeah, and so 47 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:19.599 there's uh you want to you want me to give? Yeah? So, uh, 48 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.000 I mean I think that you can really dive. You 49 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:24.599 can go down a big well here with theology on this. 50 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:28.479 But uh, we believe that the Bible is really clear 51 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.719 about the the Theophanes in the Bible. Uh. There there 52 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:36.360 there are places in the Bible where Jesus Christ appears 53 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:39.240 in the Old Testament, even though he doesn't physically appear, 54 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:43.080 there are times where Jesus will be present in prophecy 55 00:02:43.240 --> 00:02:46.520 or in symbolism, and he's there and he's he's being 56 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:50.199 prophesied uh towards the Cross. So the quick answer is 57 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.840 simply this that there are consistent places all the way 58 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:57.319 from the very beginning, from the Garden of Eden, from creation, 59 00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:00.840 from creation, all the way up until Jesus Us physically 60 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:05.360 came to the earth where Jesus has been prophesied about, 61 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:08.280 talked about, and the people the Old Testament may not 62 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:10.879 have known his name was Jesus, but they pretty much 63 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:13.919 believed in and looked forward to the Cross, which is 64 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:20.240 why the system that God had put in place represented Jesus. 65 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:24.199 So like, for instance, the animal sacrifices, they didn't remove 66 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:28.159 the sins of the people, but they covered the sins temporarily, 67 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:32.319 and people would practice animal sacrifices and different things like that, 68 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:37.000 looking forward to the cross, everything pointing to Jesus, and 69 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:39.159 we look back at the cross. So we have the 70 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:41.120 privilege of you know, you know, being on the other 71 00:03:41.159 --> 00:03:44.680 side of the completed work of Jesus, and his sacrifice 72 00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:48.879 actually removes our sins, and it's so complete that it 73 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:53.560 removes our future sins. And so basically the short answer 74 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:55.599 is is that we all get to have in the 75 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:58.759 same way, the people of the Old Testament looking forward 76 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:01.599 to the promised Messiah, and the people of the New Testament, 77 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:06.759 which is Us, and beyond looking backwards to the promised Messiah, 78 00:04:06.800 --> 00:04:07.599 which has come. 79 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.560 Right. That is right, John fourteen six. 80 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:13.439 Jesus says that no one comes to the Father except 81 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.199 through me, and so Jesus is telling the truth. And 82 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:19.680 that means that the only way Adam is going to 83 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:22.079 be in heaven is through Jesus. The only way that 84 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:23.360 you will get to heaven. 85 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:23.800 Is through Jesus. 86 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:26.279 Right, it's from the first to the last. We all 87 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:30.199 will go through Jesus. But there's limited information and knowledge 88 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:33.519 for them. But looking forward to and this is why 89 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.199 God would give the sacrifices the innocent, This is why 90 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.319 he commanded it that the innocent would pay the price 91 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.079 for the guilty, knowing that the Messiah would finally come 92 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.720 and pay the ultimate price for the guilty, even though 93 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:50.319 he's completely innocent. That was the totality of what they 94 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.399 understood about the purpose of the Messiah. 95 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:53.800 Right. 96 00:04:54.519 --> 00:04:55.680 They also began to believe. 97 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:57.519 It began to be a traditional thing to believe that 98 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:58.959 the Messiah was going to come and set them free 99 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:01.480 from Rome. It's purely political and it was social in 100 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:04.720 those last couple hundred years. But prior to that, they 101 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:07.199 were always looking forward to the fact that Messiah would 102 00:05:07.199 --> 00:05:10.800 come and solve this sin issue. And then us looking back, 103 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:13.959 we know his name. His name is Jesus, but he 104 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:15.759 did the exact same function for us that he did 105 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:16.079 for them. 106 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:16.720 It was the same. 107 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.399 Well, Jesus said, I didn't come to abolish the law. 108 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.399 I came to fulfill it, to fulfill it right right, 109 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:23.879 He was the fulfillment of everything that had been put 110 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:24.279 in the place. 111 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:26.519 And then this can be really hard for people. So 112 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:28.759 I like to mess with the people who like to 113 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:31.519 think about these things. But the reason why this works 114 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:34.639 is because God is not bound by time. This is 115 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:39.040 a time based question. I came after Adam came before 116 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:42.279 that's all about time, right, But for God, time isn't 117 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.399 an issue. He's the author of time, he's the cause 118 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:48.240 of time. But the Bible says and he's outside of time, right, 119 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:50.040 that's right. The Bible says that a day is a 120 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:51.879 thousand years, a thousand years is a day, kind of 121 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:54.160 referencing the idea that time has no effect on him. 122 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.160 So this is why the cross can happen in the 123 00:05:56.199 --> 00:05:59.759 middle of humanity and it applies both ways. Is because 124 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:03.000 he wasn't waiting for it to happen. It happened, and 125 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:07.199 we he's not waiting for us, he's not waiting for Adam. 126 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.040 All these things is time is not a thing for him, 127 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.800 and so because of that, then the cross can solve 128 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:15.240 the problem in the past and in the future completely. 129 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.560 That's why even when you trusted Christ, maybe you became 130 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.079 a Christian ten years ago, but God forgave all of 131 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:24.319 your sins forever, right, you know, past, present, in the future. 132 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:27.639 And it's because from a cross event that happened two 133 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:31.519 thousand years ago. That's why it applies. Is because he's 134 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.160 not worried about this time component. So that's kind of 135 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:36.600 a twist your mind thing, a little bit. But just 136 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:40.399 understand it's not a problem for him. You looking back 137 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:42.680 thousands of years to Adam is kind of a weird 138 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:44.759 thing because it's thousands of years to God, it all 139 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:48.079 just is right. It's not then and now it just is, 140 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.519 and so is the cross, and the cross solves. 141 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:51.199 The problem for everybody. 142 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:54.759 So Adam had a limited information, but with the information 143 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.839 he had, it applies as long as he was looking 144 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:01.199 forward to the Messiah, and you have more information to 145 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:04.279 who much is given, much has required Jesus said. So 146 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:06.959 now as we look back, we have more complete information. 147 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:11.680 But even then, Paul says, we have limited information compared 148 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:13.879 to what's going to be like in heaven. Right, So 149 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:16.040 he says, we're like looking in a in a mirror 150 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:19.360 with that's foggy, right, But one day we're going to 151 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:22.360 see him face to face. So even while your information 152 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:25.680 is more complete than Adams, none of us have complete 153 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:27.759 information about Jesus until we actually. 154 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.439 Mean yeah, well, he says, not the half has been told, right, right, 155 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:31.560 So it's just half. 156 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:34.240 So it's all part. 157 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:37.319 So it's faith in what you do know about Jesus, 158 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:41.199 not not consequences for what you don't know about Jesus 159 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:42.279 name the band. 160 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:45.160 I don't know what this is? 161 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:45.839 Your favorite band? 162 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:46.480 Is it new song? 163 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:46.839 Yes? 164 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.920 Okay not the half has been told. 165 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:51.560 I didn't recognize the way you're saying it. 166 00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:55.639 Oh, there it is, there it is. Here's the idea 167 00:07:55.639 --> 00:08:03.439 of them say it. Yeah, okay, okay. 168 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.639 So question, thank you Ivy for writy in. 169 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:08.720 Yeah. Yeah, that was fantastic for sure. Talking about going 170 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:09.160 to heaven. 171 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:14.360 There's some people who don't because they reject God right 172 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.240 when they die. 173 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:20.199 And talking about dying. Wow, Ab dies today? 174 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:23.600 Yes? In the stories, yes, yes, wow. 175 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:25.519 Okay, that was a stretch. That was a very that 176 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:26.199 was a bad one. 177 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:26.480 Yeah. 178 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:27.439 Yeah. 179 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.079 If you're new to listening, we've been trying to get 180 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:32.200 the worst transitions we possibly can. 181 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:33.559 That's been a goal of ours. 182 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.879 And that sort of was a transition that led into 183 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:36.600 another transition. 184 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:37.200 Yeah, exactly. 185 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:39.440 Yeah. It was too bad transition. 186 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:39.840 Too bad transition. 187 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.480 It's so bad it needed another transition. 188 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:46.759 So this is a These are parallel stories in First 189 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:48.960 King's chapter twenty two. You can find the same story 190 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.480 in Second Chronicles chapter eighteen, and it's telling about the 191 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.519 death of Ahab. So it's just a few verses here, 192 00:08:54.960 --> 00:08:57.399 but it says, So, King Ahab of Israel and King 193 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:01.559 Jehoshaphat of Judah led their armies against Raymouth Gilead. The 194 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:03.639 air Mans had taken Ramoth Gilead, and they wanted to 195 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.159 take it back. The King of Israel said the Jehastaphah, 196 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:08.440 as we go into battle, I'll disguise myself so no 197 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:11.799 one will recognize me, but you wear your royal robes. 198 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:15.240 So the King of Israel disguised himself and they went 199 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:18.120 into battle. Meanwhile, the King of Aram had issued these 200 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:21.840 orders to his thirty two chariot commanders. Attack only the 201 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:25.159 King of Israel, don't bother with anyone else. So when 202 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:28.679 the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehashaphah in his royal robes, 203 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:31.080 they went after him. There's the King of Israel, they shouted. 204 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.919 But when Jehosaphah called out, the chariot commanders realized he 205 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.720 was not the King of Israel, and they stopped chasing him. 206 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:40.799 An Airman soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the 207 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:42.919 Israelite troops and shot the King of Israel between the 208 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:45.679 joints of his armor. Turn the horses and get me 209 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.399 out of here. Ahab groaned to the driver of his chariot, 210 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:52.279 I'm badly wounded. The battle raged all that day, and 211 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:55.360 the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. 212 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:58.360 The blood from his wound ran down to the floor 213 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:02.120 of his chariot, and as evening ard he died, just 214 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:04.519 as the sun was setting, the cry ran through. His 215 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:07.960 troops were done for Run for your lives. So the 216 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:10.279 king died, and his body was taken to Samaria and 217 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:13.000 buried there, And then his chariot was washed beside the 218 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.159 pool of Samaria, and dogs came and licked his blood 219 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:17.639 at the place where the prostitutes bathed, just as the 220 00:10:17.679 --> 00:10:20.799 lord had promised. The rest of the events in Ahab's 221 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:23.240 reign and everything he did, including the story of the 222 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.200 Ivory Palace and the towns he built, are recorded in 223 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:27.919 the book of the History of the Kings of Israel. 224 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:32.120 So Ahab died and his son a Haziah became the 225 00:10:32.159 --> 00:10:32.639 next king. 226 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:40.639 Hey remember the blood profit from the vineyard. Yes, uh huh, 227 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:43.120 that was it. Yeah, that was exactly what happened. 228 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:44.559 When he took Naboth's vineyard. 229 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:47.200 Yes, and so if you were here last week and 230 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:52.360 you listened then you know that his death was prophesied, 231 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:54.639 but then he repented, so God said, Okay, he's not 232 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.840 going to bring it in his lifetime, but he carried 233 00:10:57.840 --> 00:10:59.600 it out at the end of his life. Yeah, because 234 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:03.200 he said, Hey, where Nathan, we're nay both with stoned. 235 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:06.240 That's where the dogs are liqu your blood. And turns 236 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:10.200 out that they were washing his chariot and uh and 237 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:12.559 as they were doing it, the blood was in the water, 238 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.559 and then the dogs came and looked up the blood, which, 239 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:15.639 by the way, is gross. 240 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.440 What a gross blalk about? 241 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:21.279 Yeah, sure, I guess, says. 242 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:22.600 When I come home. 243 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.120 It's funny I have I have, you know, I put 244 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:27.720 my foot down and said, we are not getting any 245 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:29.879 more puppies, and my wife and daughter went out and 246 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:34.159 got two little tiny yippers. You met him, Yes, Gucci, 247 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:37.240 Chanel Gucci and Chanelle Gucci about. 248 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:40.320 Tough guy names by the way, the worst manly names ever. 249 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.080 But it's so it's so funny because I mean they 250 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:47.440 are literally they are the definition of lap dogs. They 251 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:48.799 don't even have fur. I don't know if you know. 252 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:51.159 They don't have fur. They have hair, so they don't shed. 253 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:54.120 They when they get haircuts, they feel so soft, right 254 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:57.480 and fluffy, all this kind of stuff. Uh, they're terrified 255 00:11:57.480 --> 00:12:03.720 of everything. And but when I come home, if I 256 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:07.799 bring a deer home, Gucci turns into a wolf. He 257 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:12.279 can't stand it doesn't mean we can bring groceries home 258 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:17.320 with meat. And he's interested, but not aggressive. I bring 259 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:20.720 home venison, fresh venison, and he turns into like this, 260 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:23.679 just fight you to get get the meat. It's the 261 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:26.840 weirdest thing, right, Yeah, it's dogs. That's what they go for. 262 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:28.240 They love it. So this is it. 263 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:28.679 Now. 264 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.519 The weird thing is the translation where it says, you know, 265 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:34.759 this is where the prostitutes bathed. The translation could have 266 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:36.960 been and the prostitutes bathed in it. 267 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.039 Oh that's a little weird. 268 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:40.960 Isn't that weird? Yeah? 269 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:43.320 Yeah, yeah, it's it's kind of one of those mockery 270 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:44.759 kind of things. 271 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:45.279 Yeah. 272 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:46.480 Bathing in the blood of the king. 273 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:48.000 Yeah, bathing in the blood of the king. 274 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:51.639 Yeah, yeah, it's it's pretty talking about shame that that's 275 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:52.120 what happens. 276 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:54.159 But let's talk about this for a minute. 277 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:56.399 Much. If you think about it, it was mixed with 278 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:57.960 water and soap as they were washing. 279 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:01.519 Sure, but they're right to make a statement. It seems 280 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.720 like it's they're making a statement. 281 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:08.879 Yeah, yeah, so so the the interesting thing is Jehasha 282 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:13.399 Fat made this really bad decision and allowed his son 283 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.759 to marry Ahab and Jezebel's daughter Athelia. 284 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:19.639 It's bad news, right, it's terrible. 285 00:13:19.960 --> 00:13:22.360 Yeah. Can you imagine, by the way, as a father 286 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:26.200 signing off for one of your kids to marry into 287 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:31.720 a family that were hedonistic, false worship idling people who 288 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:34.840 didn't recognize the authority of God that. 289 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:36.960 The Bible says, Well, the Bible doesn't tell all of 290 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.919 the stories of Ahab and Jezebel. Multiple times, God says 291 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:42.679 these are the most wicked people that ever led Israel. 292 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:46.399 Yeah right, they were worse than all the other kings. 293 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:49.799 So so as horrible as we know the kings had 294 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:53.120 been up to this point, Ahab was by far worse. 295 00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:53.919 Yeah. 296 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:56.519 And it was Joosphat. Was it is his son or 297 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.240 was it his daughter? 298 00:13:57.399 --> 00:13:59.799 It was his son married Ahab's. 299 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:03.000 Daughter, okay, I dally, okay, so maybe he thought my 300 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.120 son will lead. 301 00:14:04.320 --> 00:14:06.879 Well, it's an alliance, right, right, it's an alliance. 302 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:10.080 But Jesebel's daughter is going to be Jezebel's daughter and 303 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:11.960 she had all this power over Ahab. 304 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:15.759 Yeah, I was only thinking, honestly of just from the 305 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.519 vantage point only for a father, Like. 306 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.399 I think it was just purely political. It was diplomatic. 307 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:25.120 Daughter is different than giving your son. Giving your son 308 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:27.639 you just hope he leads, but giving your daughter, you know, 309 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:29.679 is subject you know, especially in that day. 310 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:31.840 Well, I think you probably had this sense of jehosh 311 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:36.039 Fat going, hey, here's an opportunity, Ahab, the country is 312 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:39.840 not strong. Judah was strong. Israel was not strong. Judah 313 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:43.759 was economically prosperous. They had a powerful army. They weren't 314 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:46.840 in battle and war all the time. Israel was constantly 315 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:50.399 at war. Ahabs, people did not honor God. God did 316 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.200 not bless them. They were living under the curse. And 317 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:55.519 so they have a weaker nation. It's a weak moment, 318 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:59.440 and Judah is strong. So now, hey, what if I 319 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:03.600 marry his daughter? What if my son marries his daughter? Right, 320 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:06.399 we can maybe seize a just a little bit more 321 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:10.559 control over the north. Right, there's I think a strategic thing. 322 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.360 And then in return for that, I think it's kind 323 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:17.600 of funny that Ahab goes, hey, listen, as we go 324 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:21.879 to war, you wear your robes and look like a king, 325 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:25.039 and I'm gonna wear a disguise which and pretend I'm 326 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:25.240 not the. 327 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.399 King the right, Like, why would you agree to that? 328 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:28.960 I don't know. 329 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:32.879 But Ahab's thinking, maybe I can maybe with Jehoshaphat, because 330 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:36.159 you've got such a good, good army, maybe we can 331 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:40.279 beat Aram. And at the same time, maybe they'll kill Jehoshapat. 332 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:44.440 I can get both kingdoms, right, he's playing both ends 333 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.919 against the middle, that's what he's doing. 334 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:48.240 Well, And so so you've. 335 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:51.039 Got I think Jehoshaphat thinking, hey, I'm gonna I'm I'm slack, 336 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:55.240 and we're gonna work out this this family kind of diplomacy, 337 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:57.879 and eventually, over time, I'm gonna play the long game 338 00:15:57.919 --> 00:16:00.879 and I'm gonna take over Israel and have a going No, 339 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:02.720 you wear your kingly robes and I'll just wear this. 340 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:06.080 Guys, well, I think that he's also trying to get 341 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.039 him killed. Well yeah, but he's also trying to avoid 342 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:13.159 the one prophet who who predicted the truth, right, So 343 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:15.600 in the back of his mind, he's thinking, well, somebody's 344 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:20.639 dying today. Somebody's dying. And by the way, how ridiculous 345 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:25.559 is it to think that he get out smart what 346 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:28.919 God says. Right. So you know all the time in 347 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:30.799 the scripture, you know, when we live our lives, we 348 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:34.159 have promises and guidelines and thou shouts and thou shot knots, 349 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:37.600 and you know, God encourages us, he commands us, he 350 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.840 nudges us. You know, he challenges us, and all these 351 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:43.639 different kinds of things. And so here's the thing. God's 352 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:46.559 word is true, and God's word is going to be 353 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:49.919 true regardless of we can't out smart God. What is 354 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:53.240 Galatians saying, right, don't be deceived? God is the moms right, 355 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:55.440 You're gonna saw what You're gonna what you read, and 356 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:57.200 it's just gonna It's just gonna happen. It's going to 357 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:59.320 find you out. It's going to find you and you 358 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.639 can't avoid it. It's like Jonah can't run in sale 359 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:08.039 to Tarshis far enough, right, It's like you can't outrun God. 360 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:13.680 And so and so here he wears a disguise. Well 361 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.319 guess what it was? Actually think about this. I didn't 362 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:18.039 think about this ti this very second. It was actually 363 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.200 his disguise that he wore that did him in because 364 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:25.759 the arrow perhaps would not have Eddie woren his other outfit. 365 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:28.480 It wouldn't have slipped through that exact crack of that 366 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:33.759 exact armor, right, because I mean, think about it, different 367 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.279 outfits are gonna have different seams, and they're gonna look 368 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.440 different and just be different. And it says that just 369 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:43.920 so happens, this random arrow went through the cracks of 370 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:48.920 his armor, and so he will be wearing a different outfit. Happened. 371 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:52.960 You know, I have had conversations with people before. You know, 372 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:57.160 some Christians will talk about the fact that nothing is random, right, right, 373 00:17:57.240 --> 00:18:00.440 but God chooses to use this verse that says it 374 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.319 was a random guy. So this guy was not aiming 375 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.799 at anybody, right, He was just shooting at the forces 376 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.319 of Israel. 377 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:07.680 Right. 378 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.839 He wasn't aiming at Ahab, He wasn't intentionally trying to 379 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:15.799 kill him. But God guided that arrow to a crack 380 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:18.319 in his armor, just just just a gap, you know. 381 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:21.640 It's it's where you got to have, you know, in 382 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:24.000 the joint areas. You have to have mobility, and so 383 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:26.759 those would be vulnerable spots. You know, big chunk of 384 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.599 armor here, big chunk of armor on your shoulders, whatever, 385 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:31.480 in your back. But you're going to have to have 386 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:33.920 some things for mobility, and it was one of those 387 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:37.480 cracks that got through. And you know, he he bled 388 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:39.759 for a long time from the middle of the day 389 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.759 until evening before he. 390 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.880 Died, which goes to show you that God, like God trumps. 391 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.640 All us absolutely, that's right, He. 392 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:51.039 Trumps all uds. And and you know, so sometimes we think, oh, no, like, 393 00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:54.680 how could this possibly work out for the best? How 394 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:58.759 could this possibly you know, go my way? When we're 395 00:18:58.759 --> 00:19:01.480 praying and we're thinking ourselves, there's only a certain amount 396 00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:03.519 of chance that, you know, this person would be healed. 397 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:05.799 There's only a certain amount of chance that I'm gonna 398 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.559 get the promotion or whatever it's going to be. Just remember, 399 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:13.359 God trumps all odds in his exactness of this era. 400 00:19:13.559 --> 00:19:18.160 He knew exactly you know, he knew exactly where it 401 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:21.359