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 --> 00:00:18.839 practical ways. Six six zero, six hundred episodes, six hundred 4 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:20.199 episodes of the Bible Guys. 5 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:22.839 Yeah, not just of HG Daily, that's right, because how 6 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:23.600 many we have those? 7 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:26.359 Well, all together, I was just looking that up. Let 8 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:28.120 me find it again, all together between. 9 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:30.519 You may not know we started this as a small 10 00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:32.640 group kind of thing, and we did a bunch of 11 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:35.799 episodes on HG Daily, not really ever intending to continue. 12 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:38.840 Yeah, so with HC Daily and The Bible Guys combined 13 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:41.079 is six hundred and fifty eight episodes. 14 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:44.359 We only did fifty eight episodes of the HID. 15 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:47.399 Seven hundred I'm sorry, seven hundred and fifty eight episodes 16 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:49.359 seven to fifty eight. Yeah, yeah, so we did I 17 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:50.079 think so and. 18 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:51.960 Fifty eight episodes of the HG Daily. 19 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:55.520 Yeah, so it's either seven fifty eight or seven sixty 20 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.799 three okay, yeah, but around there, Yeah, over seven hundred 21 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:03.039 and six, let's say, seven hundred and sixty episodes also combined. 22 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:05.879 But you and me just with the Bible Guys, six 23 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:08.959 six hundred episodes, and it's this one. This is the 24 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.040 six hundredth Yeah, and so hey, hey listen people, for 25 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:13.879 those who've been listening a long time, we're gonna try 26 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:16.239 really hard with this one, okay, right, you see we 27 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:17.000 can finally get it right. 28 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:18.519 We're gonna shoot above mediocrity. 29 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.000 We just that's right, that's right. We're going to elevate 30 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:25.599 the bar to you know, so so so. 31 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:26.159 That's great. 32 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:29.200 Yeah, yeah, that's our new commitment. We're all in on 33 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:31.239 getting it so so. 34 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:36.519 And today's Friday, Yeah, which is everybody's favorite day because 35 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:40.959 it's the most likely day for us to celebrate everybody's 36 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:45.560 favorite It doesn't always happen, but everybody's favorite episode. 37 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.159 Our long term fans know everybody's favorite episode. Hey, listen, 38 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.079 remember when I told you earlier this week that I 39 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:54.480 met with some kids that used to be in my 40 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:57.000 youth group and now they're married and they have four 41 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.719 little girls. The little girls said that their favorite part 42 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.000 is what made Chris mad? Is it really? And they're 43 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.840 pretty sure they know all the things that made Chris mad. 44 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:06.159 This week, I said, trust me, we haven't even begun 45 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.400 to scratch the surface of what makes Chris mad. So 46 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:13.520 so they're sitting here super excited. Girls yeah, here he is. Chris, 47 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:15.400 what made you mad this week? 48 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:17.879 Well, when I saw the question and I knew it 49 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.840 was upon me, I immediately thought of something that happened 50 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:23.400 on Monday. 51 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:25.000 I looked at the sheet and said, oh, it's what 52 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:26.319 made Chris mad this week? And you go, oh, I 53 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:28.159 already know what it is. Yeah, you didn't even have 54 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:28.879 to think twice. 55 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:30.719 Yes, okay, So here it is. 56 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:35.520 It comes down to one sentence, which is, have you 57 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:39.759 ever been really super excited about something? Yes, and you 58 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:44.919 you really wanted the other person to experience it as well. 59 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:47.039 Like have you ever said, like, oh to your wife 60 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:49.159 or something, You'd say, I can't wait till. 61 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:50.000 You tea this week? 62 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:52.680 Yeah you love this, I love this or this movie 63 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:53.560 or you know what I mean. 64 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:58.759 Or whatever it is, and they completely rejected and they 65 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:00.199 don't even give it a time of day. That's this 66 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:03.919 is what happened to me. So it happened with the 67 00:03:03.960 --> 00:03:07.800 movie Wicked. Okay, okay. So so now that you have 68 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:09.439 that context, allow me to end. 69 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:11.800 You are a massive fan of Wicked. It's a ten 70 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:12.159 out of ten. 71 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:14.639 It's a ten out of ten, just so just so 72 00:03:14.639 --> 00:03:18.400 everybody knows, there's probably less than twenty movies in my 73 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:20.319 lifetime that I've given a ten out of ten. 74 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:23.879 And Chris has seen all the movies. True, So there's 75 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:27.360 twenty out of the gajillion movies that you've seen, and most. 76 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.479 Of them you know who are that are phenomenal? They 77 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:29.879 get nine? 78 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:33.240 What are other ten out of ten? Everything that zach 79 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:41.479 Efron's in, and then Wicked ten out of ten. 80 00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:46.800 No, No, I immediately can say that I've given Endgame 81 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:48.479 and Infinity Wars both of. 82 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:51.159 Those ten out of ten. Okay, So theo's are substantial. 83 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.240 Those are significant. It has to be subsidci complexity of it, 84 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:56.400 the scale of it. 85 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:00.439 They intensity on it, editing out it. 86 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:01.639 I don't want to get too much into it because 87 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:03.199 I have a story here, but I do have a 88 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:06.479 rating scale. Okay, but here's the thing. It has to 89 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.360 be ten out of ten means. 90 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:08.719 Like I would. 91 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:10.919 It lacks nothing that's okay. 92 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.639 And just so you know, when when Chris gives you 93 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:16.959 a number of scales, if he thinks something is really good, 94 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.959 he'll go, dude, that was a solid eight. Yes, and 95 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:22.240 that's like a massive compliment for you to say it's 96 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:24.560 a solid eight. Yeah. Five is neutral and you because 97 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:28.240 you are stingy with nines and ten's almost never. 98 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:32.759 Exists, right, That's see, like, for instance, a sermon on 99 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.199 a Sunday morning and they come down and I think, 100 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:36.639 I'm like, that is incredible. 101 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:37.879 I'm like, dude, that was like an eight and a half. 102 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:40.279 Yeah, yeah, right, Well you've given me a couple of sevens, 103 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:45.160 which make me feel so incredibly incredibly honored. I've given 104 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:48.040 you man alive, and so I've been super excited. 105 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:48.360 Yeah. 106 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:51.279 Nine is like life changing. Ten is something you'll never 107 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:53.879 ever forget. Anyway, The point is, I'm not even into 108 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.759 my story yet, please, is that I went to this person. 109 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.319 I'm not going to tell you your name, but you. 110 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:00.920 Know who you are. But you know who you are. 111 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:02.879 I said, I go, you got to watch Wicked. It's 112 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:04.120 just it's just it's just great. 113 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:07.439 So she goes home, comes back and says, you know, 114 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:09.279 I see her, you know the next time I see her, 115 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:13.720 And she says, yeah, I just don't understand the hype, 116 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:16.600 and it's you know it was it was okay. I said, well, 117 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.680 were you into it or were you you know it 118 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:21.920 was on it was in the background. I just get infuriated, 119 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.839 I get inured. I said, what what do you mean. 120 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.920 You're saying you turned it on and you didn't completely 121 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:29.040 dedicate your entire attent. 122 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:30.759 Next to three hours to it. 123 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.279 It is three hours for the first half, for the 124 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:34.720 first half, that's right, that's right. 125 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:38.720 Now, the real Wicked only lasts two hours in the theater, 126 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:41.519 but two and a half hours for sure. But we 127 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.240 got to make this movie rightfully, So we go to 128 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.079 make this movie six hours for the two and a 129 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:48.800 half hour theater show. But that's okay, but rightfully so 130 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:52.040 okay because for instance, I haven't seen it yet. When 131 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:53.519 you when you create a movie, don't ruin it for me. 132 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:55.399 What happens? No, No, when you create a movie. 133 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:57.920 When you create a movie, like for instance, in the 134 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:01.319 Wicked Broadway show, which I've I've seen five. 135 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.480 Times, I've seen twice, Okay. 136 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.199 They're like when they walk into OZ, they're like, oh 137 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:05.959 look it's OZ. 138 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.879 And of course the set isn't exactly that elaborate, right, 139 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:10.079 but like, oh look we're in OZ. 140 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.000 That's it. It lasts one second in the movie. 141 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:16.000 They literally, because it's a movie, they have to create 142 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:19.120 OZ and the splendor of OZ. Dude, that takes like 143 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.680 seven minutes just for them to show you as right, 144 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:26.839 and so naturally the movie's going to be way longer 145 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:32.199 because it creates emotion and it creates character depth, so 146 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:35.319 they take more time to give you more depth of. 147 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:37.879 Them, so more than twice as long. So anyways, your 148 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:39.639 friend headed on in the background. 149 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:40.920 I'm giving you the whole argument. 150 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:43.600 By saying phenomenal. Why it's ten Yeah, that's. 151 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:46.319 Exactly right here it is. Okay, I'm gonna wrap this up. 152 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:49.839 You have you have to live up to the Wizard 153 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.600 of Stinking oz Right from nineteen thirty nine, one of 154 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:57.639 the best movies revered ever made. So that's a tall order, 155 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.920 and you're gonna make a sequel to that, good Luck. 156 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:02.959 And then you're going to take on arguably one of. 157 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:07.399 The best Broadway shows ever made, which is Wicked and 158 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:09.399 by the Way, and then you're going to try to 159 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:12.879 compete with the musical talent of arguably two of the 160 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:16.120 greatest singers in the world, Kristin Chenowith and I did 161 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:20.040 a Menzell. Right, So you got these three unbelievable things 162 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:22.720 you're trying to tackle, and it's like, good luck with 163 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:25.279 living up to all three of those things. Now on 164 00:07:25.319 --> 00:07:27.600 top of that, so not only are you taking on 165 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:31.439 that challenge, but then you have to not only do that, 166 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:33.519 but you have to elevate it. You have to make 167 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:37.319 it better, right otherwise why do it? Because think about this, 168 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:41.560 every live animations you ever see the remake, the live 169 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:43.920 animation remake of the Little Mermaid? 170 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:46.720 Don't ever see it. 171 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:49.519 It's awful. It is a lesser version of the Little 172 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:53.199 It's like a four out of It's like a three 173 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:55.600 and a half four out of ten. Okay, because you 174 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:59.519 know flounder of the fish. You can have big eyes 175 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:02.399 when he's but when you when you have a real 176 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:06.519 fish acting surprised, you can't make him with cartoon eyes. 177 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:11.720 There's no expression. Right, It's a lesser version on every level. Okay, okay, okay, 178 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:17.240 So not wicked. Wicked has to add character, depth and 179 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.879 emotion on top of everything else. Okay, us why we 180 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:23.720 make it? And so anyway, all that to say it, 181 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:26.160 it surpassed my expectations in every category. 182 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:28.319 And your friend said, and. 183 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.000 My friend said, oh, I just didn't get it. 184 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:32.320 And then I was so mad at the end when 185 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:35.679 it was finally over, finally over, and it said to 186 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:38.360 be continued, and I was like, what it was only 187 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:41.320 part one, and I was like, are you kidding me? 188 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:45.679 This movie stands on its own as is, and it 189 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:50.840 is incredible. It's incredible. It surpassed everything. Okay, and I'm 190 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:53.360 telling you one last thing. 191 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:56.080 So how dare somebody have a different opinion than you 192 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:58.600 about a movie? No, that is not that is that 193 00:08:58.759 --> 00:08:59.960 he's about. 194 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:03.080 What I'm mad is is that you didn't give it 195 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:03.919 the time of day. 196 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:05.879 You just turned it on in the background, and you 197 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:06.840 mean judged it. 198 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:08.759 She gave it three hours. 199 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:11.919 No, she said it was on in the background, and 200 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:12.720 she's like, oh it was. 201 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:13.720 It was just sort of on. 202 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:15.080 But she made it to the end and saw that 203 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:16.279 it was to be continued. 204 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:17.639 And then decided to critique it. 205 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:19.720 And then as I was trying to lift it up 206 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:24.080 and explain the grandeur of this, of this feat that 207 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.159 Wicked has conquered, she says, oh, I just didn't get it. 208 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.799 I just it was terrible. Okay, she didn't use the 209 00:09:30.840 --> 00:09:32.120 word terrible, but still it was. 210 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:33.919 Okay. Well, how dare she? 211 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:35.320 Yes, it didn't mad? 212 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:37.519 She clearly did not listen to you. 213 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:39.720 And anybody anybody who listen. 214 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.559 So he's mad that she didn't listen. 215 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.480 When you want somebody to appreciate that what you appreciate, 216 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:45.519 and they don't. 217 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.000 And they don't they don't really put in that real effort. 218 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.039 That's correct. I see that's what made Christmas. 219 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.679 I see you understand, Yes, you understand now, ja I 220 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:55.840 do understand. Okay, okay, all right? Or next time Chris 221 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:58.080 wants me to do something, I better do it. Well, 222 00:09:58.360 --> 00:10:00.039 if I'm with all my heart, I better do it. 223 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:05.120 Not just not just part way man, you can get 224 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:09.399 in trouble. Yeah, with all my heart, Chris, Okay, that's it. Okay, 225 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:14.279 talking about with all my heart. Ooh uh. Jehosha Fat 226 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:16.879 becomes king and he wants to lead just like his 227 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:19.879 dad did with all his heart, with all his heart 228 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.720 in Israel. Heart. I like it. Was that a good transition. 229 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:24.240 I like it. 230 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:28.159 Okay. So in Second Chronicles, chapter seventeen is where we're 231 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:33.600 at in this yes and Uh, it says this Jehasaphat 232 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:37.639 Jehosha Fat, Yes j e h O s h A 233 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.679 p h A T. It's a rapper's name. 234 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:42.519 It's ridiculous, that is what it is. 235 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:47.360 It's like a rapper name, right, yeah, Fat Fat Jehosh 236 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:52.440 I don't know jehoshaha saying, Rapper, it's fat pepj Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, 237 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.879 that's what I'm saying. Jehosha, fat Ace's son became the 238 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:59.240 next king. He strengthened Judah to stand against any attack 239 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.320 from Israel. He stationed troops in all the fortified towns 240 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:05.440 of Judah, and he assigned additional garrisons to the land 241 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:07.480 of Judah and to the towns of Ephraim that his 242 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.120 father Asa had captured. The Lord was with Jehashafat because 243 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:13.960 he followed the example of his father's early years and 244 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.519 did not worship the images of Bail. He sought his 245 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:19.120 father's God and obeyed his commands instead of following the 246 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.360 evil practices of the Kingdom of Israel. So the Lord 247 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:27.240 established Jehoshaphat's rule kingdom and control over the Kingdom of Judah. 248 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:29.759 All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehashaphat, so 249 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.919 he became very wealthy and highly esteemed. He was deeply 250 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.600 committed to the ways of the Lord. He removed the 251 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.600 pagan shrines and a share of polls from each from Judah. 252 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:41.120 In the third year of his reign, Jehashapat sent his 253 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:43.480 officials to teach it in all the towns of Judah. 254 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:49.720 These officials included ben Hale, Obadiah, Zachariah, Nathaniel, and mike Ayah. 255 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:54.519 He sent levites along with them, including Samaiyah and Nathaniah 256 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:02.320 zebediah Assahl, Shemramoth Jeha on the then Ada Nija, Tobijah, 257 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:07.240 and Toba Nija. There'll be a quiz after by the way. 258 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:12.159 He also sent out the priests Alishama and Jehoram that 259 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.840 took copies of the Book of the Law of the 260 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.399 Lord and traveled around through all the towns of Judah 261 00:12:16.480 --> 00:12:19.720 teaching the people. Then the fear of the Lord fell 262 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.240 over all the surrounding kingdoms, so that none of them 263 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:25.399 wanted the declare war on Jehashapah. Some of the Philistines 264 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:27.840 brought him gifts and silver is tribute, and the Arabs 265 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:31.519 brought seventy seven hundred rams and seventy seven hundred male goats. 266 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:35.720 So Jehashapah became more and more powerful and built fortresses 267 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:38.919 and storage cities throughout Judah. He stored numerous supplies in 268 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:41.080 Judas towns and stationed in an army of seas and 269 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:45.960 troops at Jerusalem. His army was enrolled according to ancestral clans. 270 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.440 From Judah, there were three hundred thousand troops organized in 271 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:51.399 units of a thousand, under the command of aDNA. Next 272 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.639 in command was johannan N who commanded two hundred and 273 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:57.759 eighty thousand troops. Next was Ameasiah, son of Zikar, who 274 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.679 volunteered for the lord's service, with two hundred thousand troops 275 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:03.480 under his command. From Benjamin, there were two hundred thousand 276 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:05.200 troops equipped with the bows and shields, and they were 277 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:08.480 under the command of Elieda, a veteran soldier. Next to 278 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:11.240 the command was Jehosah Bad, who commanded one hundred and 279 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.759 eighty thousand armed men. These were the troops stationed in 280 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:17.600 Jerusalem to serve the king, besides those Jehoshaphat stationed in 281 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:23.000 the fortified towns throughout Judah. Wow, that's a lot of names, dude, Dude, I. 282 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.960 Told you this a long time ago. I told you 283 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:30.480 this actually during the break in between podcasts that early on. Yeah, 284 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.600 I said, I want you to be the one who reads, 285 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:35.759 because number one, you have a really great. 286 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:38.799 Voice, you really do, and you read very well. But 287 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.399 it's mainly because I would slam I don't want to 288 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.080 say anything. 289 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:46.200 It's the main reason why I was like, hey, you 290 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:48.879 do the reading, because I would butcher all of those, 291 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:51.000 and yet you got through them. And sometimes when you 292 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:53.559 burn through those, like you really read those fast. I 293 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.320 would have paused and I would still be on that 294 00:13:56.360 --> 00:13:57.080 section right now. 295 00:13:57.600 --> 00:14:01.559 I would be like Toebedja, well, I thought it was 296 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:06.080 funny talking about the names Adamnija, Tobaija and toeb Adanaija, 297 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:07.840 which is what is that about? 298 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:08.440 Right? 299 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:10.000 Yeah, it's pretty crazy. 300 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:14.320 I don't know. And uh sher Ramoth. Yeah, yeah, that's terrible. 301 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:18.279 That's terrible. But let's just they might all be in 302 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:20.799 heaven going come on, man, say my name right, just 303 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:23.600 just one time, one preacher, say my name, right, that's 304 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:27.600 because yeah, anyways, say my name, my name. 305 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:28.879 Hey. 306 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:33.080 Jehoshaphat was ASA's son, Yes, he became the next king. 307 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:35.480 Asa was a pretty good king, and Jehasha Fat became 308 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.039 a better king. 309 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:37.000 Yeah, better king. 310 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:41.240 And remember how it said that Asa never tore down 311 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:44.039 the temples, Yes, and you said that he almost went. 312 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:44.399 All the way. 313 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.519 Yeah, I wished he did. 314 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:47.720 Yeah, And Josha Fat went all the way. 315 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.120 He did. He was deeply committed to the ways of 316 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.519 the Lord, and he removed the pagan shrines and a 317 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.639 share of polls from Judah. 318 00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.000 That's it. 319 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:55.799 Yeah, that that's the verse six. 320 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.240 Yep. 321 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.360 And so he so he actually, uh, he's like, hey, 322 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.080 my my dad was good. My dad was a good man. 323 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:04.519 And but I'll tell you what. 324 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:05.840 I would do. I'll tell you what I would do. 325 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:08.440 I would I would go all the way, and I would. 326 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:10.960 As a family, we have some unfinished business. 327 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:11.200 That's right. 328 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:14.360 Yeah, yeah, And he did, and and so you know, 329 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:19.120 and guess what happens, shockface. He gets blessed, right, he 330 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:23.600 gets blessed. They prosper, he gets stronger, he has more influence, 331 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:27.679 and and God blesses them and honors him. 332 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.919 I love the fact that Jehosha saw his dad at 333 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:33.960 his best and he saw his dad at his worst. 334 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:34.919 True. 335 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.720 And you know, all of us have grown up with 336 00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:41.360 adults in our lives where we saw the best and 337 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.720 the worst. And I think right now we live in 338 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.600 a culture where it's okay for us to choose to 339 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:50.440 kind of a victim mentality because we saw the adults 340 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:52.960 in our life at their worst. Yeah, but what about 341 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:54.159 adopting the best? 342 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.000 Right? 343 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.200 Hey, that drunk father did he get up and go 344 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:01.200 to work, did he keep paying the bills? Did he write, Yes, 345 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.519 you saw the worst, but don't be a victim because 346 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:07.159 of the worst. And I'm not saying that you weren't victimized. 347 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:09.320 I'm not saying that I was victimized. 348 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:10.960 As especially if it's serious abuse. 349 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:13.960 Right, right, and and I went through serious physical abuse, right, 350 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:14.440 that's right. 351 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:18.840 And but I almost forgot. You have a pedestal stand 352 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:20.159 on there a little bit, yeah, yeah, or not a 353 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:23.679 pedestal platform, yeah, a platform. So, but you have a 354 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.080 choice if bad things have happened in your life, or 355 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.000 if you've seen the adults in your life before you 356 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:32.000 do bad things, that doesn't give you the right to 357 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:37.320 go ahead and be, you know, choosing this victim mentality 358 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:40.039 of I'm never gonna achieve or these things are the 359 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:43.159 things that hold me back, or this is why I'm miserable. Instead, 360 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:45.960 what you see is Jehoshaphat saw his dad at his 361 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:49.600 best and at his worst, and Jehoshaphat decided to embrace 362 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:54.759 the god of his father's early days, right right, and 363 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.799 then to lead the people. Well, he led the people. 364 00:16:58.000 --> 00:17:00.360 He tore down those temples, he tore on the a 365 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.559 share of polls. He set up strong armies, and the 366 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:07.480 people learn to love him, and they gave him all 367 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:10.359 these these blessings because he decided, hey, my family has 368 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:11.559 some unfinished business. 369 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:13.160 So if you grew up in a world, if you 370 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:15.799 grew up in a life where, hey, there were some 371 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.960 really bad things that adults did around me, you know, 372 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:21.480 you can decide to do the best parts of what 373 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:24.039 they did, and it's you can at the same time 374 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:28.039 simultaneously reject the bad things and say, my family has 375 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:30.160 some unfinished business, and I'm going to be the one. 376 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:32.720 So in my life, you know, my biological father was 377 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:36.319 an alcoholic. I've told that story many times. There was 378 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:38.039 a lot of violence, there were all these things, and 379 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.720 so I just decided the unfinished business in my family's 380 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:45.559 life was an alcohol based issue. So I decided an 381 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:47.559 early age, I'll never touch it. I'm never going to 382 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.480 drink it. And as a result, my children never hit 383 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:52.240 under the bed, they'd never hid in the closet. My 384 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:55.359 wife never ducks when I raised my hand, right because 385 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:57.240 she doesn't, she doesn't have some kind of sense. I'm 386 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:59.160 about ready to beat her. All that kind of stuff. 387 00:17:59.160 --> 00:18:02.400 There's a tremendous out of peace, and I decided, rather 388 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:04.480 than being a victim of what he did to us, 389 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:07.680 I decided, you know what, I'm going to embrace the 390 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.240 good sides of adulthood and I'm going to go ahead 391 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.799 and finish the business. I'm going to fix the thing 392 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.680 that was broken in my family. And that's what you 393 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.680 see Johasha fat do, right. And there's a choice here, 394 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:20.880 that's what I'm saying. There's a choice. And he took 395 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:24.440 the nation to the next level. Remember, he broke up 396 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:28.279 all these these armies into tribes. They were very tribal, 397 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:32.640 they were very family oriented. So the king really, oftentimes 398 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:35.039 for the whole nation, really felt like the dad of 399 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.440 the whole nation. That's what it felt like for them. 400 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:39.880 That's why they just thought, we've got the best king, 401 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:44.240