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 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:15.080 Hey, everybody, Wow, you sound excited today, Chris. 5 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:18.640 Yeah, well you know what, Jeff, Today's Thursday and Thursdays 6 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:19.160 are awesome? 7 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:20.000 Are they awesome? 8 00:00:20.199 --> 00:00:22.519 Yeah? So are Wednesdays, and so are Fridays. 9 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:24.320 Every day you're on this side of the dirt, it's 10 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:25.199 pretty awesome. 11 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:25.800 That's what people say. 12 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:26.719 Yeah, that's what I hear. 13 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:27.120 Yeah. 14 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:30.199 Okay, well, hey, we have a super exciting one that 15 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:34.200 is a segment that is designed uniquely especially for you. 16 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:37.520 And it seems like I've been tagged long, long time. 17 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.759 Ago as the movie buff, as the movie buff because 18 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:40.679 I do like movies. 19 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:45.039 People know it, and so. So it's ten forty one 20 00:00:45.079 --> 00:00:46.719 in the morning. Have you already watched a movie today? 21 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:49.039 H yes, Okay, then I've already was. 22 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:50.560 I wonder who the movie buff is here? 23 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:52.520 You've not watched a movie today. 24 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.840 I haven't even turned a screen on today except my phone. 25 00:00:55.880 --> 00:01:01.200 So actually I'm pretty guilty of, like, yeah, an incredible 26 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:03.679 amount of screen time. Actually this last twenty four hours 27 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:03.880 for me. 28 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:06.040 Oh yeah, yeah, but it's but it's not it's not 29 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:06.799 me sitting at home. 30 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:09.079 Well, you're not guilty, it's it's what you've done. 31 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:11.840 Yeah, and it's actually just on my phone. But I 32 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:12.760 play in the background. 33 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:17.239 Oh yeah right, yeah, background for me is elevator music usually. 34 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:18.879 Okay, for real. 35 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:22.079 I'll listen to jazz. I'll listen to classical music in 36 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:23.799 the background. Yeah, a lot of times. 37 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:25.719 So I see on my phone has a little If 38 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:27.519 you're watching, you can see my phone as a prop 39 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.719 up here. Okay, so this is this is a confession. 40 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:35.760 So actually I I propped this up on a shelf 41 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:37.359 in the shower. 42 00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:38.680 So you can watch a movie. 43 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:40.879 Yes, as I'm taking a shower. 44 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:43.480 Oh no, that's what I did, not me. 45 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:44.439 I guess what I watched. 46 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.079 I'm making plans for the day in the shower. 47 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:50.239 You guess what I watched this morning? The musical Hairspray 48 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:51.680 with Zach Effron. 49 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:52.840 I can imagine. 50 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:53.719 Good for you. 51 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:58.519 There's some things you shouldn't tell the world more. 52 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:04.799 Okay, yep, that's what it was. That's what I listening 53 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:05.200 to today. 54 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.920 You are so weird. Okay, here we go. So this 55 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:10.360 one is. Can Chris determine the Disney film based on 56 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:13.800 each eight word description. So I'm going to give you 57 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:16.199 eight words and you have to tell us the title. 58 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.960 And they're Disney, so you're going to get every one 59 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.039 of these, and they're they're pretty easy. For instance, Queen 60 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:27.360 orders stepdaughter's murder. Stepdaughter befriends small men and the seven Drs. 61 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:27.719 Thank you. 62 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:32.680 Puppy befriends, but later hunts a wild vulcan. There you go, 63 00:02:33.639 --> 00:02:36.919 Zach Braff and Joan Cusack avoid falling sky. 64 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:40.360 Junk chicken little. 65 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:45.400 There you go. Old woman's feelines are left in butler's hands. 66 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:50.319 Old woman's felines. Ooh, this was almost a tricky one. 67 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.240 I was almost going to say hundred one dmations, but 68 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.400 it's the aristocrats'. 69 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:58.240 Yes, aristocrats, Yes, that's right. King's brother murders King and 70 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:04.039 drives away Prince. I'd say it again, King's brother murders 71 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:09.879 King and drives away Prince the Lion. That was a 72 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.199 good one, though. My save orphan girl from wicked kidnapper 73 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:17.400 woman woman the rescuers part with the rescuers. There you go, 74 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:20.919 Wolf raised orphan refuses to join human community. 75 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:22.520 There you go, Wolf rais orphan. 76 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.560 That's right, that's right. That was it. I get to 77 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.039 determine how many points you get for this. I'm going 78 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:29.639 to give. 79 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:31.719 You, by the way, thank you, because those were the 80 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:34.199 those were great, the main ones. I was waiting for 81 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:35.560 a bed knobs and broomsticks one. 82 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.560 So I get to determine how many points are awarded. 83 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:40.719 I should have done this ahead of time. Yeah, but 84 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:43.360 I'm going to give a million points per correct question. 85 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:45.159 We're going to help you catch up a little bit. 86 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:48.319 You just got eight million points, Jeff. She may be 87 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:49.560 the most generous thing I've ever done for. 88 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:51.159 You, Grace. I only do a thousand points. 89 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:52.639 I know, I know there's some saying, so we're catching 90 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:55.400 you up eight million, eight million points. I can never 91 00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:58.520 seven seven million points? What do you mean because there's 92 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.319 only seven questions, there's eight. I know I messed up 93 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:03.400 as seven okay, seven. 94 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:04.960 Million, But I could never lose my points though. 95 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.439 Well you could because you don't know what's coming next 96 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.599 as far as points, okay, But I don't know that 97 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:12.680 I've ever been more generous to you than in this moment. 98 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:13.599 I agree. 99 00:04:13.639 --> 00:04:15.639 This is Have I ever given you seven million anything else? 100 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:17.560 It's it's oh no, nothing. 101 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:20.560 Yeah, So that's what I'm saying. So congratulations, Chris, thank you. 102 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:22.439 I'm feeling super benevolent today. 103 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:28.319 I feel like I can retire and go to the Bahamas. Okay, yes, 104 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:30.240 it feels like a retiring moment. 105 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.720 Yeah. Well, usually after fighting a war you want to retire. 106 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:38.480 And speaking of wars, Jude had to fight a war. Yes, yeah, wow, 107 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.600 that is with my wab Am and Edam. Yes, and 108 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:43.600 not places you'd necessarily want to retire to. 109 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:47.160 No, no, no, no, not at all. Only Christmas. Have 110 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:50.399 you ever been in that area? Yeah, that's not again area. 111 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:53.160 I've been, so that's mostly all Jordan. It's beautiful to me. 112 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.120 I love it. It's just very very rugged. 113 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:57.240 Oh yeah, yeah, it's beautiful to look at it, but 114 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.399 very rugged in your air conditioned bus. 115 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.720 Yes it is. We were in a car, but yeah 116 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:07.399 yeah yeah, but it's it's very very rough, very very rugged. 117 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.959 Takes rugged people to survive there, I think, very difficult. 118 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:14.399 So anyways, here we are in Second Chronicles, chapter twenty, 119 00:05:15.519 --> 00:05:22.079 and Jehoshaphat is the king of the southern half of 120 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:26.480 the people of the Israelites, specifically Judah and Benjamin. The 121 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:31.240 large southern half says after this time, after this, right 122 00:05:31.279 --> 00:05:34.120 after he'd set up all this good political system and 123 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:36.920 good judging and stuff like that. After this, the armies 124 00:05:36.959 --> 00:05:39.879 of the Moabites and Ammonites and some of the Muenites 125 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:44.399 declared war, and Johashaphat the note here says the ancient 126 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:50.240 version reads aram right, so it just seems like Aram. Okay, Ammonites. 127 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:52.720 It's another it's a repeat of the Ammonites. I don't know, 128 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:57.439 so I mean Aramites, Well, they'd be the yeah, whatever, Well, 129 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:58.680 I'm just reading the notes in the thing. 130 00:05:58.879 --> 00:05:59.279 Okay. 131 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.560 So came and told Jehostraphat, a vast army from Edom 132 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:06.800 is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea. They 133 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:09.600 are already at hazes On Tamar. And this is another 134 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:11.519 name for Engeddi. By wish we would have just said 135 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:13.480 and geddy, because I can say that one easier, right. 136 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:17.000 Jehostraphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord 137 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.199 for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting, 138 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.199 so people from all the towns of Judah came to 139 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:25.519 Jerusalem to seek the Lord's help. Jehoastaphat stood before the 140 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:27.560 community of Judah and Jerusalem in front of the new 141 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.319 courtyard at the Temple of the Lord. He prayed o Lord, 142 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:32.920 God of our ancestors, You alone are the god who 143 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:34.920 is in heaven. You are a ruler of all the 144 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.120 kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty. No 145 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.199 one can stand against you. Oh our God, did you 146 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:43.279 not drive up those who lived in this land when 147 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:47.040 your people arrived, when your people, Israel arrived, And did 148 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:51.120 you not give this land forever to the descendants of 149 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.959 your friend Abraham. Your people settled here and built this 150 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:57.680 temple to honor your name. They said, whenever we are 151 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.279 faced with calamity, such as war, plague, or famine, we 152 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:02.519 can come to stand in your presence before this temple 153 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:05.160 where your name is honored, and we can cry out 154 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:07.199 to you to save us, and you will hear us 155 00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:09.800 and rescue us. And now see what the armies of 156 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.399 Am and Moab and Mount Syr are doing. You would 157 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:16.399 not let your ancestor, our ancestors invade those nations when 158 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:19.000 Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did 159 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:22.399 not destroy them. Now see how they reward us, For 160 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.319 they have come to throw us out of your land, 161 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:27.399 which you gave us as an inheritance. Oh Our God, 162 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:30.480 won't you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty 163 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:32.680 army that is about to attack us. We do not 164 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:34.839 know what to do, but we are looking to you 165 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.800 for help. As all the men of Judas stood before 166 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:39.800 the Lord with their little ones, wives and children, the 167 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.519 spirit of the Lord came upon one of the men 168 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.920 standing there. His name was Jehesel, son of Zachariah, son 169 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:48.839 of bena Ayah, son of ja Al, son of Matanaya Alevi, 170 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.199 who was a descendant of Asaf. Good. I'm glad that 171 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:53.759 pointed out, because I wasn't sure which Jayzel it was 172 00:07:53.759 --> 00:08:04.439 talking about. That it matters. He's a descendant off Asaf 173 00:08:04.639 --> 00:08:08.519 was one of David's writers, music writers. So you're see 174 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.839 in the book of Psalms, it'd be a psalm of Asaf. Yes, 175 00:08:10.959 --> 00:08:12.920 that's the Aceph it's talking about. So just showing these 176 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:17.120 a famous family, right. Anyways, Sorry about that. He said, 177 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.920 Listen to all you people of Judah and Jerusalem. Listen, 178 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.480 King Jehoshaphat, this is what the Lord says. Do not 179 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:25.399 be afraid. Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for 180 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:28.959 the battle is not yours, but God's tomorrow. March out 181 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.560 against them. You'll find them coming up through the ascent 182 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:33.840 of Zizz at the end of the valley that opens 183 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:36.840 into the wilderness of Jerul. But you will not need 184 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:40.279 even to fight. Take your positions. Then stand still and 185 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:43.080 watch the Lord's victory. He is with you, Oh people 186 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:45.799 of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid of discourage. 187 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:48.200 Go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you. 188 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:51.200 Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low with his face to the ground, 189 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.759 and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem did the same, 190 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.559 worshiping the Lord. And then the Levites from the clans 191 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:59.519 of Kohath and Korrah stood to praise the Lord, the 192 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:03.279 God of Israel, with a very loud shout. Early the 193 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:06.759 next morning, the army of Judah went out into the 194 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:10.240 wilderness of Takoah. On the way, Jehashaphat stopped and said, 195 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:12.600 listen to me, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem. 196 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.919 Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be 197 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.480 able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you 198 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.720 will succeed. After consulting the people, the king appointed singers 199 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:22.519 to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord 200 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:25.200 and praising him for his holy splendor. And this is 201 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:28.360 what they're saying give thanks to the Lord, His faithful 202 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:31.960 love endures forever. At that very moment they began to 203 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:35.159 sing and gave give praise. The Lord caused the armies 204 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:38.120 of am and Moab and Mount Syr to start fighting 205 00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:41.440 among themselves. The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against 206 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:43.600 their allies from Mount Syr and killed every one of them. 207 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.559 After they destroyed the army of Sir, they began attacking 208 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:48.960 each other. So when the army of Judah arrived at 209 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:51.240 the lookout point in the wilderness, all they saw were 210 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.279 dead bodies lying on the ground. As far as they 211 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:55.919 could see, not a single one of the enemy had escaped. 212 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.240 King Jehashaphat and his men went out to gather the plunder. 213 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.799 They found vast amounts of equipment and clothing and other valuables, 214 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:05.480 more than they could carry. There was so much plunder 215 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:07.519 that it took them three days just to collect it all. 216 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:10.200 On the fourth day, they gathered in the Valley of Blessing, 217 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.840 which got its name that day because the people praised 218 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:15.000 and thanked the Lord there. It is still called the 219 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:17.879 Valley a Blessing today. Then all the men returned to 220 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:21.320 Jerusalem with Jehashaphat leading them. Overjoyed that the Lord had 221 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:24.279 given them victory over their enemies, they marched into Jerusalem 222 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:26.720 to the music of harps and leers and trumpets, and 223 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:28.639 they preceded the temple of the Lord. And when all 224 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:31.399 the surrounding kingdoms heard that the Lord himself had fought 225 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:33.919 against the enemies of Israel, the fear of God came 226 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.200 over them. So Jehashaphat's kingdom was at peace, for his 227 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.240 God had given him rest on every side. 228 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:45.120 This perhaps is one of the greatest miracle battle victories. 229 00:10:45.639 --> 00:10:49.240 Phenomenal ever. Yeah, this is up there with Jericho. Yeah, yeah, 230 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:53.799 it really is. Yeah in Gideon, in Gideon, yeah, yes, well. 231 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:57.519 Gideon, remember they also did sort of the same thing. 232 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:01.080 They just broke their lanterns and I'll shouted the sword 233 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.360 of the Lord to Gideon, and they appeared to be 234 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.519 three hundred thousand men, right, And so then what ended 235 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:09.240 up happening was everybody in the valley actually like threw 236 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:12.240 their swords on each other, remember, and they took themselves out. 237 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:15.080 Only in this case they. 238 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:18.440 Didn't have to do lamps or night times or shouting 239 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:20.320 or horns or anything. All they had to do is 240 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:22.279 go to God. And God said, tell you what I 241 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.320 got it covered. You don't have to lift a finger. 242 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:27.600 All they did was literally sing and then marched over 243 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:31.320 the hill to find them dead. Because God had caused 244 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.240 them to quarrel with one another. 245 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:34.879 Well, he had them take their positions. 246 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:37.559 Yeah, that's right. They took their position, the positions then and. 247 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:40.840 Then they sang. And then they Yeah, they marched over 248 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:41.200 the hill. 249 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:44.039 But in terms of plumbing, fighting, nothing nothing. 250 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:47.080 So they sang and the and they're singing and give 251 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:49.200 thanks to the Lord is faithful love and duris forever. 252 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:52.480 Didn't Chris Holland take that and write a song. He 253 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:54.720 took that phrase from this passage and write a song. 254 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:55.480 That's where you get. 255 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:57.679 The phrase thanks to the Lord forever. 256 00:11:57.799 --> 00:11:59.679 Yeah, I think so. I think that's a Chris Talin song. 257 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:02.279 In fact, I think I was there when he introduced them. 258 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:06.639 I think it's a Jazel song. But well, he rewrote it, 259 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:13.039 he gave it new new he took credit melody. I'm joking. 260 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:18.720 Nothing's new under the sun, that's right. But but this 261 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.159 is just an incredible thing. And uh and and by 262 00:12:21.200 --> 00:12:26.000 the way, you know, you and I we can't even 263 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:32.279 imagine living under fear of armies attacking. And I understand 264 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:37.159 that America isn't invincible, right. We were attacked in our 265 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:40.159 own land the first time ever. We remember it, right, 266 00:12:41.200 --> 00:12:42.480 and so nine to eleven. 267 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:47.919 So we're not in what I'm looking for. 268 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:49.399 Yeah, it was. 269 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:52.519 It was impenetrable anyway in. 270 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:55.720 Previous I'm not sure what word I was actually searching for. 271 00:12:56.159 --> 00:13:00.440 But but in other other parts of the world, they 272 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:01.600 know exactly this fear. 273 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:05.440 War is a regular part of there or in some places. 274 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:09.320 I was where was i Oh? I was with my 275 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:13.720 friend Kujo, and Kujo was talking about this. The country 276 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:16.200 next where we were in Kaban country next to US, 277 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.120 Central African Republic, and then right below that was the 278 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:24.039 Democratic Republic of Congo. He said, Now there are twenty 279 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.799 five year olds and thirty year olds that have never 280 00:13:25.840 --> 00:13:29.480 known anything about war their whole life. It was always 281 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.159 only war from the day they were born until now, 282 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:34.200 always only war. Can you imagine that? 283 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:35.879 No, it's just war, that's it. 284 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:38.039 There's always a nanger, you know, you and in those 285 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:39.759 countries you have to get up and grow your food, 286 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.039 you have to raise your animals, so you're going through 287 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:45.399 everyday life with the threat that your village is the 288 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:48.200 next village is going to get overrun or burned down 289 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.600 and everybody murdered. But you have to go through life, 290 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.000 but there's always this underlying fear. 291 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:53.559 Yeah. 292 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.120 And that's the kind of world that they lived in, right, 293 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:00.639 very warring kingdoms all the time was consistently a part 294 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:03.360 of it, so a part of their existence. Yeah, And 295 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:05.279 you and I just we don't really have much of 296 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:06.279 a concept of that doing. 297 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:06.919 Know. 298 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.320 Did you ever see Star Trek? 299 00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:11.720 Yes they have or war for the Klingon has a 300 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.159 saying and he goes, perhaps today is a good day 301 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:17.200 to die. Right, I always feel that way when I 302 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:21.159 was whenever I watch small territories that are always threatened 303 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:24.120 with war, like in fact, I'm sort of glancing through 304 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:28.200 or breezing through this horizon with Kevin Costner. You know, 305 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.360 it's this you know, it tells the stories. 306 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:32.159 Of the Western expansion. 307 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:36.080 Yeah, yeah, yeah, And here they are, they're just the 308 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:38.600 middle of the open lands, and all of a sudden, 309 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:41.000 the Indians come in, and that's really what it's about, right, 310 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:44.080 And these Indians at any given day there's like this 311 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:46.440 settlement and then any given day the settlement can be 312 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:49.360 wiped out and everybody dies right as they wake up 313 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:53.279 every day thinking today might be the day. And as 314 00:14:53.320 --> 00:14:57.639 I'm watching this old you know series that Kevin Costner created, 315 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:00.919 that's the feeling. And it's like, well, I think of 316 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:04.919 that when I read this passage, because it says, you know, 317 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:08.840 he's totally scared and here comes this vast army and. 318 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:12.200 They realize it's it's it's too much for them, and. 319 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:14.799 No matter how strong and fortified they are, they know, 320 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.440 without God's help, their toast. So they say to the 321 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:20.399 people fast and then all of a sudden, it says 322 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.960 that all the people are fasting. So my mind immediately 323 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.639 goes to you know, like the woman who is running 324 00:15:27.679 --> 00:15:30.360 her household with her three kids, and she gets up 325 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:33.679 and she says, Okay, guys, today we're going to fast. 326 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:35.360 And we're going to go to God and we're. 327 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:41.200 Gonna we're gonna pray because we've been told that we 328 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:43.080 may get overrun and we may die today. 329 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:45.200 Isn't that crazy? 330 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:49.600 It's just a crazy mentality, And and so that's why, 331 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.399 you know, the nation goes to uh, you know, it 332 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:55.240 says that they're standing in front of the temple, not 333 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:59.080 just him, but everybody, right, the whole nation. So they 334 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:01.679 just you know, and we realize how big the temple is, 335 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.639 how grand it is, how many people can go to it, 336 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:07.200 and so as a whole nation, you're going there. 337 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.440 And then here's Josaphat leading the prayer. 338 00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:14.559 And what an eloquent prayer. Oh man, beautif you can 339 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.240 tell when somebody spends time with God in prayer, yeah, 340 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:20.399 the way they pray, yes, really, yeah, it's such a 341 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.639 fabulous prayer. So there's a note here that says, when 342 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.080 faced with disaster, Jehasha Phat called upon the people to 343 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:29.639 get serious with God by going without food fasting. That's 344 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.720 what fasting is, just letting God know, hey, I'm really 345 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:35.399 serious for a designated time, and by separating themselves from 346 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:38.960 the daily routine of food preparation and eating, they could 347 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:41.159 devote that extra time to considering their sin and praying 348 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:45.279 to God for help. Hunger pangs would reinforce their penitence 349 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:49.159 and remind them of their weakness and their dependence on God. 350 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:51.720 Fasting is still helpful today as we seek God. So 351 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:53.679 when you're really want to get serious, that's the very 352 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:58.240 first thing he did is, hey, you're not earning some 353 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:01.799 kind of extra answer from God. God, here, all you're 354 00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:04.880 doing is saying, God, I'm really serious about this, right, 355 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:08.000 this is a big deal to me that it's more 356 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:10.319 important to me than food. It's more important to me 357 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.400 than my normal daily routine. This is more important to 358 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:15.839 me than my own comfort. That's all you're doing is 359 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:17.680 you're kind of ringing the bell saying this is a 360 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:19.440 big deal to me, God, I need your help. Right, 361 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:22.279 And it's appropriate, especially when you're coming up against what 362 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.880 looks like insurmountable odds. Right, you're looking like you're coming 363 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.960 into a bad time. And so then he leads them 364 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:33.920 in this prayer, and the note for twenty verse six 365 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:36.839 says he committed the situation to God, acknowledging only God 366 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:39.480 could save the nation. He sought God's favor because his 367 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:42.640 people were God's people. He acknowledged God's sovereignty over the 368 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:45.720 current situation. He praised God's glory and took comfort in 369 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:49.000 his promises. He professed complete dependence on God, not himself, 370 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:52.680 for deliverance. To be God's kind of leader today, follow 371 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:56.400 Jehashafat's example. Focus entirely on God's power rather than your own. 372 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:58.160 Yeah, and that's awesome. 373 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.359 Now, this is the only time this ever happened in 374 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:05.200 Jehoshaphat's life. Jehaspat's gone to war before, right, He's gone 375 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:08.680 to war before, so it's likely he also prayed these 376 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:12.359 kind of prayers before. But he strapped on his armor, 377 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:14.720 he put on his sword, he got in his chariot, 378 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.200 and he went out to fight. Right. But this time 379 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:23.000 God goes stand back, m right, and watch this, watch this, 380 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:25.880 watch this, right. That's pretty cool. Do you know why 381 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.480 do you know why God said watch this? Do you 382 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:29.519 know why God intervened on this one and didn't intervene 383 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:31.400 on the others in this way? 384 00:18:32.759 --> 00:18:34.359 I don't think I do. 385 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.720 Johoshphat kind of calls him out a little bit and says, 386 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:39.359 when we were coming into our promised land, you told 387 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:42.880 us not to fight these people, so had we, we 388 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:45.240 would have wiped them out too, just like we did 389 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:47.559 the Philistines, just like we did, right, that's what he's saying. 390 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:50.119 But you told us not to, so we went around them. 391 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:52.920 So this one's on you, not us. And God goes 392 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:58.079 watch this, right. So there's times when God doesn't completely 393 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:01.920 do a thing in your life because he has a 394 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:05.200 plan for the future to demonstrate not only for you, 395 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:10.000 but for everybody else, because it says all the nations went, WHOA, 396 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:12.720 God fights for these people. It's been a while since 397 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:14.839 God had fought for the people. God fought for them 398 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.119 with for Moses, and it was clear everybody knew God 399 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:22.880 fought for them. God fought for them with Joshua. And 400 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:25.759 there was a time people went, oh, yeah, God fights 401 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:27.720