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 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:13.279 Hey, everybody, welcome to the Bible guys. 5 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.039 It's good to be here. It is. 6 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:18.280 And it's Friday, Friday, Friday Friday. 7 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:21.679 There should be some Friday Yeah, TJF. 8 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:22.120 There you go. 9 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:26.600 And by the way, TGIF's restaurants right. 10 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:29.719 Neverthless, Yeah, TGFs. Yeah, they want out a business run here? 11 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:30.000 Yeah. 12 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:30.640 Yeah. 13 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:31.600 Are you sad about that? 14 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:37.079 Yes? And no I didn't necessarily love them. 15 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:39.719 There was a time they were pretty good. Yeah, but 16 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:42.520 honestly they started mailing it in. 17 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:47.439 I'm always sad whenever a business goes under me too, Yeah, 18 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:47.799 me too. 19 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:48.719 I'm not a fan of it. 20 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:54.159 But I'm happy about Friday, yes, and I'm happy about 21 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:55.320 twenty twenty five. 22 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:55.960 Right. 23 00:00:56.359 --> 00:00:59.880 By the way, I just saw you know what's the 24 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:07.040 movie by Marvel the Girl missus Marvel, Captain Marvel. I 25 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:09.159 can't believe that I had trouble remember that. I just 26 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:12.400 watched it yesterday, And I remember when she comes from 27 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.319 outer space and she crashes through the Blockbuster and then 28 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.560 she says, where's your equipment? And then they said, right, 29 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:19.719 over there, and it's radio Shack. 30 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:21.040 Do you remember this. 31 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:22.319 Movie, Captain Marvel? 32 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:25.599 Vaguely anyway, So it's back in the eighties and so 33 00:01:25.799 --> 00:01:29.120 but they legitimately built a Blockbuster to look like a Blockbuster, 34 00:01:29.480 --> 00:01:32.000 and then a radio shack they put their regular sign 35 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.079 up there. But everybod when I saw both of those things, 36 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:36.920 I was like, oh, I felt sad. 37 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:41.359 Well, twenty twenty four has passed, Yes, just like Blockbuster. Correct, 38 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.200 and we're in twenty twenty five, good transition, just like Netflix. 39 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:47.920 And it says, here's our segment for today. We are 40 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:51.560 just over a week into twenty twenty five. For today's draft, 41 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:55.120 lets let's talk about some of your favorite moments that 42 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:58.519 happened in twenty twenty four. Your rock paper sisors find 43 00:01:58.519 --> 00:02:00.959 out who its first draft pick. Ok do three moments each? 44 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:02.640 So you ready yes? 45 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:04.400 One two shoot? 46 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:06.799 It's supposed to be one three yeah, yeah, my bad. 47 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:07.799 Let's try to get ready. 48 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:11.560 One two three shoot. We both did paper yep one 49 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:15.479 two three shoot both paper again? One two three shoot. 50 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:19.639 We did turns in a row. Okay, I'm about to concede. 51 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:24.439 One two three shoot Ah, rock over scissors, I got youay, Okay, 52 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:29.400 so uh We're supposed to do a it's really weird 53 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:33.639 and funny. Yeah, so supposed to pick our three favorite moments, 54 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:39.199 yeah twenty okay, so one of my favorite moments of 55 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:42.000 twenty twenty four, Bonnie bought a house while I was 56 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:45.599 in Jordan. Yes, right, And I think I've told that before. 57 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:47.759 It was funny. We've been looking at houses for a while. 58 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:52.240 A number of years ago. We chose not to buy 59 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:56.319 a dream house opportunity so that we could give to 60 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.840 a big project at Heritage. And then I said, you know, 61 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:03.599 I believe God's going to bless us. It took a while, right, 62 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.919 but the home we moved into is far greater than 63 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:08.599 the house that we were going to buy back then, 64 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:12.120 and so God blessed us in great ways. But I 65 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:17.080 think my favorite moment was what the day we took 66 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:18.800 possession of it. I took her to the front door 67 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:20.360 and I carried it across the threshold. 68 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:22.759 Oh nic yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah nice. So that was 69 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:23.360 kind of fun. 70 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.439 It was neat that because it was a bigger deal 71 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:28.159 to her. I would sleep in a camper in the 72 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:31.800 back parking lot church. It doesn't matter to me that much, 73 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:34.360 but for her, it was a big deal, and so 74 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.400 to be able to carry across the threshold and say, hey, 75 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:37.199 this is a gift to you. 76 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:38.240 That's really neat. 77 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:41.400 Can your back handle carrying another human? 78 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:43.719 Oh? Yeah, yeah, look at me, Look at me. 79 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:48.199 I'm a I'm a specimen, all right. So I'm going 80 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.439 to go with something personal as well. It's not as 81 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.120 big of a moment as perhaps making a big purchase 82 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:56.439 like that. 83 00:03:57.199 --> 00:03:59.919 However, well, the moment was about carrying my wife across 84 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:00.800 the threshold. 85 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:01.759 Nice gift. 86 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:05.759 Nice, that's the moment, I see. Yeah, so within mind. 87 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.039 Similar then I was out of the country and I 88 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:12.319 missed my son's birthday. Now my son's older, it's not 89 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.080 like I have to be in the country for his birthday, 90 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.319 right he's twenty six years old. But I felt bad 91 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:20.959 nonetheless being out of the country for his birthday, and 92 00:04:21.399 --> 00:04:25.680 so we wanted to surprise him, and so we flew 93 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.800 in Sarah, who lives in Florida, his sister, and she 94 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.879 pulled off a radical surprise and so the video. I 95 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:36.720 still go back and watch the video when he turns 96 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:41.160 the corner and sees her there, because she was so clever. 97 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:43.360 She was on the phone with him earlier that day 98 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.480 and she's actually talking to him from the house, and 99 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:50.040 so in his mind she's in Florida because she always 100 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.800 calls him on her drive back from work. They talk 101 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:55.720 all the time, and so she did the routine call, 102 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:57.600 and if she didn't do that, he would get suspicious. 103 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.560 So he's thinking, oh, I just got phone with Sarah. 104 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.439 She's driving home from her work and she told him that. 105 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:05.040 Then he comes to the house and there she is. 106 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:08.120 So it was as Yeah, that is a good moment. 107 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:09.199 I think. 108 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:12.879 My next favorite moment for the year was. 109 00:05:15.279 --> 00:05:15.959 Heritage Church. 110 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:19.959 We were part of seeing six hundred and fifteen baptisms. 111 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:21.560 Yes, people get baptized this year. 112 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:24.160 But we did a big event in the summer at 113 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:28.120 a big outdoor amphitheater and we had one big service. 114 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.600 It was thousands and thousands of people there and we baptized. 115 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:31.759 Do you remember how many people we baptist? 116 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:33.279 Oh, it was one hundred, it was it was like two, 117 00:05:33.720 --> 00:05:37.040 two hundred and fifteen something like that. It was hundreds 118 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.079 of people got baptized on that one day. And I 119 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.959 saw whole families making public professions of faith that day. 120 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:45.879 That was a high water moment. 121 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.519 Yeah, And I was going to mention that we also 122 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:52.839 launched a campus. Yeah yeah, in twenty twenty four our church. 123 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:55.600 Well that was going to be my next thing, so 124 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.040 it yeah, okay, go ahead. 125 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:00.279 We went to a third location, and. 126 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:05.600 So now our church has three opportunities to go to, 127 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:07.639 you know, three different areas. 128 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.199 It was really cool and it was a phenomenal launch. 129 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:10.959 Great launch. 130 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:13.079 I mean they launched with almost eleven hundred people on 131 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:16.040 the first weekend yep. For Christmas they just had thirteen 132 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:20.759 hundred people. It's really a phenomenal launch. Just one of 133 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:22.759 the best, one of the best launches I've heard of 134 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:24.240 this year, quite honestly. 135 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:25.279 Yeah, this year for sure. 136 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:26.879 Yeah, so just really phenomenal. 137 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.800 Yeah, so you stole that one from me, I would 138 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:33.800 say the other one. Then, I did a lot of 139 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:37.800 interesting travel this year, a couple of different I have 140 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:39.839 a pretty extensive bucket list. I think we've talked about 141 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:42.199 this before. It's expanded by the way. I'm up over 142 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:46.240 one hundred items on my bucket list. But I did 143 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.560 a couple of bucket list places. But one of the 144 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:51.959 big ones for me, and it had a whole bunch 145 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:55.000 of minor bucket list items underneath it was I always 146 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.480 wanted to take Bonnie to Germany to visit her family there. 147 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.560 Oh yeah, because she has almost no family living anymore, 148 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:04.279 but she has a couple of cousins that live in 149 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:08.680 Germany and that's where her family's from. They're all from Germany, 150 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.040 and so I was able to take her to Germany 151 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.000 and then we ran down through Austria and then ended 152 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.279 up in Venice, and that was to be able to 153 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:22.160 take her on that trip was a huge blessing and 154 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:25.720 high water everything was a wonder and it was amazing. 155 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.319 We did all the castles and all the stuff you're 156 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.480 supposed to do on those trips. In Salzburg, we did 157 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:35.920 all the Mozart stuff and Vienna, all those things went 158 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:40.279 to the palaces. But to be able to do it, 159 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:42.800 I did it with miles I've been saving up from 160 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:45.319 all these work trips I've been taken, so a good 161 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:48.399 jillion miles we cashed in in order to do it. 162 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:50.680 So it wasn't It was a very expensive trip, but 163 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:53.839 it didn't cost us hardly anything. But she just had 164 00:07:53.879 --> 00:07:57.079 a blast on that trip. So I guess two of 165 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:58.879 the big things this year for me was being able 166 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:01.839 to give Bonnie some dreams. So that's cool. At that 167 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:03.680 stage in life. Yeah, that's he deserves it. 168 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:06.439 Yeah, and then my third one is going to be 169 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:09.040 we for the very first time, I was a part 170 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:13.199 of organizing and executing a five k race and our 171 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:18.720 church had over four hundred and fifty runners who actually 172 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:24.399 worked hard and raised over one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. 173 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:27.959 To be able to launch, to be able to begin 174 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:29.759 working towards the special project in. 175 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.320 The Dominican Republic for an organization called Transform one, which 176 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.000 focuses on rescuing children from sex trafficking. 177 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:38.200 Yeah, that's amazing. 178 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.600 Yeah. To buy is to buy some land to build 179 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.080 a t R one center and more importantly plant a church. 180 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:47.799 And it also could even hopefully eventually though it's a 181 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.320 feeding center as well, but also eventually maybe even double 182 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:52.159 as a safehouse. 183 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:55.240 So anyway, there's a lot of plans and that was. 184 00:08:55.240 --> 00:08:58.600 Working together and took a big step forward heading in 185 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.679 that in the direction of getting that done. So really phenomenal. Yeah, 186 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:03.120 that was you should be really proud of that. That 187 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:06.600 was a huge success. So that's good. Hey, well twenty 188 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:09.399 twenty four is pretty good. Yes, year, for sure, I'm 189 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.240 glad we didn't do this for like twenty twenty. 190 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:14.000 That was a rough year for me or some of 191 00:09:14.039 --> 00:09:14.399 the others. 192 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:15.879 But twenty. 193 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:21.240 Yeah, but hey, twenty twenty four was pretty good. 194 00:09:21.320 --> 00:09:25.120 Ye Wait, twenty twenty lasted until twenty twenty one. 195 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:26.720 Yeah, I think it was like a six year year. 196 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:27.519 Dude. 197 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.919 It was, man, it was it was. It really was rough. 198 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.360 Anyways, why did we bring that up. We shouldn't have 199 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.720 gotten such a downer. Twenty twenty four was a good 200 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.600 year for us. It was good good year. Yeah, Okay, 201 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.720 So talking about a good year, that is not what 202 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:45.639 Judah is experiencing in this next passage. 203 00:09:46.240 --> 00:09:47.679 Judah was more like twenty. 204 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:49.080 Twenty twenty for them. Yeah, they're they're not. 205 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:50.159 There's the transition. 206 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:57.679 So in Second Chronicles, chapter twelve says, when ray Bohm 207 00:09:57.960 --> 00:10:01.279 was firmly established and strong, he abandoned the law of 208 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:05.360 the Lord, and all Israel followed him in his sin 209 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.720 because they were unfaithful to the Lord. King she Shak 210 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:12.080 of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth 211 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:15.919 year of King Raebaum's reign. He came with twelve hundred chariots, 212 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:20.039 sixty thousand horses, and a countless army of foot soldiers, 213 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:25.120 including Libyans, Sukites, and Ethiopians. She Shak conquered Judah's fortified 214 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:28.799 towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem. The prophet Shemaiah 215 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.039 then met with Raye Boham and Judah's leaders, who had 216 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:36.039 all fled to Jerusalem because of she Shak. Shemaiah told them, 217 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:38.200 this is what the Lord says. You've abandoned me, so 218 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:41.200 I'm abandoning you to she Shak. Then the leaders of 219 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:43.879 Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, the Lord 220 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.320 is right in doing this to us. When the King, 221 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.559 when the Lord saw their change of heart, he gave 222 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.639 this message to Shemaiah. Since the people have humbled themselves, 223 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:54.240 I will not completely destroy them and will soon give 224 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:57.679 them some relief. I will not use Sheeshak to par 225 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:01.399 out my anger on Jerusalem, but they will become his subjects, 226 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:03.960 so they will know the difference between serving me and 227 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:08.200 serving earthly rulers. So King Shishak of Egypt came up 228 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:10.600 and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the Lord's 229 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:13.639 temple and the royal palace. He stole everything, including all 230 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:17.279 the gold shields Solomon had made. King Raaboham later replaced 231 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.639 them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them 232 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:23.440 to the care of the commanders of the guard, who 233 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:26.399 protected the entrance to the royal palace. Whenever the king 234 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.039 went to the temple of the Lord, the guards would 235 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:30.919 also take the shields and then return them to the guardroom. 236 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.200 Because Rayebaouam humbled himself, the Lord's anger was turned away. 237 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:37.000 He did not destroy him completely. There were still some 238 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.759 good things in the land of Judah. 239 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:43.879 So two different So. 240 00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:46.960 Rae Bolm is a different king from Jerobom, yes, right, 241 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:50.519 So Reeboam is is Solomon's son, Yes, still running the 242 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:54.000 bottom half, yes, of the kingdom, right, dah dah. 243 00:11:53.840 --> 00:11:56.879 And investment, that's correct. So anyways, I just wanted to 244 00:11:56.879 --> 00:11:57.679 step yeah. 245 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:00.759 And so yesterday what we did was we looked at 246 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:04.879 punishment judgment that was passed on Jerabom. 247 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:07.399 Who commands the northern half. 248 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:10.879 And then and by the way, uh you see that 249 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:15.240 that what's the major difference between uh, you know, you know, 250 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:21.120 repentance repentance. Yeah, the big the big difference is. 251 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.919 When we change our mind, it causes God to changes. 252 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:30.279 Right, And and rey Boam actually agrees and understands, and 253 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:32.559 you know, he says, yeah, it was right for God 254 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.120 to do this because we we we we know we disobeyed. 255 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.679 I know what I've done wrong. And uh, I'm not 256 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:41.879 mad at God. I'm not angry at God because this 257 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:45.120 is what's right. We deserve this. So because of that, 258 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.559 God then changes his mind and he gives him, you know, 259 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:54.320 mercy and repentance or rather restoration. And it's a really 260 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:57.039 it's a really cool thing to see the humility that 261 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.360 rey Boam has and because of that he's able to 262 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:01.080 maintain pain some of his influence. 263 00:13:01.159 --> 00:13:05.600 Yea, so he he is. So in this passage it 264 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:11.120 references Israel, but it's talking about Judah, right, right, And 265 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:12.840 which is very confusing, by the way. 266 00:13:12.960 --> 00:13:16.480 Yes, sometimes so they don't refer to the Northern Kingdom 267 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:18.799 as Israel, right they do? 268 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:19.960 Oh they do, they do? 269 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:25.039 They don't Judah right, right, So in this situation, oh yeah, 270 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:27.799 it's only just a few years in and and so 271 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.799 in this passage it refers to it as Israel, but 272 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:30.919 it's Judah, Okay. 273 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:33.600 So later on I never even thought about this until 274 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:37.200 it's just this moment. So later on the Northern Kingdom 275 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:40.080 gets referred to as Israel, yes, and then the southern 276 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:43.720 kingdom is Judah. So the way the way to summarize 277 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:47.440 it for centuries was Israel and Judah I meaning northern south. 278 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:50.879 Yes, but in this particular passage references it is references 279 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:51.759 Judah is Israel. 280 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.679 Yeah, holy, con so holy. 281 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.480 Because it said and all Israel followed him in his 282 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:58.519 sin right right, and it. 283 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:01.720 Was ju Judah by Julia. Yeah. 284 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:03.799 So it's really a phenomenal because in the first few 285 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:07.440 years of Rae Baoham's reign, he followed God, he did 286 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:12.639 the right thing, and Judah prospered and Israel struggled right 287 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:14.200 the ten tribes. 288 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.360 But then. 289 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.919 In this prosperity, for some dumb reason, ray Baoam starts 290 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:21.840 going the wrong direction. 291 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.679 Yeah, are you serious, dude, You do the right thing. 292 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:27.919 You see the prosperity in your kingdom and the devastation 293 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.080 in the kingdom north of you because the rebelling ants God. 294 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:32.879 Now you're going to go ahead and go against God too. 295 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:36.120 Only took him five years, Yeah, exactly, because it says 296 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:37.879 in the fifth year, right. 297 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.960 So God sends she shak from he's one of the pharaohs. Now, 298 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:44.519 Egypt is not as strong at this point as it 299 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.279 had been when it was at its peak. Right, So 300 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:50.519 other kingdoms are much stronger. The Babylonian Kingdom is starting 301 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:57.519 to rise at this point, but you know, still Egypt 302 00:14:57.600 --> 00:15:00.799 is a force, right, and so so she Shack decides 303 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:02.799 is going to come up. Now, what's really interesting is 304 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:07.000 in Karnak, the Temple of Karnak in what is now 305 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:11.480 modern day Luxor, that's old Thebes, and there's a relief 306 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:17.080 of him carving about how he ransacked so many cities 307 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:21.559 in Israel, in Judah, and he went as far north 308 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:24.559 as the bottom part of the Sea of Galilee. And 309 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:29.039 so I've been in the temple in Karnak, and it's 310 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:32.679 just really amazing that. Again, it reminds you this book, 311 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:36.000 compared to all the other religions, is rooted deeply in 312 00:15:36.080 --> 00:15:41.200 real places, real times, and is extraordinarily accurate, even in 313 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.919 the minor things. 314 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:46.399 I mean, dude, this is twelve verses. That's all twelve verses, right, 315 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:47.159 And we move on. 316 00:15:47.919 --> 00:15:49.919 And then God in the middle of this changes his 317 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:52.360 mind and goes, you know what, you're going to serve 318 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:54.639 she Shak for a while, but I'm not going to 319 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:57.960 let him wipe you out because they repent in the moment. 320 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.399 So it reminds us again that these are did in 321 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:04.240 real places, real people, and that the Bible is accurate 322 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:06.399 in the things that it chooses to represent for us. 323 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:10.240 And so then there were some other rocks that were found, 324 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:13.840 and this is in the notes. There were some other 325 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:18.759 reliefs that were found that actually where he spells out 326 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.159 all of the things that he had done all the cities. 327 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.559 I think the note is for seco Chritiens twelve to two. 328 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:25.759 A record of this invasion has been founded on an 329 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.559 Egyptian stone that says she Shack's army penetrated as far 330 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:31.919 north as the Sea Galilee in northern Kingdom. Egypt was 331 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:34.440 not yet the world was not still the world power 332 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.159 to once been. She Shack wanted to restore his nation 333 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.799 to its former greatness. He was not strong enough to 334 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:42.879 conquer both Israel and Judah, but he managed to strike 335 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:45.120 key cities and Judah in an effort to regain control 336 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.480 of the trade routes and strike tear among the people. 337 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:50.799 So he didn't rule over Israel at this point, but 338 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:53.960 he did control the trade routes, which for the Israelites 339 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:55.840 that was the same they were serving at this point, 340 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.320 they're having to pay tolls, they're having to pay taxes 341 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:00.799 on the trade routes as a result of the fact 342 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.919 that he defeated them. So God backed off. They repented, 343 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:06.279 and God said, Okay, there's still consequences you sin. 344 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.799 But I'm not going to let him wipe you out. 345 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.519 And so he held him off. 346 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:12.200 And by the way, that was a reference to Second 347 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:16.519 Chronicles twelve two. Yes you read, yes, you said Corinthians. 348 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:20.920 Oh yeah, Les, yeah, yeah. And by the way, there's 349 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:23.319 a little photo of she shacks bracelets. 350 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:28.039 Is that what that is? Yeah, looked like some kind 351 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:29.680 of arm Yeah, arm things. 352 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:34.319 That's pretty well, which again, you know, it's just further proof, 353 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.759 right that there's evidence that we uncover that ties the 354 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:39.279 Bible into history. 355 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:39.519 Yeah. 356 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:42.319 Oh, it's interesting in that whole segment there, so it 357 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:48.319 talks about Karnak. Yeah, but then it also says some 358 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.240 of the names in Egyptian script correspondent names that originated 359 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:55.160 in the Hebrew language two dozen can be identified with certainty. 360 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:58.359 Two dozen of the cities that he wipes out can 361 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:03.359 be identified with certainty in Karnak, and affording valuable outside 362 00:18:03.400 --> 00:18:06.400 confirmation of Biblical geography and history, and then it says, 363 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:09.480 pictured are two golden bracelets that belonged to she Shak. 364 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:12.640 That's that's the pictures inside there. Yeah, so I didn't 365 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.160 realize that. 366 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:16.240 It says additional evidence of she Shack's raid into Palestine 367 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:22.160 was found at Megiddo, where fragments of a triumphal stella 368 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.920 were erected by the Pharaoh. Right, So, Mgiddo is there 369 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:30.559 near the sea, the Dead Sea, and there's a fortress 370 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.079 there that Yeah, did you did you ever? 371 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.160 Did you guys get to go to. 372 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:38.039 Megiddo when you were there in Israel? Okay, So that's amazing. 373 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.640 It's just really cool. Now, it wasn't just like the 374 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:43.640 reference of the idea, but he named a dozen specific 375 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:47.279 cities that are also mentioned in the Bible. Yeah that, Hey, 376 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:49.480 I took these, And then he erected his own little 377 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:53.519 kind of Hey, look what I did in Megiddo. It's 378 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.440 and then he told the exact same story in Karnak. 379 00:18:56.720 --> 00:19:02.559 So you've got three different places where it's archaeology has 380 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:05.200 proven this story to be true. It's a pretty obscure 381 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:07.839 little story to be right right by the way. 382 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:09.359 When I went to Israel in two thousand and nine, 383 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:12.680 that's how long ago that was. We were only there 384 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:18.279 for twelve days. We worked for between you know, between travel. 385 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:21.480 Travel doesn't count, right, So we literally worked for every 386 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:26.519 day at a vacation Bible school in a Muslim city 387 00:19:27.119 --> 00:19:30.119 in the middle in the middle of Palestine, in the 388 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.960 very center. 389 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:33.720 Of Palaceine West Bank, in the West Bank. And we 390 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:35.920 did that and we only had two days of touring. 391 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:38.920 We only went and saw biblical sites for two days, 392 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.599 so we did not have the opportunities that you guys 393 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:45.240 had when you went and and so yeah, we saw 394 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:47.720 some things, but it wasn't. 395 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:49.599 Nearly what we wanted to see, right. 396 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:52.319 And by the way, let's talk about repentance just for 397 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:53.839 a minute. 398 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:55.359 You know, it's interesting. 399 00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:58.319 But I just came across this, you know, you know, 400 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:01.720 we're coming up on this series overcoming. Yeah in you know, 401 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:03.480