WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.240 practical ways. Hey, everybody, don't get down just because it's Monday, 4 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:15.119 because you've just tuned into the Bible guys. 5 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:19.120 Wow. Yeah, man, you are so encouraging. Chris. Well, that's 6 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:19.760 why I listen. 7 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:23.640 I try to be anti Monday, anti blues, and so 8 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:27.199 today we are going to pep you up with a 9 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:27.839 brand news. 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.760 Well it's not a brighter segment anti anti Monday, anti blues. 11 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.600 Oh yeah, I thought you'd be pro Monday anti blues. 12 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.159 Well, antime Monday blues. How about that? 13 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.359 Because I like waking up on a Monday. 14 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:41.479 Well, you know, every day above the ground. 15 00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:44.039 Not having a Monday. The alternative isn't great? 16 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.960 Right then that means you're done with life exactly because 17 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:48.719 Mondays are coming. 18 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:54.320 I'm pro days anti negativity. Yeah, you anti Monday blues, 19 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.240 Monday Blues day. So we've only done this segment maybe 20 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.320 once or twice, probably, right, I don't ever remember doing it. 21 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:01.960 Have we done it before? Yeah, we've done. 22 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.959 Here's the reason why I remember. This is called finish 23 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:08.480 the lyrics. Oh yeah, yeah, because I remember saying I'm 24 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:09.280 not good with song. 25 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:10.120 Lyrics, yes at all. 26 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:12.079 In fact, I'm very nervous about this segment. 27 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:13.239 You should be. You should be. 28 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:15.560 Just a few minutes ago and I said to Jeff, 29 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:17.280 I said, I'm not going to know these, and he said, 30 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:18.599 these are really popular songs. 31 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:21.400 You'll know them. This is your arch nemesis right here. 32 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:22.040 This is it. 33 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:23.239 But listen, hey. 34 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:28.000 It actually says Jeff will start singing a song Comma, 35 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:30.719 then we'll see if Chris can finish the next lyrics. 36 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:32.519 So I didn't say I have to sing it. 37 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:34.200 It says you have to sing it, finish it. 38 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.120 If he can't, he gets a silly penalty, which, by 39 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:40.400 the way, that's new, right, Like making an animal noise 40 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:41.239 for ten seconds. 41 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:42.799 Okay, that's a lot of work. 42 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:44.719 Are you going to give me silly penalties? 43 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:47.519 I don't know. I know I'm not singing it because 44 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:49.879 I don't know a couple of the tunes. I kind 45 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:51.879 of know the songs, okay, but I don't know a 46 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:52.760 couple of tunes. 47 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:54.719 So silly penalties could be fun. 48 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:56.879 Okay, But you know, I think it's up to you, 49 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.719 all right, like stand on your head and that's that's 50 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:01.480 a choice. 51 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:05.079 On an audio podcast. 52 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:07.840 Okay, you know I could do for all the listeners. 53 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:09.280 I could just grunt like I'm doing it. 54 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:10.560 They would never. 55 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:14.240 One finger pushing. 56 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:17.840 That's right, there we go, Here we go. Are you ready? Yeah? 57 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:18.639 I guess so. 58 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.080 So I think you're gonna know these So while I 59 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:25.199 don't know the tunes to several of these songs, I 60 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:28.599 just I know the You do know that you know 61 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:29.439 about them. 62 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:32.280 You know, I know because you said immediately you'll recognize 63 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:32.879 all these songs. 64 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:35.719 Well, I think you will, which means you know them. Well, 65 00:02:35.800 --> 00:02:38.120 as I looked through who the singers were, you're going 66 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:38.759 to know who they are. 67 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:40.639 All right, I'm ready, go ahead. 68 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:45.000 Are you ready? Imagine all the people living life. 69 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:51.159 In imagine all the people what living what living life 70 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:54.039 in living life? 71 00:02:54.240 --> 00:03:00.560 And peep, here you go. That's it, all right? Good Okay, 72 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:02.520 I was actually unsure that believe it. 73 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.479 Okay, So I kind of knew that tune. Okay, yeah, 74 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.159 this next one, yep, I know the song. Yep, I 75 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:13.719 do not know the tunes. Okay to this segment, Okay, 76 00:03:13.879 --> 00:03:16.919 give it to me, because this is thriller thriller night, 77 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:21.560 and no one's going to save you from. 78 00:03:20.479 --> 00:03:24.039 Oh yeah, First of all, that's really high because. 79 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:29.800 This is thriller thriller night, and no one's going to 80 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:32.800 save you from the beast about to strike? 81 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:37.159 Is that right? Yeah? Yeah yeah, so believe or not. 82 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:39.599 I never really listened to Michael Jackson really at all. 83 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:41.400 Yeah yeah, yeah, nineteen eighties. 84 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:45.800 But okay, okay, the thriller jacket, right, I talked about that. 85 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:49.199 I remember that. Yeah, yeah, okay. Still like that old 86 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:51.520 time rock and roll, that kind of music. 87 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.719 So I actually sang this with my buddy Jeff Miller 88 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.599 at one of those things where you could record, like 89 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.080 a karaoke thing before karaoke, with a thing. 90 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:03.080 Where you can make a recording. Yeah yeah, yeah, and. 91 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:07.159 So I have this tape at home. Just like that 92 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:11.039 old time of rock and roll. That kind of music 93 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:13.680 just soothes my soul. 94 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:17.240 It's so I would have missed. 95 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:20.360 It, that's okay, you know that since. 96 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:24.319 Finished the lyrics, I would have missed it. 97 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:24.480 Is it? 98 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:25.000 Bop Secret? 99 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:26.839 Yeah, Bob Secret. He's a Detroit boy. 100 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:27.879 Yeah that's right. 101 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:30.600 Yeah, okay, So here's another one. I don't I don't 102 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:32.240 know the tune. I don't know the tune to this one. 103 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:36.000 I'm mad, Papa, don't preach, I'm in trouble deep. 104 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:36.680 That's Madonna. 105 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:37.759 Papa, don't preach. 106 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.639 I've been losing sleep. There you go, Papa, don't preach. 107 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:47.480 I'm in trouble deep. Papa, don't preach. I've been losing sleep. 108 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:52.639 And I made up my mind. I'm keeping the baby, 109 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:57.800 keeping my baby. That's what she's what the songs, it's 110 00:04:57.839 --> 00:04:59.199 don't yell at me, because. 111 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:00.000 You know we did a enough seat. 112 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:03.240 Yeah, okay, here we go. So I know this one. 113 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:06.360 Just a small town girl living in a lonely world she. 114 00:05:06.399 --> 00:05:11.279 Took she took them. Wait, just a small town girl 115 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:18.199 living in a lonely world. She took them. Midnight train. 116 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:22.560 Go in there you go. 117 00:05:22.839 --> 00:05:23.759 What's the next line? 118 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:25.680 I don't know, Yes you do, I don't. 119 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:27.279 Just the city. 120 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:34.000 City boy born and raised in South Detroit, South Detroit. 121 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:36.879 So did you know there is no South Detroit. 122 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:39.879 Uh, well, the southern part of Detroit, Jeff is the 123 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:40.600 South Detroit. 124 00:05:40.959 --> 00:05:43.560 So from where he was when he was writing that 125 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.800 song in the city, he was looking out his hotel window. 126 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.920 He was looking into Canada because the river cuts straight 127 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.759 below the city of Detroit, and so when you look 128 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:57.759 straight south from the downtown portion of Detroit. You're looking 129 00:05:57.800 --> 00:06:00.279 into Canada. So when he was writing it, he wasn't 130 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:02.399 thinking about Detroit. He was thinking about Kennedy. He just 131 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:04.560 didn't know it. Really, Yeah, that's fact. 132 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:08.199 Well, my guess is if you're on the southern part 133 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.720 of Detroit, like on the walk, you're in South Detroit. 134 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:14.079 Yeah, no, that's not. 135 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.920 It's not official, but it is technically according to the 136 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:17.800 lawyer in your head. 137 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.120 No, you can look at it, look at it on 138 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:22.120 a map. If you look at it on a map, yeah, 139 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:24.879 And then he acknowledged it later. He acknowledged it later 140 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.000 that you would never say that there's no seuth Detroit 141 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:27.839 if Bonnie Well. 142 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.120 Legally, but if Bonnie called you and said what part 143 00:06:30.120 --> 00:06:32.360 of Detroit A you're in, you would never say the 144 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:33.519 southern part of Detroit. 145 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:39.199 No, liar, I promise you I wouldn't. I just called 146 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:40.519 me a liar. Here. You want to know what made 147 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:41.759 Jeff mad last this week? 148 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:45.519 There, Chris called you a liar. I didn't even say 149 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:47.040 I didn't even say, no, you wouldn't. 150 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:50.560 I just said, right, well, lying is not a good thing, 151 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.600 and that would force us into some kind of reform 152 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:55.959 if we wanted to change, right. 153 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:02.040 Yeah, wow, speaking of reform is a horrific transition, horrific congratulations. 154 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.519 Yes, that might be the worst one, be the worst one. 155 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:09.600 Hey, lying is bad, and if you lied, you needn't reform. 156 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:13.000 You know who else needed reform? Has A Kaya? 157 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:16.439 Well, has A Kaiah led religious reforms. 158 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:17.240 That's so funny. 159 00:07:17.439 --> 00:07:18.160 That's terrible. 160 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:19.959 Yes, that's okay, funny. 161 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:21.920 Well, we're kind of wrapping up this, this chunk of 162 00:07:21.959 --> 00:07:24.920 has A Kaya story. It's lasted for a few chapters 163 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:29.199 here where after his dad it was such a bad 164 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:32.439 king and nailed the doors shut on the temple and 165 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:34.439 filled it into with just a bunch of junk and 166 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:36.519 took weeks and weeks and weeks to clean it out 167 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:38.920 and rededicate it. Then they had a big party in 168 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.759 a celebration, recommitting themselves to God and all those things. Yeah. 169 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:46.240 In fact, he actually filled the temple with a brand 170 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.319 new altar and moved the other altar. Remember, and he 171 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.240 actually took pagan practices from the Assyrians. 172 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.319 He has his dad, yes, yes, yes. 173 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:59.319 The Assyrians who took them over in captivity, who defeated them, 174 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:03.199 and then and he was sort of submitting, maybe trying 175 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:06.000 to buy favor with the Assyrians, or maybe he actually 176 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:09.680 really you know, maybe he just was so wicked he 177 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.959 admired the Assyrian false gods. 178 00:08:12.959 --> 00:08:13.959 Who knows, you know. 179 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.240 I think sometimes I've been thinking about that a little 180 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:17.879 bit over the last couple of days, because I mean, 181 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:20.720 we read about that a few weeks or what last 182 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:24.759 week or whatever two weeks ago, about a has getting 183 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.279 rid of God and the worship of God, nailing the 184 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:31.040 temple door shut and then worshiping the gods of the 185 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:34.960 people who conquered him right right, they defeated him, And 186 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:37.480 I wonder, you know, sometimes people get mad at God 187 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:39.360 because things didn't turn out the way they wanted it 188 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:42.039 to turn out, and then they blamed God instead of 189 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:43.879 his wickedness, or instead of the fact that his army 190 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.200 just didn't have the skill set or whatever, he wasn't prepared, 191 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:49.639 or he was a bad leader. It couldn't possibly be 192 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:52.559 his fault. It has to be God's fault. Get rid 193 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:54.279 of God, I'm going to go get because their God's 194 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:57.200 helped them win. My God didn't help me win. I'm 195 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.200 going to blame God for my situation right right that 196 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:04.559 that if, if that's what happened, that's an extremely common idea, 197 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:07.519 right right, That happens in all of our lives. So 198 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:09.559 I wonder if that's what's happening. What happened in a 199 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:12.159 has whatever was he got bitter about God and nailed 200 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:14.200 the door shut and forbade the worship. 201 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:15.799 Of a lot of good This God did us. 202 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:19.200 Yeah, exactly as oppost acknowledging God, I haven't been following you, 203 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:22.320 and I believe that you're trying to correct me. Instead 204 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:25.559 it was you know, I hate you. But has Akiah 205 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:28.000 decided to turn back to the god of his grandfather, 206 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.000 even though his father had turned away. And then he 207 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:33.919 begins leading the people and they have this big celebration. 208 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:35.960 Was his grandfather's name Issiah? 209 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:37.440 Was it? 210 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:42.120 I think it was Usiah? 211 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:47.360 Yeah? Jotham? So it was Akiah a has Jotham Usiah? 212 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:50.240 Oh yeah, wait Jotham Usiah? 213 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:52.480 Yes, yeah, Usiah then Jotham. 214 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:55.879 Oh his great grandfather was Usiah. Yeah, okay. 215 00:09:55.879 --> 00:10:02.519 So so Hazekiah leads them in this big party at 216 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:06.559 the temple and people are happy. Then he goes and 217 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:10.039 invites even northern Israel to come and celebrate the Passover. Yeah, 218 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:11.919 and they go through that and the Passover is a 219 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:16.679 deeply religious experience, and they lingered for a while on 220 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.080 the Passover celebration that kind of sad. But then it 221 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:25.039 didn't go just to you know, a religious event with 222 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:27.840 a bunch of with rededicating the temple and then a 223 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:31.799 religious ceremony in the Passover. But he begins to bring 224 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.120 real deep, day to day living type reforms. Right, So 225 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.879 he wasn't just adopting a new religion. He was saying, 226 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:42.240 we're gonna let this change our lives. And that's kind 227 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:44.559 of what you see in this next piece. And that's 228 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:46.559 why I think the Bible takes three or four chapters 229 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:50.840 to kind of unveil how deep these reforms went in 230 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:51.759 the lives of history. 231 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:55.399 Well, think about for an entire generation for I don't 232 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.960 know how long he has was king. Well I think 233 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:58.799 we read like what like eighteen years or something. 234 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.679 Yea As was king for sixteen years, sixteen. 235 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:06.159 Years, So that is an unbelievable amount of time for 236 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:08.960 you know, for you to be you know, I mean, 237 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.399 I mean it's almost what it almost is an entire 238 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:15.679 generation of pagan practices. So it would seem like, you know, 239 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:21.559 any religious practice that's you know, it would be so foreign, right, 240 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.120 you know, you can grow up and become you know, 241 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.399 college age and never have known a single person in 242 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:32.639 your family to have, you know, honored God in any way. 243 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:36.799 Right. So here we are in Second Chronicles, chapter thirty one, 244 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:38.720 and it says when the festival ended, talking about that 245 00:11:38.720 --> 00:11:41.000 big passover, and remember they decided to have a second 246 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.519 week of it, right, right. They liked it so much 247 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:46.360 they kept going. Yeah, So when the festival ended, the 248 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.240 Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Fraim, 249 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:53.240 and Manassa, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut 250 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.480 down ther share of polls, and remove the pagan shrines 251 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:58.519 and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own 252 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:02.039 towns and homes. Zekaia then organized the priests and levites 253 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:04.960 into divisions to offer the burnt offerings and peace offerings, 254 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.399 and to worship and to give thanks and praise to 255 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.519 the Lord at the gates of the temple. The king 256 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.039 also made a personal contribution of animals for the daily 257 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:17.519 and morning and evening burnt offerings, the weekly Sabbath festivals, 258 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:20.679 the monthly New Moon festivals, and the annual festivals as 259 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:23.159 prescribed in the Law of the Lord. In addition, he 260 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:25.080 required the people in Jerusalem to bring a portion of 261 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.320 their goods to the priests and levites so they could 262 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.639 devote themselves fully to the law of the Lord. When 263 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.720 the people of Israel heard these requirements, they responded generously 264 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:38.399 by bringing the first share of their grain, new wine, olive, oil, honey, 265 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:40.559 and all the produce of their fields. They brought a 266 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.840 large quantity a tithe of all that they produced. The 267 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:46.000 people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the 268 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.519 people of Judah themselves brought in the tithes of their 269 00:12:48.559 --> 00:12:50.600 cattle and sheep and goats, and a tithe of the 270 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:52.519 things that had been dedicated to the Lord, their God, 271 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:55.399 and they piled them up in great heaps. They began 272 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:57.639 piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued 273 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:02.000 to grow until early autumn. Kaiyah and his officials came 274 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:04.360 and saw these huge piles. They thanked the Lord and 275 00:13:04.440 --> 00:13:07.440 his people Israel. Where did all this come from? Hezekiah 276 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:10.360 asked the priest and levites, and Azariah, the high priest 277 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:13.600 from the family of Zadok, replied, since the people began 278 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:15.320 bringing their gifts to the Lord's temple, we have had 279 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:17.679 enough to eat in plenty to spare. The Lord has 280 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:20.759 blessed his people, and all this is left over. Hezekiah 281 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:23.200 ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Temple of the Lord, 282 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:25.840 and when this was done, the people faithfully brought all 283 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:28.360 the tithes and gifts to the temple. Conan Ayah the 284 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:31.320 Levite was put in charge, assisted by his brother SHIMII. 285 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:39.559 Supervisors under them were Jahel, Aiziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jeremoth, Jazabad, 286 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:45.960 elile Ishmakiah, Mayheth, and Benaiah. These appointments were made by 287 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:49.519 King Hezekiah and Azariah, the chief official in the Temple 288 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:52.200 of God. And those names sound so foreign, don't they? Yeah? 289 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:57.240 For sure. Cora, son of Mnah, the Levite, excuse you, yes, 290 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:00.279 who was the gatekeeper at the east gate, was put 291 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:03.080 in charge of distributing the voluntary offerings given to God. 292 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:05.200 The gifts and the things that had been dedicated to 293 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:07.679 the Lord and his faithful assistance were Edom and many 294 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:14.000 of men, Jeshua, Shimaiah, Amariyah, and Shekhanaiah. They ditributed the 295 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:16.440 gifts among the families of priests in their towns by 296 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:19.159 their divisions, divided the gifts fairly among old and young alike. 297 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:22.039 They distributed gifts to all males three years old or older, 298 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:25.279 regardless of their place in the genealogical records. The distribution 299 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:27.039 went to all who would come to the Lord's temple 300 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:30.080 to perform their daily duties according to their divisions. Distribute 301 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:32.039 gifts to the priests who were listed by their families 302 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.799 and the genealogical records, and to the levites twenty years 303 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:37.000 old or older, who were listed according to their jobs 304 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:39.759 and their divisions. Food allotments were also given to the 305 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:42.720 families of all those listed in the genealogical records, including 306 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:45.480 their little babies, wives, sons, and daughters, for they had 307 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.960 all been faithful and purifying themselves. As for the priests, 308 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:51.039 the descendants of Aaron who were living in the open 309 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:54.240 villages around the towns, men were appointed the name by 310 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.639 name to distribute portions to every male among the priests 311 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:59.840 and to all the levites listed in the genealogical records. Okay, 312 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.799 that's a lot to say. They spread all the stuff 313 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:06.000 around right right In this way, King Hezekiah handled the 314 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:09.279 distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good 315 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.559 in the sight of the Lord, his God, and all 316 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:13.279 that he did in the service of the Temple of 317 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:15.919 God and in his efforts to follow God's laws and commands. 318 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:20.399 Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was 319 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:23.320 very successful. Great great way to and that's you what 320 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.039 a great way, right. Yeah. 321 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:28.399 And so first of all, Holy Cow on all those names. 322 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:31.000 Second of all, I can't believe I didn't turn my head. 323 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.919 I'd coughed directly into the microphone. That was probably so 324 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:40.240 loud for people. Sorry about that. I apologize. Third of all, 325 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:42.279 here's your lung back, right, yeah, here's my lung. 326 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:42.519 Yeah. 327 00:15:42.799 --> 00:15:45.840 And I've had twenty three days. I've been coughing. Twenty 328 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:49.679 three days is terrible. And then thirdly, I just wanted 329 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:53.960 to make a general comment about Hezekiah. So Hezekiah is 330 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:59.240 again just continuing to do what is right, and I 331 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:05.200 love how well he is. Inviting the tribes Judah Benjamin, 332 00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:08.799 we understand that. But then Ephraim and Manassa, right, So 333 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:12.120 those are the northern tribes, right, because Judah and Benjamin 334 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.840 were the only southern tribes, and so these other two 335 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.440 tribes were. 336 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:15.799 From the north. 337 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.679 And so he's inviting everybody and then he finally accomplishes 338 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:24.320 what nobody else accomplished, was able to fully accomplish. He 339 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:27.679 cut down all the astropoles and remove the pagan shrines 340 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.559 and altars, and he did this, and it says. 341 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:34.120 After this the Israelites returned to the towns of homes. 342 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:37.960 So he was able to finally get rid of everything, 343 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:40.480 because it seems like every other king who was good 344 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.960 went like most of the way, like the really good kings, 345 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:49.799 but they didn't quite even the scripture said they decided 346 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:53.320 not to remove the false temples or you know, or 347 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.279 the false shrines or where did they set up the. 348 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:01.159 Northern place of war? Was it in Samaria? 349 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:01.679 Yeah? 350 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:05.319 Yeah, like they refused to get rid of those, you know. 351 00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:09.599 But Hezekiah, man, he's not in the north, but he's 352 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.319 in the south. Man, he's taking care of business. 353 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:13.319 But they went over. And I think the big thing 354 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:15.720 is this, kings can only do so much. It has 355 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:17.200 to be the will of the people. And what you 356 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.640 had is it was the Israelites who attended went to 357 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:23.559 all the towns, right, and they did it. So he 358 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:26.599 led and he led well, and it was clear that 359 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:29.920 his worship was authentic, that his commitment to following the 360 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:34.000 Lord was true and real that people could see what 361 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:37.119 had happened in Israel at the time. And then also 362 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:39.839 remember most of the people in Israel were hauled away, 363 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:44.200 because it's only the leftover people in northern Israel that 364 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:48.960 are there. In Judah and in Benjamin, that community was 365 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:53.000 thriving under Hezekiah, but in the north they had all 366 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:55.920 been mostly captured and they were off in exile. So 367 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.680 it's just a few remnants leftovers that were up there. 368 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:00.759 So it's a little easier perhaps for them to go 369 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:02.799 around and just decide they're going to wipe everything out, 370 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:05.079 you know, all of these worship centers, because there was 371 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:07.599 nobody really to fight back against them, right, But they 372 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:09.440 went up there and they did it, and the people 373 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:11.279 got behind it. And you're right, it's the first time, 374 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:17.079 well since Solomon at least, that this place had been 375 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:21.319 cleaned up, right, So that's really amazing, And I love. 376 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:26.039 How it talks about so everybody started bringing their tithes, right, 377 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:28.000 So verse number six. 378 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.839 Led he brought his Yeah, that's right, that's right. He 379 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:34.480 led by example as the leader. 380 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:38.799 It said, he brought his own personal offerings and contributions, 381 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:41.119 And it says then the people who had moved from 382 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.920 Judah from Israel. The people of Judah themselves brought their 383 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:47.920 tithes of their cattle, sheep and goes and the ties 384 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:49.359 of the things that they had been dedicated to the 385 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:52.599 Lord their God, and they piled them up in great keeps. 386 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.000 And then they they piled them up in great heaps, 387 00:18:56.359 --> 00:19:00.240 to such a degree that Hezekaya says, where's all the 388 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.720 surplus coming from? And they said, well, when people obey, 389 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:07.400 go figure, when people obey, there's plenty. 390 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:07.720 To go around. 391 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:10.359 There's more than enough to eat, There's more than enough 392 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:13.759 to sacrifice. There's more than enough in the temple, you know. 393 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:17.000 And by the way, that is an unbelievable thing. Hey, 394 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:20.359 let me tell a quick story. I was in between 395 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:25.039 before it came to Michigan. I attended Andy Stanley's church, 396 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.599 and I went to Buckhead Church one time, and I 397 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.920 saw Andy there and he was doing a building campaign 398 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:30.640 because he was about to build a couple of buildings, right, 399 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:33.880 And he told the story about Zerubabyle, and he talked 400 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:39.279 about how Zeroubrabyle marched back all of the anything. We're 401 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:41.079