God has asked that we
give of our time, talent and treasure to
invest in and work on our relationships with each other and with God.
Throughout 2 Kings, Israel and Judah do not live up to their covenant
agreement; King after King does what is evil in the sight of the Lord,
interspersed with Kings that do what is right in the sight of the Lord ….
except the high places were not taken away.
The faithful Kings try to clean their spiritual house and in several
cases set up building funds (sound familiar?) to repair God's house. The
situation continues to spiral out of control as Israel is carted off to Assyria
and Judah is besieged in Jerusalem.
Israel and Judah seem to be obsessed with Power, Prestige and
Possessions to the point that they forget their covenant and in the end they
lose all three. Josiah is made King at age 8 and finally he does what is right
in the sight of the Lord and walks in all the ways of his father David. At
age18, Jerusalem is on the verge of collapse when during a house cleaning to account
for cash to pay for repairs to the house of the Lord, or possibly to buy their
way out of trouble, they rediscover the Law.
Josiah reads the Law to all of the people and they rededicate themselves
to their covenant with God. But their
efforts are too little too late and Jerusalem falls twice to the Chaldeans, the
temple is burned and the people are carted off to Babylon. The great exile
begins....
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
2nd Samuel 10-24; 1st Kings 1-3 Acts 17-22
Hello again! Hope
you have been enjoying this Bible challenge.
This week our readings are very interesting and
intriguing as we finish the book of 2nd Samuel and begin the 1st Book of
Kings. David has been anointed king of Judah.
God makes a covenant with David that He will never remove his steadfast
love from the house of David and it will last forever.
David is faithful in his love of God and he follows
the commandments – at least he tries to.
Our readings in 2nd Samuel will cover how David sinned
against God by committing adultery and murder – Bathsheba and Uriah. God will not go against his covenant (he
still loves David) but tells David his first born son will die. Not only that, but “I will raise up trouble
against you from within your own house.”
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