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April 2 - 1 Kings (Part 2) & 2 Kings (Part 1)

April 2 - 1 Kings (Part 2) & 2 Kings (Part 1)

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 Our study continues with our study of Solomon and how he started so well and ended so bad. He builds the Temple and then his palace and he begins to wander further and further away from the Lord making horrible moral and spiritual choices that affected him and the people. Solomon's Rise and Fall is characterized in these events: -- Queen of Sheba - 1 Kings 10 -- Foreign Wives - 1 Kings 11:1-13 -- Opponents - 1 Kings 11:14ff -- Jeroboam & Ahijah - 1 Kings 11:26ff One day Ahijah the prophet meets Jeroboam along the road. Ahijah takes off his robe and tears it into 12 pieces telling Jeroboam to take 10 because the Lord is giving 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel to him to rule and taking the kingdom from Solomon's hands and splitting the nation because they have forsaken God and worshiped idols, not walked in obedience to God's will. God's desire was that they would turn back to Him. The nation is divided in half: the northern kingdom would be 10 tribes known as Israel and the southern kingdom would be 2 tribes known as Judah. Then civil war breaks out between the two. Pastor takes a break from the story to give us more insight into the books of the Kings. -- Originally one book in the Hebrew Scriptures -- Written during the Exile (ca.608-538 BC) -- Utilizes multiple sources (annals of Solomon, Kings of Judah and Kings of Israel) -- Author - not stated (traditionally, Jeremiah) -- Kings - Israel (19/20 kings, 9 dynasties) Judah (20 kings 1 dynasty) What stands out the most in 1 & 2 Kings is that God is patient, He is loving, He wants people to return to Him, He is quick to forgive, slow to anger and quick to bless. The main events: 931 BC Civil War - 722 BC Israel Conquered - 586 BC Fall of Jerusalem. Between the Civil War and Israel being conquered we see the ministry of Elijah and Elisha. Between Israel being conquered and the fall of Jerusalem we see Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon and Josiah. We pick up our story - the nation is divided. King of Israel is Jeroboam and King of Judah is Rehoboam (Solomon's son). The tension between the north and the south continues to escalate. Jeroboam constructs 2 golden calves and 2 altars and calls them the people's god. He builds one in Dan and one in Bethel, and adds a new festival for the people for worshiping the two golden calves. Pastor shares pictures of Dan showing the area of idol worship and what it looks like today along with the chilling experience that it was to be there. Then we explore the tragic story of a prophet from Judah that comes to speak to Jeroboam in Israel while the festival to the golden calves is going on and we learn how important it is to do exactly what God says. Then from Jeroboam and throughout the kings of Israel, they just continue to go downhill. We're told in the books of the Kings that many of the next kings of Israel continued in the way of Jeroboam. We explore Elijah's ministry beginning around 870 BC as found in 1 Kings 17, 18 and 19. Elijah was a courageous man of God, raised up at one of the most difficult times in Israel's history to confront the worst king Israel had. King Ahab and his wife Jezebel. Her dad was a priest of Baal. She instituted Baal worship and the worship of Asherah in Israel. Elijah confronts Ahab and says there will be a famine. After 3 1/2 years God tells Elijah to return to King Ahab. Elijah suggests a showdown between the priests of Baal and the Living God at Mt. Carmel. It's a fascinating account. Each set up an altar and the challenge is to pray for fire on their altars. The priests of Baal pray to Baal to start their altar to him on fire. After being unsuccessful, it's Elijah's turn. He builds the altar with 12 stones, places the sacrificial animal on top and pours water over the sacrifice and the altar. Then he prays for the Lord to start his altar on fire and the Lord starts Elijah's altar on fire. The people cry out, "The Lord, He is God!" The people are experiencing revival and rain comes to end the famine, but Jezebel is angry, very angry and declares Elijah is to be killed. Elijah goes from this high of victory over the priests of Baal to a fearful low, running for his life and going into hiding. We dig into several stories of Elijah's time in hiding ending with the story that God was not in the wind, He was not in the fire, He was not in the earthquake, but God was in the still, small voice. (1 Kings 19:13ff.) We read the encouragement of the Lord to Elijah. God gives Elijah a job to do and Elijah does it all including inviting Elisha to join him in working for the Lord. Elisha leaves everything to do what God was asking of him and we will see more of his story next week. Join us next week for the rest of 1 Kings pt3 and 2 Kings pt2. For our FREE resources: video, podcast, Reading Schedule, and a study guide for each book of the Bible plus any extra items, plus how to listen by radio broadcast - find it all here: https://www.awakeusnow.com/bible-in-a-year Our Bible ...
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