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  Speaker 1: Imagine being born into a kingdom soaked in blood, your
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  Speaker 1: entire family slaughtered, your name erased from history before you
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  Speaker 1: could even speak it. Imagine growing up in the shadows,
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  Speaker 1: hidden away, while an evil queen sat on the throne
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  Speaker 1: that was rightfully yours. This was the story of Joash.
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  Speaker 1: He was never supposed to survive. When Queen Athalia seized power,
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  Speaker 1: she ordered the execution of every single royal descendant. She
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  Speaker 1: wanted to wipe out the House of David to ensure
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  Speaker 1: no one could ever challenge her rule, and she almost succeeded.
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  Speaker 1: But in the middle of the massacre, a desperate woman
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  Speaker 1: named Jehoshaber, Joash's aunt, risked everything. She took the infant
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  Speaker 1: Joash and smuggled him away before Athalia's soldiers could find him.
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  Speaker 1: For six years, Joash lived in hiding, tucked away in
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  Speaker 1: the temple of the Lord. He grew up not in
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  Speaker 1: a palace of gold, but in the quiet halls of worship.
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  Speaker 1: He was raised not by by nobles, but by priests.
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  Speaker 1: His childhood was unlike any king before him. He wasn't
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  Speaker 1: trained in war, politics, or wealth. He was raised in
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  Speaker 1: the presence of God. But here's the question, would that
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  Speaker 1: be enough. Joesh's story is one of the most dramatic
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  Speaker 1: in the Bible. A boy king crowned at just seven
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  Speaker 1: years old, a reign that began in faith but ended
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  Speaker 1: in betrayal, A life shaped by the people around him,
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  Speaker 1: some who led him toward righteousness, others who dragged him
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  Speaker 1: into darkness. This is not just history. It's a lesson.
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  Speaker 1: How does a person raised in faith still fall away?
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  Speaker 1: Why do some people stay strong while others crumble under pressure?
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  Speaker 1: What happens when you rely on others for your faith
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  Speaker 1: only to be left standing alone. Josash had the chance
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  Speaker 1: to be one of Judah's greatest kings, but as you'll see,
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  Speaker 1: a strong start doesn't guarantee a strong finish. If you
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  Speaker 1: think being surrounded by good people will keep you from
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  Speaker 1: making bad choices, Joash's story will challenge everything you believe.
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  Speaker 1: If you've ever wondered why some leaders rise in faith
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  Speaker 1: but fall in failure, this is the story you need
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  Speaker 1: to hear. And if you think God's plan can be stopped,
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  Speaker 1: Joash's survival is proof that no power on earth can
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  Speaker 1: erase what God has ordained. Now, let's dive into the
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  Speaker 1: incredible story of Joash, the hidden King, who was almost
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  Speaker 1: erased the Knight. Judah's royal family was slaughtered. The halls
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  Speaker 1: of the palace ran red with blood. Queen Athalia had
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  Speaker 1: seized power, and to secure her throne, she ordered the unthinkable,
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  Speaker 1: the execution of every single descendant of King David. One
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  Speaker 1: by one. The royal children were ripped from their beds, helpless, innocent.
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  Speaker 1: They never stood a chance, and for a moment it
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  Speaker 1: seemed like Athalia had won David's dynasty. The blood line
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  Speaker 1: through which God had promised the Messiah was gone. The
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  Speaker 1: kingdom of Judah now belonged to a queen who worshiped Baale,
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  Speaker 1: who had no regard for God, and who had bathed
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  Speaker 1: her own hands in the blood of her family. But
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  Speaker 1: God had already moved before the enemy even struck a
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  Speaker 1: daring rescue the woman who defied the queen. In the
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  Speaker 1: middle of the slaughter, one woman refused to let darkness
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  Speaker 1: have the final word. Her name was Jehosheba. She was
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  Speaker 1: the sister of King Ahaziah, the last rightful king, and
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  Speaker 1: the wife of Jehoiada, Judah's high priest. Jehoshiba had no army,
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  Speaker 1: no political power, no authority, But she had courage and
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  Speaker 1: she had faith. As Athalia's soldiers stormed through the palace,
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  Speaker 1: Jehosheba acted. She found the infant Joash, just a baby,
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  Speaker 1: barely old enough to understand the danger around him. She
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  Speaker 1: wrapped him in her arms, and, risking her own life,
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  Speaker 1: carried him away before the executioners could reach him. Where
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  Speaker 1: could she hide a child that an entire kingdom was hunting.
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  Speaker 1: There was only one place Athalia would never think to look,
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  Speaker 1: the Temple of the Lord. While the palace was filled
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  Speaker 1: with death and destruction, the temple remained a sanctuary of life,
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  Speaker 1: and there Jehosheba hid Joash, placing him under the care
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  Speaker 1: of her husband, Jehoyada, the High Priest. For six long years,
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  Speaker 1: the world believed David's royal line was gone. For six years,
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  Speaker 1: Athalia sat comfortably on the throne, thinking she had erased
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  Speaker 1: God's promise. But for six years, a hidden king was growing,
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  Speaker 1: raised in the presence of God, a future king in
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  Speaker 1: the temple. Unlike other kings who were raised in the
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  Speaker 1: luxury of the palace, Josh's childhood was different. He didn't
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  Speaker 1: grow up surrounded by war strategies, political advisers and royal feasts.
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  Speaker 1: He grew up surrounded by priests, prophets, and the word
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  Speaker 1: of God. Instead of learning the tactics of war, he
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  Speaker 1: learned the laws of Moses. Instead of hearing the whispers
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  Speaker 1: of corrupt officials, he heard the songs of worship. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of being raised by power hungry nobles, he was raised
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  Speaker 1: by Jehoiada, the High Priest, a man of deep faith
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  Speaker 1: and unwavering loyalty to God. Was this just an accident?
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  Speaker 1: Or was this God set up for a righteous king?
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  Speaker 1: For generations judas kings had wavered between righteousness and wickedness,
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  Speaker 1: But now a king was being raised, not by politicians,
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  Speaker 1: but by a man of God. Joash wasn't just hidden
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  Speaker 1: for protection. He was hidden for preparation. God wasn't just
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  Speaker 1: keeping him alive. He was shaping him into something greater,
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  Speaker 1: the promise that could not be broken. Athalia believed she
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  Speaker 1: had destroyed David's line, but God had made a covenant
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  Speaker 1: with David hundreds of years earlier. God had spoken through
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  Speaker 1: the prophet Nathan and told David, your house and your
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  Speaker 1: kingdom will endure forever before me. Your throne will be
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  Speaker 1: established forever tewod Samuel seven sixteen. Athalia thought she had
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  Speaker 1: rewritten history, but God's promises do not die. She thought
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  Speaker 1: she had eliminated every heir, but God had preserved one
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  Speaker 1: in secret. She thought she had won, but God was
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  Speaker 1: only waiting for the right moment. The world believed the
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  Speaker 1: House of David was finished, but inside the temple, a
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  Speaker 1: child king was being prepared to reclaim his throne, and
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  Speaker 1: when the time was right, Judah's darkest hour would turn
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  Speaker 1: into its greatest uprising. You can't kill what God has ordained.
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  Speaker 1: No matter how much evil seems to be in control.
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  Speaker 1: God always has a plan, and when God's timing comes,
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  Speaker 1: nothing can stop it. Josh was still just a child,
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  Speaker 1: but soon the world would know the hidden king was alive.
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  Speaker 1: For six years, the people of Judah had lived under
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  Speaker 1: the rule of a queen who had stolen the throne
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  Speaker 1: through bloodshed. Athalia had massacred the royal family, erased the
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  Speaker 1: name of David's house, and plunged Judah into full blown
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  Speaker 1: bale worship. She thought she had secured her reign. She
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  Speaker 1: thought there was no one left to challenge her. She
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  Speaker 1: thought her power was absolute, but deep within the Temple
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  Speaker 1: of the lord. Her worst nightmare was growing a hidden king,
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  Speaker 1: a rightful heir, a child who would overthrow her in
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  Speaker 1: a way no one saw coming. And on one fateful
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  Speaker 1: day the secret that had been kept for six years
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  Speaker 1: was finally revealed. The day of reckoning. A king steps
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  Speaker 1: out of hiding. The plan had been set in motion. Jehoiada,
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  Speaker 1: the high priest who had protected Joash since infancy, knew
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  Speaker 1: the time had come. He could no longer allow Judah
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  Speaker 1: to be ruled by a tyrant who had defiled the
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  Speaker 1: throne with blood and idolatry. But how do you overthrow
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  Speaker 1: a queen with an army? How do you remove a
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  Speaker 1: ruler whose hands are drenched in power and paranoia? You
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  Speaker 1: do it with wisdom, You do it with strategy, and
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  Speaker 1: most of all, you do it with God's timing. Jehoiada
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  Speaker 1: gathered the commanders of Judah's army, men who had once
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  Speaker 1: been loyal to the House of David, men who had
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  Speaker 1: grown weary of Athalia's reign of terror, men who were
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  Speaker 1: waiting for a reason to rise up. When Jehoiada revealed
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  Speaker 1: the truth that the royal family had not been wiped out,
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  Speaker 1: that a rightful king had survived, that God's promise to
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  Speaker 1: David still stood. The warriors of Judah pledged their loyalties.
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  Speaker 1: The temple was locked down, the levites were stationed at
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  Speaker 1: every entrance, and in the center of it all, standing
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  Speaker 1: before the altar was Joash, just seven years old, the
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  Speaker 1: child but a king. The moment that shook the nation.
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  Speaker 1: The people of Judah were summoned to the temple. They
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  Speaker 1: came in confusion, in whispers, wondering why the high Priest
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  Speaker 1: had called them together. And then Joash stepped forward. For
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  Speaker 1: the first time in six years, the people saw the truth.
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  Speaker 1: A son of David still lived, the rightful heir was
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  Speaker 1: still alive. The throne had not been stolen forever. A
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  Speaker 1: roar erupted from the crowd. The trumpets blasted, the warriors
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  Speaker 1: raised their weapons, and in one breathtaking moment, jehoishured a crown,
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  Speaker 1: Josh as King, Long live the King, Second Kings eleven twelve.
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  Speaker 1: The people shouted, the priests rejoiced, the army stood in defiance.
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  Speaker 1: Because the House of David was not dead. The wicked
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  Speaker 1: Queen falls the Thalia. Hearing the deafening cries of the people,
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  Speaker 1: rushed to the temple her heart pounded, her mind rased.
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  Speaker 1: Something was wrong. She stormed into the courtyard, and what
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  Speaker 1: she saw stole the breath from her lungs. Joysh stood
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  Speaker 1: on the royal platform, a crown on his head, a
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  Speaker 1: scepter in his hand, surrounded by an army of warriors, priests,
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  Speaker 1: and the people of Judah cheering his name. Athaliah screamed,
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  Speaker 1: trees and treason. Second Kings, eleven fourteen. She looked to
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  Speaker 1: the guards. No one moved. She looked to the commanders.
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  Speaker 1: They had already chosen their king. For the first time
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  Speaker 1: in her life, she was powerless and Jehoiada, the man
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  Speaker 1: who had watched her reign in silence for six years,
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  Speaker 1: the man who had waited for this moment, the man
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  Speaker 1: who had protected the true king in secret, pointed at
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  Speaker 1: her and gave the command take her out of the
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  Speaker 1: temple and put her to death death Second Kings, eleven fifteen.
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  Speaker 1: The queen who had stolen the throne now had nowhere
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  Speaker 1: to run. The woman who had slaughtered the royal family
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  Speaker 1: was now facing judgment. The ruler who thought she was unstoppable,
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  Speaker 1: was about to meet her end. The soldiers seized her,
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  Speaker 1: dragged her through the streets, and just outside the city gates,
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  Speaker 1: the wicked Queen fell. She had killed for power, She
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  Speaker 1: had betrayed her own blood, She had defied the living God,
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  Speaker 1: and in the end she was erased from history. Evil
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  Speaker 1: may rise, but it never wins. In the end. Darkness
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  Speaker 1: may take the throne, but God always brings his light back.
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  Speaker 1: No matter how hopeless things seem, God's promise always prevails.
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  Speaker 1: The boy who became king, but who really had the power?
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  Speaker 1: Joash had been crowned at seven years old. He sat
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  Speaker 1: on the throne of Judah. He was a child king,
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  Speaker 1: the last of David's line, a miracle of survival. But
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  Speaker 1: the real question was who was actually in control. Jehoiada,
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  Speaker 1: the High Priest, was the one who had raised him.
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  Speaker 1: Jehoiada was the one who had placed him on the throne,
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  Speaker 1: and Jehoiada was the one who guided his every move.
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  Speaker 1: For now, Judah was safe. For now, the temple had
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  Speaker 1: been restored. For now, the people were turning back to God.
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  Speaker 1: But what happens when the voice that raised you is gone?
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  Speaker 1: What happens when the person who kept you on the
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  Speaker 1: right path is no longer there? Because Joesh's real test
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  Speaker 1: hadn't even begun yet, And soon the boy who was
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  Speaker 1: saved by faith, the child who was crowned by God's promise,
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  Speaker 1: would face a choice that would determine the fate of
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  Speaker 1: his entire reign. A king was on the throne. But
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  Speaker 1: would he stay faithful or would history repeat itself once again?
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  Speaker 1: The days of terror were over. Athalia, the queen who
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  Speaker 1: had ruled with blood and fear, was gone. The altars
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  Speaker 1: of Bayel had been destroyed, and for the first time
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  Speaker 1: in years, the people of Judah could breathe again. On
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  Speaker 1: the throne sat Joash, the boy king, a miracle, a survivor,
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  Speaker 1: a symbol of God's promise that the House of David
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  Speaker 1: would never be destroyed. But while the people looked to
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  Speaker 1: Joash as their ruler, there was one man who truly
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  Speaker 1: held the power behind the throne, Jehoiada, the high priest
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  Speaker 1: who had raised him, guided him and crowned him. And
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  Speaker 1: as long as Jehoiada was alive, Judah flourished because the
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  Speaker 1: priest was not just Joosh's protector, he was his moral compass.
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  Speaker 1: Would Joash remained faithful on his own or was his
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  Speaker 1: righteousness only borrowed from the man who raised him. Under
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  Speaker 1: Jehoyata's leadership, Judah experienced a revival. The first order of
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  Speaker 1: business destroy every last trace of Bile worship. The pagan
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  Speaker 1: altars were torn down, the idols were shattered, the priests
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  Speaker 1: of Bile were executed. The corruption that a Thalia had
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  Speaker 1: brought into Judah was being purged, and in its place
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  Speaker 1: a return to the worship of the One True God.
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  Speaker 1: The people rededicated themselves to the Lord. The nation began
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  Speaker 1: to heal, and at the center of it all stood Joash,
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  Speaker 1: the king chosen by God. But his greatest work, the
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  Speaker 1: thing he would be remembered for, was still ahead. Because
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  Speaker 1: while the spiritual kingdom was being restored, the physical kingdom
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  Speaker 1: still carried the scars of Athalia's rule. The most sacred
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  Speaker 1: place in all of Judah, the Temple of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: had been defiled. It was time to rebuild. For years,
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  Speaker 1: the temple had been neglected, Athalia had stolen its treasures.
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  Speaker 1: She had used its wealth to fund bal worship. The
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  Speaker 1: very house of God, the place where his presence dwelled,
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  Speaker 1: had been desecrated. Joash knew this could not stand. With
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  Speaker 1: Jehoiada's guidance, he set forth the greatest rebuilding project of
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  Speaker 1: his reign. A command was given the temple must be restored,
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  Speaker 1: and to fund it, joe Esh made an unprecedented move.
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  Speaker 1: He called upon the people of Judah, not just the wealthy,
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  Speaker 1: not just the leaders, but everyone to contribute to the rebuilding.
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  Speaker 1: A large chest was placed outside the temple gates. Anyone
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  Speaker 1: who wished to give could come and drop their offering inside,
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  Speaker 1: and the response it was overwhelming. Men, women, families all
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  Speaker 1: came to give freely. The people rejoiced at the chance
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  Speaker 1: to restore God's house, gold, silver, precious materials. Enough wealth
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  Speaker 1: poured in to fully repair the temple beyond its former glory.
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  Speaker 1: Stone by stone, piece by peace, the House of God
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  Speaker 1: was restored. The sacred walls were rebuilt, the doors were reinforced,
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  Speaker 1: the holy articles were replaced, and when it was done,
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  Speaker 1: for the first time in decades, the temple stood in
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  Speaker 1: its full majesty once again. This was Joash's greatest achievement,
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  Speaker 1: and as long as Jehoiada was alive, Judah thrived. The
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  Speaker 1: young king had led a revival, the people had turned
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  Speaker 1: back to God, the temple had been rebuilted. It seemed
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  Speaker 1: like the perfect reign. But there was a problem. Joash
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  Speaker 1: was not like his ancestor, David. David's faith was his own.
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  Speaker 1: David stood firm even when the world turned against him. Joash, however,
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  Speaker 1: his faith was borrowed. His strength came from Jehoiadin, and
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  Speaker 1: as long as Jehoiada was there to guide him, he
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  Speaker 1: walked in righteousness. But the question loomed in the shadows.
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  Speaker 1: What would happen when Jehoiada was gone? Because no one
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  Speaker 1: stays forever, and soon Jovash would have to stand on
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  Speaker 1: his own. Would he remain faithful or would he fall
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  Speaker 1: like so many before him? For years, Joash had been
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  Speaker 1: a good king. He had restored the temple, he had
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  Speaker 1: brought Judah back to God. He had ruled with wisdom
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  Speaker 1: and strength. But was it really his wisdom? Was it
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  Speaker 1: really his strength or was it just the shadow of
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  Speaker 1: Jehoiada guiding him? Because when the high priest died, everything changed.
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  Speaker 1: Jehoyada had been more than just a priest. He was
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  Speaker 1: the foundation of Joash's faith. He was the mentor who
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  Speaker 1: kept him on the right path, and for decades he
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  Speaker 1: stood beside Joash, ensuring that Judah remained faithful. But no
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  Speaker 1: man lives forever. Jehoiada was old, one hundred thirty years old,
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  Speaker 1: and eventually his time came. His death was not just
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  Speaker 1: the loss of a priest. It was the loss of
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  Speaker 1: Judah's spiritual anchor, and Joash. He was not ready to
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  Speaker 1: stand alone. As the people mourned, new voices began to
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  Speaker 1: whisper in the King's ear, Voices that did not love God,
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  Speaker 1: voices that did not want righteousness, voices that saw an opportunity.
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  Speaker 1: And Josh, the boy raised in the temple, the king
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  Speaker 1: who rebuilt God's house, listened to them. It was the
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  Speaker 1: beginning of his downfall. The moment Jehoiada was gone, a
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  Speaker 1: new group of advisers surrounded Joash. They were not men
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  Speaker 1: of God. They were officials of Judah. Power, hungry, deceptive,
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  Speaker 1: and eager to turn Joash into their puppet. They flattered him,
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  Speaker 1: they praised him, and little by little they turned his
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  Speaker 1: heart away from the Lord and Joash he forgot everything
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  Speaker 1: Jehoyada had taught him. The man who once led a
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  Speaker 1: spiritual revival now led Judah back into idolatry. He allowed
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  Speaker 1: the worship of false gods to return. He abandoned the
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  Speaker 1: very temple he rebuilt, and worst of all, he turned
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  Speaker 1: against the very family that had saved his life. Jehoijada
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  Speaker 1: had raised Josh like a son. He had hidden him
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  Speaker 1: as a baby, he had protected him from a thalie wrath.
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  Speaker 1: He had placed the crown on his head. And now,
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  Speaker 1: in his absence, Joash repaid that kindness with murder. Jehoyada's son, Zechariah,
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  Speaker 1: was a priest, a man who remained faithful to God,
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  Speaker 1: And when he saw Joash leading Judah into sin, he
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  Speaker 1: stood up and warned him. He confronted the king. He
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  Speaker 1: reminded him of God's commands. He pleaded with him to
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  Speaker 1: return to righteousness. But Joash he ordered Zechariah's execution right
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  Speaker 1: there in the very temple of the Lord, the same
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  Speaker 1: temple Joash had restored. Jehoyada's son was stoned to death.
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  Speaker 1: At his last words, made the Lord see this and
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  Speaker 1: call you to account. Second Chronicles, twenty four, twenty two.
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  Speaker 1: It was a prophecy, and Joash didn't realize it yet,
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  Speaker 1: but his judgment was coming. Joash's story is one of
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  Speaker 1: the greatest warnings in the Bible. It shows as the
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  Speaker 1: danger of relying on some one else's faith. As long
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  Speaker 1: as Jehoiada was there, Joash walked with God. But the
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  Speaker 1: moment he was gone, he crumbled because his faith was
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  Speaker 1: not his own. It was Jehoiada's faith. It was Jehoiada's strength,
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  Speaker 1: it was Jehoiada's convictions. And when that influence disappeared, Joeish
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  Speaker 1: had nothing left to stand on. This is why personal
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  Speaker 1: faith matters. If you only serve God because of your pastor,
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  Speaker 1: what happens when your pastor is gone? If you only
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  Speaker 1: live righteously because of your parents, what happens when they're
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  Speaker 1: not watching. If your faith is built on another person's leadership,
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  Speaker 1: what happens when they fail. Faith must be personal, It
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  Speaker 1: must be real, It must be your own. Joash never
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  Speaker 1: built his own foundation, and when Jehoyada was gone, he
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  Speaker 1: had no ground left to stand on. And now, with
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  Speaker 1: the blood of Jehoyada's son on his hands, his downfall
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  Speaker 1: was just beginning. Would he repentant or would his story
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  Speaker 1: end in total disaster? Josh had fallen. The boy who
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  Speaker 1: had been rescued from death, raised in the temple and
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  Speaker 1: crowned as a righteous king had now become something unrecognizable.
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  Speaker 1: The moment Jehoyada died, his faith died with him. The
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  Speaker 1: moment his godly influence was gone, Joash abandoned everything he
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  Speaker 1: once stood for, and now he was about to cross
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  Speaker 1: a line that could never be undone. He was about
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  Speaker 1: to murder the son of the very man who saved him.
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  Speaker 1: For years, Judah had thrived under Joash's reign, but now
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  Speaker 1: the kingdom was slipping into idolatry, corruption and darkness. And
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  Speaker 1: in the midst of it all, one man stood up
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  Speaker 1: and spoke the truth. Zechariah, the son of Jehoyada. He
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  Speaker 1: wasn't just a prophet. He was Joash's own cousin, the
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  Speaker 1: son of the man who had risked everything to hide
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  Speaker 1: Joash from a thalia, the child of the priest who
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  Speaker 1: had raised him, mentored him and placed the crown on
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  Speaker 1: his head. If any one had the right to correct Joash,
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  Speaker 1: it was Zechariah. And when he saw the king leading
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  Speaker 1: Judah into sin, he did what no one else dared
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  Speaker 1: to do. He confronted him. Standing in the courts of
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  Speaker 1: the temple, the same temple Joash had once restored. Zechariah
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  Speaker 1: lifted his voice before the people and declared, this is
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  Speaker 1: what God says, why do you disobey the Lord's commands?
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  Speaker 1: You will not prosper because you have forsaken the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: He has forsaken you. Second Chronicles twenty four twenty. It
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  Speaker 1: was a final warning, a chance for Joash to wake up,
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  Speaker 1: repent and turn back to God. But instead of listening,
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  Speaker 1: Joash ordered him to be killed. The order was given
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  Speaker 1: the very soldiers who once served under Jehoiad, the very
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  Speaker 1: men who had fought for Joash's throne, now turned their
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  Speaker 1: weapons against the son of their former leader. And right
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  Speaker 1: there in the temple courts before the altar of the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: Zechariah was stoned to death. It was more than just murder.
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  Speaker 1: It was a direct attack against God himself. The temple
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to be a place of worship, not bloodshed.
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  Speaker 1: The king was supposed to protect the righteous, not execute them.
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  Speaker 1: And joe Ash he had become everything he once stood against.
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  Speaker 1: He was no longer the chosen king, the righteous ruler,
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  Speaker 1: the boy who had been saved by God's hand. He
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  Speaker 1: was now a murderer, a traitor, a man who had
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  Speaker 1: shed the blood of the very family that had protected him.
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  Speaker 1: And as Zekariah lay dying, his final words rang through
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  Speaker 1: the temple. May the Lord see this and call you
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  Speaker 1: to account. Second Chronicles twenty four, twenty two. It was
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  Speaker 1: not just a cry of pain. It was a prophecy,
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  Speaker 1: and Josh didn't know it yet, but his judgment was coming.
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  Speaker 1: How did Joash, a king anointed by God, raised in
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  Speaker 1: the temple and chosen to restore Judah, end up murdering
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  Speaker 1: a prophet of God because his faith was never his own.
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  Speaker 1: For years, Joash was protected by Jehoiada's faith. He was
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  Speaker 1: guided by Jehoyada's wisdom. He was strong because Jehoiada made
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  Speaker 1: him strong. But when that covering was gone, he had
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  Speaker 1: nothing left to stand on. His heart was empty, his
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  Speaker 1: convictions were shallow. His character wasn't built on God. It
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  Speaker 1: was built on the influence of someone else. And now
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  Speaker 1: that influence was gone, and Joash had become something far
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  Speaker 1: worse than just a fallen king. He had become an
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  Speaker 1: enemy of God and Zechariah's prophecy. It was about to
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  Speaker 1: be fulfilled. Joeish had betrayed the man who saved him.
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  Speaker 1: Now he would learn what it felt like to be
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  Speaker 1: betrayed himself, because his enemies were already closing in the
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  Speaker 1: downfall of Joash was not sudden. It was a slow
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  Speaker 1: and inevitable collapse. The moment he turned against God, the
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  Speaker 1: moment he betrayed the son of his protector, the moment
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  Speaker 1: he shed innocent blood in the temple, his fate was sealed.
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  Speaker 1: For years, Joash had been protected by God, his enemies
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  Speaker 1: had feared him, his kingdom had prospered. But now that
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  Speaker 1: protection was gone. The kingdom that had once been strong
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  Speaker 1: under Jehoiada's leadership began to crumble. The people who once
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  Speaker 1: celebrated Joash began to turn against him, and soon his
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  Speaker 1: enemies saw their chance. Judgment was coming. Joash thought he
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  Speaker 1: was untouchable. He had ruled Judah for decades. He had
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  Speaker 1: built an army, he had fortified the cities. But no
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  Speaker 1: amount of military strength can save a man who has
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  Speaker 1: lost Godd's favor. And now the moment had arrived. From
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  Speaker 1: the north, a powerful army descended upon Judah. The Aramians
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  Speaker 1: came with one goal destruction, and this time God did
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  Speaker 1: not fight for Judah. They swept through the land with
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  Speaker 1: terrifying speed. City after city fell without a fight. Walls
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  Speaker 1: that once stood strong crumbled. The people who once lived
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  Speaker 1: in safety were slaughtered or taken captive. And when the
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  Speaker 1: enemy reached Jerusalem, Jewish, the once great king, could do nothing,
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  Speaker 1: because when you turn against God, the very strength you
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  Speaker 1: relied on disappears. The enemy stormed the palace, They took
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  Speaker 1: the wealth from the temple, the very temple Jewish had
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  Speaker 1: once restored. They plundered Jerusalem, humiliated its leaders, and left
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  Speaker 1: the city in ruins. The king who once rebuilt Judah
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  Speaker 1: was now watching it be torn apart. But the worst part,
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  Speaker 1: the Aramians didn't even need a massive army. The Bible says,
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  Speaker 1: although the Aramian army came with only a small company
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  Speaker 1: of men, the Lord delivered a much larger army into
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  Speaker 1: their hands because Judah had forsaken the Lord Second Chronicles,
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  Speaker 1: twenty four twenty four. It wasn't the Aramians who defeated Judah.
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  Speaker 1: It was God who allowed it to happen. And Joash
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  Speaker 1: he was left wounded, defeated, humiliated. His kingdom, once thriving,
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  Speaker 1: was now a broken shell of what it had been.
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  Speaker 1: But his greatest enemy, it wasn't the Aramians. The real
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  Speaker 1: enemy was already inside his own palace because betrayal was coming,
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  Speaker 1: and Joash he wouldn't survive it. Joash had survived war,
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  Speaker 1: he had survived invasions, he had survived the wrath of God,
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  Speaker 1: but he would not survive his own people. Because betrayal
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  Speaker 1: was coming, and it was coming from inside the palace.
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  Speaker 1: The king who was once a symbol of hope, the
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  Speaker 1: child who had been miraculously saved from death, the ruler
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  Speaker 1: who had been raised in the temple of God, would
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  Speaker 1: now die in disgrace. After the Aramians invaded Judah, Joash
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  Speaker 1: was left weak. He was wounded, humiliated, exposed, and the
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  Speaker 1: very officials who once served him now turned against him.
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  Speaker 1: Why Because Joash had broken the sacred trust of the people.
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  Speaker 1: He had betrayed the memory of Jehoiada, the priest who
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  Speaker 1: saved him. He had murdered Jehoiada's son, Zechariah, in cold blood,
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  Speaker 1: and the people of Judah never forgot the moment Joesh
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  Speaker 1: abandoned God, his kingdom began to fall apart, the moment
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  Speaker 1: he killed the son of his protector. His fate was sealed.
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  Speaker 1: His officials, the men closest to him, plotted his death.
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  Speaker 1: And this was personal because the Bible tells us exactly
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  Speaker 1: why they wanted him dead. His officials conspired against him
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  Speaker 1: for murdering the son of Jehoyada the priest, and they
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  Speaker 1: killed him in his bed. Second Chronicles, twenty four twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: He killed an innocent man in the temple. Now his
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  Speaker 1: own servants would kill him in secret. Joash didn't die
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  Speaker 1: on the battlefield. He didn't die defending his kingdom. He
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  Speaker 1: didn't die with honor. He died in his bed like
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  Speaker 1: a coward. While he slept, the conspirators crept into his chambers.
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  Speaker 1: He had no guards to protect him and no army
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  Speaker 1: to fight for him, no allies left. The King of
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  Speaker 1: Judah was utterly alone, and before he could cry out,
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  Speaker 1: before he could escape, they struck him down. The king,
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  Speaker 1: who had once been a hero of Judah, was now
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  Speaker 1: a victim of his own betrayal. The people had once
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  Speaker 1: cheered his name, now they had him assassinated in silence.
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  Speaker 1: The ruler, who had once been hidden in the temple
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  Speaker 1: for protection, now had no sanctuary left. He had turned
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  Speaker 1: against God. Now his own peace people had turned against him.
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  Speaker 1: And the final insult. Joash was not even buried with
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  Speaker 1: the kings. The Bible says he was not buried in
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  Speaker 1: the tombs of the Kings, Second Chronicles, twenty four twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: This was the greatest disgrace a king could suffer. Even
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  Speaker 1: the worst kings of Judah were given royal burials, even
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  Speaker 1: the most sinful rulers were buried with their ancestors. But
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  Speaker 1: Joash erased, forgotten, treated as if he had never been
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  Speaker 1: king at all. He had started his reign as a miracle,
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  Speaker 1: but he ended his life as a curse. No honor,
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  Speaker 1: no legacy, no redemption, and his story became a warning
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  Speaker 1: for every king after him. It doesn't matter how you start.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't stay faithful, you will fall. Joash was
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  Speaker 1: given everything, He was saved as a child, he was
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  Speaker 1: raised by a godly priest. He was given a kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: But the moment he lost his spiritual foundation, the moment
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  Speaker 1: he let evil influences take control, the moment he turned
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  Speaker 1: away from God, everything fell apart. His kingdom collapsed, his
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  Speaker 1: allies betrayed him, his people murdered him. Because when you
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  Speaker 1: abandon God, destruction is only a matter of time. The
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  Speaker 1: story of Josh is a lesson for leaders, believers, and
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  Speaker 1: any one who thinks they can stand without God. Faith
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  Speaker 1: is not just about how you start, it's about how
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  Speaker 1: you finish. Surrounding yourself with godly people isn't enough. You
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  Speaker 1: must have your own faith. No amount of power, wealth
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  Speaker 1: or success will protect you. Only God can. Josh could
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  Speaker 1: have been one of Judah's greatest kings. Instead, he became
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  Speaker 1: one of its greatest failures, and his name, once filled
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  Speaker 1: with promise, became a reminder of what happens when you
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  Speaker 1: let go of God. The question is will you finish
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  Speaker 1: strong or will you fall like Joash? The choice is yours.
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  Speaker 1: Joash's life is a story of extremes. He went from
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  Speaker 1: being a miracle child to a cursed king, from being
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  Speaker 1: hidden in the temple of God to dying in betrayal,
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  Speaker 1: from restoring the faith of a nation to murdering the
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  Speaker 1: son of the man who saved him. How does someone
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  Speaker 1: fall that far? How does a boy raised in holiness
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  Speaker 1: turn into a ruler drowned in bloodshed? How does a
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  Speaker 1: king who started with revival end his life rejected and
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  Speaker 1: erased from history? The answer is one of the most
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  Speaker 1: dangerous spiritual traps in existence. Joash had influence, but he
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  Speaker 1: never had real faith, and because of that, his story
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  Speaker 1: became a warning for every generation after him. For six years,
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  Speaker 1: Joash lived inside the temple of the Lord. He was
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  Speaker 1: raised by priests. He was trained in the ways of
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  Speaker 1: God God. He was surrounded by faith, wisdom, and righteousness.
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  Speaker 1: And while Jehoiada, the priest, was alive, Joash followed his guidance.
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  Speaker 1: He rebuilt the temple. He restored Judah's faith. He listened
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  Speaker 1: to wise counsel. But Jehoyada's faith was never Joash's faith
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  Speaker 1: because the moment Jehoyada died, Joesh changed. He didn't have
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  Speaker 1: his own foundation, He only borrowed Jehoyadas. He didn't have
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  Speaker 1: his own convictions, He only followed Jehoiadas. He didn't have
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  Speaker 1: his own relationship with God. He only relied on someone else's.
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  Speaker 1: And the moment that godly influence was gone, his faith collapsed.
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  Speaker 1: He let corrupt advisers take control. He abandoned everything he
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  Speaker 1: had once stood for. He even murdered Jehoyada's own son,
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  Speaker 1: Zekariah in the temple. Why Because Joesh was never spiritually
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  Speaker 1: strong on his own. He was carried by others, but
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  Speaker 1: he never learned to walk with God himself. Joash is
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  Speaker 1: not alone in his failure. How many people to day
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  Speaker 1: depend on their parents faith instead of developing their own.
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  Speaker 1: How many people go to church because it's a habit,
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  Speaker 1: not because they truly believe. How many people follow Christianity
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  Speaker 1: as long as it's convenient, but fall apart the moment
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  Speaker 1: things get hard. This is exactly what happened to Josh.
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  Speaker 1: As long as Jehoiada was alive, he had no reason
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  Speaker 1: to think for himself. As long as someone else was leading,
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  Speaker 1: he never had to learn how to lead. As long
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  Speaker 1: as he was surrounded by godly influence, he never had
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  Speaker 1: to build his own foundation. But when Jehoyada was gone,
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: Josh had nothing left. And when bad influences replaced good ones,
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  Speaker 1: Joash followed them just as easily. Because if your faith
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  Speaker 1: isn't real, you will always follow the strongest voice around you.
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  Speaker 1: The question is who is shaping you? If your pastor
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  Speaker 1: parents or mentors disappeared tomorrow, would you still follow God?
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  Speaker 1: Would you still seek him? Would you still stand for righteousness?
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  Speaker 1: Or would you fall like joe Ash. Joash started with
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  Speaker 1: everything in his favor. He was chosen by God, he
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  Speaker 1: had a godly mentor, He had the perfect opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: be a righteous king. But a good beginning means nothing
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  Speaker 1: if you don't finish strong. Look at modern examples. How
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  Speaker 1: many talented young leaders start well only to fall into corruption.
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  Speaker 1: How many famous pastors begin with passion only to lose
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  Speaker 1: themselves in scandal. How many believers walk faithfully for years
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  Speaker 1: only to abandon God in the end. Joe Ash proves
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  Speaker 1: that how you finish is more important than how you start.
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  Speaker 1: His life was full of potentials and but wasted. His
• 35:53
  Speaker 1: rule was full of opportunities but ruined. His legacy was
• 35:57
  Speaker 1: full of promise, but erased. Because faith is not about starting,
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  Speaker 1: it's about enduring. Following God isn't about one moment, It's
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  Speaker 1: about a lifetime of choices. Joash made the wrong choices,
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  Speaker 1: and because of that, his story is a tragedy. Joash
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  Speaker 1: had the chance to be one of Judah's greatest kings. Instead,
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: he became one of its greatest failures. His problem wasn't
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: lack of opportunity. His problem wasn't lack of knowledge. His
• 36:28
  Speaker 1: problem was lack of personal conviction. And that is what
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  Speaker 1: destroys so many people to day. They rely on spiritual mentors,
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  Speaker 1: but never develop their own walk with God. They depend
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  Speaker 1: on church leaders but never learn how to seek God
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  Speaker 1: for themselves. They start strong, but crumble the moment life
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: gets difficult. So ask yourself to day, are you truly
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  Speaker 1: walking with God? Or are you just following the faith
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  Speaker 1: of those around you? Because one day your influence will
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  Speaker 1: be gone, one day your faith will be tested, and
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: on that day will you stand or will you fall?
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  Speaker 1: Job esh Feld, The real question is will you? Joe
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  Speaker 1: Ash had every opportunity to be one of Judah's greatest kings.
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  Speaker 1: He was chosen by God, protected in the temple, and
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  Speaker 1: mentored by a righteous priest. He saw revival, restoration, and
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  Speaker 1: the power of godly leadership. But opportunity means nothing if
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: your heart is not strong. The moment his mentor was gone,
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: his faith collapsed. The moment bad influences surrounded him, he
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: abandoned everything. The moment power became his own, he became
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: the very evil he was saved from. His life is
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: a warning to us. All success without strong character leads
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: to disaster. Spiritual leadership can guide you, but it cannot
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: save you. A good start means nothing if you don't
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: finish well. Josh could have been great. Instead, he was
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: a race from history in disgrace, in the next video,
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  Speaker 1: we will cover the story of the Eighth King Amaziah,
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  Speaker 1: another king who started well but like Joe ash failed
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  Speaker 1: in the end. If this Deep Bible Stories video blessed,
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  Speaker 1: Till next time, stay blessed.