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January 20 - 1 Kings 14 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is Monday.
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  It is the 20th of January. So glad to have your company as
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  we begin a whole brand new week. I hope your week is looking good
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  today. Well, not so much in my time
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  zone, but in the other side of the world's time zone.
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  Today is a big day for politics in America where you get a new
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  president. And I think this is probably the
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  perfect little reflection of the theme of First Kings as we think
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  about the shortfalls of our leaders, of our kings and
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  presidents and prime ministers. That is what this book is about.
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  It draws the stark comparison between the failings of our
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  leaders and the glorious leadership of our God.
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  Yes, our leaders do things right, but boy, they certainly
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  do things wrong as well. Doesn't matter if you are
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  Republican, Democrats, Liberal, Labour, Green or anywhere in
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  between. Yep, our leaders struggle to get
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  it right all the time. And today we are going to hear
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  all about poor old Jeroboam still forging head first in the
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  wrong direction and God trying to pull him back.
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  But it's just not working very well.
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  So friends, let us continue in the story reading together.
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  First Kings chapter 14. At that time, Jeroboam's son
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  Abijah became very sick. So Jeroboam told his wife,
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  Disguise yourself so that no one will recognise you as my wife.
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  Then go to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh, the man who told me I
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  would become king. Take him a gift of 10 loaves of
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  bread, some cakes and a jar of honey and ask him what will
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  happen to the boy. So Jeroboam's wife went to a
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  hydra's home in Shiloh. He was an old man now and could
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  no longer see. But the Lord had told the Hydra.
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  Jeroboam's wife will come here pretending to be someone else.
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  She will ask you about her son, for he is very sick.
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  Give her the answer I give you. So when a hydra heard her
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  footsteps at the door, he called out.
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  Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why are you pretending to be someone
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  else? Then he told her, I have bad
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  news for you. Give your husband Jeroboam this
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  message from the Lord the God of Israel.
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  I promoted you from the ranks of the common people and made you
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  ruler over my people, Israel. I ripped the Kingdom away from
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  the family of David and gave it to you.
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  But you have not been like my servant David, who obeyed my
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  commands and followed me with all his heart and always did
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  whatever I wanted. You have done more evil than all
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  who live before you. You have made other gods for
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  yourself and have made me furious with your gold calves.
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  And since you have turned your back on me, I will bring
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  disaster on your dynasty and will destroy everyone of your
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  male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.
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  I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash
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  until it is all gone. The members of Jeroboam's family
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  who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die
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  in the field will be eaten by vultures.
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  I, the Lord, have spoken. Then Ahijah said to Jeroboam's
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  wife. Go on home, and when you enter
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  the city, the child will die. All Israel will mourn for him
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  and bury him. He is the only member of your
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  family who will have a proper burial, for this child is the
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  only good thing that the Lord, the God of Israel sees in the
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  entire family of Jeroboam. In addition, the Lord will raise
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  up a king over Israel who will destroy the family of Jeroboam.
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  This will happen to day even now.
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  Then the Lord will shake Israel like a Reed whipped about in a
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  stream. He will uproot the people of
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  Israel from this good land that He gave their ancestors and will
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  scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, for they have
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  angered the Lord with the Asherah poles they have set up
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  for worship. He will abandoned Israel because
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  Jeroboam sinned and made Israel sin along with him.
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  Sir Jeroboam's wife returned to Tersa and the child died just as
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  she walked through the door of her home.
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  And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, as the Lord had
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  promised through the prophet Ahijah.
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  The rest of the events in Jeroboam's reign, including all
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  his wars and how he ruled, are recorded in the Book of the
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  History of the Kings of Israel. Jeroboam reigned in Israel 22
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  years. When Jeroboam died, his son
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  Nadab became the next king. Meanwhile, Rehoboam, son of
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  Solomon, was king in Judah. He was 41 years old when he
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  became king, and he reigned 17 years in Jerusalem, the city the
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  Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the
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  place to honour his name. Rehoboam's mother was Nama, an
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  Ammonite woman. During Rehoboam's reign, the
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  people of Judah did what was evil in the Lord's sight,
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  provoking his anger with their sin.
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  For it was even worse than that of their ancestors.
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  For they also built for themselves Pagan shrines and set
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  up sacred pillars and asheropols on every high hill and under
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  every green tree. There were even male and female
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  shrine prostitutes throughout the land.
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  The people imitated the detestable practises of the
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  Pagan nations. The Lord had driven from the
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  land ahead of the Israelites. In the fifth year of King
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  Rehoboam's reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked
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  Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of
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  the Lord's Temple and the royal palace.
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  He stole everything, including all the gold Shields Solomon had
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  made. King Rehoboam later replaced
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  them with bronze Shields as substitutes, and he entrusted
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  them to the care of the commanders of the guard who
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  protected the entrance to the royal palace.
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  Whenever the king went to the Temple of the Lord, the guards
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  would also take the Shields and then return them to the guard
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  room. The rest of the events of
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  Rehoboam's reign and everything he did are recorded in the Book
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  of the History of the Kings of Judah.
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  There was constant war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
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  When Rehoboam died, he was buried among his ancestors in
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  the city of David. His mother was Nama and Ammonite
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  woman. Then his son Abajam became the
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  next king. Our Lord, our perfect King, we
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  once again come before you with reverence and hearts filled with
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  worship and amazement at everything that you are.
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  You are Creator, You are mighty God, you are King, but you are
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  also merciful Saviour and trusted companion through our
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  life and of course beyond through eternity.
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  Oh Lord, we thank you that you have saved us and that we are
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  your children and that you love us more than our human minds can
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  possibly comprehend. We just set ourselves up firmly
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  in your love, and we pray that whatever happens in the world
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  around us, what rulers come and go, what trends push us this way
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  and that, that our feet would remain firmly established on
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  that foundation of your love for us.
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  And so we thank you and praise you and pray all of this in the
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  name of Jesus, Amen.