Josh1Eight

Scripture: 2 Kings 12:17-18 "Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people that they would be the Lord's people. He also made a covenant  between the king and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down." Observations: Here we have one of the unsung heroes of the Old Testament named Jehoiada. He was a priest during the reign of the evil Queen Athaliah. One day Jehoiada devises this plan to lead Israel in a conspiracy to assassinate the Queen and rid the land of Baal worship so that God's people could serve the Lord. Not only does he pull off his plan and appoint a 7 year old kid as the next King of Israel (which seems a little questionable to me) but he appears to have done it all out of a genuine desire to please God. There were no prophets or miracles that inspired him to action. He simply looked at the world around him and applied the words God had already spoken in the past to his pres...

Scripture: 2 Kings 10:28-31 "28 In this way, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel. 29 He did not, however, destroy the gold calves at Bethel and Dan, with which Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to sin.30 Nonetheless the Lord said to Jehu, "You have done well in following my instructions to destroy the family of Ahab. Therefore, your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the fourth generation." 31 But Jehu did not obey the Law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit." Observations: Another one of those crazy stories in the OT of conspiracy, treason, murder, violence, and justice, all in the name of God! This guy Jehu was appointed by God to become the next king of Israel and was prophesied by the prophet Elisha to be God's instrument of judgment on wicked king Ahab and his descendants. On one occasion he ordered that 70 of the kings sons all be decap...