Morning Light – January 8th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Thirty-Six] The Last Four Kings in Judah. In this chapter we see the pitiful account of the last four kings in Judah. These kings were vassal servants of Egypt and Babylon until finally the Babylonians completely destroy the city and the temple. Before burning the temple […]
READ MORE Morning Light – January 7th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Thirty-Five] Josiah Celebrates Passover. In this passage king Josiah celebrates an unprecedented Passover. During times that the kings would sin and fall into idolatry the Passover would be neglected for years. Josiah goes to great lengths to carry out a memorable even exactly according to the […]
READ MORE Morning Light – January 6th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Thirty-Four] Josiah Rules and Reigns. In this chapter we find Josiah at the tender age of 8 years old coming to the throne. He commands the temple to be restored and the idols to be ground to powder. He uncovers in the dust of the archives […]
READ MORE Morning Light – January 5th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Thirty-Three] Mannasseh Rules and is Humbled. Mannassah comes to the throne and completely rejects the God of his fathers. He goes so far as to place graven images to Baal in the outer court and the Holy Place. He is a vile and evil king even […]
READ MORE Morning Light – January 4th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Thirty-Two] Hezekiah Defeats Sennecherrib. In the latter days of Hezekiah’s reign the Assyrians come down and prepare to besiege the city. Hezekiah discerns the situation and denies the enemy vital water supplies. In your life your enemies will require vital resources to defeat you that is […]
READ MORE Morning Light – January 1st, 2016 Today: [2 Chronicles Thirty-One] Hezekiah Continues the Revival. In this chapter Hezekiah makes provision for the reforms and revival instituted in his reign to continue and spread throughout Judah and the northern kingdom as well. Temple sacrifice and service were provided for out of Hezekiah’s own resources. He invites […]
READ MORE Morning Light – December 31st, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Thirty] Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover. In this chapter Hezekiah completes the repairs on the temple that his father Ahaz had defiled. The sacrifices are reconstituted and the city of Jerusalem is once more a city of joy and holiness. Hezekiah in his zeal reaches out to […]
READ MORE Morning Light – December 30th, 2015 Today: [2 Chronicles Twenty-Nine] Hezekiah Reforms the Nation. In this chapter we meet Hezekiah who reverses the idolatries of his father Ahaz. He commands the temple to be unsealed and the filthiness and pagan images to be removed. The Levites set to the work taking 16 days to sanctify […]
READ MORE Morning Light – December 29th, 2015: The Story of King Ahaz Today: [2 Chronicles Twenty-Eight] The Story of King Ahaz. In this chapter we read the story of king Ahaz. Ahaz was an unrepentant idolater. As a result of his sins the southern kingdom of Judah was invaded by Syria in the north. Rather than […]
READ MORE Morning Light – December 17th, 2015 Source: Today: [2 Chronicles Twenty-Five] King Amaziah’s Folly. In this chapter we learn of Amaziah the son of Joash. King Joash dies at the hands of assassins because he works treachery against the priesthood. In this chapter Amaziah grudgingly yields to the prophets but maintains an idolatrous lifestyle. As […]
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