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Hey, this is Shelby and Scott. We're in 2 Chronicles 22 through 24. Scott, we haven't said our favorite phrase yet. When you and I co host, I felt like the phrase, there's a lot going on in these chapters was coming up. A lot. But these feel like appropriate chapters to say that. All right. A lot going on in these chapters.
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There's a lot. And we need. I want. We need to make shirts.
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Eventually we do.
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Yeah. This is like political intrigue. This is like just a whole bunch of stuff. So yesterday we looked at King Jehoram, who was a wicked king. He took as his wife a daughter of Ahab, the King of the north, who was awful. They have a son, Ahaziah, who takes the throne, and his mom has an adverse effect on his upbringing. He's a wicked king. We read that his downfall came from God. His mom, Atholi, does not take his death well at all. And she proceeds to start wiping out every male child from David's line, everyone who had a claim to the throne. So she's trying to essentially end the Davidic covenant. But you've got this priest, Jehoiada and his wife Jehoshapha, who take Joash. He's an heir to the throne. He's the only surviving heir. They hide him from Athaliah, which is so dangerous. First of all, let's appreciate that they put themselves at risk, but they are so loyal. They're devoted to the Lord. They hide him at the temple. When the time's right, they gather all the Levites together, they put a crown on him and give him a copy of the law to read and meditate on, and they declare him king Shelby. At 7 years old.
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At 7 years old.
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7 year old King old.
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My 7 year old came home with a library book yesterday, and it did not resemble a copy of the law that would have been given. And I have to think if he were king, it would be like no bedtime candy for breakfast. Like, these are the things that are priority on his list.
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Yes. Which sort of sounds awesome, but yes. Yeah. And, you know, it's. It's. It's weird to think about a king that young. Yes. Anyway. But yeah, little Joash, he was closely watched over by Jehoia the priest. Jehoia advised him. And, you know, I've mentioned several times how these two big themes of chronicles are the throne of David and the temple. And you see both these here, these themes. Here's this young king who's eager to worship God. He's eager to lead the nation in worship. And he does so by tending to the temple, by repairing the temple, which is, you know, great job.
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Okay. But his reign ends as we're reading through these chapters. On a sad note. Yes.
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Yeah. So Jehoiada, he's been watching over Joash, just counseling him. When he dies, Joash essentially goes off the deep end. Like, he just. He abandons the temple. He starts to lead the people of Judah to worshiping other gods, which is so sad. He even kills Jehoia's son. This priest had been so faithful to him. God, you know, sends several prophets to him. Joash ignores him. One of the prophets words just demonstrates a lot of what we've seen in Chronicles, again, that God's people will prosper when they're obedient to him. And when they turn from the Lord, they can expect nothing good to occur. It's just not going to go well for them at all. And, you know, reading this chapter, I think, Shelby, this is the section. I think a challenge for me reading this section is I just, I think the older I get, the more impressed I am by brothers and sisters who finish well. Like, day by day, year by year, decade by decade, they just continue to take steps toward heaven. Being faithful to the Lord, they continually tend to their souls. I think Joash is a warning to finish well. He started out so great. I think there's also a reminder too, just with Jehoia, to surround ourselves with people who will help us do that. Because we can't finish well on our own, we need other brothers and sisters around us to be reminding us of the truths of scripture and encouraging us to keep taking those steps to heaven.
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Yeah, I think that that's really powerful. And I think we've all seen brothers and sisters of the faith who have finished well and haven't. And so I'm glad that you're bringing that out here. Though his reign ends on a sad note, I'm going to do what Chronicles does and I'm going to find the positive. And so the preservation of Joash, the people who put their lives on the line to keep him safe and in the fact that he, at seven years old, continues this line of King David, I'm seeing God's faithfulness in that moment. And though his reign, as we mentioned, ends on a sad note, I'm expecting God's faithfulness still on the other side of that. And so it's a little bit of a zoom out moment for me in spotting God's faithfulness amidst what's happening here. But all right, that wraps up 2 Chronicles 22 through 24. Thank you, Scott.
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Thank you.
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