Class 2 from this series was used in GCT Episode 321.<\/p>\n
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\nGive glory for thy mercy, and
\nfor thy truth’s sake. <\/p>\n
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\nWherefore should the heathen
\nsay, Where is now their God? <\/p>\n
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\nBut our God is in the heavens.
\nHe hath done whatsoever he hath <\/p>\n
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\npleased.
\nTheir idols are silver and gold,<\/p>\n
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\nthe work of men’s hands.
\nThey have mouths, but they speak<\/p>\n
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\nnot.
\nEyes have they, but they see <\/p>\n
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\nnot.
\nThey have ears, but they hear <\/p>\n
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\nnot.
\nNoses have they, but they smell <\/p>\n
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\nnot.
\nThey have hands, but they handle<\/p>\n
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\nnot.
\nFeet have they, but they walk <\/p>\n
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\nnot, neither speak they through
\ntheir throat. <\/p>\n
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\nThey that make them are like
\nunto them. <\/p>\n
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\nSo is everyone that trusteth in
\nthem. <\/p>\n
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\nO Israel, trust thou in the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is their help and their
\nshield. <\/p>\n
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\nO House of Aaron, trust in the
\nLord, He is their help and their<\/p>\n
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\nshield.
\nYe that fear the Lord, trust in <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord.
\nHe is their help and their <\/p>\n
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\nshield.
\nThe Lord hath been mindful of <\/p>\n
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\nus.
\nHe will bless us. <\/p>\n
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\nHe will bless the House of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nHe will bless the House of
\nAaron. <\/p>\n
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\nHe will bless them that fear the
\nLord, both small and great. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Lord shall increase you more
\nand more, you and your children.<\/p>\n
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\nWe are blessed of the Lord which
\nmade heaven and earth. <\/p>\n
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\nThe heaven, even the heavens are
\nthe Lords, but the earth have He<\/p>\n
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\ngiven to the children of men.
\nThe dead praise not the Lord, <\/p>\n
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\nneither any that go down into
\nsilence. <\/p>\n
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\nBut.
\nWe will bless the Lord from this<\/p>\n
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\ntime forth forevermore.
\nPraise the Lord, Thank you <\/p>\n
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\nPeter.
\nClass 3 Scriptures in time of <\/p>\n
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\ncrisis Example of Hezekiah.
\nMother, Stephen. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, we’re halfway.
\nIt’s downhill from now on. <\/p>\n
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\nWell done.
\nYou’ll have to help me because <\/p>\n
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\nmy voice has been dropping.
\nI’m told my people haven’t been <\/p>\n
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\nhearing some of what I said.
\nSo you have to signal to me and <\/p>\n
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\nsay, you know, keep your voice
\nup. <\/p>\n
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\nI have a problem with my accent,
\nas you know, I have a problem <\/p>\n
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\nwith my teens.
\nActually, a lot of people are in<\/p>\n
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\nthat position, aren’t they?
\nThe signal, the jokes. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen we looked at Josiah, the
\nissue then was the rediscovery <\/p>\n
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\nof the Word of God.
\nWhen we look at Hezekiah, what <\/p>\n
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\nwe have is an example of how
\nhaving achieved this Word of God<\/p>\n
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\nin our lives, it can then become
\na source of help to us in times <\/p>\n
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\nof crisis.
\nIf we haven’t had that Word of <\/p>\n
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\nGod in preparation, then we’re
\nreally not going to find this <\/p>\n
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\nsort of help when we face those
\ncrises which come to us so <\/p>\n
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\nunexpectedly.
\nLet’s go look at the <\/p>\n
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\npreparation, first of all, that
\nHezekiah made for the crisis. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Second Chronicles 29, when
\nHezekiah came to the throne, he <\/p>\n
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\nshows a remarkable wisdom in the
\nway in which he set his <\/p>\n
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\npriorities.
\nHe was a man who sought first <\/p>\n
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\nthe Kingdom of God.
\nWhile he was a young man. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re told in chapter 29 of
\nSecond Chronicles, verse three, <\/p>\n
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\nhe in the first year of his
\nreign, in the first month opened<\/p>\n
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\nthe doors of the House of the
\nLord and repaired them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you add to that verse 17,
\nit says now they began on the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst day of the first month to
\nsanctify and on the 8th day of <\/p>\n
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\nthe month came into the porch.
\nSo they sanctified the House of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord and so on.
\nSo you put those 3 together and <\/p>\n
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\nwhat you have is on the first
\nday of the first month of the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst year, Hezekiah opened the
\ndoors of the House of the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nand started to cleanse the
\ntemple. <\/p>\n
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\nHis number one priority, the
\nfirst thing on his mind. <\/p>\n
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\nNo sooner has he come to the
\nthrone, the very first thing <\/p>\n
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\nthat he did was to restore true
\nworship to Israel, not just <\/p>\n
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\nJudah, to Israel as well.
\nSo that word first, I circled it<\/p>\n
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\nin red pen.
\nActually, in verse 3, it’s there<\/p>\n
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\ntwice straight underneath each
\nother. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can’t miss it really, can
\nyou? <\/p>\n
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\nIn the first year, in the first
\nmonth, and in verse 17, the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst day of the first month.
\nSo four times has used this word<\/p>\n
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\nfirst.
\nWhat’s it telling us? <\/p>\n
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\nSeek ye first.
\nThe Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s this man.
\nIt’s only 26 when he came to the<\/p>\n
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\nthrone.
\nYou know, and I speak to young <\/p>\n
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\npeople about Hezekiah.
\nI say, well, what would you want<\/p>\n
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\nto do on day one?
\nYou become kin. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat would you choose to do?
\nYou could do what you want. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, everything is yours.
\nWhat are you going to do first? <\/p>\n
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\nBuy a house, a car, a boat,
\nAnother house, another car, <\/p>\n
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\nanother boat.
\nTravel the world. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat?
\nThe first thing he did was open <\/p>\n
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\nthe doors of the House of the
\nLord and repaired them. <\/p>\n
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\nA man, a young man with his
\npriority is absolutely set and <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely correct.
\nNow why did he have to open the <\/p>\n
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\nHouse of the Lord?
\nBecause his father had locked <\/p>\n
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\nthe doors to the ecclesia.
\nHis father had bolted up the <\/p>\n
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\necclesial doors.
\nNobody could go in. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was no worship in Israel,
\nthere were no psalms being sung,<\/p>\n
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\nand there were no sacrifices
\nbeing offered. <\/p>\n
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\nThey couldn’t have been because
\nthe doors were shut. <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 28 and verse 24, the
\nking had locked the people out <\/p>\n
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\nof the House of God.
\nAnd when Hezekiah gets the <\/p>\n
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\nLevites together and he stirs up
\nthe leaves as, come on, he gets <\/p>\n
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\nthe young men together, let’s
\nsort this out, let’s do this <\/p>\n
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\nwork.
\nHe explains to them what had <\/p>\n
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\ngone wrong.
\nAnd verse 7 says also they have <\/p>\n
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\nshut up the doors of the porch
\nand put out the lamps and have <\/p>\n
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\nnot burned incense nor offered
\nburnt offerings in the holy <\/p>\n
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\nplace and to the God of Israel.
\nAnd there are four things they <\/p>\n
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\nactually group into three in
\nverse 7, and each of them have <\/p>\n
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\nan equivalence today.
\nAnd I’m sure we’d all readily <\/p>\n
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\nagree with the explanation.
\nThey have shut up the doors of <\/p>\n
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\nthe porch.
\nIf you found the ecclesial hall <\/p>\n
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\nlocked up, brothers and sisters,
\nhow would you feel if you were <\/p>\n
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\ntold you can’t go to the
\nmeeting? <\/p>\n
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\nI just say, oh, it’s a relief, a
\nday off. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, I could stay and put my feet
\nup. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, I can get round to the
\ngardening. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, I wasn’t going to go anyway
\nor whatever. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was number one priority to
\nHezekiah. <\/p>\n
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\nYou get those doors open.
\nThat’s the first thing. <\/p>\n
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\nThe first thing you’re going to
\ndo. <\/p>\n
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\nYou get those doors open.
\nI want to go and the people want<\/p>\n
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\nto go to the House of God.
\nIt’s like being told you can’t <\/p>\n
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\ngo to the meeting and have
\nfellowship. <\/p>\n
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\nHeartbreaking, isn’t it?
\nWhat else have they done? <\/p>\n
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\nThey had put out the lamps.
\nWhat does the lamp signify? <\/p>\n
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\nMy word is a lamp unto my feet.
\nThe word of God wasn’t there. <\/p>\n
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\nThey weren’t doing the daily
\nreadings. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was no lamp.
\nIt wasn’t shining, it wasn’t a <\/p>\n
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\nlight.
\nSo there was no fellowship and <\/p>\n
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\nthe Word of God was not present
\nin the minds and hearts of the <\/p>\n
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\nnation.
\nIt couldn’t be. <\/p>\n
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\nThe lamps have been put out.
\nAnd then the third thing <\/p>\n
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\nHezekiah says they have not
\nburned incense nor offered burnt<\/p>\n
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\nofferings.
\nAnd if you look at Psalm 141 and<\/p>\n
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\nverse 2, you’ll see that burnt
\nincense and burnt offerings <\/p>\n
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\nrepresent the prayer which David
\nsays would ascend to God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo they weren’t going to
\nmeeting, they weren’t doing <\/p>\n
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\ntheir readings, and they weren’t
\npraying. <\/p>\n
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\nThe three fundamental things
\nwere absent from the nation in <\/p>\n
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\nthe symbol of the chapter, and
\nthat was priority number one for<\/p>\n
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\nHezekiah.
\nAnd it ought to be priority <\/p>\n
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\nnumber one for us to do those
\nthings. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re so simple, aren’t they?
\nThey take, we take them for <\/p>\n
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\ngranted.
\nWhen we get into crisis, we look<\/p>\n
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\nfor special solutions because
\nthe problem is so difficult and <\/p>\n
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\nthere are no special solutions.
\nThey’re only the old answers. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen Hezekiah was in crisis,
\nwhat did he do? <\/p>\n
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\nHe went up to the House of the
\nLord because the doors had been <\/p>\n
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\nopened.
\nHe went into the House of the <\/p>\n
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\nLord and the lamp was burning.
\nThe Word of God was being sung <\/p>\n
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\nbecause he had instituted the
\nLevitical choir to sing the <\/p>\n
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\nsongs and he could hear the word
\nof God and the way was open for <\/p>\n
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\nhim to offer the prayer of
\nincense. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you remember what he did?
\nHe took the letter which <\/p>\n
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\nSennacherib had sent by his
\nservants to him and he laid it <\/p>\n
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\nbefore the Lord.
\nAnd he could only do that <\/p>\n
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\nbecause verse seven had been
\nremedied. <\/p>\n
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\nHe opened the doors, they lit
\nthe lamps and they offered the <\/p>\n
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\nincense and burnt offering.
\nThose were the answers to the <\/p>\n
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\ncrisis which would come later
\non. <\/p>\n
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\nSo often when we’re in trouble,
\nour reaction is to stay away <\/p>\n
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\nfrom the ecclesia, to stop doing
\nour and not to pray. <\/p>\n
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\nIsn’t that right?
\nAnd that just compounds the <\/p>\n
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\nproblem and removes us from its
\nsolution. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we ask, well, what
\nshould I do? <\/p>\n
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\nWhere can I get some help from
\nwhen we’ve closed off the very <\/p>\n
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\nsource of help that God has
\ngiven us? <\/p>\n
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\nNow this is what we have to get
\nin mind from Hezekiah. <\/p>\n
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\nThese were his priorities.
\nWhat wisdom in this young man’s <\/p>\n
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\nlife and the whole nation
\nbenefited from it. <\/p>\n
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\nJust let me point out one other
\nthing from this section of <\/p>\n
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\nScripture.
\nIn verse 17, you notice it says <\/p>\n
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\nthey began on the first day and
\nit says at the end of the verse <\/p>\n
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\nand in the 16th day of the first
\nmonth they made an end. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the word finished.
\nThey began and they finished. <\/p>\n
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\nHave a look at verse 27 and 28,
\nHezekiah and verse 25, He set <\/p>\n
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\nthe Levites in order.
\nHe’s got the musicians together <\/p>\n
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\nand they’re going to sing Psalms
\nand they’re going to play the <\/p>\n
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\nmusic.
\nAnd of course, Hezekiah is <\/p>\n
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\ncredited with putting the the
\nbook of Psalms together. <\/p>\n
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\nClearly it was his love to hear
\nthe Psalms being sung as they <\/p>\n
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\nshould be and with the words and
\nthe music of David. <\/p>\n
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\nIt must have been exquisite to
\nbe in the House of God 24 hours <\/p>\n
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\na day.
\nI believe the Psalms were sung. <\/p>\n
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\nThere were 24 courses day and
\nnight. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says in Revelation 5 in the
\nKingdom makes the the Caribbean <\/p>\n
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\nsing day and night.
\nAnytime you went up to the House<\/p>\n
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\nof God, you would be able to
\nhear the Psalms. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if you stayed for a couple
\nof hours, you’d probably hear <\/p>\n
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\nthe wall.
\nSo whenever you’re in trouble, <\/p>\n
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\nif you went up to the House of
\nGod, there would be a Psalm for <\/p>\n
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\nyou to hear and the beauty of
\nit, throwing out the problem and<\/p>\n
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\nproviding us with the answer.
\nSo that was what he did. <\/p>\n
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\nNow he’s going to start the
\nprocess. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it says in verse 27,
\nHezekiah commanded to offer the <\/p>\n
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\nburnt offering upon the altar.
\nAnd when the offering, the burnt<\/p>\n
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\noffering began, the song of the
\nLord began with the trumpets and<\/p>\n
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\nwith the instruments and verse
\n28 says, and all this continued <\/p>\n
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\nuntil the burnt offering was
\nfinished. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when they had finished
\nliterally, then the king bowed <\/p>\n
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\nand presented.
\nSo all you just imagine the <\/p>\n
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\nscene, all the choir and all the
\nmusicians, they’re, they’re <\/p>\n
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\nwaiting, they’re waiting for the
\nconductor. <\/p>\n
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\nIf there wasn’t a signal, well,
\nwhat’s the signal? <\/p>\n
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\nYou watch that burnt offering
\nand when you see the flame lick <\/p>\n
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\nthe burnt offering, then you
\nstart and you carry on until <\/p>\n
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\nthat burnt offering has
\nfinished, but go all the way <\/p>\n
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\nthrough until it’s finished
\nburning and when it’s finished, <\/p>\n
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\nstop.
\nTheir worship was linked to the <\/p>\n
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\nburnt offering.
\nThe burnt offering spoke of <\/p>\n
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\ndedication, commitment, It spoke
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was the beginning and ending
\nof their praise. <\/p>\n
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\nThey began when it began.
\nThey finished when it finished. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was the author and finisher
\nof our faith. <\/p>\n
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\nEverything about their joy and
\nworship was linked to the burnt <\/p>\n
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\noffering.
\nThat’s what God wants, a life of<\/p>\n
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\npraise, dedicated, beginning and
\nending with a service that is <\/p>\n
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\nexemplified in the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nBut can you see the repetition
\nwhen they cleanse the house in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 70?
\nThey began, then they finished. <\/p>\n
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\nHere they begin and then they
\nfinish. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in Second Chronicles 31 and
\nverse 7, just another <\/p>\n
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\nillustration of a phrase which
\nkeeps repeating in this passage <\/p>\n
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\nof Scripture and really gives us
\nthe insight into the character <\/p>\n
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\nof Hezekiah at the Spirit of the
\nTimes. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 7 of chapter 31, it says
\nin the third month they began to<\/p>\n
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\nlay the foundation of the heaps
\nand finished them in the seventh<\/p>\n
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\nmonth.
\nSo there are three sets of <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning and finishing in this
\nScripture and it’s quite rare. <\/p>\n
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\nYou don’t find many other
\npassages. <\/p>\n
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\nThere are two in the New
\nTestament, both linked to <\/p>\n
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\nHezekiah.
\nBut let me just point out verse <\/p>\n
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\n21 of chapter 31 and you’ll see
\nthe emphasis. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in every work that he began
\nin the service of the House of <\/p>\n
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\nGod and in the law and in the
\ncommandments to seek his God, He<\/p>\n
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\ndid it with his whole heart and
\nprospered. <\/p>\n
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\nNow can that be said of us?
\nDo we finish what we begin or we<\/p>\n
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\npeople that give up?
\nOh, I tried that. <\/p>\n
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\nI tried doing my readings, but I
\ndon’t get anything out of it. <\/p>\n
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\nI tried to look at the
\nconcordance, but you know, it’s <\/p>\n
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\njust, you know, I couldn’t get
\non with it. <\/p>\n
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\nI tried praying more than once a
\nday, but you know, I forget. <\/p>\n
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\nI tried doing what was suggested
\nlast year but you know, never <\/p>\n
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\ngot round to it really.
\nThat’s what Hezekiah is asking <\/p>\n
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\nus.
\nHe started on day one and <\/p>\n
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\neverything he started, he did.
\nHe was a finisher, and that’s <\/p>\n
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\nwhat we want to be.
\nWe’ll only finish through God’s <\/p>\n
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\ngood grace, through the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nHe is the author and the
\nfinisher of our faith, but He’s <\/p>\n
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\nwilling to help us finish the
\ncourse, to carry us through <\/p>\n
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\nthose last steps where we feel
\nwe just can’t make it on our <\/p>\n
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\nown.
\nAnd Hezekiah must have felt like<\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nIt just like us to look at <\/p>\n
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\nHezekiah’s problem in the
\nBritish Museum. <\/p>\n
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\nSome of you may have been to the
\nBritish Museum. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll see the remains of the
\nthe walls of Nineveh, the <\/p>\n
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\ncapital city of Assyria at the
\ntime of Sennacherib. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’ve discovered, they have
\ndiscovered Nineveh and the <\/p>\n
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\nthrone room of Sennacherib, the
\ngreat king who challenged Yahweh<\/p>\n
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\nin the chapter that we have been
\ngood to look at and these are <\/p>\n
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\npictures are from the palaces of
\nthe kings. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was the wallpaper they had
\ncarved out of stone and it <\/p>\n
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\nexemplified the spirit of the
\nnation of Assyria. <\/p>\n
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\nThere was a warrior nation.
\nThe kings were fierce. <\/p>\n
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\nThey delighted in their
\naggression and ritually they <\/p>\n
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\nused to kill these lions.
\nThe the Saudis would bring a <\/p>\n
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\nlion in front of the king and
\nthey’d surround the king of the <\/p>\n
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\nlion with their Shields, and
\nthen the king would shoot the <\/p>\n
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\nlion and they’d carry the lion
\noff as a sacrifice. <\/p>\n
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\nProbably an echo of Nimrod, the
\nmighty hunter against the face <\/p>\n
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\nof Yahweh who started this whole
\nprocess off in that area. <\/p>\n
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\nBut that’s what they were like.
\nThey were fierce, cruel kings. <\/p>\n
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\nHere is another scene from the
\nBritish Museum. <\/p>\n
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\nThose of you at the front may
\njust be able to see what those <\/p>\n
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\nsoldiers are holding in their
\nhands. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you see see what they have?
\nThey have the heads of their <\/p>\n
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\nenemies.
\nThat’s what the king delighted <\/p>\n
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\nto see on the wall of his
\npalace, the brutality of his <\/p>\n
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\nsoldiers.
\nAnd that reputation, of course, <\/p>\n
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\nwent ahead of them and it served
\nthem well because their enemies <\/p>\n
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\nwould rather run or give up than
\nfight and be subject to that <\/p>\n
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\nsort of thing.
\nThey were a proud military <\/p>\n
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\nnation and their weapons, their
\nweapons were feared. <\/p>\n
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\nI wasn’t so impressed with
\narrows as a weapon until I saw <\/p>\n
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\nin one case in the British
\nMuseum this and really it was a <\/p>\n
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\npiece of piece of brick, piece
\nof stone from the wall of <\/p>\n
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\nLakish.
\nAnd of course Lakish was where <\/p>\n
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\nSennacherib was when Hezekiah
\nreceived all this <\/p>\n
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\ncorrespondence.
\nAnd the Assyrian armies were <\/p>\n
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\ncamped against Lakish, and what
\nthey found is arrowheads buried <\/p>\n
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\nin the stone.
\nSo the power of these boats must<\/p>\n
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\nhave been quite something.
\nSo these were fearsome people <\/p>\n
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\nwith fearsome weapons.
\nThe man in question is there. <\/p>\n
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\nThis, it seems, is his father
\nSargon, and that is Sennacherib.<\/p>\n
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\nThe experts didn’t believe they
\nexisted until the turn of the <\/p>\n
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\ncentury when the pictures were
\nfound. <\/p>\n
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\nSo much for the experts.
\nBut Sennacherib had a palace and<\/p>\n
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\nthe throne room was discovered,
\nand this is from his palace. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the siege of Lakish, a
\nHebrew city in the time of <\/p>\n
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\nHezekiah.
\nAnd the picture shows the ramps <\/p>\n
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\nthat have been built to scale
\nthe walls and the people being <\/p>\n
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\ncarried off to captivity.
\nThere’s The Archers were drawn, <\/p>\n
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\nthe bow.
\nAnd you can imagine what it <\/p>\n
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\nwould have been like.
\nWell, Can you imagine what it <\/p>\n
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\nwould have been like in
\nJerusalem? <\/p>\n
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\nEvery morning you look over the
\nwall and there they are, <\/p>\n
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\nthousands and thousands of bow.
\nAnd you see them building the <\/p>\n
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\nramps, getting higher and higher
\nbecause in the end, you’re <\/p>\n
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\nlooking them in the eye.
\nAnd what are they going to do to<\/p>\n
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\nyou if they get you something
\nlike this? <\/p>\n
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\nProbably just as well.
\nIt’s not enlarged too much, but <\/p>\n
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\nover here are some pretty
\ngruesome scenes. <\/p>\n
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\nThese are the the leaders of the
\ncity being hung, drawn and <\/p>\n
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\nquartered.
\nThey’re being stretched and <\/p>\n
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\nflailed and their skin cut off
\nthem while they’re still alive, <\/p>\n
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\nimpaled on stakes.
\nThat’s what they did. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s what was in store for
\nHezekiah and his Princess if <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re caught.
\nSo you can see what a crisis is <\/p>\n
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\nbuilding up.
\nThis is the throne room itself, <\/p>\n
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\nand this is this is Hezekiah
\nsitting upon a sorry Sennacherib<\/p>\n
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\nsitting upon a throne with the
\nleaders of Lakish being brought <\/p>\n
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\nbefore him.
\nAnd there are the captives being<\/p>\n
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\ntaken from Judah into Assyria.
\nWell, that is a crisis, I would <\/p>\n
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\nsuggest, that matches anything
\nthat we face in our lives. <\/p>\n
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\nThis tale of prism was found in
\nAssyria, and it records <\/p>\n
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\nSennacherib’s approach and I
\nread from it. <\/p>\n
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\nBut As for Hezekiah the Jew, who
\ndid not bow in submission to my <\/p>\n
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\nyoke, 46 of his strong walled
\ntowns and innumerable smaller <\/p>\n
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\nvillages in their neighbourhood,
\nI besieged and conquered by <\/p>\n
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\nstamping down earth ramps and
\nthen bringing up battering Rams,<\/p>\n
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\nby the assault of foot soldiers,
\nby breachers, tunnelling and <\/p>\n
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\nSapper operations.
\nI made to come out from them 200<\/p>\n
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\nand 200 and 150,000 people,
\nyoung and old, male and female, <\/p>\n
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\ninnumerable horses, mules,
\ndonkeys, cameras, large and <\/p>\n
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\nsmall cattle.
\nI counted them as the spoils of <\/p>\n
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\nwar.
\nHe himself, I shut up like a <\/p>\n
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\ncaged bird within Jerusalem, his
\nroyal city, like a bird in a <\/p>\n
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\ncage.
\nHe had shut up Hezekiah in this <\/p>\n
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\ncity, and that was the crisis
\nwhich Hezekiah now has to deal <\/p>\n
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\nwith.
\nThe way in which the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nanswers this terrible trial of
\nHezekiah is marvellous. <\/p>\n
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\nThere are psalms which speak
\nspecifically about this great <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:23,080 –> 00:25:30,680
\ncrisis, even to contrast the
\nbird in a cage, but we’ll come <\/p>\n
339
\n00:25:30,680 –> 00:25:38,360
\nto that in a while.
\nThis wasn’t his only problem, he<\/p>\n
340
\n00:25:38,360 –> 00:25:44,760
\nhad others as well.
\nIf you look at the King’s <\/p>\n
341
\n00:25:44,760 –> 00:25:49,920
\nrecord, Second Kings chapter 20,
\nyou’ll see that the sickness <\/p>\n
342
\n00:25:49,920 –> 00:25:54,560
\nwhich Hezekiah had sided with
\nthe siege of Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:25:58,280 –> 00:26:00,600
\nNow if you don’t.
\nKnow this point, it’s quite an <\/p>\n
344
\n00:26:00,600 –> 00:26:04,440
\ninteresting one because it helps
\ngive us an insight into what was<\/p>\n
345
\n00:26:04,440 –> 00:26:07,720
\ngoing on at the time.
\nHezekiah was. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:26:07,720 –> 00:26:12,280
\nSick unto death while the
\nAssyrians were camped outside <\/p>\n
347
\n00:26:12,280 –> 00:26:14,440
\nthe city.
\nThat explains why it seems not <\/p>\n
348
\n00:26:14,440 –> 00:26:19,040
\nto have been around when the the
\nnegotiations are going on and <\/p>\n
349
\n00:26:19,040 –> 00:26:24,920
\nwhy the conspiracy developed.
\nI don’t think Hezekiah was part <\/p>\n
350
\n00:26:24,920 –> 00:26:26,600
\nof the conspiracy.
\nWe’ll mention that now. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:26:26,600 –> 00:26:31,240
\nSecond Kings chapter 20.
\nThis is the illness which he has<\/p>\n
352
\n00:26:31,240 –> 00:26:33,960
\nand Isaiah is said to tell him
\nthat he’s going to die. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:26:34,680 –> 00:26:38,920
\nThen Hezekiah turns to the Lord
\nand prays and the answer comes <\/p>\n
354
\n00:26:38,920 –> 00:26:40,640
\nthat he’s going to have an
\nextension of life. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:26:40,640 –> 00:26:45,080
\nIf you look at verse 6 it says.
\nI will add unto thy. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:26:45,080 –> 00:26:51,920
\nDays 15 years, And I will
\ndeliver thee and this city out <\/p>\n
357
\n00:26:51,920 –> 00:26:56,280
\nof the hand of the king of
\nAssyria, and I will defend this <\/p>\n
358
\n00:26:56,280 –> 00:27:01,920
\ncity for mine own sake, right?
\nSo verse 6 of chapter 20. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:27:02,640 –> 00:27:07,600
\nAnd what that tells us is that
\nthe deliverance of Hezekiah from<\/p>\n
360
\n00:27:07,600 –> 00:27:12,760
\ndeath through his sickness
\ncoincided with the deliverance <\/p>\n
361
\n00:27:12,760 –> 00:27:16,200
\nof Hezekiah and the city from
\nthe Assyrian. <\/p>\n
362
\n00:27:20,240 –> 00:27:22,880
\nThey were running in.
\nParallel, not only did this man <\/p>\n
363
\n00:27:22,880 –> 00:27:30,520
\nof the Assyrian to cope, he had
\nhis own fatal illness and all <\/p>\n
364
\n00:27:30,520 –> 00:27:34,840
\nthe concerns.
\nHe had no air, he had no sea and<\/p>\n
365
\n00:27:34,840 –> 00:27:38,920
\nNASA wasn’t born until into the
\n15 years extended life. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:27:39,920 –> 00:27:41,960
\nHe was worried about.
\nThe future of the throne of <\/p>\n
367
\n00:27:41,960 –> 00:27:44,080
\nDavid.
\nHe was concerned about the <\/p>\n
368
\n00:27:44,080 –> 00:27:47,360
\nHouse.
\nAnd the Assyrians were. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:47,360 –> 00:27:52,920
\nAbout to destroy it.
\nLook at Isaiah chapter 8 and see<\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:53,200 –> 00:27:58,200
\nhow Isaiah had prophesied the
\nAssyrian invasion and the <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:58,200 –> 00:28:02,200
\ndramatic description it gives.
\nSo how they felt in Jerusalem, <\/p>\n
372
\n00:28:04,360 –> 00:28:12,360
\nIsaiah chapter 8.
\nYes, it seems as in. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:28:12,360 –> 00:28:14,800
\nThe time of Ahaz, Hezekiah’s
\nfather. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:28:15,880 –> 00:28:19,720
\nVerse 6.
\nFor as much as this people <\/p>\n
375
\n00:28:19,720 –> 00:28:23,880
\nrefuseth the waters of Shiloh,
\nthat go softly and rejoice in <\/p>\n
376
\n00:28:23,880 –> 00:28:27,320
\nresin, and Remeliah’s son.
\nNow therefore behold, the Lord <\/p>\n
377
\n00:28:27,320 –> 00:28:32,160
\nbringeth upon them the waters of
\nthe river strong, and many, even<\/p>\n
378
\n00:28:32,160 –> 00:28:34,520
\nthe king of Assyria, and all his
\nglory. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:28:34,880 –> 00:28:38,480
\nAnd he shall come up over all
\nhis channels and go over all his<\/p>\n
380
\n00:28:38,480 –> 00:28:40,960
\nbanks, and he shall pass through
\nJudah. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:28:41,360 –> 00:28:46,840
\nHe shall overflow and go over.
\nHe shall reach even to the neck.<\/p>\n
382
\n00:28:48,000 –> 00:28:51,280
\nIt’s a picture of a.
\nGreat river flooding its banks <\/p>\n
383
\n00:28:51,640 –> 00:28:55,600
\nand the waters sweeping down
\nover the surrounding countryside<\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:55,880 –> 00:28:58,440
\nand swirling around till they
\ncome round to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:28:58,440 –> 00:29:01,160
\nAnd they’re filling the valleys
\naround Jerusalem and the water <\/p>\n
386
\n00:29:01,160 –> 00:29:03,680
\nlevel is getting higher and
\nhigher until all that’s left is <\/p>\n
387
\n00:29:03,680 –> 00:29:06,840
\nthe city.
\nLike a man drowning, but just <\/p>\n
388
\n00:29:06,840 –> 00:29:09,880
\nhis neck above the water,
\nstretching to keep up. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:29:11,800 –> 00:29:15,160
\nAnd that was Hezekiah.
\nLike a bird in the. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:29:15,160 –> 00:29:18,400
\nCage like a drowning man who’s
\njust managing to keep his head <\/p>\n
391
\n00:29:18,400 –> 00:29:22,000
\nabove the water.
\nI don’t know if. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:29:22,000 –> 00:29:24,000
\nAnyone has been in that
\nsituation of? <\/p>\n
393
\n00:29:25,760 –> 00:29:31,160
\nThinking they’re going to.
\nDrown A few people have. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:29:31,160 –> 00:29:35,080
\nI have.
\nThinking somebody I was. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:29:35,080 –> 00:29:38,920
\nTrying to help was about to
\ndrown and I was desperate. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:29:39,160 –> 00:29:44,040
\nThe, the water was the was the
\nsea was sweeping along. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:29:44,040 –> 00:29:47,400
\nAnd if your feet, if your feet
\njust went below the surface of <\/p>\n
398
\n00:29:47,400 –> 00:29:49,720
\nthe water, if you couldn’t
\nfloat, then the water was <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:49,720 –> 00:29:53,600
\ndragging you along.
\nAnd this young lad was, was <\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:53,720 –> 00:29:56,600
\nweighty, you know, he’s quite
\ndense and he couldn’t keep his <\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:56,600 –> 00:29:59,000
\nfeet up and I couldn’t keep his
\nhead up. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:30:01,040 –> 00:30:03,080
\nAnd he said to me.
\nI’m prowling, prowling. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:30:08,600 –> 00:30:11,000
\nI couldn’t do anything.
\nExcept try and find. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:30:11,320 –> 00:30:13,400
\nTry and push him up.
\nTry and keep his hip up. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:30:16,880 –> 00:30:21,080
\nThere was.
\nHezekiah, the city was drowning <\/p>\n
406
\n00:30:21,080 –> 00:30:23,000
\nwith the Assyrians of flooding
\nin. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:30:26,560 –> 00:30:29,760
\nAnd with all he’s.
\nHe’s got a a condition, he’s got<\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:29,760 –> 00:30:33,960
\nthis, this lesion on him and
\nIsaac and says that’s a fatal <\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:33,960 –> 00:30:35,960
\ncondition.
\nYou’re not going to recover. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:40,120 –> 00:30:43,480
\nAnd that wasn’t all.
\nThere was a conspiracy. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:45,520 –> 00:30:48,320
\nI don’t think Hezekiah.
\nWas part of this Isaiah Chapter <\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:48,320 –> 00:30:53,280
\n30 and 31 describe it.
\nSennacherib knew. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:53,280 –> 00:30:55,920
\nAbout it because this is the one
\nof the things that Grab Shaka <\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:55,920 –> 00:30:58,760
\ncomes to speak about when they
\ncome to the wars of Jerusalem, <\/p>\n
415
\n00:30:58,760 –> 00:31:01,440
\nhe says.
\nWhat are you trusting in? <\/p>\n
416
\n00:31:02,880 –> 00:31:07,360
\nAre you trusting in Egypt?
\nThey must have intercepted the <\/p>\n
417
\n00:31:07,360 –> 00:31:10,320
\nmessengers who had gone from the
\nPrincess in Jerusalem to Egypt. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:31:10,320 –> 00:31:13,040
\nSay, come and help us.
\nYou know we’ll be your slaves. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:31:13,040 –> 00:31:16,240
\nCome and help us.
\nAnd Isaiah comes. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:31:16,240 –> 00:31:19,640
\nOn the scene and says in verse 1
\nof chapter 30, woe to the <\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:19,640 –> 00:31:22,640
\nrebellious children, saith the
\nLord that take counsel, but not <\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:22,640 –> 00:31:26,560
\nof me that cover me cover with a
\ncovering, but not of my spirit <\/p>\n
423
\n00:31:26,560 –> 00:31:29,960
\nthat they may add sin to sin
\nthat warped to go down into <\/p>\n
424
\n00:31:29,960 –> 00:31:32,920
\nEgypt and up and asked at my
\nmouth to strengthen themselves <\/p>\n
425
\n00:31:32,920 –> 00:31:36,200
\nand the strength of Pharaoh and
\nto trust in the shadow of Egypt.<\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:37,600 –> 00:31:41,320
\nThere was conspiracy in
\nJerusalem to get the alliance <\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:41,320 –> 00:31:43,320
\nwith the Egyptians to come and
\nsave them. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:45,200 –> 00:31:48,520
\nHezekiah must have felt
\ncompletely helpless. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:48,520 –> 00:31:51,920
\nWhat could he do?
\nHe was. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:52,600 –> 00:31:56,400
\nPowerless.
\nWell, not quite. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:57,480 –> 00:32:00,320
\nHow did he respond?
\nLet’s go to the second <\/p>\n
432
\n00:32:00,320 –> 00:32:05,360
\nChronicles 32 record of
\nHezekiah’s response to these <\/p>\n
433
\n00:32:05,360 –> 00:32:07,920
\nthings.
\nWe don’t know how long the. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:32:07,920 –> 00:32:11,440
\nWhole process took Maybe it was
\na matter of months before the <\/p>\n
435
\n00:32:11,440 –> 00:32:13,080
\nAssyrians would come into the
\nland. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:32:13,360 –> 00:32:17,000
\nActually came to Jerusalem.
\nMust have taken a little while, <\/p>\n
437
\n00:32:17,640 –> 00:32:21,720
\nbecause some of the preparations
\nthat Hezekiah made for the city <\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:21,720 –> 00:32:34,200
\nitself were quite profound.
\nVerse 2, Second Chronicles 32. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:35,400 –> 00:32:38,400
\nAnd when Hezekiah saw that
\nSennacherib was come, and that <\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:38,400 –> 00:32:41,880
\nhe was purposed to fight against
\nJerusalem, he took counsel with <\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:41,880 –> 00:32:45,160
\nhis Princess and his mighty men
\nto stop the waters of the <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:45,160 –> 00:32:48,240
\nfountains that were without the
\ncity, and they did help him. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:48,760 –> 00:32:51,520
\nSo there was gathered much
\npeople together who stopped all <\/p>\n
444
\n00:32:51,520 –> 00:32:53,960
\nthe fountains of the brooks that
\nran through the midst of the <\/p>\n
445
\n00:32:53,960 –> 00:32:57,360
\nland, saying, Why should the
\nking of Assyria come and find <\/p>\n
446
\n00:32:57,360 –> 00:33:00,840
\nmuch water?
\nAlso he strengthened himself and<\/p>\n
447
\n00:33:00,840 –> 00:33:03,520
\nbuilt up all the wall that was
\nbroken, and raised it up to the <\/p>\n
448
\n00:33:03,520 –> 00:33:06,720
\ntowers, and another wall
\nwithout, and repaired Milo in <\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:06,720 –> 00:33:10,440
\nthe city of David, and made
\ndarts and Shields in abundance. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:10,800 –> 00:33:13,480
\nAnd he said captains of war over
\nthe people, and gathered them <\/p>\n
451
\n00:33:13,480 –> 00:33:17,480
\ntogether to him in the street of
\nthe gate of the city, and spake <\/p>\n
452
\n00:33:17,480 –> 00:33:21,240
\ncomfortably to them.
\nWhat is this showing us is that <\/p>\n
453
\n00:33:21,240 –> 00:33:24,040
\nHezekiah did all the things that
\nwere sensible to do. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:33:24,040 –> 00:33:27,720
\nYou know, when we have a
\nproblem, and the advice is, <\/p>\n
455
\n00:33:27,720 –> 00:33:31,720
\nwell, make it a matter of
\nprayer, seek the word of God. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:33:32,040 –> 00:33:35,880
\nThat doesn’t mean, of course,
\nthat we shouldn’t do those <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:35,880 –> 00:33:40,120
\nthings which we can do in
\npreparation or to solve the <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:40,120 –> 00:33:42,080
\nproblem.
\nYou know, there are sensible <\/p>\n
459
\n00:33:42,080 –> 00:33:45,520
\nthings that we can do.
\nGod doesn’t ask us to sit down <\/p>\n
460
\n00:33:46,000 –> 00:33:49,880
\nunder a tree and wait.
\nWe we have to get. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:49,880 –> 00:33:53,320
\nOn with what is the right
\napproach? <\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:53,320 –> 00:33:58,800
\nSo we think also we’ll see not
\nto the exclusion very much in a <\/p>\n
463
\n00:33:58,800 –> 00:34:02,960
\nprayerful way.
\nAnd what Hezekiah did was to <\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:04,000 –> 00:34:11,840
\nprotect the water supply of
\nJerusalem as well as well as <\/p>\n
465
\n00:34:11,840 –> 00:34:14,040
\nblocking up the water that ran
\nthrough the land. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:34:14,800 –> 00:34:19,719
\nAnd this is the Guyhon spring
\noutside Jerusalem, which was the<\/p>\n
467
\n00:34:19,719 –> 00:34:23,960
\nwater supply for the city.
\nBut the problem with it was <\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:24,040 –> 00:34:29,360
\noutside of the wall.
\nAnd what Hezekiah did was to dig<\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:29,360 –> 00:34:34,920
\na tunnel from the Guyhon spring
\nto take the water 600 meters <\/p>\n
470
\n00:34:35,159 –> 00:34:41,679
\nthrough the wall and to bring it
\nto this place here, which is the<\/p>\n
471
\n00:34:41,679 –> 00:34:44,760
\npool of Siloa.
\nAnd there may be people here <\/p>\n
472
\n00:34:44,760 –> 00:34:48,199
\nwho’ve actually walked between
\nthese two through Hezekiah’s <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:48,199 –> 00:34:52,840
\ntunnel.
\nAn interesting sidelight on this<\/p>\n
474
\n00:34:52,840 –> 00:34:56,440
\nis given in a recent article on
\nthe water supply of Israel in in<\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:56,440 –> 00:34:59,880
\nthe Palestinian archaeology
\njournal Palestine. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:00,160 –> 00:35:05,040
\nIt’s called the Palestine
\nExploration Society Journal, <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:05,040 –> 00:35:07,920
\nwhich is a a well respected
\njournal and it describes the <\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:07,920 –> 00:35:12,320
\nwater supply of Jerusalem and
\nthe theory of how they dug the <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:12,320 –> 00:35:15,520
\ntunnel between these two places
\nbecause this tunnel goes like <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:15,520 –> 00:35:18,040
\nthis.
\nAnd yet they met in the middle <\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:18,040 –> 00:35:20,920
\nand they could hear each other
\nchiseling away through the rock.<\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:21,920 –> 00:35:24,560
\nAnd it seems extraordinary.
\nHow did they how did they find <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:24,560 –> 00:35:26,800
\neach other?
\nNow they didn’t have. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:26,800 –> 00:35:31,560
\nUltrasound or scanners or any
\nother equipment? <\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:32,600 –> 00:35:35,720
\nWell, it’s suggested that they
\nfollowed and this is the latest <\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:35,720 –> 00:35:37,440
\ntheory.
\nThey followed a crack in the <\/p>\n
487
\n00:35:37,440 –> 00:35:41,240
\nrock.
\nAnd that they must have. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:35:41,240 –> 00:35:43,480
\nKnown that water would flow
\nbetween the two. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:35:43,680 –> 00:35:47,000
\nWhat’s why I mention it is.
\nWhat is interesting about it is <\/p>\n
490
\n00:35:47,000 –> 00:35:52,120
\nthat the article says this
\nparaphrasing. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:35:52,200 –> 00:35:56,760
\nThis proposal was first
\nsuggested by the architect Henry<\/p>\n
492
\n00:35:56,760 –> 00:36:01,680
\nSully in 1927.
\nIt was, of course. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:01,680 –> 00:36:06,040
\nThat’s Brother Henry Sully who
\ndescribed Ezekiel’s temple. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:06,520 –> 00:36:09,160
\nIt’s interesting isn’t to see
\nhis name mentioned as the first <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:09,160 –> 00:36:14,600
\none to suggest in print that
\nwhat Hezekiah did was to follow <\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:14,800 –> 00:36:18,720
\na natural crack in the rock.
\nAnd that seems to. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:18,720 –> 00:36:25,480
\nBe what Isaiah 22 is referring
\nto when Isaiah upgrades the <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:25,480 –> 00:36:30,280
\npeople because they put their
\ntrust in the water supply that <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:30,280 –> 00:36:32,560
\nHezekiah had brought into the
\ncity. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:32,800 –> 00:36:34,080
\nThey thought, oh, whatever
\nRelief. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:36:34,240 –> 00:36:37,120
\nWe’ve got water in the city and
\nhe hasn’t got any water out <\/p>\n
502
\n00:36:37,120 –> 00:36:38,440
\nthere.
\nWe’ll be all right. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:36:39,280 –> 00:36:40,600
\nWe’ve done what we can.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:36:40,600 –> 00:36:46,280
\nWell done, Hezekiah.
\nYeah, I’ve got a a good strong. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:36:46,280 –> 00:36:49,840
\nWall and I’ve got the armaments
\nand I’ve got the water supply <\/p>\n
506
\n00:36:49,840 –> 00:36:55,280
\nthat’s that’s beating him off.
\nAnd what Isaiah 22 says is fuck <\/p>\n
507
\n00:36:55,280 –> 00:37:03,480
\nyou missing the point.
\nVerse 11 of Isaiah 22. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:04,240 –> 00:37:08,440
\nHe made also a ditch between the
\ntwo walls for the water of the <\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:08,440 –> 00:37:11,120
\nold pool.
\nBut he have not looked unto the <\/p>\n
510
\n00:37:11,120 –> 00:37:15,360
\nMaker thereof, neither had
\nrespect unto him that fashioned <\/p>\n
511
\n00:37:15,360 –> 00:37:19,480
\nit long ago.
\nInteresting, isn’t it there? <\/p>\n
512
\n00:37:19,480 –> 00:37:22,720
\nWas only one way they could have
\nbuilt that tunnel, which was to <\/p>\n
513
\n00:37:22,720 –> 00:37:27,160
\nfollow a God-given crack in the
\nrock who had fashioned it long <\/p>\n
514
\n00:37:27,160 –> 00:37:31,200
\nago for this very purpose.
\nThis wasn’t a bit of luck. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:37:33,240 –> 00:37:36,400
\nThis was the.
\nProvidential hand of God, to <\/p>\n
516
\n00:37:36,440 –> 00:37:39,240
\nenable them to find a way of
\nescape, as it were, from the <\/p>\n
517
\n00:37:39,240 –> 00:37:42,960
\nproblem they were in, that they
\nmight be able to bear it, that <\/p>\n
518
\n00:37:42,960 –> 00:37:46,040
\nthey might have their water
\nsupply, that those who trusted <\/p>\n
519
\n00:37:46,040 –> 00:37:49,800
\nin the waters of Shiloh could
\nwithstand the flood of Assyria <\/p>\n
520
\n00:37:49,800 –> 00:37:51,320
\nthat was coming against the
\ncity. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:37:53,240 –> 00:37:57,240
\nBut they missed the point.
\nYou see, Isaiah? <\/p>\n
522
\n00:37:57,240 –> 00:38:01,040
\n22 describes the people who
\nwouldn’t recognise from hezekiah<\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:01,040 –> 00:38:05,240
\nhimself there was.
\nA people who were. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:05,240 –> 00:38:08,840
\nHaving a party.
\nWhen the day of the. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:38:08,840 –> 00:38:10,640
\nLord was about to come upon
\nthem. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:38:12,800 –> 00:38:15,400
\nIt’s a city under.
\nSiege that had broken down the <\/p>\n
527
\n00:38:15,400 –> 00:38:18,000
\nhouses to repair the walls,
\nwhich had brought the water <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:18,000 –> 00:38:21,560
\nsupply into the city.
\nAnd verse 12 says, And in that <\/p>\n
529
\n00:38:21,560 –> 00:38:25,200
\nday did the Lord God of hosts
\ncall to weeping, and to <\/p>\n
530
\n00:38:25,200 –> 00:38:28,520
\nmourning, and to boldness, and
\nto gird him with sack law. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:38:28,640 –> 00:38:32,560
\nHe expected them to call upon
\nhis name, to get down on their <\/p>\n
532
\n00:38:32,560 –> 00:38:36,800
\nknees when they’re in such
\ntrouble, and to depend upon Him.<\/p>\n
533
\n00:38:39,240 –> 00:38:44,120
\nWhat did he find?
\nThe whole joy and gladness, <\/p>\n
534
\n00:38:44,320 –> 00:38:49,320
\nslaying oxen and killing sheep,
\neating flesh and drinking wine. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:38:49,520 –> 00:38:52,280
\nLet us eat and drink, for
\ntomorrow we shall die. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:38:55,040 –> 00:38:57,640
\nIt’s a picture of a.
\nWorld like the one we live in, <\/p>\n
537
\n00:38:58,320 –> 00:39:01,720
\nwhich hasn’t got a thought about
\neternal life or what happens at <\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:01,720 –> 00:39:04,160
\ndeath.
\nThis is the only. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:04,160 –> 00:39:07,200
\nLife that we have.
\nWhere we may as well. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:39:07,200 –> 00:39:12,040
\nGet on and enjoy ourselves.
\nAnd isn’t that a surprise to see<\/p>\n
541
\n00:39:12,040 –> 00:39:15,200
\nJerusalem like that in the days
\nof Hezekiah, when you would have<\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:15,200 –> 00:39:20,120
\nthought that they would have
\nresponded to him when they <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:20,120 –> 00:39:22,560
\nlooked outside, they said, well,
\nhe’s going to get us. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:23,560 –> 00:39:24,960
\nWe’ve got the water.
\nSupply. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:39:25,880 –> 00:39:27,640
\nLet’s have a party while it
\nlasts. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:39:30,360 –> 00:39:35,080
\nYeah, we’ve got to die.
\nSometime a people who lacked <\/p>\n
547
\n00:39:35,080 –> 00:39:41,360
\nfaith and all the while Hezekiah
\nmust have been at home suffering<\/p>\n
548
\n00:39:41,360 –> 00:39:44,600
\nfrom this condition which he
\nthought was going to bring into <\/p>\n
549
\n00:39:44,600 –> 00:39:45,160
\nthe grave.
\nBut. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:39:46,880 –> 00:39:50,240
\nWhen we go.
\nBack to Second Chronicles to <\/p>\n
551
\n00:39:50,240 –> 00:39:59,400
\nchapter chapter 32, we can see
\nthat Hezekiah himself wasn’t as <\/p>\n
552
\n00:39:59,440 –> 00:40:03,600
\nthose people in the city were.
\nHere was no. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:03,600 –> 00:40:06,120
\nResentment about the situation
\nof resentment. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:06,120 –> 00:40:08,160
\nNo complaints.
\nIt’s not fair. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:08,560 –> 00:40:12,240
\nWhy should it happen to me?
\nWhy doesn’t have to somebody <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:12,240 –> 00:40:14,840
\nelse for a check?
\nWhy is it always me that has all<\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:14,840 –> 00:40:17,760
\nthese troubles?
\nLook, I’ve I’ve I’ve. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:18,000 –> 00:40:20,760
\nOpened the doors of the house,
\nI’ve got them to light the <\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:20,760 –> 00:40:22,320
\nlamps.
\nWe’ve offered incest and <\/p>\n
560
\n00:40:22,320 –> 00:40:25,040
\neverything and now look what
\nit’s all come upon. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:40:25,040 –> 00:40:26,800
\nIt’s just not right.
\nIt’s not there. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:40:28,640 –> 00:40:32,160
\nThere was none of that.
\nHe did what he. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:40:32,160 –> 00:40:35,120
\nCould and then look what he says
\nin verse 6. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:40:35,120 –> 00:40:37,280
\nIt says He spake comfortably to
\nthem. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:40:39,080 –> 00:40:44,080
\nHe spake comfortably to them,
\nsaying, Be strong and <\/p>\n
566
\n00:40:44,080 –> 00:40:48,440
\ncourageous, be not afraid nor
\ndismayed for the king of <\/p>\n
567
\n00:40:48,440 –> 00:40:51,000
\nAssyria, nor for all the
\nmultitude that is with him. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:40:51,240 –> 00:40:53,840
\nFor there be more with us than
\nwith him. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:40:56,200 –> 00:40:58,800
\nThat says, What do you mean
\nthere are more with us than with<\/p>\n
570
\n00:40:58,800 –> 00:40:59,920
\nhim?
\nHave you had to look over the <\/p>\n
571
\n00:40:59,920 –> 00:41:03,360
\nwall?
\n190,000 of them. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:41:07,600 –> 00:41:09,360
\nBut with him is an.
\nArm of flesh. <\/p>\n
573
\n00:41:10,480 –> 00:41:12,920
\nWith us is Yahweh.
\nOur God to help us. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:41:13,680 –> 00:41:14,840
\nAnd to fight our.
\nBack. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:41:16,560 –> 00:41:20,840
\nAnd so we did.
\nJerusalem didn’t. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:41:20,840 –> 00:41:25,320
\nNeed to fire a shot there.
\nThey didn’t have anything to do <\/p>\n
577
\n00:41:25,320 –> 00:41:28,200
\nwith the victory.
\nOne morning they. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:41:28,200 –> 00:41:32,360
\nGot up and looked over the wall
\nand outside with all dead <\/p>\n
579
\n00:41:32,920 –> 00:41:37,920
\ncorpses.
\nYahweh had fought. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:41:37,920 –> 00:41:43,400
\nTheir battle for them because
\nand there must have been a <\/p>\n
581
\n00:41:43,440 –> 00:41:48,320
\nfaithful remnant in this city
\nbecause they trusted in him to <\/p>\n
582
\n00:41:48,320 –> 00:41:51,560
\ndo that.
\nWe haven’t time to look. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:41:51,560 –> 00:41:56,280
\nAt this subject in great detail,
\nbut let me just take you back to<\/p>\n
584
\n00:41:56,280 –> 00:42:02,360
\n2nd Kings chapter 19 and just
\nsee there how Hezekiah coped <\/p>\n
585
\n00:42:02,360 –> 00:42:07,760
\nwith the problem.
\nSecond Kings. 19 and verse one. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:42:17,600 –> 00:42:20,480
\nAnd it came to pass when King
\nHezekiah heard it. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:42:21,920 –> 00:42:23,560
\nThat’s the message from
\nSennacherib. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:42:24,160 –> 00:42:27,840
\nBut he rent his clothes and
\ncovered himself with sackcloth <\/p>\n
589
\n00:42:28,240 –> 00:42:32,240
\nand went into the House of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:42:32,720 –> 00:42:35,720
\nHe could do that because the
\ndoors had been repaired. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:42:37,280 –> 00:42:40,400
\nAnd he sent Aliakim, which was
\nover the household, and Shebner <\/p>\n
592
\n00:42:40,400 –> 00:42:43,480
\nthe scribe, and the elders of
\nthe priests covered with <\/p>\n
593
\n00:42:43,480 –> 00:42:46,520
\nsackcloth, to Isaiah the
\nprophet. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:42:47,200 –> 00:42:52,040
\nThe lamp was lit, So he sought
\nthe word of God to Isaiah the <\/p>\n
595
\n00:42:52,040 –> 00:42:58,440
\nprophet.
\nAnd then we know in verse 14. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:42:58,920 –> 00:43:02,600
\nWhen the letter was received at
\nthe hand of the messengers and <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:02,600 –> 00:43:06,480
\nhe read it, Hezekiah went up
\ninto the House of the Lord and <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:06,480 –> 00:43:11,120
\nspread it before the Lord.
\nAnd Hezekiah prayed, and he <\/p>\n
599
\n00:43:11,120 –> 00:43:15,320
\ncould do that because the
\nincense and the offerings had <\/p>\n
600
\n00:43:15,320 –> 00:43:18,480
\nbeen reinstituted.
\nIt’s beautiful, isn’t it, to see<\/p>\n
601
\n00:43:18,480 –> 00:43:23,040
\nhow this man in crisis now
\nbenefits from the preparations <\/p>\n
602
\n00:43:23,240 –> 00:43:26,560
\nthat, by the good hand of God,
\nhe had engaged in. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:43:28,640 –> 00:43:32,200
\nAnd when he went into.
\nThe House of God, those psalms <\/p>\n
604
\n00:43:32,200 –> 00:43:35,360
\nthat he heard must have been a
\nreal encouragement to him. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:43:36,520 –> 00:43:39,400
\nFor example, let’s just take
\nthis one Psalm 20. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:43:40,080 –> 00:43:44,040
\nJust think of what Hezekiah
\nwould have felt when he heard <\/p>\n
607
\n00:43:44,400 –> 00:43:51,360
\nthem singing this Psalm, a Psalm
\nof David, ready and prepared for<\/p>\n
608
\n00:43:51,360 –> 00:43:53,880
\nhim when he was in time of
\ncrisis. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:43:58,880 –> 00:44:04,240
\nPsalm 20 the Lord hear.
\nThee in the day of trouble. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:05,480 –> 00:44:09,760
\nWell, that’s what he had.
\nSaid in verse three of Second <\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:09,760 –> 00:44:14,600
\nKings 19.
\nThis is the message that his <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:14,600 –> 00:44:16,840
\nservants took to Isaiah the
\nprophet. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:44:18,160 –> 00:44:23,840
\nThey said unto him, Thus saith
\nHezekiah, This day is a day of <\/p>\n
614
\n00:44:23,840 –> 00:44:27,440
\ntrouble.
\nA day of trouble. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:44:28,320 –> 00:44:31,360
\nWhat was Hezekiah thinking?
\nHe was in the House of the Lord.<\/p>\n
616
\n00:44:32,880 –> 00:44:37,000
\nHe must have heard.
\nPsalm 20 being sung, Go and ask <\/p>\n
617
\n00:44:37,000 –> 00:44:39,120
\nIsaiah.
\nThis is a day of trouble, just <\/p>\n
618
\n00:44:39,120 –> 00:44:41,960
\nlike Psalm 20 speaks of the
\nLord. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:44:41,960 –> 00:44:46,520
\nHear thee in the day of trouble,
\nthe name of the God of Jacob <\/p>\n
620
\n00:44:46,520 –> 00:44:51,280
\ndefend thee, Send thee help from
\nthe sanctuary, Strengthen thee <\/p>\n
621
\n00:44:51,280 –> 00:44:54,920
\nout of Zion.
\nRemember all thy offerings and <\/p>\n
622
\n00:44:54,920 –> 00:45:00,040
\naccept thy burnt sacrifices.
\nGrant thee according to thine <\/p>\n
623
\n00:45:00,040 –> 00:45:02,960
\nown heart, and fulfil all thy
\ncouncil. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:45:04,360 –> 00:45:08,400
\nWe will rejoice in thy
\nsalvation, and in the name of <\/p>\n
625
\n00:45:08,400 –> 00:45:10,760
\nour God we will set up our
\nbanners. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:45:11,400 –> 00:45:14,040
\nThe Lord fulfil all thy
\npetitions. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:45:15,480 –> 00:45:22,080
\nNow know I that he shall say his
\nanointing. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:45:24,160 –> 00:45:28,320
\nDo you know in verse?
\n6 is the name and title of the <\/p>\n
629
\n00:45:28,320 –> 00:45:33,120
\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nNow. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:45:33,280 –> 00:45:44,600
\nNo, I Yahweh savour Yahshua.
\nChrist is anointed. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:45:45,920 –> 00:45:47,160
\nThat’s what Christ means, of
\ncourse. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:45:48,280 –> 00:45:52,560
\nIn the middle of this.
\nPsalm in time of crisis, the <\/p>\n
633
\n00:45:52,560 –> 00:45:55,080
\nwords of the psalmist says now,
\nno. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:45:55,080 –> 00:45:58,080
\nI.
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:45:58,520 –> 00:46:02,120
\nChrist.
\nBeautiful isn’t. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:46:02,120 –> 00:46:10,160
\nIt he had come to know God and
\nthe character of the one he <\/p>\n
637
\n00:46:10,160 –> 00:46:14,920
\nserved, and it served him well
\nin the day of trouble. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:46:16,080 –> 00:46:18,480
\nServed in the Spirit.
\nOf the Psalm, as he listened to <\/p>\n
639
\n00:46:18,480 –> 00:46:23,320
\nit, he could ask Isaiah, What is
\nthe word of the Lord in my day <\/p>\n
640
\n00:46:23,360 –> 00:46:26,160
\nof trouble?
\nThat I might come to. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:46:26,160 –> 00:46:30,080
\nKnow Yahweh’s savour is
\nanointed. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:46:30,960 –> 00:46:35,560
\nHe will hear Him from His holy
\nheaven with the saving strength <\/p>\n
643
\n00:46:35,840 –> 00:46:38,560
\nof His right hand.
\nLook at verse 7. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:46:39,240 –> 00:46:47,680
\nSome thrust.
\nNow know I that He shall say. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:46:48,760 –> 00:46:55,160
\nHis anointed do you know in
\nverse. 6 is the name and title <\/p>\n
646
\n00:46:55,520 –> 00:47:00,600
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nNow. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:47:00,720 –> 00:47:11,800
\nNo, I Yahweh savour Yahshua.
\nChrist is anointed. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:47:13,120 –> 00:47:16,200
\nThat’s a Christ musical.
\nIn the middle of this. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:47:16,200 –> 00:47:21,720
\nSong in time of crisis, The
\nwords of the psalmist says now <\/p>\n
650
\n00:47:21,720 –> 00:47:29,280
\nknow why Jesus Christ.
\nBeautiful isn’t. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:47:29,280 –> 00:47:37,240
\nIt he had come to know God and
\nthe character of the one he <\/p>\n
652
\n00:47:37,240 –> 00:47:39,680
\nserved.
\nAnd it served him. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:47:39,680 –> 00:47:44,040
\nWell, in the day of trouble.
\nServed in the Spirit. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:47:44,040 –> 00:47:48,680
\nOf the Psalm, as he listened to
\nit, he could ask Isaiah, What is<\/p>\n
655
\n00:47:48,680 –> 00:47:50,920
\nthe word of the Lord in my day
\nof trouble? <\/p>\n
656
\n00:47:52,160 –> 00:47:54,720
\nThat I might come to.
\nKnow Yahweh. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:47:54,720 –> 00:47:59,960
\nSaviour is anointed.
\nHe will hear him from His holy <\/p>\n
658
\n00:47:59,960 –> 00:48:03,960
\nheaven with the saving strength
\nof His right hand. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:48:04,440 –> 00:48:09,040
\nLook at verse 7.
\nSome thrust in Chariots and some<\/p>\n
660
\n00:48:09,040 –> 00:48:11,000
\nin horses.
\nWell, that’s exactly what was <\/p>\n
661
\n00:48:11,000 –> 00:48:12,360
\nhappening.
\nIsaiah 30. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:48:12,480 –> 00:48:15,360
\nThey were going down into Egypt
\nfor horses and Chariots. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:48:15,560 –> 00:48:18,480
\nThis was the very conspiracy
\nthat must have been on his mind.<\/p>\n
664
\n00:48:22,160 –> 00:48:26,720
\nThat’s what would have been.
\nPart of his prayer, my brethren <\/p>\n
665
\n00:48:26,720 –> 00:48:29,360
\nof Forsaken.
\nI am. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:48:29,360 –> 00:48:32,760
\nDiscouraged because the ecclesia
\nis not in the condition at all <\/p>\n
667
\n00:48:32,760 –> 00:48:39,160
\nto be in.
\nI am downcast because some trust<\/p>\n
668
\n00:48:39,400 –> 00:48:43,400
\nin Chariots and some in horses.
\nBut we will. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:48:43,400 –> 00:48:46,520
\nRemember the name of Yahweh, our
\nGod. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:48:50,440 –> 00:48:52,880
\nThe name there.
\nIt is again that we have looked <\/p>\n
671
\n00:48:52,880 –> 00:48:57,600
\nat today.
\nThey are brought down, they are <\/p>\n
672
\n00:48:57,600 –> 00:49:01,280
\nfallen, but we are risen and
\nstand upright. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:49:01,840 –> 00:49:04,840
\nSave Yahweh.
\nLet the King hear us when we <\/p>\n
674
\n00:49:04,840 –> 00:49:07,080
\ncall.
\nWhat a beautiful. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:49:07,080 –> 00:49:10,160
\nPsalm to hear in the Day of
\nTrouble, a Psalm of David, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:49:10,360 –> 00:49:13,080
\nperfectly suited to the time of
\nHezekiah. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:49:13,080 –> 00:49:15,960
\nWe could say that David had
\nwritten it under inspiration <\/p>\n
678
\n00:49:15,960 –> 00:49:19,840
\njust for Hezekiah.
\nAnd we may find that. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:49:19,840 –> 00:49:23,640
\nOurselves that when we turn to
\nthe Word of God in the day of <\/p>\n
680
\n00:49:23,640 –> 00:49:28,760
\ntrouble, we will find words
\nwritten just for us, which <\/p>\n
681
\n00:49:28,760 –> 00:49:33,240
\ncapture the the turmoil of our
\nmind and express the thoughts of<\/p>\n
682
\n00:49:33,240 –> 00:49:36,200
\nthe heart and throw out the
\nfeelings that are burdening us <\/p>\n
683
\n00:49:36,200 –> 00:49:39,960
\nnow and turn us to trust in the
\none who will say. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:49:42,440 –> 00:49:45,760
\nThis is what the word.
\nOf God has been given to us for <\/p>\n
685
\n00:49:48,160 –> 00:49:52,800
\nHezekiah’s crisis is summarized
\nin Psalm 150. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:49:54,800 –> 00:49:57,600
\nIf we had more time.
\nThan sisters, we would try to <\/p>\n
687
\n00:49:57,600 –> 00:50:00,680
\nshow how these things are linked
\ntogether and leave it for you to<\/p>\n
688
\n00:50:01,000 –> 00:50:04,280
\nfollow up if you’re interested.
\nThe Psalm, which Hezekiah <\/p>\n
689
\n00:50:05,640 –> 00:50:08,800
\nperhaps wrote under inspiration
\nor was written at the time, <\/p>\n
690
\n00:50:09,320 –> 00:50:14,200
\ncaptures the prayer that when he
\nwent before the Lord, you know, <\/p>\n
691
\n00:50:14,200 –> 00:50:17,680
\nhe had a letter.
\nHe had this letter from. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:50:18,880 –> 00:50:21,560
\nFrom Sennacherib.
\nAnd it terrified him. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:50:22,240 –> 00:50:24,920
\nHezekiah wasn’t a man who had No
\nFear. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:50:25,840 –> 00:50:28,200
\nHe was just as frightened as you
\nand I would have be. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:50:28,680 –> 00:50:31,560
\nBut he has this letter and
\nthere’s no what to do. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:50:31,560 –> 00:50:34,040
\nIt’s threatening him with all
\nsorts of things and he says I <\/p>\n
697
\n00:50:34,040 –> 00:50:35,480
\ndon’t know what to do about it,
\nLord. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:50:37,360 –> 00:50:44,240
\nI can’t cope.
\nLook, that was his prayer. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:50:44,800 –> 00:50:48,880
\nHe laid it before the Lord He.
\nDidn’t know which way to. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:50:48,880 –> 00:50:51,640
\nTurn.
\nWhat do we do when? <\/p>\n
701
\n00:50:51,640 –> 00:50:55,320
\nWe’re in that situation.
\nThey harden ourselves. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:50:56,240 –> 00:50:58,800
\nWhat do we do with?
\nHezekiah did, and then he <\/p>\n
703
\n00:50:58,800 –> 00:51:00,640
\noffered the most magnificent
\nprayer. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:51:01,480 –> 00:51:04,280
\nShowing the Spirit.
\nOf Christ that was in him. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:51:05,720 –> 00:51:07,800
\nIt’s not a prayer about.
\nHis problem at all? <\/p>\n
706
\n00:51:09,480 –> 00:51:11,760
\nIt’s a prayer that.
\nThe name of God might be <\/p>\n
707
\n00:51:11,760 –> 00:51:15,520
\nglorified that those who
\nchallenged in the name of the <\/p>\n
708
\n00:51:15,520 –> 00:51:19,080
\nking of of Assyria the God of
\nheaven, might know that the God <\/p>\n
709
\n00:51:19,080 –> 00:51:23,880
\nof Israel is the one true God.
\nThat’s why Hezekiah wants them <\/p>\n
710
\n00:51:23,880 –> 00:51:29,760
\nto be destroyed, that all the
\nkingdoms of the earth may know <\/p>\n
711
\n00:51:29,760 –> 00:51:33,280
\nthat thou art the Lord God, even
\nthou only. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:51:35,240 –> 00:51:39,320
\nSo much had he.
\nGot the spirit of the name of <\/p>\n
713
\n00:51:39,320 –> 00:51:42,600
\nGod in his mind that his
\nthoughts expressed in the day of<\/p>\n
714
\n00:51:42,600 –> 00:51:47,200
\ntrouble were the right thoughts.
\nHe was manifesting the name of <\/p>\n
715
\n00:51:47,200 –> 00:51:51,440
\nGod.
\nThis was God manifestation in a <\/p>\n
716
\n00:51:51,440 –> 00:51:57,120
\nday of trouble, that God might
\nbe glorified in whatever <\/p>\n
717
\n00:51:57,120 –> 00:52:00,400
\nhappened to him.
\nAnd Psalm 115 takes hold of that<\/p>\n
718
\n00:52:00,400 –> 00:52:06,920
\nprayer verse.
\nOne not unto us, O Lord, not <\/p>\n
719
\n00:52:06,920 –> 00:52:11,640
\nunto us, but unto thy name, give
\nglory for thy mercy, and for thy<\/p>\n
720
\n00:52:11,640 –> 00:52:14,400
\ntruth’s sake.
\nWherefore should the heathen <\/p>\n
721
\n00:52:14,400 –> 00:52:19,040
\nsay, Where is now their God?
\nThat’s the challenge of <\/p>\n
722
\n00:52:19,320 –> 00:52:24,120
\nRabchaka.
\nYou have in verse 4:00 and 5:00 <\/p>\n
723
\n00:52:24,640 –> 00:52:28,600
\nand six a reference to the gods
\nof the nation, Second Kings 19. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:52:31,640 –> 00:52:37,080
\nYou have the need.
\nTo trust not in Egypt, not in <\/p>\n
725
\n00:52:37,080 –> 00:52:41,000
\nhorses, not in Chariots, but in
\nthe God of Israel. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:52:41,000 –> 00:52:44,880
\nVerse 9.
\nO Israel, trust thou in Yahweh, <\/p>\n
727
\n00:52:45,200 –> 00:52:47,320
\nHe is their help in their
\nshield. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:52:47,960 –> 00:52:52,720
\nO House of Aaron, trust in
\nYahweh, He is their help in <\/p>\n
729
\n00:52:52,720 –> 00:52:56,240
\ntheir shield.
\nHe that fear Yahweh, trust in <\/p>\n
730
\n00:52:56,240 –> 00:52:59,000
\nYahweh, He is the help of their
\nsheer. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:52:59,480 –> 00:53:02,760
\nThis was the encouragement of
\nHezekiah’s reign. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:53:04,400 –> 00:53:06,360
\nAnd it has the.
\nAssurance of blessing. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:53:07,720 –> 00:53:12,080
\nThere in verse. 17 is the
\ncontrast with the Assyrian who <\/p>\n
734
\n00:53:12,080 –> 00:53:18,280
\nwere destroyed in one night, the
\ndead craze, not Yahweh, neither <\/p>\n
735
\n00:53:18,280 –> 00:53:22,800
\nany that go down into silence.
\nBut we will bless. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:53:22,800 –> 00:53:26,720
\nYahweh from this time forth and
\nforevermore. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:53:28,000 –> 00:53:32,720
\nHallelujah.
\nMay brethren, sisters, Hezekiah <\/p>\n
738
\n00:53:33,200 –> 00:53:37,840
\nand the words of God in times of
\nhis distress, be an <\/p>\n
739
\n00:53:37,840 –> 00:53:41,280
\nencouragement and comfort to us
\nin our day of trouble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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