Revival or Captivity Lesson 2 Review Judahs kings are all in the line of David Israel had a string of evil kings who mainly ascended by assassination Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah ID: 361395
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Kings and Prophets
Revival or Captivity?
Lesson 2Slide2
Review
Judah’s kings are all in the line of David
Israel had a string of evil kings, who mainly ascended by assassination
Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah,
Jotham
and
Ahaz
Isaiah’s prophecies concerned the Southern Kingdom of JudahSlide3
2 Kings 16:1-6 2 Chron. 28:1-7
Themes: 2 Kings
Ahaz
king of Judah
2 Chronicles 28
Ahaz
king of Judah
Ahaz
reigned for 16 years; more evil than any king of Judah before him
Uzziah and
Jotham
left a godly legacy
Ahaz
sacrificed his sons in the fire
Brought Baal worship back into the Southern KingdomSlide4
Isaiah 7
Isaiah’s vision is during the reigns of Uzziah,
Jotham
,
Ahaz
and Hezekiah concerning Judah and Jerusalem
Shear-
jashub
– “a remnant will return”
Isaiah 7:4
Take care
Be calm
Have NO fear
Do not be faintheartedSlide5
Isaiah 7:8-12
Ephraim (the northern kingdom) would no longer be a people in 65 years
If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all (ESV)
“Ask for a sign” commandment from God
Ahaz
refused!!!!!!!
He didn’t believe GodSlide6
Isaiah 7
Virgin: ‘
almah
’ – a young maid of marriageable age
Matt. 1:18-25 Virgin: ‘
parthenos
’ – a woman who had never known a man sexually
“The difference between this Greek definition and setting and the Hebrew setting and meaning is that Mary was a virgin when Jesus was born, but the virgin in Isaiah and
Ahaz’s
day became pregnant later by a man and then gave birth to the child named “Immanuel.” She had been a virgin at the time of the prophecy, but Mary stayed one until after Jesus’ birth.”Slide7
Isaiah 7:17-20
Poverty, destruction and devastation prophesied
Verse 21 A man may keep alive a heifer and a pair of sheep
Abundance of milk
Eat curds and honey
Used to be vines, not briars and thorns
No more cultivated fields
Pasturing for oxen and sheep to trampleSlide8
Isaiah 8
Maher-
shalal
-hash-
baz
– swift is the booty, speedy is the prey
Before that son reached the age to speak, Assyria would carry away Damascus and Samaria
“Gently flowing waters of
Shiloah
” = God
Is. 8:8 Same enemy would come upon Judah
Is. 8:9-10 “It will not stand for
G
od is with us”
Assyria would not COMPLETELY take JudahSlide9
2 Kings 16 2 Chronicles 28
Rezin
and
Pekah
come against Judah
Judah was not overcome completely
Pekah
killed 120,000 valiant men and took 200,000 women and children
They were returned AFTER
Obed
the prophet protested
Ahaz
seeks help from
Tiglath-pileser
but he afflicted them instead of helpingSlide10
Hebrews and Jeremiah
Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please God……
Jeremiah 17:5-8 The one who trusts in the Lord will be like a tree planted by water, not fearing or anxiousSlide11
Ahaz
Judah humbled because of
Ahaz
2 Chron. 28:19 Lack of restraint in Judah and
Ahaz
was very unfaithful to the Lord
Sacrificed to the gods of Damascus
Duplicated the altar in Damascus and replaced the one in the temple in Jerusalem
Took things from the temple to pay
Pul
He closed the doors of the temple
Wasn’t buried with the other kings of JudahSlide12
Application
God is patient and persevering with His people
God is a covenant keeping God
God DOES NOT CHANGE
God is faithful
God is trustworthy
God always has a remnant of faithful followers
Will you be that faithful remnant?