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 Thanks.

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 Well, as a sign of the times, this morning as we're driving to church today, I'm riding with

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! I'm riding with a couple of my kids, and I was talking about the challenge of the scripture

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 And both of my kids in the car were scratching their head and thinking, the text that you

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 got this morning is massive?

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 What does that have to do with the challenge of preaching?

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 Well, that has very little to do with the challenge of preaching.

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 But this morning as we look into the Word, there is always the weight of the text.

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 There's always the weight of being faithful to the Word.

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 What does the Word have to say?

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 How does it connect to our hearts?

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 What is the orientation that we're going to walk away with when we leave this place?

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 Because we understand that coming to church on a Sunday and hearing a message is more than

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 just getting information.

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 We recognize that coupled with information is responsibility.

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 That we walk away with a sense of responsibility.

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 What will we do with the text?

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 What will we do with the message from God that we hear today?

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 I appreciate what Pastor said earlier.

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 In the great things that we know about God will lead us to believe great things about God.

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 And I would add will also lead us to ask great things from God.

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 What you know about God will lead you to huge understanding of Him and confidence of who He is.

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 And the security of understanding that you can ask great things of your great God.

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 That's what we come to this morning.

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 And I pray this morning this is what we leave with.

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 A great understanding of who God is.

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 And a great desire to make Him known in our world.

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 But before we come to the text, let's come to Him in prayer.

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 God, we understand the significance of this moment.

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 And really the significance of our time together being more than just being spectators.

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 Being more than just participants in worship.

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 More than just observers in what is taking place.

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 But involved in the process of learning and worshiping and bowing down before our great God.

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 God, this morning as we come to the end of a section.

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 We pray that you would help us to learn from the example of Hezekiah.

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 Hezekiah who came to grips with the fact of the God who is not only the almighty God.

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 But He is the God who hears.

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 The God who answers.

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 The God who intervenes.

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 And the God who saves.

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 Lord, I pray this morning as we come to your word.

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 That you would nurture our hearts in greater affection for you.

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 Greater understanding of who you are.

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 And a greater commitment and zeal to make much of you in the world in which we live.

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 We understand that it's a great task before us today.

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 We pray that you would help us to be faithful.

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 Faithful to hear.

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 Faithful to participate in interacting with the scripture.

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 Faithful to incorporate these truths into our lives.

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 Lord, may we not just be hearers.

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 But help us to be doers of the word today.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 One of my heroes lived in a century before in the late 1800s.

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 George Mueller.

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 Many of you are probably familiar with George Mueller.

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 He was one who aimed his life with one mission statement.

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 One focus.

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 One anthem of his heart.

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 That oriented his actions and attitudes.

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 It oriented the whole perspective in which he brought to bear in the activities of his world.

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 His life.

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 And he says this.

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 He says,

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 I have joyfully dedicated my whole life to the objective of exemplifying how much may be accomplished by prayer and faith.

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 I have joyfully dedicated my whole life to the objective of exemplifying how much may be accomplished by prayer and faith.

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 Now that's a different perspective.

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 I think our perspective is often the busier I am, the more active I might be.

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 The more I do for God, the more I can accomplish for him.

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 That was not George Mueller's perspective.

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 George Mueller's perspective was that much can be accomplished through prayer and faith.

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 And that is the perspective of Hezekiah, the one whom we'll look at this morning.

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 Now make no mistake, George Mueller was active.

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 He was effective.

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 He was fruitful in his life.

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 Just a summary statement of the things that he was able to accomplish, or should I say that God accomplished through his life,

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 include forming the Scripture Knowledge Institute for Home and Abroad.

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 Giving more than $5 million to those in need.

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 Throughout his life, he cared for more than 10,000 orphans.

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 In an orphanage that he started, managed, and funded by prayer loan.

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 Not by soliciting funds, but by asking at the throne of heaven for God to provide.

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 By giving away more than 2 million scriptures.

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 By sending more than $1 million to missionaries in personal support.

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 And sending about 3,000 letters a year.

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 This mass publication of what God was accomplishing in and through his ministry.

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 And documenting more than 50,000 answers to prayer.

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 So George Mueller was an effective and fruitful man.

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 But he ascribes that fruitfulness and effectiveness to prayer and faith.

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 And this morning, I wonder if we would ask ourselves,

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 can we ever be like George Mueller?

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 Could we ever accomplish as much as he accomplished?

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 And to that, George Mueller would respond,

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 have faith in God.

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 And God will show power in your life.

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 His life was oriented around the Almighty One.

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 Resting in confidence in the power of God.

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 To work in and through his life.

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 And to make him effective in ministry.

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 What sets Mueller apart is not his gifts, or energy, or charisma.

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 But what sets him apart is that he was a man of faith and prayer.

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 A man of faith to the same God that you serve and I serve today.

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 A man of faith to the same God that we see all throughout the scriptures.

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 And we'll see come front and center in our passage this morning in Isaiah chapter 36.

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 This is the continuing message of Isaiah to the people of Israel.

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 This is what he's trying to communicate to them.

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 If you want to be a people who are experiencing the favor and the blessing of God,

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 you will be a people who are committed to faith in God.

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 Not in faith in your own programs, or faith in your own abilities.

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 But faith in God alone.

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 Don't worry about the nations.

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 Don't worry about the dangers you might experience.

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 Don't worry about the threats that are taking place all around you.

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 Settle your hearts in confidence.

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 And rest it on the foundation, the bedrock of faith in your Almighty God.

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 And things will begin to fall into place.

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 Hezekiah comes to us in Isaiah chapter 36.

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 As kind of the object lesson for the people of Israel.

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 The message that Isaiah was trying to communicate to the people of Israel.

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 Come to light in the person of Hezekiah.

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 Who lived out this object lesson in front of the people.

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 It was the life of Hezekiah.

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 Righteous in many ways and broken in some ways as well.

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 We'll look at that later this morning.

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 But the consistent pattern of his life was a pattern of faithfulness.

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 And prayer.

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 And security.

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 And resting in confidence.

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 In God Himself.

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 In a similar sense I think Hezekiah could say.

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 That he had dedicated his entire life.

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 To the object of exemplifying how much might be accomplished.

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 Through prayer.

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 And faith.

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 What if that were true of you this morning?

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 What might God accomplish in your life?

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 And in my life today.

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 If that was the expression and focus and priority of our hearts.

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 What might God do in the world around you?

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 What difference might you make?

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 If you rested in the power of God.

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 The program of God.

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 The priorities of God.

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 What might God accomplish in your life?

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 If there was a resting.

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 If there was an abiding.

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 If there was a settling into the power of God.

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 To work on your behalf.

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 I think we would all agree.

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 That there is a great deficiency.

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 In our faith today.

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 If we were to take an inventory of our lives.

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 And we were to look at the past couple days.

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 And couple weeks.

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 And couple of months.

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 And we were to evaluate the level of anxiety in our lives.

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 Maybe the level of frustration.

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 Over various circumstances that you're encountering.

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 Maybe the worry over the situations that you are looking at in the future.

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 Whether it's a health issue.

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 And wondering what this is going to mean for the future.

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 And what God might be trying to do in your life.

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 Or maybe if there's a desire in your life to escape.

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 I find myself there.

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 Quite often.

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 I just want to get away from this.

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 I want to check out.

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 I don't want to engage.

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 If that is true of your life this morning.

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 There is a defectiveness in faith.

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 There's a lesson for us to learn this morning.

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 About the challenge and the encouragement we can find from Hezekiah.

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 To be people who are grounded in faith.

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 Because people of faith will enjoy the benefits of faith.

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 To result in confidence in God.

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 And peace that flows from Him.

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 We are commanded from the New Testament.

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 The just shall live by faith.

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 And without faith it is impossible to please Him.

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 If you want to please God today.

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 You will be a person of faith.

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 And we'll pick up those questions again.

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 As we look at the life of Hezekiah.

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 Now I understand that this is kind of an epic amount of verses.

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 That I want to try to cover this morning.

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 Where the challenge is to look at four chapters.

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 36, 37, 38, and 39.

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 And then pick up some historical information from 2 Kings.

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 Which is three or four chapters.

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 And 2 Chronicles.

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 Which is also three or four chapters.

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 And this morning as I was talking to my daughter.

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 She asked me.

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 Okay dad it's a massive text.

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 Why do you have to finish this morning?

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 I didn't have a good answer for her.

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 So we don't have to cover it all today.

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 That's all in your notes.

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 We're not going to maybe cover it all today.

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 We may pick it up in a couple of weeks from now.

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 So then maybe we'll all get more out of this together.

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 If we go at a little slower pace.

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 But this is an epic passage.

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 For us to consider.

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 This is a close of a major section.

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 In the book of Isaiah.

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 This comes at the tail end.

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 Of the first 39 chapters.

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 And is working as the transition point.

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 To move us from the judgment of God.

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 In the almighty holy God.

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 That we find in the first 39 chapters.

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 And then moving us to the comfort of God.

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 In chapters 40 to 66.

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 It's no mistake that Isaiah puts.

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 Hezekiah's story.

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 Right in the center.

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 To help move us between the two parts.

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 Of the book.

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 He wants us to see that God means what he says.

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 He wants us to understand.

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 That God is faithful.

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 Not only to honor his promises.

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 But to come.

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 To us.

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 Even in the midst of rebellion.

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 Even in the midst of sinfulness.

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 And to forgive.

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 And to rescue.

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 To show up.

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 And to demonstrate that he is the God of all.

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 And that's what we find this morning.

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 In our passage today.

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 So if you're not already there.

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 Please turn with me.

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 To Isaiah chapter 36.

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 Isaiah chapter 36.

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 And we'll begin just by looking at the first verse.

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 By way of background.

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 It says.

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 In the 14th year.

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 Of King Hezekiah.

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 Sennacherib.

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 King of Assyria.

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 Came up against.

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 All the fortified cities of Judah.

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 And took them.

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 First I want us to understand.

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 The desperate situation in Judah.

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 Judah's desperate situation.

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 And in order to really understand.

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 And appreciate.

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 Where we are in history.

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 We need to take a look at some of these characters.

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 First I want us to see.

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 The legacy of King Hezekiah.

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 So why don't you use those cards.

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 In front of you.

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 In the pew.

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 Put one of them in.

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 Isaiah chapter 36.

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 And turn back with me.

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 If you would.

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 To 2nd Kings.

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 Chapter 18.

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 I want us to really appreciate.

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 Who is Hezekiah.

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 What does he have to.

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 Do with this story.

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 Where is he.

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 In the flow.

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 Of the history.

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 Of Judah.

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 We've looked at some.

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 Good kings.

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 We've looked at a really bad king.

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 And where does Hezekiah stand.

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 In the flow.

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 Of history.

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 Of history.

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 For Judah.

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 Notice with me.

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 As I read.

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 Just the first seven verses.

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 Of 2nd Kings.

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 Chapter 18.

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 If you're a guest with us.

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 This morning.

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 It's on page.

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 324.

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 Here's what it says.

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 In the third year.

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 Of Hosea.

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 Son of Elah.

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 King of Israel.

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 Hezekiah.

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 The son of Ahaz.

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 King of Judah.

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 Began to reign.

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 He was 25 years old.

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 When he began to reign.

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 And he reigned 29 years.

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 In Jerusalem.

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 His mother's name was.

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 Abby.

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 The daughter.

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 Of Zechariah.

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 And he did what was right.

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 In the eyes of the Lord.

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 According to all.

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 That David.

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 His father.

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 Had done.

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 He removed the high places.

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 And broke the pillars.

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 And cut down the Asherah.

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 And he broke in pieces.

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 The bronze serpent.

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 That Moses had made.

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 For until those days.

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 The people of Israel.

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 Had made offerings to it.

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 It was called Nehushtan.

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 And he trusted in the Lord.

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 God of Israel.

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 So there was none like him.

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 Among all the kings of Judah.

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 After him.

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 Nor among those.

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 Who were before him.

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 For he held fast.

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 To the Lord.

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 He did not depart.

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 From following him.

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 But kept the commandments.

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 Of the Lord.

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 That the Lord commanded Moses.

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 And the Lord was with him.

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 Wherever he went out.

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 He prospered.

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 He rebelled against the king.

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 Of Assyria.

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 And would not serve him.

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 Right here at the beginning.

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 Of our story.

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 We see.

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 A righteous king.

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 Compared to David.

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 Not just compared to his father.

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 But compared all the way back.

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 To the epic king.

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 Of all of Israel.

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 David.

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 A man after God's own heart.

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 That is the comparison.

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 That is used here.

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 And the writer to the kings.

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 And helps us understand.

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 That in comparison to David.

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 There was more consistency.

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 In the heart of Hezekiah.

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 Than even David had.

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 That.

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 Now if you're following this story.

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 And you're remembering.

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 Who Hezekiah's father was.

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 You remember that his.

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 His dad.

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 Was Ahaz.

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 Who was also king of Israel.

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 Or king of Judah.

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 And if you remember anything about.

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 King Ahaz.

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 You remember.

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 That King Ahaz.

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 Gave himself.

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 Over completely.

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 To idolatry.

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 And all of the people of Judah.

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 Followed.

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 Followed along with him.

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 And he imported.

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 The religion of Damascus.

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 And he replaced.

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 The bronze altar.

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 With this heathen.

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 Idolatrous altar.

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 In its own place.

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 Right in front of the temple.

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 In Jerusalem.

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 He desecrated.

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 The temple.

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 He pulled off.

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 The panels.

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 He redecorated.

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 According to his own design.

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 And then he offered.

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 Sacrifices.

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 To other gods.

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 On.

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 These.

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 Altars.

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 There at the temple.

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 There in Jerusalem.

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 He burned.

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 His kids.

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 As offerings.

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 He followed.

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 The wicked practices.

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 Of the nations.

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 That was.

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 Hezekiah's father.

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 You may be asking yourself.

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 The question.

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 How.

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 In the world.

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 If an entire nation.

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 Has given themselves.

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 Up.

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 To idolatry.

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 How in the world.

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 Did Hezekiah.

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 Escape.

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 How was he preserved.

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 In the answer.

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 Is here.

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 For us.

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 In verse 2.

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 He reigned.

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 29 years.

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 In Jerusalem.

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 His mother's name.

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 Was Abby.

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 The daughter.

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 Of Zachariah.

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 Now this is for another day.

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 And another message.

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 But.

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 Abby.

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 Or Abijah.

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 His mother.

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 Was the daughter.

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 Of Zachariah.

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 And if you can remember.

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 Zachariah.

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 Was the priest.

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 Who led.

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 King Uzziah.

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 Also king.

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 Of Judah.

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 Into.

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 Heartfelt.

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 Worship.

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 And devotion.

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 To God.

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 The legacy.

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 Of a grandfather.

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 Passed through.

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 The faithfulness.

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 Of a godly mother.

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 Took root.

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 In the heart.

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 Of a child.

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 A child.

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 Of faith.

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 Who not only helped.

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 To influence.

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 A nation.

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 But totally reform.

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 A nation.

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 For God.

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 To lead them.

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 Their hearts.

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 Into.

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 Divine worship.

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 Of the one.

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 True God.

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 Hezekiah.

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 Does not stand.

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 Apart.

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 From culture.

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 He.

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 He doesn't come to us.

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 As a man of faith.

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 By coincidence.

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 He doesn't come to us.

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 As a man of faith.

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 Out of isolation.

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 He comes to us.

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 As a man of faith.

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 Because.

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 Of a faithful.

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 Legacy.

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 But that's a story.

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 In a message.

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 For another time.

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 We look.

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 At the legacy.

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 Of his life.

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 A righteous.

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 King.

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 A man.

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 Who devoted.

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 Himself.

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 To the worship.

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 Of the one.

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 True God.

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 And at the pinnacle.

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 Of faith.

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 The example.

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 Of his life.

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 In being nurtured.

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 Into being developed.

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 Through the course.

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 Of his life.

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 To be a person.

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 Who loved God.

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 It all came.

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 To a head.

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 Here.

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 In verse 7.

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 Of 2 Kings.

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 18.

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 7.

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 This is the pinnacle.

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 Of faith.

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 In the life.

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 Of Hezekiah.

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 The Lord.

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 Was with him.

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 And wherever he went out.

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 He prospered.

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 He rebelled.

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 Against the king.

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 Of Assyria.

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 And would not.

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 Serve him.

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 This.

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 Is the moment.

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 Of.

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 Standout.

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 Faith.

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 In the life.

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 Of Hezekiah.

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 Whom Isaiah.

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 Devotes.

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 Several chapters to.

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 And we'll look at.

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 As we continue to move.

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 Through this passage.

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 Faith.

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 Is what.

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 Hezekiah.

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 Sought.

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 To display.

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 It was not.

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 It was not.

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 That.

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 That.

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 That Hezekiah.

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 Was putting himself.

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 On the pedestal.

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 But his faith.

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 In God.

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 Sought to put God.

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 In the place.

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 Of honor.

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 Faith.

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 Makes God.

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 Look glorious.

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 That was.

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 Hezekiah's objective.

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 Before we can appreciate.

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 The narrative.

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 We need to now.

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 Understand.

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 The people.

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 Of Assyria.

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 So.

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 Now keep your finger.

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 In.

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 Second Kings.

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 Use another one of those.

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 Flyers.

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 In front of you.

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 As a marker.

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 We'll go back.

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 And back to Isaiah.

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 Chapter 36.

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 Because the.

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 The second.

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 The second.

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 Group.

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 Of individuals.

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 Here.

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 Are the.

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 The people.

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 Of Assyria.

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 So we saw.

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 The legacy.

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 Of Hezekiah.

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 Now let's take a look.

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 At the reputation.

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 Of Assyria.

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 We see here.

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 That Sennacherib.

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 King of Assyria.

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 Came up against.

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 All the fortified.

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 Cities of Judah.

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 And took them.

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 Now.

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 Sennacherib.

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 Rose to power.

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 After.

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 Tiglath.

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 Plazer.

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 Now.

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 Tiglath.

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 Plazer.

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 Was the one.

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 Who.

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 Who.

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 Conquered.

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 Syria.

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 In the northern.

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 Ten.

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 Tribes.

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 This was about.

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 The fourth year.

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 Of Sennacherib's reign.

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 About.

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 Ten years.

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 After that conquest.

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 And now.

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 We find.

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 That Sennacherib.

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 Is in power.

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.740
 And he's moving.

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.740
 His way down.

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.180
 Through.

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:41.920
 The.

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.599
 The country.

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.579
 And taking.

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.279
 All of the.

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.119
 Surrounding cities.

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.799
 And now.

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.879
 He's at the front door.

00:23:46.959 --> 00:23:47.439
 Of Jerusalem.

00:23:48.439 --> 00:23:49.399
 Having already.

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.000
 Conquered.

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.059
 The fortified cities.

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.500
 Of Judah.

00:23:52.179 --> 00:23:52.839
 Having already.

00:23:52.979 --> 00:23:53.619
 Decimated.

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.559
 The land.

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.039
 Conquering it.

00:23:56.199 --> 00:23:56.339
 In.

00:23:58.539 --> 00:23:59.019
 Unhindered.

00:23:59.339 --> 00:23:59.899
 Success.

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:02.580
 Assyria.

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:03.000
 Begins.

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.560
 To reign.

00:24:04.320 --> 00:24:04.800
 Assyria.

00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:05.259
 Is gaining.

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.860
 Control.

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.680
 Of Israel.

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.519
 And all.

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:07.800
 Of the.

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.500
 Surrounding.

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.120
 Nations.

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.940
 The situation.

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.080
 Was darkening.

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.280
 With the northern.

00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:14.040
 Ten tribes.

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.060
 Now experiencing.

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.880
 Captivity.

00:24:17.040 --> 00:24:18.000
 The painful.

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.600
 Discipline.

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.000
 Of God.

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.519
 On their life.

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.080
 Because of.

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.800
 Their own.

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.600
 Rebellion.

00:24:22.840 --> 00:24:23.380
 We see.

00:24:23.540 --> 00:24:23.620
 This.

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.500
 Assyrian.

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:24.900
 Threat.

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.280
 And then.

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.100
 Now moving.

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.800
 To verse 2.

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.280
 It says.

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.879
 And the king.

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.519
 Of Assyria.

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.460
 Sent.

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.259
 Reb Sheikah.

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.259
 From Lachish.

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.559
 To King Hezekiah.

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.099
 Jerusalem.

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.839
 With a great army.

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.539
 And he stood.

00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:36.579
 By the conduit.

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.899
 Of the upper pool.

00:24:38.139 --> 00:24:38.980
 On the highway.

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.759
 To the washer's field.

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.539
 Assyrians.

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.839
 Were.

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.660
 Were known.

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.339
 For their.

00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:46.660
 Their.

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.720
 Fear tactics.

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.539
 They were great.

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.539
 At terrorizing.

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.859
 The.

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.920
 The threats.

00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.660
 That they faced.

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.139
 They bring.

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.200
 This great army.

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.420
 As.

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.140
 As many.

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.340
 As 185.

00:24:59.340 --> 00:25:00.000
 Thousand.

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.680
 Soldiers.

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.880
 Perhaps more.

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.759
 Elite soldiers.

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.759
 With horses.

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.860
 And chariots.

00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.480
 And the latest.

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.440
 Technology.

00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.400
 Their reputation.

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.620
 Of ruthlessness.

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.860
 Preceded them.

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.200
 And.

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.920
 Looking.

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.580
 At the.

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.460
 Atrocities.

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.180
 Of the.

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.779
 Nation.

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.400
 Of Assyria.

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:17.940
 They're.

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.420
 They're so.

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:18.980
 Terrible.

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.620
 I can't even.

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.460
 Mention them here.

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.740
 But they make.

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.140
 ISIS.

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.640
 Look like.

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.340
 Preschoolers.

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.220
 I can just say.

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.160
 They.

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.960
 They won.

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.519
 Wars.

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.000
 Not just.

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.640
 Based upon.

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.880
 Military prowess.

00:25:30.580 --> 00:25:30.900
 But on.

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:32.000
 Psychological.

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.680
 Warfare.

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.660
 In terrorizing.

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.820
 The nations.

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.500
 That they conquered.

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.960
 Tyre.

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.580
 And Sidon.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.400
 Had already fallen.

00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:40.960
 Damascus.

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.240
 Had already fallen.

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.980
 To Assyria.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:43.940
 The northern.

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:44.700
 Ten tribes.

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.400
 In Philistia.

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:45.900
 Had fallen.

00:25:46.040 --> 00:25:46.140
 In.

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.000
 722.

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.580
 BC.

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.120
 Egypt.

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.119
 Was a minor.

00:25:50.479 --> 00:25:51.000
 Annoyance.

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.359
 And as we see.

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:52.919
 In verse 1.

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.679
 They've already taken.

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.699
 All of the fortified.

00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.179
 Cities.

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.299
 Of Judah.

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.059
 Enlisted.

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.339
 Later on.

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.299
 In chapter 37.

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.619
 Reb Sheikah.

00:26:01.719 --> 00:26:02.079
 Helps.

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.679
 Hezekiah.

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.179
 Understand.

00:26:04.379 --> 00:26:05.099
 That all of these.

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:06.159
 Other ten nations.

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:06.959
 That were.

00:26:07.239 --> 00:26:07.879
 Well known.

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.559
 To Jerusalem.

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.299
 Were also.

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.199
 Conquered.

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.539
 By this.

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.599
 Massive army.

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.500
 The Assyrian.

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.819
 Army.

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.699
 Army.

00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:16.519
 Was masters.

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.500
 Of war.

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.220
 They set a new.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.900
 Paradigm.

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.559
 For military.

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.180
 Tactics.

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.980
 They were the world's.

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.420
 First.

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.319
 Great army.

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.200
 And world's.

00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:25.519
 First.

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.059
 Great.

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.480
 Empire.

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:29.000
 With superior.

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.839
 Abilities.

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.160
 Reliance.

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.879
 On sheer.

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.819
 Unadulterated.

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.319
 Terror.

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.579
 Up to that point.

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:35.900
 The.

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.279
 The military.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.240
 Was made up.

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.859
 Of men.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.960
 Who were conscripted.

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.559
 To service.

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.900
 Most of whom.

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.500
 Were farmers.

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.039
 And so.

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.559
 When it came.

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.460
 Time to battle.

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.279
 They always.

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.799
 Had to happen.

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.700
 Between planting.

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.460
 And harvest.

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.619
 These men.

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.079
 Would come.

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.399
 And they would.

00:26:50.399 --> 00:26:51.200
 Occupy.

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.200
 The army.

00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:52.700
 And then they would.

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.539
 Go out to war.

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:54.899
 Well.

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.940
 For the first time.

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.680
 The Assyrian.

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.299
 Army.

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:57.779
 Decided.

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.379
 That they were going.

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.940
 To have.

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.720
 Not.

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.779
 Not volunteers.

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.420
 To service.

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.859
 But they were going.

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.899
 To have full-time.

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.799
 Military.

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.839
 Warriors.

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.440
 Full-time.

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.940
 For all year.

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.799
 Round fighting.

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.599
 So they could be trained.

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.059
 They were hired.

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.839
 And trained.

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.440
 For war.

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.220
 It was also.

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.079
 The first army.

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:17.500
 To systematically.

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.740
 Combine engineering.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:20.379
 And fighting techniques.

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.819
 They developed.

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.740
 A siege engine.

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.119
 They built bridges.

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.079
 Dug tunnels.

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.279
 And supply.

00:27:26.379 --> 00:27:26.799
 And communication.

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.599
 Systems.

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.220
 They used.

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.220
 Iron weapons.

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.659
 They were the first.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.699
 To be considered.

00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:33.740
 The iron army.

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:34.919
 They had.

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.839
 Iron swords.

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.819
 And iron shields.

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.960
 And iron helmets.

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.240
 Iron.

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.379
 That was laced.

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:41.620
 Into their armor.

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:43.260
 And the accessibility.

00:27:43.260 --> 00:27:44.200
 Of iron.

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.980
 And the superiority.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.920
 Over bronze.

00:27:47.040 --> 00:27:48.560
 Meant that it could be used.

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.420
 To conquer.

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.200
 Their enemies.

00:27:50.760 --> 00:27:52.240
 With very little resistance.

00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.420
 weapons.

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.640
 And the accessibility.

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.400
 Of iron.

00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.400


00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:55.420
 Of iron.

00:27:55.500 --> 00:27:56.220
 Meant that everybody.

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.579
 Who was part of the troop.

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.720
 Would have.

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.620
 All of the latest.

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.259
 Weaponry.

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.299
 Their iron weapons.

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.380
 Could be mass produced.

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.799
 They had a larger.

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.539
 Fighting force.

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.720
 They were stronger.

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.500
 And lasted longer.

00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.359
 They could be.

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.559
 Sharpened.

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.900
 More than a bronze.

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.579
 Weapon could.

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.220
 Their spearmen.

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.740
 Were mobile.

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.720
 Rather than using.

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.920
 Sandals of the day.

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:20.240
 They were.

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.400
 The first to use.

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.460
 A modified boot.

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.980
 A boot that had.

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:25.160
 Spikes on the bottom.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.160
 This all terrain.

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.059
 Vehicle.

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.740
 That they wore.

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.079
 They could fight.

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.839
 Whether it was.

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.380
 Wet.

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.039
 Or dry.

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.759
 Whether it was.

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.599
 Snowy.

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.980
 Or whether it was.

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.140
 Regular.

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.059
 Terrain.

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.980
 This is what.

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.019
 Helped them to be.

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.299
 Effective.

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.259
 In war.

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:41.660
 It.

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:41.740
 It.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:43.000
 Helped them to stand.

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:43.940
 Out above.

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.799
 The rest of the.

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.359
 The fray.

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:48.359
 Their archers.

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.180
 Used.

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.720
 Were the first.

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.099
 To use.

00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:51.359
 Composite bows.

00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.380
 Bows that could.

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:54.740
 Sling arrows.

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.220
 Further.

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.120
 Than their enemies.

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.920
 And then they excelled.

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.720
 At siege warfare.

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.640
 The first force.

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.279
 To carry.

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.559
 A separate core.

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.120
 Of engineers.

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.339
 Their principal tactics.

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:07.640
 Were.

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.319
 To.

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.240
 To go against.

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.640
 Heavily fortified cities.

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:10.880
 And.

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.700
 And to take.

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:13.279
 Multi storied.

00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:14.519
 Siege warfare.

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.120
 Into.

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.720
 Against.

00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.500
 The gates.

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.660
 This.

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.460
 Mobile.

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.019
 Unit.

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.960
 That they could push.

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.819
 Right up to.

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.620
 The gates.

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.779
 In terms of superiority.

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.920
 There was no match.

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.660
 For the Assyrian.

00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.299
 Army.

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:31.220
 So the pride.

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.480
 Of.

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.519
 Assyrians.

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.579
 Began to grow.

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.900
 And their domination.

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:37.180
 Of the known world.

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.240
 Was.

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.140
 Extensive.

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:41.819
 From a human standpoint.

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:43.099
 No one could stand.

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.039
 In their way.

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.359
 They dominated.

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.619
 With.

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.819
 With.

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:45.839
 With.

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.180
 Almost.

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.279
 No resistance.

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.779
 And that's the force.

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:51.119
 That now comes against.

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.039
 Hezekiah.

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:53.220
 He's already dealt.

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.920
 With the threat.

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.680
 The Judean cities.

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.559
 Have already been taken.

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.299
 With the exception.

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.700
 Of Jerusalem.

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.599
 And here.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.279
 This force.

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.139
 Stands.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.159
 At the gates.

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.839
 Interestingly.

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:06.180
 As we find here.

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.379
 In verse two.

00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:09.160
 They stand.

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.580
 At the.

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.380
 Conduit.

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:11.420
 Of the upper pool.

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.400
 On the highway.

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.580
 To the washer's field.

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:16.160
 Now that may seem like a.

00:30:17.580 --> 00:30:18.760
 Fringe detail.

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:21.300
 But this is the exact.

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.480
 Location.

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.600
 Where Isaiah.

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.360
 Spoke.

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.640
 To King Ahaz.

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.800
 Years before.

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.800
 And gave him.

00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:30.020
 The encouragement.

00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.240
 Be careful.

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.680
 Be quiet.

00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.660
 Do.

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.520
 Not.

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:35.220
 Fear.

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:35.900
 Ahaz.

00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:36.980
 And gives him.

00:30:37.040 --> 00:30:37.580
 The prophecy.

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.580
 Of Emmanuel.

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.500
 Who will come.

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.300
 To rescue.

00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:42.800
 This is.

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.460
 The location.

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.420
 Where they stood.

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:45.720
 And certainly.

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:47.040
 The confidence.

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.540
 In Hezekiah's heart.

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.440
 Begins to grow.

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.580
 As he sees.

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.820
 That God is arranging.

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.580
 The details.

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:54.019
 Of all the events.

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:54.720
 That are unfolding.

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.540
 In front of him.

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.100
 Now.

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.540
 Now.

00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:58.100
 Leads us.

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.060
 To the crisis.

00:30:59.600 --> 00:31:00.320
 In Jerusalem.

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.880
 The crisis.

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.960
 In Jerusalem.

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.500
 Sennacherib.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.119
 Who is.

00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:07.259
 This successor.

00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:08.220
 To Tiglath.

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.700
 Plazer.

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:10.599
 Has been chewing up.

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.819
 Judean territory.

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.680
 Setting himself.

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:15.299
 Against all the fortified cities.

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.720
 He has just conquered.

00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.579
 Lachish.

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.740
 Which is about 20 miles away.

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.240
 From.

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.700
 From Jerusalem.

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:23.819
 Lachish.

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.259
 Would have been.

00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:26.059
 The second greatest city.

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.599
 In Judah.

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.339
 And by the.

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.819
 The historical records.

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.240
 It was.

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.559
 And from looking.

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:32.779
 At the archaeology.

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.480
 It appears as though.

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.319
 Lachish.

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:35.940
 Was defeated.

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:36.839
 In just a matter.

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.759
 Of days.

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.440
 The second.

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.259
 Greatest.

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.819
 City.

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.539
 In Judah.

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.079
 Fell.

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.139
 In just a matter.

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.579
 Of days.

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.240
 At the.

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:45.039
 At the.

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.339
 Unsurpassing.

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.980
 Force.

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.180
 Of the Assyrian army.

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.420
 Now.

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.079
 They're in Libna.

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.339
 Which is only 10 miles.

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.799
 Away.

00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:55.539
 From Jerusalem.

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.200
 Moving closer.

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.580
 expressing.

00:31:58.580 --> 00:31:59.200
 A threat.

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.000
 And a portion.

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:02.319
 Of this massive army.

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.100
 Now stands.

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.539
 At the gate.

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.100
 Of Jerusalem.

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.420
 And on that day.

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.059
 Sennacherib.

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.600
 Sends.

00:32:12.340 --> 00:32:13.200
 Three men.

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.319
 As representatives.

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:15.299
 Of the Assyrian army.

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.880
 And sends.

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.640
 This message.

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.420
 That we find.

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:20.000
 In Isaiah.

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:21.039
 Chapter 36.

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.360
 Beginning in verse 5.

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.740
 Beginning in verse 4.

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.940
 He says this.

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.019
 And the Reb Sheikah.

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.799
 Said to them.

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.940
 Say to Hezekiah.

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:34.259
 Thus says.

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:35.059
 The great king.

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.759
 The king.

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.160
 Of Assyria.

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:39.220
 On what do you rest.

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:40.440
 This trust of yours.

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.799
 Do you think.

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.779
 That mere words.

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:44.079
 Are our strategy.

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.380
 And power.

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.940
 For war.

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.240
 In whom.

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:48.460
 Do you now trust.

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.059
 That you have rebelled.

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:51.039
 Against me.

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.019
 Behold.

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.079
 You are trusting.

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.660
 In Egypt.

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:55.380
 That broken reed.

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.599
 Of a staff.

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.680
 Which will pierce.

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.200
 The hand.

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.920
 Of any man.

00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:00.099
 Who leans on it.

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.900
 Such is Pharaoh.

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.680
 King of Egypt.

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:04.099
 To all who trust in him.

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.960
 But if you say to me.

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.900
 We trust in the Lord.

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.519
 Our God.

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.019
 Is it not he.

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:09.960
 Whose high places.

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.620
 And altars.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.099
 Hezekiah has removed.

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.700
 Saying to Judah.

00:33:13.700 --> 00:33:14.380
 And Jerusalem.

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.640
 You shall worship.

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.539
 Before this altar.

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.160
 Come now.

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.799
 Make a wager.

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.680
 With my master.

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.500
 The king of Assyria.

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.900
 I will give you.

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.960
 Two thousand horses.

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.820
 If you're able.

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.480
 To.

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.120
 On your part.

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.180
 To set riders on them.

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.000
 How then can you.

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.580
 Repulse a single captain.

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:31.800
 Among the latest.

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:32.980
 Of my master's servants.

00:33:33.580 --> 00:33:34.740
 When you trust in Egypt.

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.480
 For chariots.

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.560
 And for horsemen.

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.120
 Moreover.

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.540
 It is without.

00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:40.740
 The Lord.

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.560
 That I have come up.

00:33:41.560 --> 00:33:42.480
 Against this land.

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.280
 To destroy it.

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.080
 Or.

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.600
 Actually.

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:45.840
 I'm sorry.

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.400
 That's a question.

00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:47.240
 Is it without.

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.720
 The Lord.

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.460
 That I have come up.

00:33:48.560 --> 00:33:48.860
 Against.

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:53.259
 This land.

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.899
 To destroy it.

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.519
 The Lord.

00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:55.219
 Said to me.

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.839
 Go up.

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:56.379
 Against.

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:57.519
 This land.

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.879
 And destroy it.

00:33:59.639 --> 00:33:59.919
 Now.

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.779
 Laced within.

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.699
 This message.

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.639
 From Rabshakeh.

00:34:02.719 --> 00:34:02.959
 Is.

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:04.240
 Is an amazing.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.299
 Amount.

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:06.079
 Of information.

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.699
 Information.

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.659
 That had been gathered.

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.960
 By various sources.

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.299
 And he uses.

00:34:11.799 --> 00:34:12.639
 To play.

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.279
 On the emotions.

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.099
 Of the people.

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.500
 Of Jerusalem.

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.599
 Him.

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.699
 He looks.

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.400
 To his.

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.420
 Previous successes.

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.639
 He looks.

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.639
 At the human evidence.

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:25.860


00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.179
 And.

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.860
 Looks over.

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.619
 The landscape.

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.159
 Of the.

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.599
 Of the.

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.480
 Scorched earth.

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.079
 Policy.

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.900
 That the Assyrians.

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.219
 Had.

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:33.000
 All of the nations.

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.719
 That have fallen.

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:35.039
 All of the gods.

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.079
 That have been represented.

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.380
 And he.

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.320
 Expresses.

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.820
 His heart.

00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:40.260
 To say.

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.420
 No one has stopped.

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:41.900
 This yet.

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.500
 Certainly.

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.019
 Your God.

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.820
 Will be no different.

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.579
 Than the others.

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:47.819
 And don't put your.

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.759
 Hope or trust.

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.299
 In Egypt.

00:34:50.299 --> 00:34:50.860
 Don't.

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.799
 Lean on.

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.400
 On another.

00:34:52.799 --> 00:34:53.219
 Country.

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.579
 To.

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.819
 To provide support.

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.099
 They're.

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:56.400
 They're not going to help you either.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:59.019
 Their help is.

00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.699
 Is worthless.

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:00.219
 To you.

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.119
 Don't let.

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:04.219
 Any of these.

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.900
 Other.

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.299
 Confidences.

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:07.259
 In your life.

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.239
 Raise your hope.

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.480
 That.

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.440
 That your plight.

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.239
 Will be any different.

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.420
 From any of the other nations.

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.420
 That we have conquered.

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.780
 Trust.

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.340
 Trust in the Lord.

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.860
 Is nothing.

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.340
 Trust in.

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.360
 Chariots.

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.159
 And trust in.

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.800
 Horses.

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.680
 And trust in.

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.659
 Military tactics.

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.659
 Won't save you.

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.200
 At this point.

00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:25.579
 And so much.

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.019
 Of what the.

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.519
 Reb Sheikah.

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.980
 Was true.

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.019
 Hezekiah.

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:30.420
 Had put.

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.059
 Some trust.

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.039
 In Assyria.

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.079
 Or in Egypt.

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:35.039
 He had given.

00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.559
 Some of his.

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.139
 Hope.

00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:38.539
 To his own.

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.840
 Ingenuity.

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.260
 We find.

00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:42.500
 That.

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:42.980
 That.

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.240
 That.

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.559
 That.

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.179
 Early on.

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.380
 In Hezekiah's reign.

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.599
 He had even given tribute.

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:47.880
 To the king.

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.599
 Of Assyria.

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.579
 In hopes.

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.559
 That that would repel.

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.480
 Them as a nation.

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.599
 And protect.

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:54.079
 Protect.

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.519
 The land of Judah.

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.659
 But here they are.

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.760
 Treachery.

00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:58.920
 Is.

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.099
 Has been played out.

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.740
 They're standing at the gates.

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.659
 Hope in Egypt hadn't worked.

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:07.159
 Hope in tribute hadn't worked.

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.159
 Hope in military tactics.

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.039
 Hadn't worked.

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:21.059
 but now Hezekiah begins to understand where true hope is found and even before this announcement

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:27.579
 had been made even as the Assyrian forces were were making their way to Judah it's clear that

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:32.820
 Hezekiah begins to have a change of heart it's clear that God is already beginning to work in

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:39.820
 his life and lead him to be a person of faith but these are the real obstacles that Hezekiah

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:46.840
 had to deal with this is the real threat that stood at his door and as a man who was responsible for a

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:56.620
 nation who oversaw the the lives of individuals what would he do the best case scenario from a

00:36:56.620 --> 00:37:05.920
 human perspective was that they could maybe hold out in Jerusalem but there was no way a few thousand

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:13.740
 we're going to be able to overcome this massive military force and that's where we turn to to what

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:19.760
 Hezekiah does next that's what we see in in in chapter 36

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:23.940
 beginning in

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:28.780
 excuse me chapter 37 verse 1

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:41.280
 as soon as King has a Hezekiah heard it he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.660
 and he sent Eliakim

00:37:43.660 --> 00:37:51.180
 who was over the household of Shebna the secretary and the senior priests covered with sackcloths

00:37:51.179 --> 00:37:54.719
 to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amos

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:57.399
 they said to him thus says Hezekiah

00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:59.960
 this is a day of distress

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:02.199
 of rebuke and disgrace

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:05.539
 children have come up to the point of birth

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:08.659
 and there is no strength to bring them forth

00:38:08.659 --> 00:38:11.579
 Hezekiah

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:13.419
 no longer

00:38:13.419 --> 00:38:16.059
 confident in his own power

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:22.199
 now begins to turn his hope his hope and his heart towards the only one who could rescue

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:25.900
 we see Hezekiah's determined faith

00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:28.299
 Hezekiah's determined faith

00:38:28.299 --> 00:38:32.960
 now let me accelerate this story and we'll pick it up in a couple of weeks

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:35.079
 Hezekiah

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:40.779
 with a company of of other individuals including Isaiah the prophet

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:44.500
 petition the Lord and ask for help from him

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:50.440
 notice in in the beginning of this chapter there is a rending of clothes

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:55.599
 there is a heart of repentance a desire for forgiveness

00:38:55.599 --> 00:39:01.780
 Hezekiah has come to the point where he realizes that that that what he has done in the past has been been

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:04.059
 against and dishonoring to the Lord

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:11.139
 comes to the place where he recognizes that that that his only hope can be found in God alone

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:15.579
 and there is mercy

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:17.619
 and there is forgiveness

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:22.940
 and we'll find as we continue to look at this narrative that there is rescue

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:26.039
 that God does come and intervene

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:30.400
 God does come and overthrows this massive force

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:40.700
 as Hezekiah had had comforted his his people the people in Jerusalem he says with him as an arm of flesh but with us is the arm of the Lord

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:47.019
 we'll see how the arm of the Lord plays out in this real situation

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:50.759
 I believe that Hezekiah

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:53.300
 sought to make much of God

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:55.420
 he sought by faith

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:57.460
 to demonstrate that he could be trusted

00:39:57.460 --> 00:40:00.360
 and that much could be accomplished

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:01.699
 through prayer

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.699
 and faith

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:05.320
 we see that beginning to work out in this

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:07.000
 the heart of this righteous man

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:09.179
 who started so well

00:40:09.179 --> 00:40:11.179
 but had a couple of times

00:40:11.179 --> 00:40:12.539
 of departure

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:15.360
 and wondering whether or not God could be trusted

00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:17.719
 but then doubling back and realizing

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:19.639
 God is faithful

00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:21.880
 hope can be found in Him

00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:26.179
 rescue and salvation belong to our God

00:40:26.179 --> 00:40:29.420
 and so they come before Him and ask for help

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.480
 and God delivers

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:33.639
 we'll see that in a couple of weeks when we come back to this passage

00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:37.739
 I wonder this morning for you

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:40.899
 is the expression of your heart

00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:42.959
 is the desire of your life

00:40:42.959 --> 00:40:46.259
 to exemplify that kind of commitment

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:49.079
 have you given yourself

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:53.019
 to the joy of demonstrating that much can be accomplished

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:55.000
 through prayer and faith

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:58.779
 it's a continuing journey for me

00:40:58.779 --> 00:41:01.539
 I think I told you a story

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.139
 a couple of

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:03.639
 last year about

00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:05.419
 something that happened a long time ago

00:41:05.419 --> 00:41:06.399
 in our home

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:08.720
 we had just come back

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:09.460
 from a trip

00:41:09.460 --> 00:41:12.079
 and my kids were young at this point

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:14.440
 and one of my daughters

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:16.780
 was tying her shoe

00:41:16.780 --> 00:41:17.840
 so that we could go

00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:19.039
 and have some dinner

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:22.079
 and she's complaining a little bit

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:25.200
 about the fact that her shoes have holes in them

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:26.700
 and they're not the right color

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:29.400
 and the biggest issue happens to be

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:30.420
 that they have laces

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.800
 and not Velcro

00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:33.420
 and she said

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:36.380
 Daddy I really want some Velcro

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:37.320
 shoes

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:40.460
 and in that moment

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.740
 was the golden opportunity

00:41:41.740 --> 00:41:44.019
 for me to demonstrate

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:45.440
 that much can be accomplished

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.640
 through prayer and faith

00:41:46.640 --> 00:41:48.119
 and yet

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.880
 I missed

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.880
 the opportunity

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.039
 because wouldn't you know

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:54.059
 that my wife goes

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:54.800
 next door

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.900
 and picks up

00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.539
 our mail

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:58.260
 the mail that had been collecting

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:59.680
 for the last week and a half

00:41:59.679 --> 00:42:01.699
 and in that collection

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.539
 of mail

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:03.619
 was a box

00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:05.539
 a box

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:06.899
 addressed

00:42:06.899 --> 00:42:08.259
 to my daughter

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:10.639
 a box

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.779
 handed to my daughter

00:42:11.779 --> 00:42:12.579
 we didn't know

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.859
 that the box was coming

00:42:13.859 --> 00:42:15.919
 box was opened

00:42:15.919 --> 00:42:17.940
 and what came out

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:20.839
 what came out

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:22.039
 come on

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.359
 shoes right

00:42:23.359 --> 00:42:25.399
 and what kind of shoes

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:27.780
 Velcro shoes

00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:31.820
 much can be accomplished

00:42:31.820 --> 00:42:32.960
 through prayer

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.820
 and faith

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:35.880
 will we set

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:37.260
 the legacy

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:38.420
 of faith

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.519
 for our children

00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:41.639
 I was reminded

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:43.579
 of another incident

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:46.320
 it's almost embarrassing

00:42:46.320 --> 00:42:46.880
 to share

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:49.440
 we got in the car

00:42:49.440 --> 00:42:50.980
 to go watch a movie

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.940
 together as a family

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:52.820
 and we have

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:54.000
 eight seats in our car

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:54.559
 and we have

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.239
 eight people

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:55.840
 in our family

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:57.559
 so every seat

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:58.360
 should be occupied

00:42:58.360 --> 00:42:59.759
 but for some reason

00:42:59.759 --> 00:43:00.480
 we got down

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.380
 to the movie theater

00:43:01.380 --> 00:43:02.759
 and one of those seats

00:43:02.759 --> 00:43:03.400
 was vacant

00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:05.059
 and we realized

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:06.559
 oh my goodness

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:07.519
 we left

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.920
 Karis at home

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:10.820
 who was

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.639
 pretty young

00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:12.179
 at the time

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:13.759
 and she had been

00:43:13.759 --> 00:43:14.739
 upstairs changing

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.500
 and getting ready

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:17.460
 and she realized

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.380
 that the house

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:19.000
 was quiet

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:20.340
 and she ran out

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:21.059
 the front door

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.559
 to see

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:22.639
 where we were

00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:23.719
 and looked down

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.139
 the street

00:43:24.139 --> 00:43:24.559
 and there was

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.239
 no car

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:26.179
 she realized

00:43:26.179 --> 00:43:27.299
 oh man

00:43:27.299 --> 00:43:28.400
 mommy and daddy

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:28.900
 are gone

00:43:28.900 --> 00:43:30.119
 what am I going

00:43:30.119 --> 00:43:30.639
 to do

00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:32.559
 so she prays

00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:34.199
 and she asks

00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:34.579
 the Lord

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:34.940
 Lord

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:36.460
 please help me

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.119
 not to be afraid

00:43:37.119 --> 00:43:39.240
 so she

00:43:39.240 --> 00:43:41.119
 gained her composure

00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:43.019
 she realized

00:43:43.019 --> 00:43:43.559
 that okay

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.760
 this isn't so bad

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.800
 I can make myself

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:46.320
 a peanut butter

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:47.039
 and jelly sandwich

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.480
 for dinner

00:43:47.480 --> 00:43:49.240
 and I'll put myself

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:50.220
 to bed on time

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:52.360
 pretty amazing

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:53.059
 that she's thinking

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.500
 that way

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:54.460
 God kind of gave her

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:55.559
 some help

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:56.760
 but she was still

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.400
 a little anxious

00:43:57.400 --> 00:43:58.619
 about being home alone

00:43:58.619 --> 00:44:00.559
 so she prayed again

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:00.820
 and said

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.840
 Lord please

00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:03.240
 I just want

00:44:03.240 --> 00:44:04.559
 my mommy and daddy

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:05.820
 and no sooner

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.420
 did she say

00:44:06.420 --> 00:44:06.840
 amen

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:08.340
 than the phone rang

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:08.779
 because we had

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:09.799
 finally gotten

00:44:09.799 --> 00:44:10.579
 to the theater

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:10.860
 and like

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.380
 ah

00:44:11.380 --> 00:44:13.639
 where is she

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:17.900
 somehow

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.559
 Karis had

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.440
 caught

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:20.880
 a vision

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.659
 of what we're

00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.779
 seeking to

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:23.759
 instill

00:44:23.759 --> 00:44:24.420
 in the hearts

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.000
 of our children

00:44:25.000 --> 00:44:26.679
 that God

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:27.699
 can be trusted

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.880
 that God

00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:29.759
 is faithful

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:32.160
 and she

00:44:32.160 --> 00:44:34.220
 by God's grace

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:35.520
 understood

00:44:35.520 --> 00:44:36.780
 picked it up

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:38.280
 embraced it

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:39.080
 and carried it home

00:44:39.080 --> 00:44:40.460
 and the legacy

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:41.200
 of faith

00:44:41.200 --> 00:44:41.760
 continues

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:42.940
 as we seek

00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:43.460
 to instill

00:44:43.460 --> 00:44:44.240
 those same truths

00:44:44.240 --> 00:44:44.800
 in our kids

00:44:44.800 --> 00:44:47.820
 there can be

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:48.500
 a Hezekiah

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.020
 in your home

00:44:49.020 --> 00:44:51.500
 there could be

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.280
 a Hezekiah

00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:53.280
 as one of your

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:53.840
 grandkids

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:55.180
 maybe

00:44:55.180 --> 00:44:56.320
 a Hezekiah

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:57.380
 who's in your

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:58.200
 Sunday school

00:44:58.199 --> 00:44:58.799
 class

00:44:58.799 --> 00:45:00.159
 that you can

00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:00.719
 impact

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:01.659
 through your

00:45:01.659 --> 00:45:02.019
 life

00:45:02.019 --> 00:45:02.439
 of being a

00:45:02.439 --> 00:45:02.859
 person

00:45:02.859 --> 00:45:03.559
 who is a

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:03.899
 legacy

00:45:03.899 --> 00:45:05.460
 who gives

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:06.159
 and instills

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:06.739
 a legacy

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:07.319
 of faith

00:45:07.319 --> 00:45:09.739
 will that be

00:45:09.739 --> 00:45:10.299
 your mission

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:12.099
 that much

00:45:12.099 --> 00:45:12.460
 can be

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:12.939
 accomplished

00:45:12.939 --> 00:45:13.839
 through prayer

00:45:13.839 --> 00:45:14.719
 and through

00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:15.099
 faith

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:15.960
 may that be

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:16.559
 true of us

00:45:16.559 --> 00:45:17.419
 let's pray

00:45:17.419 --> 00:45:19.460
 oh Lord

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:19.960
 we want

00:45:19.960 --> 00:45:20.519
 that to be

00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:20.739
 true

00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:21.879
 we see

00:45:21.879 --> 00:45:22.639
 the life

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.339
 and example

00:45:23.339 --> 00:45:24.119
 of Hezekiah

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:25.939
 and although

00:45:25.939 --> 00:45:26.319
 we couldn't

00:45:26.319 --> 00:45:26.679
 look at the

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:27.319
 whole story

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:27.800
 this morning

00:45:27.800 --> 00:45:29.220
 we understand

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:30.200
 and we remember

00:45:30.200 --> 00:45:31.039
 because this

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:31.860
 story is familiar

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:33.480
 how you showed

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.640
 up in Hezekiah's

00:45:34.640 --> 00:45:35.000
 life

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:36.960
 and certainly

00:45:36.960 --> 00:45:37.820
 it's easy for us

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.680
 as we look back

00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:39.559
 on the situation

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:41.860
 to say of course

00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:42.480
 that's what we

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:43.320
 would have done

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.860
 but in the flow

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:45.420
 of life

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:45.980
 in the here

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.300
 and now

00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:47.080
 we realize

00:45:47.080 --> 00:45:47.940
 that there is

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:49.180
 much anxiety

00:45:49.180 --> 00:45:50.760
 there is much

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:51.220
 worry

00:45:51.220 --> 00:45:52.000
 there is much

00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:52.880
 frustration

00:45:52.880 --> 00:45:53.880
 confusion

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:55.200
 there is much

00:45:55.200 --> 00:45:56.039
 confusion

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:57.820
 about direction

00:45:57.820 --> 00:45:59.400
 that we have

00:45:59.400 --> 00:46:00.320
 there is very

00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:01.140
 little peace

00:46:01.140 --> 00:46:03.119
 but we understand

00:46:03.119 --> 00:46:03.460
 God

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.320
 that you came

00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:05.019
 to give peace

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:06.599
 and that as we

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:07.559
 seek to

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:09.800
 align our hearts

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:10.680
 in faith

00:46:10.680 --> 00:46:11.180
 to you

00:46:11.180 --> 00:46:12.599
 that you will

00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:13.200
 certainly give

00:46:13.200 --> 00:46:13.579
 peace

00:46:13.579 --> 00:46:15.140
 and more than

00:46:15.140 --> 00:46:15.460
 that

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:16.460
 you will put

00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:17.019
 yourself

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:18.220
 on display

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:19.459
 you will make

00:46:19.459 --> 00:46:20.139
 your glory

00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:20.859
 known through

00:46:20.859 --> 00:46:21.519
 our lives

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:22.759
 as we seek

00:46:22.759 --> 00:46:23.439
 to make much

00:46:23.439 --> 00:46:23.799
 of you

00:46:23.799 --> 00:46:24.559
 that is our

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:24.939
 desire

00:46:24.939 --> 00:46:26.679
 help us

00:46:26.679 --> 00:46:26.980
 God

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:27.699
 to be people

00:46:27.699 --> 00:46:28.480
 of faith

00:46:28.480 --> 00:46:29.719
 people who rest

00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:30.619
 in the understanding

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:31.659
 of a God

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.459
 who answers

00:46:32.459 --> 00:46:33.099
 a God

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.919
 who hears

00:46:33.919 --> 00:46:34.639
 a God

00:46:34.639 --> 00:46:35.539
 who shows up

00:46:35.539 --> 00:46:37.319
 we praise you

00:46:37.319 --> 00:46:37.719
 for that

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:39.159
 in Jesus name

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:39.899
 Amen