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 This is in 1 Kings, and so if you find 2 Kings, 1 Kings shouldn't be hard to find, especially

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! the last chapter.

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 And so as we're going to continue in our series here looking at the kings of Israel.

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 And tonight we're going to be looking at Isaiah.

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 And we're going to see here as we began and closed off with Jehoshaphat.

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 This kind of crosses over a little bit with Jehoshaphat here tonight.

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 Because he had interactions with him.

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 And so we're going to, as we begin looking here, Ahab, if you remember, Isaiah's father

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 there had been slain in battle against Syria.

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 And Ahab, or Isaiah, took the throne even though Jehoshaphat escaped the same battle with his

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 life.

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 You know, if you remember all that dynamic that took place.

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 Is that not on?

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 We find that as Jehoshaphat, what's that?

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 Need some batteries.

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 We'll see how long it lasts.

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 All right.

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 Back to where we were.

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 You know, if you remember though, that Jehoshaphat had made alliance with Ahab and went into battle.

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 And God corrected him.

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 He sent somebody, he sent the prophet to correct him and to say, what are you doing working

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 with those that stand against God?

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 And we saw how that ended, how he barely escaped with his life, but Ahab was killed.

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 But in that, as he came back safely and got things straightened out a little bit with God

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 and began to do what was right.

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 Ahab, Isaiah took the throne there in Israel and Jehoshaphat continued to have interactions

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 with him.

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 Because you remember last week, we talked about that at the end of Jehoshaphat's reign that

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 he had, they went, sent the ships to make a commercial partnership and the ships were destroyed.

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 And he kind of broke off things from there.

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 But, you know, sometimes, you know, we can learn a lot from Jehoshaphat too, because sometimes

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 we can be hard headed.

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 It takes more than one round of the lesson for us to get our attention.

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 You know, and we see that with Jehoshaphat and his continued dynamic with the northern

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 tribes of Israel there.

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 And so, but we're going to look tonight specifically at Isaiah.

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 He was a king that had a very short and troublesome time as king.

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 You know, the Bible, excuse me, reveals to us that he died and didn't even have his kingdom

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 two years.

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 And it's really kind of a dramatic and tragic ending as we're going to look and see here

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 as he walks through these couple of years.

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 And we find here in 1 Kings 22, we see him introduced, look there in verse 41, it says,

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 Isaiah, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel and Samaria, the 17th year of Jehoshaphat,

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 king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

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 And so we see here, it's that he began to reign over Israel.

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 And we see as he begins, we find him introduced in 1 Kings chapter 22.

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 Then we find the rest of the story in 2 Kings chapter 1.

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 And so I just want to talk just a little bit of stuff so people have a help understanding,

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 because we separate these books, but to them, 1 and 2 Kings would be like two volumes of the

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 same book.

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 Okay?

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 So in other words, in the Bible, 1 and 2 Kings is like one continuous book, but there was

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 enough material, they had two volumes to it.

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 You know?

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 How many like books they have two volumes?

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 Yeah?

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 Yeah?

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 Unless they're informational stuff, two volumes is probably too much most of the time, you

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 know?

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 I don't know of anybody that says, I want the novel that takes the second book.

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 You know?

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 But I want you to understand, these are together, and so you'll see this flow as we walk through,

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 even though it's divided in your scripture here, it's a continuous flow, you might say,

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 time-wise in this.

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 And so, 1 Kings ends by a short introduction and overview, but 2 Kings gives us what you

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 might say the old Paul Harvey rest of the story.

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 You know?

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 Gets the introduction, and then the rest of the story comes in 2 Kings, and describes what

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 had happened.

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 And so, we see here, as I had seen his father and mother reject the Lord.

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 Remember?

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 Because who was Uzziah's father and mother?

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 Ahab, and who's his famous mom?

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 Jezebel.

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 And we know that they were wicked.

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 They were very wicked individuals, and the Bible makes it clear here.

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 Look here in verse 52 of chapter 1, or chapter 22 of 1 Kings.

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 It says,

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 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and the way

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 of his mother, and the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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 For he served Baal, and he worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel,

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 according all that his father had done.

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 You know, he was walking in the footsteps of his parents.

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 He was walking in the footsteps that his parents had established for him.

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 You know, that he had seen displayed in how they responded, the priorities they put.

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 You know, as a parent, the priorities you put in your life impacts your children.

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 The places and the priority that you put on the things in life will impact your family.

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 It makes a dramatic impact, and we see here directly, God ties it directly to his parents

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 and the influence of the parents.

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 You know, I want you to know that as a parent, as a Christian, even trying to raise godly children

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 are a challenge.

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 But you know what?

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 If you're ungodly and totally against God, those children are set back at a great disadvantage

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 sometimes.

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 Because all they see is that which is against God.

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 And so we need to understand the importance of what's taking place here and how God is

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 describing these things.

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 Because notice the footprints that he leaves.

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 He says he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 You know, did evil, followed in the way of his father and mother.

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 He was like the kings before him.

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 It goes back to the first king of the northern tribes, Jeroboam, that made Israel to sin.

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 Remember, he set up a false worship within the nation to keep people from going to worship

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 God in Jerusalem.

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 You know, his allegiance was to Baal in both service and worship.

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 His first thought was towards worshiping the god of the land, Baal.

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 And we'll talk about that more in just a little bit.

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 But I want you to understand that this stirred the Lord to anger.

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 Look at the end of verse 53 here.

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 It says, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel.

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 You know, I want you to understand, God, some people think God is angry, but God is provoked.

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 And I want you to understand why God is angry when he gets provoked.

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 I want you to go back.

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 If you wanted to spend time, you could read the beginning of this book up to this point.

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 And consider how many things had God done for Israel.

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 How he had protected them, how he had brought them through, how he provided for them into

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 the land.

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 You know, all those things.

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 And Israel just basically thumbed their nose at him and said, we don't want you.

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 I want you to understand that God is still even dealing now with Isaiah.

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 In this passage, I want you to see, even though Isaiah had rejected God, God is still trying

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 to deal with him.

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 God's still trying to get his attention.

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 You know, even today, people don't realize how much God's trying to get their attention

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 that they might understand who he is or remember who he is.

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 And we're going to see here that even in Isaiah, all the way to the end, he made a choice to

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 reject God.

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 And people sometimes, sadly, make a choice to reject God.

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 But I want you to see here what took place.

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 Because the injury of Isaiah, that's the first thing we're going to look at is his injury here.

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 And we're going to see here as we get into chapter one of the second Kings, we find here in verse

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 one, it says, then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.

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 And Isaiah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria and was

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 sick.

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 And he sent messengers and said unto them, go inquire of Beelzebub, the God of Ekron, whether

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 I shall recover of this disease.

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 You know, I want you to see here, it wasn't long after Ahab, his father had died, that

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 the king of Moab saw an opportunity to rebel.

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 And this is something you have to keep in mind.

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 And we'll talk about this a little more when we get into chapter three, some of the things

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 that were taking place there.

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 But Moab, when they heard Ahab was dead, they said, we're not going to give tribute anymore.

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 We're not going to pay the tribute that went all the way back to David and Solomon, went

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 all the way back through the United Kingdom.

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 And we're going to see here that they refused because their tribute, we'll learn over in chapter

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 three, was 200,000 animals a year.

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 100,000 lambs and 100,000 rams with their wool.

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 Every year was what they were supposed to pay in tribute.

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 And they quit wanting to pay the tribute.

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 They rebelled against them.

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 And so we might say his first injury here tonight was a political one because he seemed

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 weak.

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 And Moab rebelled and refused to give tribute.

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 You know, even in the fact it doesn't give us an order of how these things happen.

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 Maybe Ahab died and his son Haziah took the throne and he fell through the lattice and hurt

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 himself and he's in bed.

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 So now you have a new king that's injured and can't get up and do something.

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 And the enemy's saying, hey, this is a good time.

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 This is a good time to move forward.

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 And, and, but we see here that second was a physical injury that occurred when he fell

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 from the balcony in Samaria and sustained a grave injury.

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 You'll notice what it tells us here.

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 It says that he was sick and he sent messengers because he fell through the lattice in his

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 upper chamber.

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 In other words, he was on the second story or at least two stories up and fell off and

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 sustained an injury.

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 We know he fell from through the lattice and we don't know why he fell.

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 You know, you, it's always funny reading commentators.

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 They had all sorts of speculations, you know, that might have done it.

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 But you know, the Lord doesn't tell us exactly why, but just says that it happened.

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 You know, because sometimes the why doesn't matter the fact that it happened.

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 And so I want you to see here tonight as he has fallen from the balcony and sustained this

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 great grave injury.

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 You know, he's not sure he's going to recover, but we find here that a few things, it's ironic

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 that, you know, turn to Deuteronomy chapter 22 for a moment because he falls through the

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 lattice of the upper.

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 And it's just ironic that you find that God had given him some specific instruction about

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 second story and higher buildings.

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 You know, here in Deuteronomy 22 and verse 8, as they're coming out of the land of Egypt,

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 it says, when thou buildest a new house and thou shalt make a battlement for the roof and

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 thou shalt not bring blood upon thine house if any man fall from thence.

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 In other words, God says, make sure when you got a second story that it has secure railings

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 so that the people don't fall.

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 You know, when you read that and you read through Deuteronomy chapter 22, it's kind of an odd

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 place.

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 It's one of them verses that just like, and then you look at this and it's like, well,

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 if Isaiah would have been reading and understanding God's instruction, he would have said, hey,

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 maybe I need to fix that.

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 You know, I think sometimes we miss what God has instructed us to do and then wonder why

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 it happened.

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 And God gives him instruction, but we see here that he was not going to recover from the fall

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 and Isaiah wanted to know what the future held for him.

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 Would he recover?

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 So what's he do?

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 We find next, not only his injury, but we see the inquiry of Isaiah.

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 Isaiah here is, he sends forth a messenger, not to find a prophet of God, but to go to Beelzebub.

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 Now, you'll find this name throughout the scripture because he sends a messenger with a question

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 about his future to a city called Ekron.

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 Ekron is where the temple of Beelzebub was built.

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 Now, Ekron should sound familiar.

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 It's mentioned many times in the Old Testament.

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 It's brought up and many things happened there.

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 You know, if you remember, if you go back and think back to when they lost the Ark of the

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 Covenant in battle under Saul.

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 You remember that when they brought, they marched out the covenant and they were relying on the

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 Ark of the Covenant that was going to save them?

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 And they forgot the fact that it isn't the Ark of the Covenant that saved them, it's the

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 God that's the one the Ark represented that saved them.

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 You know, I mean, that's a whole nother lesson for another day, but people get foolish, you

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 know, it's kind of like my Bible is going to protect me.

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 I want you to understand that if you don't know the God of the Bible, this is just a bunch

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 of pages.

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 It's not supernatural because it's printed on paper.

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 It's supernatural because it's the Word of God.

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 You know, and I want you to see here, but, you know, if you think back, 1 Samuel chapter

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 5 and verse 10, Ekron was the last place the Ark of the Covenant departed before it went

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 back into Israel.

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 And it's funny because it didn't stay there very long.

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 Ekron was ready to go, ready to get rid of it, you know.

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 In verse 10 of 1 Samuel chapter 5, it says they brought about the Ark of the God of Israel

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 to slay us and our people.

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 In other words, at this point, they're looking and saying, Israel, let us take it because

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 they want it to destroy us.

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 You know, they're ready to get it out of town.

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 If you can go back and read through all the things that happened when the Ark went from

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 city to city, and when they put it in the temples that the Philistines had, and all the

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 things that took place.

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 But it was here that Uzziah sends his messenger to inquire of the God of the Philistines for

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 an answer.

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 You know, he should have known from, if he'd have read his Bible, that God already told

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 him that God of the Philistines have no power.

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 But you know what?

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 We search a lot of things that have no power.

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 He wanted to know the future.

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 You know, a lot of people today do a lot of things trying to find out their future.

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 There's a big rise in mysticism and astrological signs and all the things that people seek

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 after to try to find the future.

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 They worry about a future that they forget that God tells us the important part of your

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 future.

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 Because your future is only going to be one place or another.

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 You know?

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 I want you to understand that here he is.

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 He's seeking a Philistine God for the answer.

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 And so he sends out his messenger.

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 Now notice here, as we find here, it says in verse 3, we find the instruction of Elijah.

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 The instructions given to Elijah.

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 Here's Elijah jumping back on the scene again.

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 You know?

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 I don't know what Elijah did in the meantime.

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 The Bible doesn't tell us, but he always seems to show up for big events.

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 You know, God always sends them out for the big events of things and to confront the kings.

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 And we see this.

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 It says, look at verse 3,

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 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,

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 Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria,

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 and say unto them,

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 Is it not because there is not a God in Israel that you go to inquire of Beelzebub, the god of Ekron?

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 Now therefore, thus saith the Lord,

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 Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up,

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 but thou shalt surely die.

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 And Elijah departed.

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 You know?

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 So here we find the Lord here once again is gracious

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 because instead of allowing him to go first to require a false god,

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 God intervenes and sends Elijah.

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 God sends Elijah.

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 You know, and sometimes we think, well, God is judging him.

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 No, God's being merciful.

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 Think about one more opportunity.

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 One more opportunity to make a difference.

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 He's there, and we find here what he,

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 the receiving that he had, you know,

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 basically the instruction he gave was a very clear message.

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 You know?

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 Elijah comes on the scene and says,

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 Don't inquire of something else.

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 You only need to be concerned about one thing.

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 You know, just as Jesus spoke about in Luke 13, 3,

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 where he says, I tell you, nay, but except you repent,

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 you shall all likewise perish.

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 He's telling them the truth.

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 You know, we find here that Elijah arrives quickly on the scene

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 and then departs again.

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 You know?

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 We're going to find him on the hillside and, you know,

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 waiting here in just a little bit.

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 But this greatly shortened the trip for Haziah's messenger

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 because it was a 40-mile trip from Samaria to Ekron.

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 But the messenger shows back up to Haziah right away.

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 So basically, we can understand that it wasn't very far

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 outside the city of Samaria that we find that his messengers

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 were confronted by Elijah.

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 That is, the messengers confronted him

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 and arrives and gives him a message.

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 He says, Go on back.

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 You know?

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 The multi-day trip was suddenly shorted

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 as he returned to the king

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 with Elijah's message of demise.

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 He received Elijah's message.

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 And he gets there.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 And when the messengers turned back unto him

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 and said unto him,

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 Why ye now turn back?

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 You know?

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 He's going, Why are you here so soon?

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 You couldn't have went that fast.

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 You know?

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 You couldn't get to Ekron and back

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 in the time you've been gone.

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 What are you doing here?

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 I sent you there.

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 You know?

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 And so they give the report to the king.

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 You know?

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 What they received, they reported.

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 We see here in verse 6,

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 And they said unto him,

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 There came up a man to meet us,

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 and said unto us,

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 Go, turn again unto the king that sent you,

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 and say unto him,

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 Thus saith the Lord,

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 Is it not because there's not a God in Israel

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 that thou sendest to inquire Beelzeb of the God of Ekron?

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 Therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed

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 on which thou art gone up,

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 but shalt surely die.

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 Now I want you to see here the report

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 that was given about a man

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 that they met in the way

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 with instruction from the Lord.

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 The Lord God of Israel is asking a relevant question.

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 The Lord was the one that established

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 everything they had.

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 He says,

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 While you're searching someplace else,

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 I'm still here.

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 I haven't gone anyplace.

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 You know?

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 How true as it is today,

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 people want to get rid of God,

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 and God says,

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 I haven't gone anyplace.

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 I'm still here.

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 I'm the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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 He hasn't changed who he is,

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 or what he does,

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 and he hasn't changed the requirements

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 to get into heaven.

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 Everything is still the same.

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 And he was the one that brought them up out of Egypt

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 and gave them what they possessed.

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 Is there not a God here you could ask?

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 You know, basically that's what he's asking.

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 He says,

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 Don't you know there's a God here already

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 that is far greater than any of the others?

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 He gives them the instructions,

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 and why do you seek another?

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 And he's asking,

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 he's seeking Beelzebub.

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 Beelzebub.

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 Now the name there is interesting

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 when you study this a little bit,

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 and I'll give you a little insight,

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 because Beelzebub means this,

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 Lord of the Flies.

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 He was called the Dung God.

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 Rather interesting,

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 why would you go

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 ask something that represents death about life?

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 It's interesting that they would go

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 and ask something

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 that's associated with death,

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 because you know who shows up first after you die?

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 The flies.

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 It doesn't matter whether you're rich or poor.

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 Guess what's going to show up?

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 The flies are going to show up.

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 And we see here that in Ekron,

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 God had already shown his dominion over their God.

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 I mean, we talked about that in 1 Samuel.

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 And we see here Beelzebub was the God they would go to,

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 and this is interesting.

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 They tell us they went for medical and health advice

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 when they were seeking something.

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 And it's like,

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 makes you just shake your head, doesn't it,

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 when you understand the picture?

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 It's like,

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 why would you go to the Lord of the flies

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 to get an idea of whether you're going to live or die?

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 Head in the wrong direction.

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 They would inquire about,

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 from the God of the flies,

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:46.359
 for health concerns.

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 You know, today,

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.480
 it's kind of funny,

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.899
 because here they're asking,

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.139
 he's going to a God

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.519
 that represents something

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:56.460
 that's going to give nothing but cause your problems.

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 And today,

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.279
 you know,

00:21:59.340 --> 00:22:00.759
 many people do the same thing.

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 They inquire for answer in places

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:05.279
 that just perpetuate their misery.

00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:08.740
 They miss what they have,

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.819
 what God has given to us.

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:12.680
 And when you seek to the flies

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:14.400
 for an answer about death,

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:16.680
 instead of seeking to the God who gives life,

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 it's important to see the picture here.

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 He delivers here the rest of the story

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 about what he said.

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 The king and prophet said,

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 you're going to not get out of that bed,

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 and you're not long for this world.

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 Now, it says messengers.

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 I wonder which one drew that card.

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 You know,

00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:33.740
 you're the one that gets to tell the king that part.

00:22:33.879 --> 00:22:34.019
 You know,

00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:36.240
 you're not going to get up.

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.799
 You're going to die in that bed.

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 And so what's Uzziah do?

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 He goes,

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.919
 he asks a question.

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 Look in verse 7,

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 and he said unto them,

00:22:47.379 --> 00:22:48.919
 what manner of man was he

00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:50.139
 that came up to meet you

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.699
 and told you these words?

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.839
 He's like,

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:56.279
 I think I have a few ideas,

00:22:56.419 --> 00:22:57.039
 but he was like,

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:58.399
 I want to know what he looked like.

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 Who is this guy?

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:03.460
 Give me a report

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:05.259
 so we can put out the wanted poster.

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:07.039
 And when he gets the description,

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.939
 we're going to find out

00:23:07.939 --> 00:23:09.539
 there was already a wanted poster

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.980
 because Uzziah's mom

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:13.500
 had put out a death warrant upon him

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.799
 before she died.

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.879
 And we see the identity

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:18.659
 of the prophet here in verse 7.

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:20.740
 And Uzziah was suspicious

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.740
 about the identity

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.740
 about the identity

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.519
 of the prophet

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.420
 there that had stopped them.

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.579
 And he had seen

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.440
 a bold prophet like this

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.460
 before in his life.

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.160
 You've got to remember,

00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.400
 Uzziah was old enough,

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.700
 he would have most likely

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.059
 seen what took place

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.880
 on Mount Carmel.

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.220
 And his parents

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.620
 that were promoting Baal

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.620
 to worship him,

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:42.319
 I imagine they had him

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.640
 there on the mount that day

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:45.079
 and saw what Elijah did.

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:48.500
 I imagine he was very familiar

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.319
 with Elijah.

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.159
 Because he asked,

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.119
 what did he look like?

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.899
 Look at verse 8

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.279
 and it says,

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.240
 and they answered him,

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.379
 he was a hairy man

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:58.000
 and girt with a girdle of leather

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.000
 about his loins.

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:01.019
 So here he is,

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.199
 he gives this description.

00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:04.599
 He's a hairy man

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.639
 with a leather belt

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:07.319
 and he looks kind of rough

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:10.059
 and he speaks kind of rough

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.639
 and you know what?

00:24:12.199 --> 00:24:13.299
 Uzziah looks at it

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.939
 and hears that

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.379
 and he goes,

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:14.919
 you know what?

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:17.299
 Notice what he says

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.000
 in verse 8.

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.439
 He says,

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.240
 it is Elijah the Tishbite.

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.339
 He says,

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.379
 I've met him before.

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:27.179
 I know who you're talking about.

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.199
 He's one that's going to be

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:31.399
 bold enough to come,

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.619
 the prophet that caused

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.259
 the drought,

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:35.379
 that called down fire

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.980
 from heaven,

00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:37.099
 the prophet that killed

00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:38.740
 the 400 prophets of Baal

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:41.659
 on Mount Carmel,

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:44.139
 the one that mom and dad hated.

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.659
 You know,

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.439
 the one that already had

00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:47.539
 a bounty on his head.

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.079
 He goes,

00:24:49.159 --> 00:24:49.259
 yeah,

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.000
 I know Elijah.

00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:51.339
 And so what's he do?

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.699
 Look at verse 9.

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:55.039
 We see here the instructions

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:57.500
 to capture Elijah.

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.259
 You know,

00:24:58.500 --> 00:25:00.579
 look at verse 9 here.

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:00.819
 And then,

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.919
 the king sent unto him

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:04.439
 a captain of 50 with his 50.

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.039
 And he went up to him

00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:06.960
 and beheld he sat

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.899
 on top of a hill

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:09.500
 and he spake unto him,

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.500
 thou man of God,

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.539
 the king has said,

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.240
 come down.

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.480
 Now,

00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:14.039
 you know,

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.879
 the instructions

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.939
 to capture here.

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.179
 Here,

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:18.359
 Isaiah saw an opportunity

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.039
 to fulfill

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.339
 to fulfill his mother's wish

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:24.259
 to see this prophet killed.

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.759
 So what's he do?

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.259
 You know,

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.299
 like anybody would do,

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.579
 you know,

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.480
 you got one man

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.079
 sitting alone

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.960
 on the hillside

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.420
 and they send out

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.460
 51 people

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.139
 to go get him.

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.420
 You know,

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.059
 here they send out

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:38.000
 51 people.

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.180
 The captain

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.000
 with his 50.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:43.380
 51 armed men

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.359
 go out to get him.

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:44.920
 You know,

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.880
 while the Bible

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.700
 doesn't tell us,

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.599
 I imagine here

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.859
 this picture of Elijah

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.740
 sitting up on

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:52.119
 a hillside

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:52.740
 that was probably

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.960
 difficult to get up

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.799
 or even get behind

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:57.940
 because he's sitting

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.000
 there on the hilltop

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.619
 and the captain

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.980
 of the 50s comes up

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:03.400
 and looks up at him

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.740
 and says,

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.559
 come down here.

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:06.059
 Commands him

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:08.140
 to come down

00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:09.099
 so he could arrest him.

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.920
 You know,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.200
 let's read through

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.099
 this account

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.880
 of what happened

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.400
 and it tells us here,

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:16.259
 he went up unto him

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:16.680
 and behold,

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.440
 he sat on top

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.740
 of the hill

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.599
 and he spake unto him,

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.859
 thou man of God,

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:21.380
 the king has said,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.099
 come down.

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.140
 Now that's interesting.

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.019
 He recognizes

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.279
 that he's a man of God

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.339
 but he says the king

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.240
 has more authority

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.960
 than your God

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.220
 and commands him

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.980
 to come down.

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.880
 Now this is a

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.460
 pretty famous happening.

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.000
 You'll find

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.799
 even the disciples

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.680
 referred to this

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.220
 later on

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.460
 in the New Testament.

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:38.700
 They say,

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:38.960
 Lord,

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:40.160
 they offended you.

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.980
 Call down fire

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.480
 from heaven

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.200
 like Elijah.

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:43.900
 You know,

00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.380
 I imagine

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.319
 the Jewish boys

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.460
 really loved this passage.

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.039
 You know,

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.539
 they probably loved

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.059
 when the parents

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.900
 would read through this

00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.120
 going,

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.400
 yeah,

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.960
 they got what

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.620
 they deserved.

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.860
 You know,

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.340
 they were probably

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.420
 excited about it.

00:26:55.140 --> 00:26:55.799
 But I want you

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.220
 to see here

00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:57.220
 what takes place

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.860
 and Elijah answered

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.460
 in verse 10

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.059
 and said to the

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.880
 captain of the 50,

00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:02.940
 if I be a man of God

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.640
 then let fire

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.640
 come down from heaven

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.279
 and consume

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.220
 thee and thy 50.

00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.360
 You know what,

00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:07.699
 Elijah?

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.759
 He's not bragging.

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.519
 He's just saying,

00:27:09.679 --> 00:27:11.559
 if God is on my side,

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.119
 this is what's

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.599
 going to happen.

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:13.579
 He's not saying

00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.839
 by the power of Elijah,

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.179
 he says,

00:27:15.219 --> 00:27:16.419
 by the power of my God,

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.240
 there's going to be fire

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.099
 come down from heaven.

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:20.099
 And look what happened

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.519
 here as he said

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.419
 that,

00:27:22.679 --> 00:27:23.619
 and there came down

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.599
 fire from heaven

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:26.139
 and consumed him

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.859
 and his 50.

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:30.279
 So you have this 51 guys,

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:32.699
 one with his mouth open

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:34.259
 and trying to give commands

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.179
 that gets consumed.

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:36.720
 I imagine when it talks

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.279
 about this,

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:38.640
 I look back at earlier,

00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:39.299
 if you remember,

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.320
 when Elijah was on

00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.940
 Mount Carmel

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:42.320
 and the fire came down

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:42.820
 from heaven,

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.660
 what happened to the

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.840
 sacrifice in the altar

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.340
 that day?

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.860
 Even the stones were gone.

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:48.259
 I imagine this was

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:49.000
 the same fire.

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.840
 There probably wasn't

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:51.019
 nothing but the burn mark

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.400
 left,

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.519
 which makes it really

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.580
 irony when you see

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:54.539
 what happens next.

00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.060
 You know,

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.900
 the ground is probably

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.920
 a little bit singed

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.660
 when that happens.

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.259
 So the word gets back

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.080
 that when these guys

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:01.200
 don't show back up,

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:02.560
 look at verse 11,

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:04.000
 again also he sent unto him

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:06.039
 another captain of 50

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.839
 with his 50.

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.960
 And he answered

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.000
 and said unto him,

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.019
 O man of God,

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:14.419
 thus hath the king said,

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.359
 come down quickly.

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.000
 You know,

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.359
 I want you to catch this

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.879
 for a moment.

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.960
 The first guy tried

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:23.119
 to be bold

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:24.240
 and instruct Elijah

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.980
 of what he was supposed

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:25.299
 to do,

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.899
 and the next guy

00:28:25.899 --> 00:28:26.960
 gets even more arrogant.

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.440
 He says,

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.379
 if I've told you once,

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:31.480
 I'm not going to tell you again,

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.120
 get down here

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:33.000
 like a parent talks

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.640
 to a little kid.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.799
 Come down quickly.

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.620
 Now,

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.539
 I want you to catch

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.599
 the irony of this

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.519
 because he's standing

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.440
 in the burn zone.

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.460
 I think Elijah was

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.519
 on the same spot

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.339
 on the same hill

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:44.099
 waiting for him.

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.339
 You march up there

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.099
 and you're all arrogant

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:49.099
 and you fail to look down

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.819
 to see what happened

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.799
 to the previous ones.

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.740
 And he gives them,

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.779
 get down here now,

00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:56.000
 you know,

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:57.059
 even more demanding.

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.319
 To which,

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:01.220
 notice what Elijah answers.

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.299
 Verse 12,

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:03.279
 and Elijah answered

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.920
 a sin of them,

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:05.200
 if I be a man of God,

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.200
 let fire come down

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.700
 from heaven

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:09.319
 and consume thee

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.980
 in thy fifty

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:11.019
 and the fire of God

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.000
 came down from heaven

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.960
 and consumed him

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.539
 in his fifty.

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.559
 So now you have

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.960
 a hundred and two guys

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.640
 incinerated.

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.579
 I imagine it incinerated

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.240
 their gear,

00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.380
 I imagine it incinerated

00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:24.279
 everything about them.

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.740
 So what does Isaiah do?

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.700
 Let's try this

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.440
 a third time.

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.480
 That makes sense,

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.059
 you know.

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:32.500
 The sad part is

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.460
 we can be like Isaiah

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.259
 a lot of times.

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.960
 God makes it very clear

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.779
 what we ought to do

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.700
 and we still try

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.480
 to move forward

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:41.700
 even though God's

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.299
 made the answer

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.880
 pretty clear.

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.360
 But notice here,

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.019
 he sends out

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.700
 another fifty

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.640
 and look at verse 13.

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.339
 He sent again

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.240
 a captain of the

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.259
 third fifty

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.960
 and his fifty.

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.259
 And the third

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.240
 captain of the fifty

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:54.299
 went up and came

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.319
 and fell on his knees

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.120
 before Elijah

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.059
 and besought him

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.619
 and said unto him,

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.500
 O man of God,

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.139
 I pray thee,

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.919
 let my life

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.440
 and the life

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.259
 of these fifty

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.980
 thy servants

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.579
 be precious

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.379
 in thy sight.

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.659
 Now notice,

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.240
 we know that

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.779
 there was something

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.720
 that he understood

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.240
 what happened

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:10.119
 to the previous ones

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.500
 because look at

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.059
 the next verse.

00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:11.960
 Behold,

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.679
 there was fire

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:13.740
 come down from heaven

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.319
 and burnt up

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.139
 the two captains

00:30:15.139 --> 00:30:16.099
 of the former fifty

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.839
 and their fifties.

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.619
 Therefore,

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.799
 let my life

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.659
 now be precious

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.539
 in thy sight.

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.200
 You know what?

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.519
 You've got to have

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.099
 a lot of respect

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.759
 for this guy.

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.539
 Here's a guy

00:30:23.539 --> 00:30:24.319
 doing his duty.

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.259
 He was doing

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.980
 what his duty

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.980
 told him he had to do.

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:29.480
 But he said,

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.500
 I'm not going to be

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.759
 disrespectful to God

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.399
 doing my duty.

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:32.899
 You know?

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.539
 You could probably

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.319
 preach a whole message

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.039
 about this guy

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.519
 right here.

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.480
 Because he understood

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:41.319
 the difference.

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:41.839
 He understood

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.659
 how those things

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.259
 interconnected.

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:45.679
 And you know what?

00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.419
 I want you to see here.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.559
 Elijah and God

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.740
 both respected

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:50.319
 this man

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.879
 for being

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:52.159
 an honorable

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.720
 individual.

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:55.559
 and requesting,

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.980
 not coming arrogantly,

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:59.000
 but respecting

00:30:59.000 --> 00:31:00.039
 where he was

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.900
 and what was happening.

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.460
 This guy had

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:03.120
 some wisdom.

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.860
 He arrives

00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.799
 with some humility.

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.799
 If he doesn't come

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.860
 looking at Elijah

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.140
 and say,

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.380
 get down here now

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.700
 or else,

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:13.019
 he arrives

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.660
 and it says

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.980
 he falls on his knees

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.480
 like he would

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.299
 before a king.

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:16.940
 He says,

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.400
 Elijah,

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.339
 let my life

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.960
 be precious

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.819
 in thy sight.

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:22.659
 he came humbly

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.379
 before him.

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.899
 He had a duty

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.859
 and responsibility

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.819
 but yet he was

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.539
 humble enough

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.419
 to realize

00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:31.899
 who he was

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.720
 speaking with

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.720
 and who Elijah

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.439
 represented.

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.559
 We see here

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.960
 and he tells them

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.879
 all the things

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.159
 that happened.

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.980
 Look at verse 16.

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.319
 They say,

00:31:39.399 --> 00:31:40.220
 and behold now,

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.960
 there be with thy servant

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.919
 fifty strong...

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:44.119
 Okay, that's verse 2.

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:44.799
 Get back over

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.220
 to the right one.

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.899
 Get used to this one.

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.759
 Verse 15.

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.539
 And the angel of the Lord

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.400
 said unto Elijah,

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.539
 go down with him

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.440
 and be not afraid.

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.200
 And he arose

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.200
 and went down with him

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.799
 unto the king.

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.319
 And he said unto him,

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.920
 thus saith the Lord.

00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.779
 So here Elijah,

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.240
 God tells him

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.440
 after this man

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.259
 humbly comes

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:03.140
 before him

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:05.720
 and Elijah

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.740
 has some mercy

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:08.460
 upon him

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.359
 because God says,

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.779
 hey, no,

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.660
 we don't need fire

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.420
 in this case.

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:13.240
 He came humbly.

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.740
 You know what?

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.400
 It's amazing

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.960
 in the scripture

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.539
 you'll find

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.680
 that you humble yourself

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.839
 before the sight of God.

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:19.179
 God's a God of mercy.

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.399
 What a great picture.

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 This guy came

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 with the same job

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 to do the same responsibility,

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 but because he came humbly

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 in the right spirit

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 and the right attitude,

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 God had mercy on him.

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 There was nothing special

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 between him

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 and the other two

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 except for the fact

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 of the attitude

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 that he represented.

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 He was the same captain

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 over the same type

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 of people,

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 group of 50,

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 had the same authority

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 but realized humility

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 was beneficial.

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 So we see here Elijah,

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 it says in verse 15,

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 the angel of the Lord

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 said to Elijah,

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 go down with him,

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 be not afraid of him.

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 And he arose

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 and went down with him

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 unto the king.

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 You know what?

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 God said,

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 if this man's willing

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 to be humble,

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 you can trust him.

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 God says,

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 this man is one

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 that you can,

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 we know what,

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 he's not going to

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 just turn Elijah in

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 or he's not going

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 to harm him

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 because of the spirit

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 and the attitude

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 that he had

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 and God tells Elijah

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 to go on down with him.

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 So Elijah comes down

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 and he goes with him

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 and he comes before Hosea.

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 Verse 16,

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 and he said unto him,

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 thus saith the Lord

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 for as much as thou

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 hast sent messengers

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 to inquire Beelzebub,

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 the God of Ekron,

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 is it not because

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 there is no God

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 in Israel

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 to inquire of his word?

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 Therefore thou shalt

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 not come down

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 off that bed

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 on which thou art

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 gone up,

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 but shalt surely die.

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 You know,

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 it's interesting

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 that Isaiah wanted

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 Elijah to come down

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 so he could kill him.

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 And Elijah says,

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 you've gone up

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 on your bed

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 and you're never

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 going to come down.

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 Elijah arrives

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 and personally delivers

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 the same message.

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 You know,

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 it's kind of interesting

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 that God's message

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 didn't change

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 from the time

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 he sent it back

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 to him with the messengers

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 to the time

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 that Elijah confronted

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 him.

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 It's the exact

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 same message.

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 There's no difference.

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 It's exactly the same

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 and why did,

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 when they're there,

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 Elijah arrives

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 and he personally

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 delivers that message

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 and asks him

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 very clearly,

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 why did you seek

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 information about life

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 from the Lord

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 of the flies

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 instead of the living God?

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 What a very beneficial

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 for things

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 for us to consider.

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 You know,

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 this Beelzebub,

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 you'll find him

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 all the way up

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 through the scripture.

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 You'll find even Jesus

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 was accused

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 of serving him.

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 He's directly associated

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 with Satan

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 and the devil.

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 As you'll find later on,

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 he's associated

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 with some very wicked things.

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 Children being sacrificed.

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 There's a lot

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 of different elements

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 as we look through

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 the scripture

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 that he's tied to

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 and we find here,

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 he says,

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 your rejection,

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 why did Isaiah die?

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 Because he rejected God.

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 He rejected God's mercy.

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 He rejected all

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 that God stood for.

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 He rejected all

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 that God had done for him.

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 All that God provided

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 all the way up

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 to the very end.

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 Here's Elijah the prophet

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 and he had an opportunity

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 to make a choice

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 and he chose

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 to still deny God.

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 Thou shalt surely die.

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 You know,

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 the reality is

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.099
 is the wages of sin

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 is death.

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 When people reject God,

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 that's the reality.

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 It always ends in death.

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 You know,

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.039
 Isaiah's short,

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.960
 tenuous king

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 ended when he died

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 just as Elijah

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 had spoken.

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 Notice in verse 17,

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 it says,

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 so he died

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 according to the word

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.139
 of the Lord

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 which Elijah

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 had spoken.

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 And then his younger brother,

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.039
 Jehoram,

00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.860
 takes his place

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 because he had no children

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 or at least no son.

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 And so we're going to

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 pick up here

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 next time

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 as we continue

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 looking through this

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 because this is still

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 as God is working

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 through two years,

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 less than two years,

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 his reign

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 and he met his demise

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 and still did

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 great wickedness

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 in the eyes of the Lord.

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 Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father,

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