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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>Jim
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b>T5101
- 2 CHRONICLES - OVERVIEW</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">“<font size="3"><b>LESSONS
FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID”</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b>1.
1:1 (1) SOLOMON'S EARLY ESTABLISHMENT. “And Solomon the son of
David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with
him, and magnified him exceedingly.” </b><span style="">Such
splendor, such majesty, such magnificence has never been seen before
or since. Only the Majesty of Your Kingdom Father, of which Solomon
is but a faint type, eclipses it! </span><b><i>Hallowed be your
:name.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b>2.
7:14 (2-7) SOLOMON BUILDS THE TEMPLE. “If my people, who are
called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” </b><span style="">Whenever
we forsake You Father, whenever we lose that Personal, Passionate
devotion to Jesus; recall us to this Word, obedience to it, that Your
will be restored to us in prominence. </span><b><i>Your :kingdom
come.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b>3.
9:22-23 (8-9) SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY. “So king Solomon
exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">23</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
</font>And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon,
to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.” </b><span style="">All
this abundant provision and wisdom came from Your hand, Father. You
are the one who gave it all! </span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in
heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b>4.
10:19 (10) DISRUPTION” OF THE KINGDOM. “So Israel rebelled
against the house of David unto this day.” </b><span style="">Still,
all things work together for good, to them who love You Father, who
are called for Your purpose! Today we look back, and the lessons we
learn, save us from similar error. O forgive us that so often we fail
to learn from history, and are destined to repeat the sins of our
fathers! </span><b><i>Our :daily :bread Give us this day.</i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b>5.
21:7 (11-26) FIRST NINE KINGS OF JUDAH. “However Jehovah would
not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had
made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his
children <u>alway</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">May
we never underestimate the importance of Covenant from Your point of
view, Father! For even when we break Covenant with You, You remember
Your Covenant with us! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
31:1b (27:1-36:13) LAST TEN KINGS OF JUDAH. “All Israel that
were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the
pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and broke down the high places
and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and
Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of
Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.”
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is the way to treat the works of the enemy! </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></span></i></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
36:22 (36:14-23) DEPORTATION-EDICT OF CYRUS. “Now in the first
year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth
of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of
Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all
his kingdom, and </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">put it</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
also in writing.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is as amazing as the birth of Israel again as a nation in 1948. May
we never limit You in our thinking, Father - as the Holy One of
Israel! </span></span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one.</span></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">It
was the “High Places” that God particularly hated! Out of some 19
kings of Judah, 9 were good, but two were </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">very</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
good: Hezekiah and Josiah - </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">they</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
removed the “high places”! And what are the comparable high
places in New Covenant times? “High Thoughts” in our minds, that
we haven't brought under the control of Christ! See 2 Corinthians
10:3-5 (10:1-18) - </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“For
though we walk in </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh, we do not war according to </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">the</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
flesh </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
(for the weapons of our :warfare are not of flesh, but mighty before
:God unto casting down of strongholds); </span></span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5</span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span></span></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">casting
down reasonings, and </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">every
high </span><i>thing</i></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
that is exalted against the knowledge of :God, and bringing </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">every
thought</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
into captivity to the </span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;">obedience</span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of Christ.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Here
it is! The Holy Spirit through Paul spells it out!</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Then
look at 2 Chronicles 7:14 - </span></span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">“If
my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I
hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their
land.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is a favorite of many, and many have memorized it. Notice that there
are 4 conditions, and then 3 promises. Many teachings in the Old
Testament are not just types and shadows. They are moral and ethical
teachings for </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">all</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
time. We need to </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">rightly</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
divide the Word of Truth. And we need to remember - for the first few
decades of the early church, all they had were the books of the Old
Covenant: the Torah; the Prophets and the Writings. Until the Canon
of the New Testament was added to the Old and constituted as Torah
(Hebrews 8:6) - the traditions of the spoken word were the key to
interpret and apply the Old Covenant. Now the 27 books of the New
Testament are the key to understand, interpret and apply the Old
Testament.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<font size="3">After Solomon “blew it” and God in judgment gave 10
of his tribes to Jeroboam, and left but Judah and Benjamin to
Solomon's son Rehoboam - then idolatry and rebellion on a tremendous
scale entered the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Soon this spread to
Judah, especially under King Manasseh. This caused God to let Judah
go into captivity - some 133 years after Israel.</font></p>
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<font size="3">But under Cyrus, in answer to prophecy and the
extraordinary intercession of Daniel, God returned 50,000 Jews (and
numbers of Israel's 10 tribes) to their Promised Land, rebuilt their
Temple under Ezra, and the Wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. This set
the nation up to receive Jesus the Messiah, with Redemption and
Reconciliation as His contribution as Son of Man, the second Adam.
The rest is recounted in detail in the New Testament. - J.A.W.</font></p>
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