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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER">“<b>TWO
ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></p>
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>JUN
22 - 2 KINGS 11-17 - ISRAEL’S FINAL KINGS, AND FALL</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
13:2 (13:1-9) JEHOAHAZ: TWELFTH KING OF ISRAEL. <font size="3">“He
did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin; he did not
depart from them.” </font></b><span style="font-weight:normal">Yet
You Father, showed mercy and reprieve unto this king when he called
upon You in his trouble. How merciful You are indeed, O Great Jehovah
Father! We have </span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">great</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
confidence in You, and with all of our heart say, </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">2.
13:19 (13:10-25) JEHOASH: THIRTEENTH KING OF ISRAEL. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Then
the man of God was angry with him and said, ‘You should have struck
five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you
had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three
times.’” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">At
least this king had respect for Your prophet Father, even though he
lacked that sense of violence for the sake of Your Kingdom! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
14:24 (14:23-29) JEROBOAM II: FOURTEENTH KING OF ISRAEL. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“And
he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from
all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to
sin.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Even
by a wicked king You showed grace to Israel Father, for the sake of
Your covenant with David. Your word through Jonah was fulfilled!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your :will be
done. As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
15:12 (15:8-15) ZACHARIAH AND SHALLUM: FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH
KINGS. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“(This
was the promise of the LORD that he gave to Jehu, ‘Your sons shall
sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.’ And so it
came to pass.)” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">How
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">faithful</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
You are to keep Your promises, Father! Our worthiness or unworthiness
has nothing to do with it. What grace! O forgive us the hardness of
our hearts that we so dimly perceive the magnitude of Your mercy and
grace! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
15:18 (15:16-26) MENAHEM AND PEKAHIAH: SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH
KINGS OF ISRAEL. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">And
he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart all
his days from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he
made Israel to sin.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a discouraging history to read! Sin, judgment, violence,
disobedience, rebellion: all these run like dark threads through the
tapestry of Israel’s history. We can reverse this in our lives
Father, as we trust Your strengthening to keep us in temptation's
hour! </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></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
15:29 (15:27-31) PEKAH: NINETEENTH KING OF ISRAEL. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“In
the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria
came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor,
Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the
people captive to Assyria.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Even
with the handwriting on the wall, Israel and her kings could not stop
her downward rush into judgment and captivity. Their understanding
was blinded, and You Father, no longer delivered them from the evil
one! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring </span></i><i><u>us</u></i><i><span style="text-decoration:none">
not into temptation!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
17:6 (17) HOSHEA: TWENTIETH KING OF ISRAEL, AND CAPTIVITY! </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“In
the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and
he carried the Israelites away to Assyria and placed them in Halah,
and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the
Medes.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Who
was there to mourn the tragedy and sin of Israel? Their little day
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">had</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
come and gone, with scarce a ray of hope. Yet Father, You make the
wrath of man to praise You! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:
17:15 (17) ISRAEL’S SIN. </b></span><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“They
despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their
fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false
idols and became false, and they followed the nations that were
around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they
should not do like them.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">May
we profit from Your summary, Father!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal" align="LEFT">
<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">There
is not much good to see in examining the history of the separated 10
tribes of Israel. Not </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
good king in the line! So corrupt that God allowed them to be taken
into captivity by Assyria 133 years prior to Judah!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">And
it all started with Jeroboam, who forsook the Feasts and priests of
the LORD, and with the two idol calves - started Israel on its
downward plunge.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Read
again 2 Kings 17:5 at the beginning </span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">of
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">this
NOTE. Here God summarizes this sad decline.</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">And
yet - for the sake of God’s covenant with David - He promises that
in the Millennium, the 12 apostles of the Lamb will have rule over
the 12 tribes of united Israel! God is faithful. He and His Word are
</span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!
</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
He has declared will with certainty come to pass!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Like
Billy Graham - let us by an act of the “obedience of faith” -
take this prophetic word </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">by
faith</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
- and with confidence look forward to its final fulfillment. </span></span></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
chapter from Proverbs for the day: 22:22-23 (22) PROVERBS OF
SOLOMON. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Do
not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the
gate, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">23
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">for
the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.”
</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
is good counsel for a son or daughter: it touches </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">close</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
to Your heart, Father. O may it be worked deep into each of our
hearts, that we might </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Hallow
your :name!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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