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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b>Jim
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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><b><font style="font-size:11pt">JUN
24 - 2 KINGS 22-23 - JOSIAH’S REVIVAL</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><b><font style="font-size:11pt">1.
22:2 (22:1-2, </font><font style="font-size:11pt">ASV ‘01</font><font style="font-size:11pt">)
JOSIAH: EIGHTH AND LAST GOOD KING OF JUDAH. </font> “And Josiah
did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all
the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand
or to the left.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
a bright and shining light! How favorably Josiah compared with his
father David, and the plumbline he gave. Father, we too would honor
you by seeking to walk in such an honorable way. </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>Hallowed
be Your :name.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt">2. 22:8 (22:3-10) JOSIAH:
REPAIRS TEMPLE AND DISCOVERS LAW. </font> “And Hilkiah the high
priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law
in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan,
and he read it.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">What
Manasseh buried, Josiah revived. O how he loved Your word, Father!
Like Moses, Joshua, Ezra, Nehemiah: he </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">honored</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Your Word, and so honored You. We too would follow his example. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:kingdom come.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
22:11 (22:11:14) JOSIAH: DISCOVERS SIN AND REPENTS. </span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">
“And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book
of the law, that he ripped his clothes.” </span></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Josiah
was right in being alarmed at what he had heard. His heart was broken
at the enormity of the sin that had been committed. But never during
this time did he ever doubt Your goodness, Father. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
22:16 (22:15-20) JOSIAH: HEARS JUDGMENT FROM HULDAH. </span></font><span style="text-decoration:none">“Thus
says Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the
inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book which the king of
Judah has read.” </span></b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">May
we too like Josiah perceive the enormity of Your wrath against
deliberate sin! The sin of Manasseh as a leader is affecting his
progeny. Except for Jesus, and His propitiatory sacrifice to You,
where would any of us be? </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily bread Give us this day.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt">5. 23:3 (23:1-3) JOSIAH:
INFORMS PEOPLE AND MAKES A COVENANT. </font> “And the king stood by
the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after
Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his
statutes, with all <i>his</i> heart, and all <i>his</i> soul, to
confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book:
and all the people stood to the covenant.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">May
we like Josiah see the importance of </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">covenant</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">
in both Old and New Covenant times! To fail here is extremely
serious. </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"> </font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>And
forgive us our :debts, </i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>A</i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>s
we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt">6. 23:25 (23:4-25) JOSIAH:
HIS MANIFOLD REFORMATIONS. </font> “And like unto Josiah was there
no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and
with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law
of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">It
would seem that Josiah surpassed even David, in his zeal for You, O
great Jehovah Father! </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>And
bring us not into temptation</i></font><font style="font-size:11pt">.</font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size:11pt">7. 23:26 (23:26-30a)
JOSIAH: REFORMATION CANNOT AVERT JUDGMENT!</font> “Notwithstanding,
Jehovah did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with
which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the
provocations which which Manasseh had provoked him.” </b><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">In
spite of Josiah, because of Manasseh the die was cast: judgment was
inevitable. </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Righteous</span></u></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:normal">
are You in Your judgments, Father. </span></font><b><font style="font-size:11pt"><i>But
deliver us from the evil one.</i></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size:11pt">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Josiah had a very tender heart unto the Lord. See these words that
Huldah the prophetess sent unto him -</span></span></font><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
“</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">But unto the
king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall you say
to him, Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words
which you have heard, </span><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">19</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before
Jehovah, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against
the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a
curse, and have ripped your clothes, and wept before me; I also have
heard you, says Jehovah. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">20</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall
be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all
the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the
king word again” 22:18-20 </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">(22:15-20)</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">.
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<font style="font-size:11pt">There are lessons in this
reading however, that we cannot afford to miss! Even though Manasseh
repented following God's judgment upon his life - yet sin had
progressed too far! But God in mercy removed Josiah before Babylon
took him into its 70 year captivity.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt">In a very real sense, it is
appropriate to pay special attention to these two exemplary kings:
Hezekiah and Josiah. Not only did they remove the high places both in
the Kingdom of Judah - but also in some of the tribes of the northern
kingdom Israel.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt">In 1960 I came across the Bible
teaching series of Dr. J. Vernon McGee. I felt it was a wise decision
on his part to teach through one book of the Bible at a time -
alternating them between Old and New Testaments. So that it was
Genesis - Matthew; Exodus - Mark; Leviticus - Luke, etc.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt">I added an extra innovation, by
taking Psalms and Proverbs out of context so that we have a Psalm a
day for the first 5 months followed by Proverbs for the sixth; and
repeating these two for the second half of the year.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size:11pt">I preached and taught through
the Bible in a year 3 times a week in Round Lake, Illinois in 1960. I
found it an extremely demanding schedule. Then in 1963 outside of
Leavenworth Washington, a lady challenged me to write this into a
Reading Guide. Our goal is to place this on our Website. We use the
Hebrew order for OT books, and God's Bible Numeric Order for the NT. </font>
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<font style="font-size:11pt">In 1954 we led the Kostner
Avenue Baptist Church of Chicago to read through the Bible in a year,
for the first time for well over 90% of the congregation. We added to
this Bible reading - up to 13 prayer meetings a week! God heard, and
in 1957 we saw l00 souls come to the Lord, and retained each one! Our
missionary giving grew to 51% a year, and the average was $150 a year
back then, even including the babies. It takes the balance of the
Word and the Spirit through prayer to see true revival, and the
blessing of the Lord. </font>
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<font style="font-size:11pt">I have chosen the ASV 1901
(American Standard Version) for the Old Testament quotations, and
God's Bible Numeric translation by Ivan Panin for the New Testament.
Panin in his day found the ASV to be the closest of all translations
to the Bible Numeric Phenomenon. </font>
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<font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">See
2 Timothy 3:16 in the latter: “</span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>Every
scripture</b></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
</b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>is</b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>
</b></span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>God
breathed</b></font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>,
and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for
discipline </b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>which
is </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>:in
righteousness:” </b></span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">Note
the construction “</span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt">every
scripture</font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">is</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt">God breathed</font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">.”
In many other translations, this particular Greek construction is
correctly translated - </span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt">except</font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
in </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">one</span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
instance; where with full understanding of the unscholarliness they
exhibit, they deliberately and inconsistently put it - “every
scripture </span></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">that
is</span></i></font><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
God breathed” - putting doubt upon parts of the Bible that </span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt">may
not be</font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
God- breathed! The fact that they correctly translate this
construction in </span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt">all
other</font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
places but </span></font><u><font style="font-size:11pt">this</font></u><font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">
- reveals their wickedness in this instance. </span></font>
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<font style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-decoration:none">So
- check other translations for 2 Timothy 3:16 - and those that do </span><u>not</u><span style="text-decoration:none">
render it in the light of 2 Peter 1:21 and 1 Corinthians 14:37 -
</span><u>rightly</u><span style="text-decoration:none"> have the
gravest suspicion of other areas of their translation. </span></font>
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