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Wayne Barber · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Barber - We have all met people who will walk humbly before the Lord when the arctic winds of adversity blow fiercely upon them. When this happens they quickly repent of any sins they have committed and God, in His grace, forgives them and restores them to a position of blessing. After a while, however, those whose hearts are not wholly the Lord’s tire of a life of godliness and begin to assert their independence. It was thus with Rehoboam....What is important is the effect of Rehoboam’s conduct on his subjects. They threw off the yoke of the Lord and went a-whoring after other gods. God, however, was not to be mocked, and what happened to Rehoboam after his departure from the Lord is instructive. God showed him that apart from His protection and blessing, he was weak. As we assess the situation we note successive facts: (1) It was God who had established Rehoboam; (2) only after that was Rehoboam able to strengthen himself; and (3) when he felt that he no longer needed the Lord (i.e., was unfaithful to the Lord), he was taught that it is a very serious thing for anyone to turn his or her back on the Lord. To do so is to invite some form of chastisement. God often shows us our weakness in the very place where we thought we were strongest. ILLUSTRATION - (2 Chronicles) The kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook ('azab; Lxx - egkataleipo) the law of the LORD - Established and strong in the Septuagint are both verbs in the passive voice. You say "so what?" The point is that they are both divine passives, indicating it was Jehovah Who established Rehoboam and made him strong. It was not due to Rehoboam's cleverness, ingenuity, or resolve! So note the backsliding pattern - Rehoboam established and strong (God's provision) then (implied) he forgot the Lord and then he forsook the Lord! THOUGHT - Be especially careful when you are "established and strong!" Don't let pride creep in and honoring of God creep out! Sin will creep in! Similarly, be especially alert after experiencing spiritual victory. I find that I am often attacked by the sin that so easily entangles me (Heb 12:1+) when I have "strangled" it and experienced victory for an extended period (of course only as the Spirit has enabled me). The lesson is clear, that we can NEVER let our guard down. Peter exhorts us "Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul." (1Pe 2:11+). Note the word "wage war" which in Greek is strateuomai and in the present tense pictures our arch enemy SIN as continually seeking a strategic advantage to attack us when our guard is down! There are NO FURLOUGHS for soldiers of the Lord! Note the phrase all Israel! All Israel does not refer to the northern kingdom of Israel, but Judah. When you read the name "Israel" in Kings and Chronicles, you have to check the context to see if it is both kingdoms, only the northern kingdom (2Ch 10:16, 11:13) or the southern kingdom. The people will follow their leader up or down spiritually speaking! In verse 14 the Chronicler explains (what I think is) the root cause stating "He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD." (2Ch 12:14) The Septuagint translates forsook (azab) with the verb egkataleipo which is in the active voice signifying that Rehoboam made a conscious, willful choice to forsake God's Law, which was tantamount to forsaking the LORD Himself! Woe! THOUGHT - Beloved, how are the sails of your heart set - to blow with the winds of the world or to be blown by the Spirit? You can't have it both ways! The set of your heart's sail will set the course of your life and likely also your eternal destination! Be wary when your footsteps begin to wander and you begin to backslide! Warren Wiersbe on forsook ('azab; Lxx - egkataleipo) the law of the LORD - The phrase “forsaken [abandoned] the commandment of the Lord” occurs frequently in the record of the reigns of the kings of Judah and Israel (1 Kings 18:18; 19:10, 14; 2 Kings 17:16; 21:22; 22:17; 2 Chron. 12:1, 5; 13:10–11; 15:2; 21:10; 24:18, 20, 24; 26:6; 29:6; 34:25). David had warned Solomon about this sin (1 Chron. 28:9, 20) and so had the Lord Himself (1 Kings 3:14; 9:4–9; 11:9–13), but Solomon in his latter years worshiped both the Lord and the abominable idols of the heathen. Solomon was influenced by his pagan wives to worship idols (Bible Exposition Commentary - Old Testament ) THOUGHT - Beloved this truth will preach! Forsake the Word of God and be sure that the Lord will give you over to your sins to do as you please, which will not please Him!
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Barber - 2 Chronicles) QUESTION - Who was King Rehoboam in the Bible? ANSWER - Rehoboam was the son of King Solomon and king of Judah for seventeen years (931–913 BC). Solomon had turned away from God, and God told Solomon that He would tear the kingdom from him yet leave him one tribe. God also promised, for the sake of David, not to tear the kingdom away during Solomon’s lifetime but during that of his son (1 Kings 11:9–13). Shortly after Rehoboam became king, a rebellion placed the ten northern tribes under the rule of Jeroboam and left Rehoboam with his own tribe (Judah) and the tribe of Benjamin. Jeroboam started out as a servant of Solomon in charge of forced labor (1 Kings 11:28). A prophet told Jeroboam that he would be king over Israel (1 Kings 11:26–40). At some point, Jeroboam fled from Solomon to Egypt. But when Rehoboam went to Shechem to be installed as king of Israel, Jeroboam returned. The people sent Jeroboam to the new king to ask him to lighten the heavy load of labor and taxes that Solomon had laid on them (1 Kings 12:1–4; 2 Chronicles 10:3–4). The older advisers gave King Rehoboam the wise counsel to honor the people’s request and thus win their loyalty (1 Kings 12:6–7; 2 Chronicles 10:6–7). King Rehoboam asked the young men who had grown up with him for advice as well. They foolishly told the new king to threaten even harsher conditions. Rehoboam took the young men’s advice, and the people rebelled, abandoning the house of David and ultimately making Jeroboam their king (1 Kings 12:8–20; 2 Chronicles 10:8–19). Rehoboam fled to Jerusalem (1 Kings 12:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18), where he mustered 180,000 warriors from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to mount an attack. But Shemaiah, a prophet of God, delivered God’s message to Rehoboam: the troops should go home because the divided kingdom had come from the Lord. The people of Judah wisely listened and did not invade Israel (1 Kings 12:21–24; 2 Chronicles 11:1–4). However, there continued to be warfare between Jeroboam and Rehoboam throughout Rehoboam’s reign (1 Kings 14:30; 2 Chronicles 12:15). In the northern kingdom, Jeroboam promoted idolatry and removed the Levites from service, so the priests and Levites came to Rehoboam and served at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 11:13–15), along with all those who wanted to seek the one true God (2 Chronicles 11:16). Second Chronicles 11:17 says, “They strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they made Rehoboam the son of Solomon secure, for they walked for three years in the way of David and Solomon.” Rehoboam also built multiple cities for defense, with strong fortresses, commanders, and supplies (2 Chronicles 11:5–12). King Rehoboam “acted wisely” by placing his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, supplied ample provisions, and found them wives (2 Chronicles 11:23). Unfortunately, after King Rehoboam became established in the southern kingdom, he abandoned the ways of God (2 Chronicles 12:1). In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, Shishak king of Egypt captured the fortified cities in Judah and set out against Jerusalem. Shemaiah the prophet told Rehoboam, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak” (2 Chronicles 12:5). “The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, ‘The Lord is just’” (verse 6). Seeing their humility, God said He would not destroy them but would allow them to become subjects of Shishak. The Pharaoh attacked Jerusalem and removed all the treasures from the temple and the palace (1 Kings 14:26; 2 Chronicles 12:9). Rehoboam did make bronze shields to replace the gold ones his father had made (1 Kings 14:27; 2 Chronicles 12:10–11). Second Chronicles 12:12 says, “Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.” “Some good in Judah” seems a fitting way to characterize the reign of Rehoboam. He was unwise and perhaps brash in his treatment of the forced laborers, thus leading to his loss of the kingdom. However, that loss was God-ordained, and Rehoboam proceeded to follow the ways of the Lord for some time. But then he turned from God, and the nation slid into moral and spiritual decay. “Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than those who were before them had done” (1 Kings 14:22). They set up high places and had male shrine prostitutes in the land, which King Asa, Rehoboam’s grandson, would later remove. From King Rehoboam we learn the importance of wise counselors and maintaining faithfulness to God. When Rehoboam went his own way, things did not go well for his kingdom. When he listened to God, Judah was secure. Down The Up Staircase If My people . . . will humble themselves, and pray . . . and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin. —2 Chronicles 7:14 Today's Scripture & Insight: 2 Chronicles 12:1-8 The video starts with a puppy at the top of the stairs afraid to go down. Despite much encouragement from people cheering at the bottom, Daisy can’t figure it out. She wants so badly to join them, but fear keeps her pacing the landing. Then a bigger dog comes to help. Simon runs up the steps and then back down, showing Daisy how easy it is. Daisy is not convinced. Simon tries again. This time more slowly. Then he watches Daisy try again. But Daisy still is too scared. Once again Simon goes to the top and demonstrates the technique. Finally Daisy dares to let her back legs follow the front ones. Simon stays beside her. She makes it. Everyone celebrates! What a beautiful picture of discipleship. We spend much of our time trying to teach others to climb up, but the more important, and more difficult, thing to learn is how to “go down.” Throughout Scripture we read that God desires humility of us. Because the people of Judah humbled themselves, the Lord said, “Therefore I will not destroy them” (2 Chron. 12:7). On numerous occasions, God demonstrated humility by coming down (Ex. 3:7-8; 19:10-12; Micah 1:3). Finally God sent Jesus, who spent His life teaching the technique we are to follow (Phil. 2:5-11). By: Julie Ackerman Link More like the Master I would ever be, More of His meekness, more humility; More zeal to labor, more courage to be true, More consecration for work He bids me do. —Gabriel No one will learn anything at all unless he first learns humility. 2 Chronicles 12:2 And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem Shishak: 1Ki 11:40 14:24-26 because: 2Ch 7:19,20 36:14-19 Judges 2:13-15 1Ch 28:9 Ne 9:26,27 Ps 106:43,44 Isa 63:10 Jer 2:19 44:22,23 La 5:15 Oblong Hieroglyphs Describing Shishak's Campaign in Canaan THE LORD BRINGS DISCIPLINE FROM EGYPT And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year (925 BC), because they had been unfaithful (maal) to the LORD, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem - Why did he come against Jerusalem? Because is the term of explanation. But the answer begins in 2Ch 12:1 and is here described as unfaithfulness which was manifest as the evil described in 1 Kings 14:22-24! She was like an unfaithful wife (See Israel the Wife of Jehovah) Rehoboam was faithful for 3 years (2Ch 11:17) and presumably rebelled in the fourth year followed by divine discipline in the fifth year. So within only 5 years after Solomon's death, the Egyptians were at Jerusalem's gates and "took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's palace. He took everything." (2Ch 12:9) Did you catch that last phrase Shishak "took everything!" THOUGHT - It bears repeating that obedience brings divine blessing and disobedience brings divine discipline. God's ways have not changed beloved. Oh, Spirit of the Living God, give us hearts to obey Your Word. Amen. Unfaithful (maal) is A KEYWORD IN CHRONICLES 1 Chr. 2:7; 1 Chr. 5:25; 1 Chr. 10:13; 2 Chr. 12:2; 2 Chr. 26:16; 2 Chr. 26:18; 2 Chr. 28:22; 2 Chr. 29:6; 2 Chr. 30:7 NIV Study Bible (borrow) - The Bible mentions this invasion only as it affected Jerusalem, but Shishak’s own inscription on the wall of the temple of Amun at Karnak (Thebes) indicates that his armies also swept as far north as Megiddo ESV Study Bible (borrow) - The Egyptian invasion follows hard on the heels of national apostasy and is explicitly identified by the writer as God’s punishment for sin; but not every instance of distress or suffering in Chronicles is understood this way (e.g., 2Ch. 20:1–12; 32:1, where Judah suffers foreign invasion after its kings have acted faithfully; similarly 2Ch 13:8). Martin Selman - To be unfaithful (maal) to God is one of Chronicles’ key terms (it never occurs in Samuel and Kings), and its regular occurrence shows Israel’s constant estrangement from God.… It involves denying God the worship due to him, usually on a national scale, and is the primary reason given in Chronicles for the exile.” (BORROW 2 Chronicles : a commentary) Ron Daniel - 12:2-4 Egypt Attacks The first three years (2Chr. 11:17) had been devoted to God, and the people were faithful to follow David's example of worship, which Solomon had also (2Chr. 8:14) appointed. But then the next two years of Rehoboam's reign was marked by unfaithfulness to the Lord. 1 Kings 14:23-24 For they also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree. There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. God was sickened by this idolatrous behavior and was about to get their attention in the form of Shee-SHAK, the king of Egypt, attacking and capturing the cities Rehoboam had fortified, invading the land of Judah as far as Jerusalem. The Egyptian army had 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and mercenaries from Ethiopia, Lybia, and other nations. John
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Barber - the Chronicler made specific mention of the fact that Shishak took with him the golden shields that Solomon had made. Rehoboam, however, fearing loss of face before his people, made replicas of bronze. In the bright light of the sun, as he walked to the Temple, the shields look the same. In reality, however, they were a poor substitute for the real thing. They projected the impression of wealth, but in reality they merely covered up the true situation in Judah. Ichabod, “your glory has departed,” could be written over Rehoboam’s reign.
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Barber - After the withdrawal of the Egyptians and their allies, Rehoboam knew that he and his people were in a vulnerable position. His defenses in the south were now virtually nonexistent, and to the north Jeroboam still posed a serious threat. “So he strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned” over God’s people. The might of the kingdom of David and Solomon, however, was now only a memory. Martin Selman: The statement that God had chosen Jerusalem (cf. 1 Kgs 14:21), and mention of God’s Name are linked by the temple (cf. 2 Chr. 6:5-6, 34, 38; 7:12, 16; 33:7). They may also provide a backcloth to Rehoboam’s humility, for the temple existed to encourage humble repentance (cf. 2 Chr. 7:14). (BORROW 2 Chronicles : a commentary)
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