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Text. 2 Kings 21-23; Nahum; Zephaniah; Habakkuk. Next week’s assignment: 2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Lamentations. 5 Examples of the Lord Seeing the End from the Beginning. The Foreordination of the House of Israel King Cyrus’ Release of the Jews The Fall of Babylon
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Text 2 Kings 21-23; Nahum; Zephaniah; Habakkuk
Next week’s assignment: • 2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Lamentations
5 Examples of the Lord Seeing the End from the Beginning The Foreordination of the House of Israel King Cyrus’ Release of the Jews The Fall of Babylon The Redemption of Covenant Israel The Atonement of Christ
5. The Atonement of Christ Isaiah 53
Nazareth was an out-of-the-way village of about 50 houses, covering only about four acres of land.
John 1:45-46 “Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. “And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.”
Heb: beat to pieces; crush; shatter Heb: sickness & disease ie: …the punishment that brought us peace… Alma 7:11-13 Heb: black & blue marks; wounds • Heb: Shalom • Peace • Happiness • Health • Prosperity • Safety • Wholeness Isa. 49:25-26 ie: “He was taken by force w/o justice” Isa. 52:7; 2 Ne 2:8 Heb:“…it was the will of...”
Heb: beat to pieces; crush; shatter Heb: sickness & disease ie: …the punishment that brought us peace… Alma 7:11-13 Heb: black & blue marks; wounds • Heb: Shalom • Peace • Happiness • Health • Prosperity • Safety • Wholeness Isa. 49:25-26 ie: “He was taken by force w/o justice” Isa. 52:7; 2 Ne 2:8 Heb:“…it was the will of...”
Can One Person Make a Difference?
Why were they spared? 2 Kings 18
Can one person make a difference? Hezekiah Manasseh
Why was Manasseh considered one of the worst kings of Judah ever? 2 Kings 21:1-6, 9, 16 Can one person make a difference?
“Manasseh … barbarously slew all the righteous men that were among the Hebrews; nor would he spare the prophets, for he every day slew some of them, till Jerusalem was overflown with blood.” Flavius Josephus Roman-Jewish Historian (Antiquities of the Jews, bk. 10, chap. 3, par. 3.)
Jewish tradition says that Manasseh also destroyed every copy of the scriptures he could locate as well as the people who owned them (so they couldn’t recreate them from memory). What would happen if true prophets, true scripture, and true temple worship were snuffed out of our society for the next 50 years?
Judah: Southern Kingdom Israel: Northern Kingdom Main Kings Main Kings Main Prophets Main Prophets Jeroboam II 780 BC Jonah Uzziah 760 BC Amos Jotham Menahem 740 BC Obed Pekah Hosea Pekahiah Ahaz 720 BC Hezekiah Micah Hoshea Isaiah Assyrian Captivity 700 BC Manasseh 680 BC 660 BC Nahum? 640 BC Josiah Zephaniah? 620 BC Jehoiakim Habakkuk Jeremiah 600 BC Zedekiah Lehi 580BC Babylonian Captivity
Alma 46:9 “Yea, and we also see the great wickedness one very wicked man can cause to take place among the children of men.”
Can one person make a difference? Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah
One 18 year old king…. … found one copy of the scriptures. The scriptures changed him.... … and he changed his world.
King Josiah’s Reform 2 Kings 23:1-25
“I feel strongly that all of us must return to the scriptures just as King Josiah did and let them work mightily within us, impelling us to an unwavering determination to serve the Lord. “Josiah had the law of Moses only. In our scriptures we have the gospel of Jesus Christ in its fulness; and if a taste is sweet, in fulness there is joy. Spencer W. Kimball President (Ensign, July 1985, p.1-3)
“The Lord is not trifling with us when he gives us these things, for ‘unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.’ (Luke 12:48.) Access to these things means responsibility for them. We must study the scriptures … and we must let them govern our lives and the lives of our children.” Spencer W. Kimball President (Ensign, July 1985, p.1-3)
Judah: Southern Kingdom Israel: Northern Kingdom Main Kings Main Kings Main Prophets Main Prophets Jeroboam II 780 BC Jonah Uzziah 760 BC Amos Jotham Menahem 740 BC Obed Pekah Hosea Pekahiah Ahaz 720 BC Hezekiah Micah Hoshea Isaiah Assyrian Captivity 700 BC Manasseh 680 BC 660 BC Nahum? 640 BC Josiah Zephaniah? 620 BC Jehoiakim Habakkuk Jeremiah 600 BC Zedekiah Lehi 580BC Babylonian Captivity
Nahum • Nahum prophesied between 663—612 B.C.
Nahum 1: Foretells Nineveh’s Doom Nahum 2: How Nineveh will meet its Doom Nahum 3: Why Nineveh deserves its Doom