Athaliah Reigns in Judah

  

2 Kings 11: 1-3

 

October 2, 2021

 

 

Athaliah Reigns in Judah

 Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.   But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they hid him from Athaliah so that he was not put to death.   And he remained with her six years, hidden in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

 

Is evil ever condoned by God?  He allows evil, and we find two words being used in the Old Testament, ra’ah such evil as found in “calamity,” “disaster,” “misfortune,” or “hardship”.  The other is “evil,” Rasha – “wickedness” or evil in the moral sense.  

One would be very foolish to say God does not allow such things to bring about His will on earth, it is my personal belief that both are a form of judgment on people who have turned to put anything above God.  It was sin that caused Athaliah to destroy all the royal family, it was not God making her do so, but He did put it in the heart of Jehosheba the daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah to take Joash the son of Ahaziah, and hide him for six years in the house of the Lord.

It is my personal belief that what is taking place in the United States of America, will not be fixed by money, nor a president, not even by honest election.  We are under the judgment of God and only when we the Church come to grips with what we have allowed the world system to mold us into its mold, and we have not been about our Father's business will things change.  

We the people of God must come to God with our confession of our sins, and that is called repentance, yes, and then turn away from the little gods of this world and follow Jesus.  For our victory is only in Christ.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice