I Kings 22 and II Chronicles 18 and Madea’s Witness Protection

I Kings 22 and II Chronicles 18

Jehoshaphat (Judah), unfortunately, made an alliance with Ahab, king of Israel by marrying Ahab’s daughter. With a father like Ahab and a mother like Jezebel, one must wonder what Ahab’s daughter was like.

In any case, It was not the wisest thing Jehoshaphat (Judah) did, entangling himself with Ahab (Israel). We know that Ahab (Israel) listened to a lot (about 400) of false prophets. How do we know they were false prophets? The test of a true prophet is that every prediction he makes must come true. He should have listened to the prophet he sent to jail – Micaiah who predicted the death of Ahab (Israel). Jehoshaphat was almost killed and Ahab was.

Ahab’s (Israel) son Ahaziah became king of Israel seventeen years after Jehoshaphat became king of Judah. He, like his father, did evil in the Lord’s sight, serving Baal and provoking the Lord’s anger.

Tomorrow, it’s II Chronicles 19 – 23.

Madea’s Witness Protection

Today, I went to AMC and saw Tyler Perry’s latest movie, Madea’s Witness Protection. It was a typically hilarious Madea movie. The theater was packed and the crowd was loud – lots of clapping and laughing and rooting for the good guys (or gals). It was knee-slapping funny!

The Harbinger

I’m currently about 3/4 of the way through The Harbinger, a book by Jonathon Cahn. It is a terrific, scary book, a work of fiction but with lots of references to prophecy (especially Isaiah 9:10). The word harbinger, according to Wikipedia, means “a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.” If I had to sum up the message of the book, it is that we have had several warnings that America must return to a reliance on God.

Please read this book. Please pray for our country every day.

As I was reading this book, I thought back to when I was in high school (I graduated 50 years ago) and students started the day with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.

I still remember that prayer:

“Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon you, we pray your blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our country.”

How different the country would be if everyone started their day acknowledging their reliance on the living God and praying to Him for blessings. Encourage your children to pray in school – they don’t have to do it out loud. You might want to do the same – maybe somethi8ng like:

“Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon you, we pray your blessings upon us, our family, our leaders and our country.”

What can it hurt?

Until next time…