2 CHRONICLES 24<\/b><\/p>\n
After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them<\/i><\/p>\n
(2 Chronicles 24:17)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Although Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, was basically a good king, he made one foolish mistake: He made peace with Ahab, king of Israel (1 Kings 22:44). Making peace involved forming some kind of covenant, and one of the aspects of this arrangement was that Ahab\u2019s daughter Athaliah married Jehoshaphat\u2019s son Jehoram. Athaliah was the most wicked woman ever to come near the throne of Judah.<\/p>\n
Under her influence, Jehoram readily followed in the wicked ways of the kings of Israel, forsaking the righteousness of his father Jehoshaphat (2 Kings 8:18). When Jehoram died, their son Ahaziah came to the throne, and he also followed in the ways of his mother and his grandfather Ahab (2 Kings 8:26\u201327). As we saw several days ago, Ahaziah was killed by Jehu when God commanded Jehu to wipe out Ahab\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
Jehu had strength only in the north, and it was because Ahaziah was visiting the north that he was killed. Upon learning of her son\u2019s death, Athaliah decided to take over the southern kingdom, Judah. She put to death every royal son, intending to wipe out the Davidic line completely. Unknown to her, Ahaziah\u2019s son, her grandson, was rescued. His name was Joash, and he was raised secretly by Jehoiada the high priest.<\/p>\n
At the age of seven, Joash was publicly anointed king by Jehoiada. The people and the army, who had had enough of Athaliah\u2019s corrupt rule, rallied to him, and Athaliah was put to death (2 Kings 11).<\/p>\n
This was a triumph for the religious conservatives in Judah. Under Jehoiada\u2019s influence, Joash repaired the temple, abolished idolatry, and broke off the evil political alliances with pagan nations. When Jehoiada died, however, Joash came under other influences. The moneyed aristocrats in Jerusalem and Judah came to him and persuaded him to break with Jehoiada\u2019s \u201cfundamentalistic\u201d ways and to take a more \u201copen-minded, tolerant\u201d approach to things. Joash abandoned the purity of God\u2019s worship and allowed idolatry back into Jerusalem. Jehoiada\u2019s son, Zechariah the high priest, a man Joash had grown up with, publicly called on Joash to repent, and Joash had him put to death (2 Chronicles 24).<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Proverbs 21\u201322<\/p>\n
2 Corinthians 4<\/p>\n
When it comes to His own church, God does not approve of a \u201ctolerant, open-minded\u201d approach. He demands strict conformity to His laws and a fierce love of His holiness. How soft and compromising most of our churches are today. Pray that God would raise up some Zechariahs and that our Joashes would hearken to them.<\/p>\n
For further study: Matthew 5:48 \u2022 Romans 12:2<\/i><\/p>\n
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