107 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 3 - Book 9 - Israel: From Joshua to Nehemiah

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 9 ISRAEL: FROM JOSHUA TO NEHEMIAH Remember now, Israel has been a divided nation now for many years. We have the ten tribes to the north. Then the Syrian King, Sennacherib or one of the others, would come in and they would take the northern kingdom captive. Now let's read verse 23. II Kings 17:23a "Until the LORD (providentially or sovereignly) removed Israel out of His sight,..." I love America. Listen, there's not many places in the world that you can do that. Of getting people, at least those watching the program, and getting them into the Book with a renewed interest in God's Word. Sometimes people in high places come out and ridicule the things that we know are the truth of God's Words under the name of "scholarship." As if they been lost and God lost track of them. Alright now let's chase down some scriptures. Go with me to II Chronicles Chapter 13. Now remember, this is while both segments of the country are still in place, the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom. II Chronicles 13:3 "And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men (now Abijah was from the Southern Kingdom of Judah and Benjamin. He can only raise four hundred thousand top troops): Jeroboam (now remember, he was the first king of the Northern Kingdom. with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour." The ten tribes, so called. I Kings 20:27a "And the children of Israel were numbered (that is of the Northern Kingdom, now we're not talking about Judah), and were all present, and went against them (that is, against Benhadad of the Syrians): and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids;..." Come back with me again to II Chronicles Chapter 15 to prove my point that we have a constant migration of Israelites from the Ten Northern Tribes down into Judah. II Chronicles Chapter 15 verse 9 makes it plain that this is just what happened: II Chronicles 15:9,10 "And he (Asa, from verse 8) gathered all Judah and Benjamin (that's the southern kingdom), and the strangers (you could say the non-citizens, the aliens) with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon (see, those were all tribes out of that Northern Kingdom): for they fell to him out of Israel in (what?) Go back to the Book of Acts Chapter 2 verse 22. Time just keeps rolling by. "Ye men of (Judah? Where?) Israel,..." He's not just talking to the residents of two tribes. He's talking to all twelve tribes. Is that two tribes? Those tribes aren't lost. Remember that the true Jew was proud of his heritage. As soon as the tribulation has begun, one of the first things that happens in Jerusalem is the appearance of God's two witnesses that are going to preach to the nation of Israel. Verse 4. Revelation 7:4 all the tribes of the children of Israel." It doesn't say two tribes. God does. Twelve thousand from the tribe of Gad. Twelve thousand from the tribe of Asher." The Gospel of the Kingdom. Alright then, let's go back quickly and pick up the remaining history for these two tribes and all the immigrants from the other tribes. About a hundred and fifty years after the Northern Kingdoms are taken into captivity and it's left a waste land, Judah's turn comes. II Chronicles 36:15 "And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:" God sent prophet after prophet; first to the Northern Kingdom (and again, we didn't touch on it when we were dealing with the Northern Kingdom, but who were two of the great prophets of Israel up north? Now God does the same thing with Judah. Jeremiah was a prophet down here in Judah. God had told him that if they didn't turn from their idolatry what would happen to them. Jeremiah prophesied, "The Babylonians will come and overrun you. God, often times, sent the prophets and the messengers to warn them: II Chronicles 36:16 "But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his Words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy." The killed him. Finally he said, after losing all those servants, "Well maybe if I send my son, they'll listen to him." God dealing with Israel. Well anyway, let's get back to this. Alright, verse 20: II Chronicles 36:20,21 Well you see, when Israel went into the land under Joshua, and they were occupying the whole land of Canaan, one of the laws that God laid down was that every seventh year, the farm land was not to be cropped. II Chronicles 36:22 Now you remember that is was the Persians and the Medes who destroyed Babylon. Amazing. "Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, `All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he (God) hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible