AND THEY GATHERED AND ENTERED INTO A COVENANT
KING ASA - (Ref. 200520)
2 Chron. 15:2 "...Yahweh, is WITH YOU WHILE YOU ARE WITH Him - [INQUIRING FOR and OF Him, CRAVING Him as your SOUL'S FIRST NECESSITY] He will be FOUND by you; but IF you BECOME INDIFFERENT and FORSAKE Him, HE WILL FORSAKE you."
When Asa's father, Abijah,(2nd king of Judah) died, Asa became king in his stead. Asa did what was good in the eyes of Yahweh for most of his life [until his thirty-sixth year of reign].
ASA CLEANSED JUDAH:
When Asa became king, he took AWAY the foreign gods' ALTARS and the HIGH PLACES and BROKE DOWN the other gods PILLARS or OBELISKS (idol fertility monuments) and CUT DOWN the ASHERIM [symbols of the goddess Asherah]. (2 Chron. 14:1-3).
The goddess Asherah is the age-old ancient Babylonian queen (and demi-god) Semiramis - better known as Easter (Ishtar) - consort wife of Nimrod - Baal re-incarnate - and Tammuz - their son - Baal re-incarnate ... in the sun-god - fertility god - fire-god etc. etc. ... occult religion ... that travelled the world ... then went through history under different names ... as the real thing with and through Constantinian Catholic Christianity up to today.
ASA COMMANDED JUDAH to SEEK YAHWEH:
Asa commanded Judah to TURN wholeheartedly to Yahweh, to SEEK Him - INQUIRE of and for Him ... CRAVING Him as a VITAL NECESSITY ... OBYEING Abba's LAWS and COMMANDMENTS. (2 Chron. 14:4 "And commanded Judah TO SEEK Yahweh, the Yah of their fathers [to INQUIRE of AND FOR Him and CRAVE Him as a VITAL NECESSSITY] and to OBEY the LAW and the COMMANDMENTS.")
ASA DID A THOROUGH CLEANSING of Judah:
Asa also TOOK OUT of ALL THE CITIES of JUDAH the IDOLATROUS HIGH PLACES and the INCENSE ALTARS and because of Asa's actions ... seeking Yahweh ... the kingdom of Judah had REST under his reign. (2 Chron. 14:5).
ASA MET YAHWEH'S TERMS and ABBA BLESSED him with PEACE:
2 Chron. 14:6 "And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the LAND HAD REST. He HAD NO WAR in those YEARS, for YAHWEH GAVE Him PEACE."
Just like in the times of the Israelites ... David ... Asa ... and up to today, IF we meet our heavenly Father's terms ... craving Him ... seeking Him ... inquiring of and for Him ... He WILL be WITH US ... HE WILL GIVE us His own PEACE no matter what our circumstances may be.
Our Father is bigger than ANYTHING ... the IMPOSSIBLE is for Him POSSIBLE ... we need not fear. We should only make sure that we are staying CONNECTED to Him in a wholehearted COVENANT RELATIONSHIP. In this relationship (covenant relationship) ... we WILL FOLLOW His WORD ... full stop! no matter what others have to say. HIS WORD should be our GUIDE in all matters. IN Him, we build and prosper ... no matter what!
While at peace ... king Asa had cities built - surrounded with walls, towers, gates and bars and said to his people ... 2 Chron. 14:7 " .... The land is ours, because we SOUGHT YAHWEH our Elohim; we have SOUGHT Him with ALL OUR DESIRE, and He has given us REST AND PEACE on EVERY SIDE. So they BUILT and PROSPER." Asa's army out of Judah were 300,000 men who bore buckers and spears, and 280,000 out of Benjamin, who bore shields and drew bows, all of them mighty men of courage. (2 Chron. 14:8).
TROUBLE: On this high note, the Ethiopian army came up against Judah with a host of a million - too many to be numbered - 300 chariots and they came as far (or as near) as Mareshah. Asa went out against the Ethiopians and set up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mereshah - and Asa CRIED OUT to YAHWEH His God:
ASA'S PRAYER FOR HELP:
2 Chron. 14:11 "... O YAHWEH, there is NONE BESIDES You to HELP, and it makes no difference to You whether the one You help is mighty or powerless. HELP US, O YAHWEH our YAH! For we RELY ON You, and we GO AGAINST the MULTITUDE in Your NAME. O YAHWEH, You are our YAH; let NO MAN PREVAIL AGAINST You!."
YAHWEH SMOTE the ETHIOPIANS:
So Yahweh heard Asa's prayer ... and He SMOTE the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled ... and Asa and the people with him PURSUED them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown ... NONE OF THEM stayed ALIVE ... YAHWEH and His HOSTS (His heavenly army) utterly destroyed them ... and Asa and his men carried away very much booty ... and they smote all the cities around Gerar, for the FEAR OF YAHWEH CAME UPON them. (2 Chron. 14:12-14)
2 Chron. 14:15 "They SMOTE ALSO the cattle encampments and CARRIED AWAY SHEEP in ABUNDANCE and CAMELS, and they RETURNED to Jerusalem."
The PEOPLE JUST COULD NOT HELP THEMSELVES - IDOLATRY AGAIN:
Time passed and in the FIFTEENTH year of the reign of Asa (2 Chron. 15:10) ... the people had again fell into idolatry ... serving other gods ... even Asa's mother ... (the queen mother Maacah) had made herself an idol (goddess Asherah serving it) (2 Chron. 15:16) ... and then the prophet of Yahweh Azariah, son of Obed, came to Asa.
GREAT TROUBLE AMONG ALL COUNTRIES:
NATION AGAINST NATION - CITY AGAINST CITY:
2 Chron. 15:2b - 7 "... Hear me, Asa, and ALL Judah and Benjamin: Yahweh is with you while you are with Him. If you SEEK Him - inquiring for and of Him, craving Him as your SOUL'S FIRST NECESSITY, HE WILL BE FOUND by you; but if you BECOME INDIFFERENT and FORSAKE Him, He will FORSAKE you. Now FOR A LONG TIME, Israel was WITHOUT YAHWEH (the TRUE God), without a TEACHING PRIEST and WITHOUT LAW. But when they in their TROUBLE TURNED to Yahweh, the Yah of Israel, and in DESPERATION EARNESTLY SOUGHT Him, He was FOUND by them. And in those days there were no peace to him WHO WENT OUT nor to him WHO CAME IN, but great and vexing afflictions and disturbances were upon ALL THE INHABITANTS of the countries. NATION was BROKE in PIECES AGAINST NATION, and CITY AGAINST CITY for YAH VEXED AND TROUBLED them with ALL SORTS OF ADVERSITY. Be STRONG, therefore, and LET NOT YOUR HANDS be WEAK and SLACK, for your work shall be rewarded."
TROUBLED TIMES - JUST LIKE TODAY:
According to the above Scriptural verses, just like today, there was troubled times. Through Abba's prophet ... Asa was warned to live near to Yahweh. He told Asa that there was much ungodliness in Israel but every time they turned to Yahweh, seeking Him earnestly, He heard them and helped them ... Azariah (son of Obed) - messenger of Yahweh - told Asa that there was NO PEACE in those days - people were being "LOCK-DOWNED" because they could NOT GO IN our OUT in PEACE. ... and there were GREAT AND VEXING AFFLICTIONS and DISTURBANCES - people were FRUSTRATED - WORRIED with all kinds of DISORDERS, DIFFICULTIES and INCONVENIENCES and there were great SUFFERING, DISEASES, SICKNESSES, BURDENS, PROBLEMS, HARDSHIPS, DISORDERS and ILL HEALTH upon all the inhabitants of all the countries. Nation was BROKE IN PIECES against NATION ... CITY AGAINST CITY for YAHWEH VEXED and TROUBLED THEM with ALL SORTS of ADVERSITY. Then, Azariah told Asa ... and ALL OF US ... STAY STRONG! ... DON'T LET YOUR HANDS BE WEAK AND SLACK ... KEEP UP the GOOD WORK! for it shall be REWARDED.
Asa CLEANED UP AGAIN:
Scripture tells us that when Asa heard these words, the PROPHESY of AZARIAH, son of Obed, HE TOOK COURAGE and HE CLEANED UP AGAIN ... PUTTING AWAY the ABOMINABLE IDOLS (gods) from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim.
Great numbers of people of the kingdom of Israel came over to Judah:
He repaired the altar of burnt offerings of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of the tabernacle of Yahweh - and he gathered all Judah and Benjamin again ... and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who came over to Asa in great numbers when they saw that Yahweh was with Asa.
AND THEY GATHERED AND ENTERED INTO A COVENANT:
And they gathered in Jerusalem and sacrificed to Yahweh ... and they ENTERED INTO A COVENANT to SEEK YAHWEH, the YAH OF THEIR FATHERS, and to YEARN for Him with ALL THEIR HEARTS DESIRE and with ALL THEIR SOUL.
YEARNING FOR YAHEWEH with ALL THEIR HEARTS DESIRE:
2 Chron. 15:12 "And they ENTERED INTO A COVENANT to SEEK YAHWEH ... and to YEARN for HIM WITH ALL THEIR HEART'S DESIRE and with ALL THEIR SOUL.
THEY TOOK AN OATH:
:14 They TOOK AN OATH to YAHWEH with A LOUD VOICE, with SHOUTING, with TRUMPETS and with CORNETS.
AND YAHWEH WAS FOUND BY THEM - HE GAVE THEM REST AND PEACE:
:15 And all Judah REJOICED at the OATH, for they had SWORN with ALL THEIR HEARTS and SOUGHT Him - YEARNING for Him - with their WHOLE DESIRE, and HE WAS FOUND by them. AND Yahweh GAVE THEM REST AND PEACE ROUND ABOUT.
The QUEEN MOTHER'S IDOL:
:16 .Also Maacah, King Asa's MOTHER, he REMOVED from being QUEEN MOTHER because she had made an ABOMINABLE IMAGE for the GODDESS ASHERAH. Asa CUT DOWN HER IDOL, CRUSHED it, and BURNED IT AT THE BROOK KIDRON.
And there was PEACE and no WARS up to Asa's 35th year of reign.
21 YEARS LATER:
Then came Asa's 36th year of rule when Baasha king of Israel came up against Asa. (see yesterday's teaching "If we FORSAKE Him - He will FORSAKE us" - 19 May 2020).
2 Chron. 16:12 "In the thirty ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet - until his disease became very severe; yet in his disease HE DID NOT SEEK YAHWEH, but RELIED on the PHYSICIANS.
:13-14 And Asa SLEPT with his fathers, dying in the FORTY FIRST YEAR of his reign. And they buried him in his own tomb which he had hewn out for himself in the City of David"
Jehoshaphat the FOURTH king of Judah:
2 Chron 17:1 "Jehoshaphat his son reigned in Asa's stead ... "
O Abba, thank You for Your Word ... our GUIDE ... our MANUAL of LIFE itself. Thank You for GUIDING us into ALL TRUTH ... for GIVING us INSIGHT into Your KINGDOM THINGS ... for TEACHING us HOW TO MEET YOUR TERMS. O Abba, I pray for eyes to be opened, ears to hear and people to TURN TO YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY ... making a COVENANT WITH YOU like the people of the kingdom of Judah did ... to SEEK YOU - to YEARN for YOU - with all their HEARTS and minds and DESIRES and with ALL their SOULS.
O Abba, please send Your ministering angels to minister to Your people who are still under the sway of the religiousness of Constantine ... still hearing but not hearing still listening but do not listen ... O blast open their spiritual senses O Father ... and let YOUR WORD FLOW INTO THEM ... FEEDING THEM from YOUR THRONE OF YOUR REDEEMING MERCY AND GRACE. In Yahshua Messiah's name. Amen.
IF we FORSAKE Him - He will forsake us - 19 May 2020
2 Chron. 15:1 "Now the Spirit of Yah came upon Azariah the son of Obed, and he went out to MEET ASA, and said to him: 'HEAR me, Asa, and ALL JUDAH and BENJAMIN. YAHWEH IS WITH YOU while YOU ARE WITH Him. IF you SEEK Him, He will be found by you, but if you FORSAKE Him, He will FORSAKE you."
Asa - the THIRD KIND OF JUDAH:
King Asa, Jehosaphat's father, reigned in Judah for 41 years. He was a good king - then in his thirty-sixth year of reign, he turned his heart against Yahweh. It was the same year that Baasha king of Israel came up AGAINST him (kingdom of Judah) and started to build a fortified city "Ramah" with the intention to cut off and intercept anyone going out - or going in - to Asa, king of Judah. (2 Chron. 16:1).
King Asa made his own plans:
Asa, realizing what is happening, took silver and gold out of the treasuries of the tabernacle of Yahweh - plus some more out of his own house and sent it off to Ben-hadad, the king of Syria, who dwelled in Damascus. (2 Chron. 16:2).
Making a league with the king of Asyria:
Asa asked Ben-hadad (king of Syria) to make a league with him, breaking the one he (Ben-hadad) had with Baasha, (king of Israel) so that Baasha would withdraw from him.
Ben-hadad (king of Syria) did as Asa asked, sending his captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; smiting Ijoh, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. (1 Chron. 16:3-4).
When the king of Israel (Baasha) heard this, he ceased building Ramah and withdraw ... then Asa then sent his people to take all the stones and timber of Ramah, and he (Asa) had Geba and Mizpah built with the supplies instead.
Yahweh sent His messenger to king Asa:
At that same time, Hanani the seer - came to Asa warning him of the wrong that he did. He told Asa that Yahweh helped him against the strong Ethiopian and Libyan armies when he relied on Him ... asking HELP from Him ... but this time Asa relied on his own plans ... asking the Syrian king for help.
Hanani told Asa that he had turned AWAY from Yahweh ... seeking help and partnered with the king of Syria.
Yahweh is the ALMIGHTY - He sees ALL - LOOKING for those WHOSE HEARTS are BLAMELESS toward Him:
SIN ALWAYS HAS CONSEQUENCES (also the SIN of MISPLACED TRUST):
The messenger of Yahweh told Asa that his heart was not blameless toward Yahweh anymore. Pride and "SELF" have crept into Asa's heart. He had done a foolish thing. He was now out from under the protection of Yahweh ... the consequence ... WARS!.
2 Chron. 16:9 "For the EYES of Yahweh RUN to and FRO THROUGHOUT the WHOLE EARTH to SHOW Himself STRONG in BEHALF of THOSE WHOSE HEARTS are BLAMELESS TOWARD Him. You have done FOOLISHLY in this; THEREFORE, from NOW ON YOU SHALL HAVE WARS."
ASA ANGRY for HEARING the TRUTH:
Many of us today do not want to hear the truth of what we are doing or what we did and the consequences regarding it ... just like Asa who ... with the hearing of what the seer said, was angry at the messenger of Yahweh - arresting him and put him in prison. 2 Chron. 16:10 "Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison, for he was ENRAGED with him because of this. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time."
ASA DISEASED - still did not SEEK YAHWEH:
Three years later - Asa was diseased in his feet. This became very SEVERE ... but HE DID NOT SEEK YAHWEH.
RELIED ON PHYSICIANS INSTEAD:
Scripture tells us that whilst Asa's disease became all the more severe and he KEPT ON RELYING on PHYSICIANS.
2 Chron. 16:12 "In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet - until his disease became VERY SEVERE; yet in his disease he DID NOT SEEK YAHWEH, but RELIED on PHYSICIANS ...."
BYPASSING YAHWEH as the GREAT HEALER and PROTECTOR:
In the modern world of today ... the modern world of SCIENCE AND MEDICINE ... most all of us have turned away from Yahweh ... the GREAT HEALER and PROTECTOR by relying and trusting in the "SCIENCE" of the MEDICAL PROFESSION and MEDICINE instead.
Even right now with the so-called covid-19 pandemic - that was unleashed on us all, the nations of the world's leaders ... do NOT SEEK YAHWEH ... but instead are LISTENING to the "WORLD ORGANIZATIONS" TRUSTING THEM in giving INSIGHT and KNOWLEDGE in how to handle this matter and how to make sure it does not happen again.
SCIENCE and MEDICINE has REPLACED YAHWEH:
Ironically, as things are unfolding and the true statistics are slowly but surely being released it becomes quite clear that this pandemic was no pandemic at all ... it becomes clear that a devilish plan are unfolding in which the orchestrators wanted and succeeded to rob the entire human race of their freedom by locking us down while we are not sick.
INTO SUBMISSION:
By instilling fear ... they are getting us into SUBMISSION.
RUINING the WORLD'S ECONOMY:
By creating a FORCED on us all LOCK-DOWN they are busy RUINING every nation on earth's economy ... with almost all nations already borrowing from the World Bank ... every nation through its government to become "OWNED" by a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT (ORDER).
ENSURING A "PRECEDENT"
And by ensuring a "precedent" on how to FORCE CONTROL on ALL of MANKIND to be used in the near future to force whatever they want on us ... even the *mark ... the stamp or inscription of the beast.
*The MARK: Original Koine Greek Word used in the Original Scriptures - G1803 - "CHARAGMA" - "HEX" - "STIGMA" - a SOURCE OF IDENTIFICATION - something that has to do with a PRICK STICK for RECOGNITION - a SCRATCH - an ETCHING MARK or SCRATCH as with a HYPERDERMIC NEEDLE ...
And "CHARAX" and "CHARASSO" - with SOMETHING VERY SHARP or SHARPENED - a sharpened stick of some sorts (stake) - (most possibly a NEEDLE).
Rev. 13:16 "Also he compels all alike, both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an INSCRIPTION on their right hands or on their foreheads. SO that now one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription) [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name. ... for it is a human number [the number of a certain man]; his number is 666.
Thank You Abba, for knowledge and understanding of what is going on and why ... help me ... help us ... to STAND O Father as we hear the enemy at our gates ... his loud and intimidating voice mocking us ... mocking Your authority in us ... seeking to silence us in his arrogance ... but in YOU WE ARE STRONG ... we WILL STAND in YOUR AUTHORITY ... UNITED AS ONE ... as YOU GIVE US STRENGHT ... In Yahshua Messiah's name. Amen.