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Post by Admin on Jun 19, 2012 5:01:20 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 19, 2012 5:17:06 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Dec 30, 2015 21:26:47 GMT -5
Jan 4-11 [MW] 1. How did Hezekiah set a good example regarding priorities? (2Ch 29:11) [w13 11/15 17 ¶6-7] ; [w13 11/15 17 ¶6-7] [/u]. When he understood God’s will for him, Hezekiah acted decisively. What a fine example for us!—2 Chron. 29:1-19. 7 The Levites would play a vital role in the important task of restoring pure worship. Therefore, Hezekiah met with them to assure them of his support. Picture the faithful Levites who were present at that meeting, tears of joy streaming down their faces as they heard their king declare: “You are the ones whom Jehovah has chosen to stand before him to minister to him.” (2 Chron. 29:11) Yes, the Levites had a clear mandate to promote pure worship!"[/ul] Jan 4-11 [MW] 2. What is the most practical step we can take to prepare for future difficulties? (2Ch 32:7, 8) [w13 11/15 20 ¶17][/u]. (2) When “ the Assyrian” attacks, the elders must be absolutely convinced that Jehovah will deliver us. (3) At that time, the life-saving direction that we receive from Jehovah’s organization may not appear practical from a human standpoint. All of us must be ready to obey any instructions we may receive, whether these appear sound from a strategic or human standpoint or not. (4) Now is the time for any who may be putting their trust in secular education, material things, or human institutions to adjust their thinking. The elders must stand ready to help any who may now be wavering in their faith."[/ul] Jan 11-17 [MW] 3. What prophecy was fulfilled when Manasseh was taken to Babylon? (2Ch 33:11) [it-1 62 ¶2][/b], which Isaiah prophesied would be the period within which Ephraim would be “shattered to pieces,” the Commentary on the Whole Bible (by Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown) states: “One deportation of Israel happened within one or two years from this time [the time of Isaiah’s prophecy], under Tiglath-pileser (2 Kings 15. 29). Another in the reign of Hoshea, under Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17. 1-6), was about twenty years after. But the final one which utterly ‘broke’ up Israel so as to be ‘not a people,’ accompanied by a colonization of Samaria with foreigners, was under Esar-haddon, who carried away Manasseh, king of Judah, also, in the twenty-second year of his reign, sixty-five years from the utterance of this prophecy (cf. Ezra 4.2, 3, 10, with 2 Kings 17.24; 2 Chronicles 33.11).”"[/ul] Jan 11-17 [MW] 4. What encouragement can we draw from Josiah’s example? (2Ch 34:1-3) [w05 12/1 21 ¶6]
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Post by Admin on Jan 14, 2016 6:06:53 GMT -5
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