Page 11 - Royalty and Ruin (2008)

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King Hezekiah Repairs the Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Celebrating the Passover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Reformation Spreads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Visitors from Babylon See the Wrong Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hezekiah’s Tragic Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Our Words Can Help Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
An Angel Destroys the Assyrian Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Faith Inspires Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Judah’s Leaders Pray With Contrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Taunts of the Enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Lord Responds to Judah’s Pleadings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deliverance Comes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lessons From the Proud Assyrian Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Isaiah’s “Good News” for All the Nations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Captivity Brought “Good News” to Many . . . . . . . . . . .
The Church Takes the “Good News” to the World . . . . . . . .
Manasseh and Josiah: the Worst and the Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Josiah Resolves to Be True to His Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Habakkuk Bows in Submission to the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Faith Will Sustain God’s People Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Long-lost Law Book Discovered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Young Josiah Does All He Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The King Consults the Lord’s Prophetess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Three-Hundred-Year-Old Prophecy Fulfilled . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremiah, the Man Who Felt God’s Anguish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A True Prophet Always “Builds” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
God’s Marvelous Loving-kindness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremiah’s Courage Saves His Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremiah’s Peaceful, Shrinking Disposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Judah’s Amazing Stubbornness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Faithful Youth Were Encouraged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Perversity of King Jehoiakim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How God Tries to Save Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremiah’s Second Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Zedekiah, Judah’s Last King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Why Submission Was So Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremiah Opposed by Arrogant False Prophets . . . . . . . . . . .
Ezekiel Shown Abominations in the Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . .