2 CHRONICLES 14-16 THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO… GENESIS 3 God promises a big plan of salvation, that one day in the future Satan will finally be crushed by one of Eve’s descendants (‘her seed’) who will save His people, though He Himself will suffer GENESIS 3 God promises a big plan of salvation, that one day in the future Satan will finally be crushed by one of Eve’s descendants (‘her seed’) who will save His people, though He Himself will suffer GENESIS 17 God promises Abraham that He will bless and protect his descendants in a promised land… if they obey Him GENESIS 17 God promises Abraham that He will bless and protect his descendants in a promised land… if they obey Him EXODUS 19-23 God promises Moses that He will bless and protect the Israelites as His special people… if they obey Him But if they disobey, God will judge them so that He can graciously bless them again once they repent EXODUS 19-23 God promises Moses that He will bless and protect the Israelites as His special people… if they obey Him But if they disobey, God will judge them so that He can graciously bless them again once they repent DEUTERONOMY 34 Moses dies JOSHUA 1 Joshua becomes the leader of Israel JOSHUA 24 Joshua dies THE BOOK OF JUDGES After Joshua’s death, God chooses different people to be leader of Israel, to rule over them

ISRAEL SINS

THE JUDGE DEFEATED SAVES THEM BY ENEMY

ISRAEL REPENTS THE BOOK OF JUDGES “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in their own eyes”

ISRAEL SINS

THE JUDGE DEFEATED SAVES THEM BY ENEMY

ISRAEL REPENTS 1 SAMUEL 8 The Israelites demand a king ‘like the nations’ around them, and so God decides to give them a bad example of a king in Saul so that they see the value of a good king 2 SAMUEL 7 God chooses ‘a man after His own heart’ called David to be king, and promises him that one of his descendants (‘his seed’) would set up an eternal kingdom 2 SAMUEL 7 God chooses ‘a man after His own heart’ called David to be king, and promises him that one of his descendants (‘his seed’) would set up an eternal kingdom 1 KINGS 12-16 David’s grandson, Rehoboam rules over Israel very badly, causing the north of Israel to split from the south, making their own kingdom Now there was the southern kingdom called ‘Judah’ with kings from David’s royal line, and the new northern kingdom known as ‘Israel’ KINGS AND CHRONICLES Many kings come and go in Judah and Israel Very few trust in God and stay obedient to Him, but most are unfaithful to God, even though He was still faithful to the promises He had made to their ancestors ASA THE THIRD KING OF JUDAH

LET US BUILD THESE CITIES AND MAKE WALLS AROUND THEM WITH TOWERS AND GATES WHILE WE HAVE PEACE. WE HAVE SOUGHT THE LORD AND HE HAS GIVEN US REST ON EVERY SIDE. ZERAH AND THE ETHIOPIAN ARMY

LORD, IT IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO HELP, WHETHER WITH MANY OR WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NO POWER. HELP US, LORD, FOR WE REST ON YOU, AND WE GO IN YOUR NAME AGAINST THIS MULTITUDE. YOU ARE OUR GOD. DO NOT LET MAN PREVAIL AGAINST YOU.

HEAR ME, ASA. THE LORD IS WITH YOU WHILE YOU ARE WITH HIM.

AZARIAH THE PROPHET IF YOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL BE FOUND BY YOU; BUT IF YOU FORSAKE HIM THEN HE WILL FORSAKE YOU.

AZARIAH THE PROPHET FOR A LONG TIME ISRAEL HAS BEEN WITHOUT THE TRUE GOD, BUT IN THEIR TROUBLE THEY TURNED TO HIM AND SOUGHT HIM, AND HE WAS FOUND BY THEM. GOD HAD TROUBLED THEM WITH EVERY SORT OF DISTRESS. BUT YOU, ASA, BE STRONG! FOR YOUR WORK SHALL BE REWARDED.

21 YEARS LATER… THE DIVIDED KINGDOM

BAASHA KING OF ISRAEL

ASA KING OF JUDAH

BEN-HADAD KING OF SYRIA

BECAUSE YOU HAVE RELIED ON THE KING OF SYRIA AND NOT ON THE LORD, THE SYRIANS HAVE ESCAPED FROM YOU.

HANANI THE SEER WEREN’T THE ETHIOPIANS A HUGE ARMY WITH MANY SOLDIERS? YET BECAUSE YOU HAD RELIED ON THE LORD, HE ALLOWED YOU TO DEFEAT THEM.

HANANI THE SEER FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE EARTH , TO GIVE STRENGTH TO THOSE WHOSE HEART IS LOYAL TO HIM.

HANANI THE SEER YOU HAVE DONE VERY FOOLISHLY IN THIS, AND THEREFORE FROM NOW ON YOU SHALL HAVE WARS INSTEAD OF PEACE.

HANANI THE SEER

THE DEATH OF ASA IF YOU SEEK HIM, HE WILL BE FOUND BY YOU; BUT IF YOU FORSAKE HIM THEN HE WILL FORSAKE YOU.

AZARIAH THE PROPHET FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE EARTH , TO GIVE STRENGTH TO THOSE WHOSE HEART IS LOYAL TO HIM.

HANANI THE SEER

THE PROMISED KING