2 Chronicles 29:20-36 MEMORY VERSE 2 CHRONICLES 29:29 “And When They Had Finished Offering, the King and All Who Were Present with Him Bowed and Worshiped.”

2 Chronicles 29:20-36 MEMORY VERSE 2 CHRONICLES 29:29 “And When They Had Finished Offering, the King and All Who Were Present with Him Bowed and Worshiped.”

Lesson 114 Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship 2 Chronicles 29:20-36 MEMORY VERSE 2 CHRONICLES 29:29 “And when they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped.” WHAT YOU WILL NEED: Margarine (or butter), sugar, cocoa, water, vanilla, uncooked instant oatmeal, measuring cups, plastic bowls, spoons, powdered sugar, and party supplies such as party hats (can be made) and noisemakers. A chair for each child, lively children’s worship music on CD and a CD player. As many “Memory Verse Puzzler” templates as the number of children in your class, construction paper, glue sticks, scissors and markers. ATTENTION GRABBER! Celebration In today’s lesson we will learn that King Hezekiah restored the worship in the temple that had been neglected for a long time. When he did this there was a great celebration. We are going to celebrate that we get to worship the Lord anytime we want to. You will need margarine, or butter, sugar, cocoa, water, vanilla, uncooked instant oatmeal, measuring cups, plastic bowls, spoons, powdered sugar, and party supplies such as party hats (can be made) and noisemakers. Set out the cookie ingredients, measuring cups, plastic bowls, and spoons. Invite kids to wash their hands then join in the fun of preparing a special no-bake celebration treat. This recipe will make enough cookies for 10 people. Cream 2/3 cup of margarine or butter. Stir in _ cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons of cocoa, 1 tablespoon of water, and _ teaspoon of vanilla. Blend in 2 cups of uncooked instant oatmeal. Shape the mixture into small balls, then roll the balls in powdered sugar. Hand out the cookies, party hats, and noisemakers and let kids celebrate Jesus! NOTE – Please make sure to notify parents that you are serving cookies so they can alert you to any allergies, etc. LESSON TIME! Last week we saw King Hezekiah make a decision to do what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. This week we will see Hezekiah continue in his decision to cleanse and restore temple worship. We will learn that Hezekiah led the Levites and priests and all the people of Israel with an undivided heart. And we will see that the king led the people into worship and rejoicing. God wants us to worship Him with our whole hearts. 2 C HR ON I C L ES 29:20-24 T h e n Ki n g He z e k i ah r o s e e ar l y , gat h e r e d t h e r u l e r s o f t h e c i t y , an d w e n t u p t o t h e h o u s e o f t h e L OR D . An d t h e y br o u gh t s e v e n bu l l s , s e v e n r am s , s e v e n l am bs , an d s e v e n m al e go at s f o r a s i n o f f e r i n g f o r t h e k i n gd o m , f o r t h e s an c t u ar y , an d f o r J u d ah . T h e n h e c o m m an d e d t h e p r i e s t s , t h e s o n s o f Aar o n , t o o f f e r t h e m o n t h e al t ar o f t h e L OR D . S o t h e y k i l l e d t h e bu l l s , an d t h e p r i e s t s r e c e i v e d t h e bl o o d an d s p r i n k l e d i t o n t h e al t ar . L i k e w i s e t h e y k i l l e d t h e r am s an d s p r i n k l e d t h e bl o o d o n t h e al t ar . T h e y al s o k i l l e d t h e l am bs an d s p r i n k l e d t h e bl o o d o n t h e al t ar . T h e n t h e y br o u gh t o u t t h e m al e go at s f o r t h e s i n o f f e r i n g be f o r e t h e k i n g an d t h e as s e m bl y , an d t h e y l ai d t h e i r h an d s o n t h e m . An d t h e p r i e s t s k i l l e d t h e m ; an d t h e y p r e s e n t e d t h e i r bl o o d o n t h e al t ar as a s i n o f f e r i n g t o m ak e an at o n e m e n t f o r al l I s r ae l , f o r t h e k i n g c o m m an d e d t h at t h e bu r n t o f f e r i n g an d t h e s i n o f f e r i n g be m ad e f o r al l I s r ae l . “Early the next morning” means, on the seventeenth day of the first month (see verse 17). King Hezekiah was ready for the next step after he cleansed the temple, the utensils, and articles for offering sacrifices and consecrated the Levites and priests. Consecration means, “to set apart.” Did you learn that last week? And did you learn that the priests and Levites have special ways, according to God’s law, that they prepare themselves to work in the temple in God’s service? Now we find them ready to offer sacrifices again. This was a really big day for Israel. They hadn’t had a cleansed temple for many years. The Levites had not kept themselves consecrated and the previous kings and people were not sacrificing or worshiping the way that God wanted them to. Hezekiah was the twelfth King of Judah after David. His grandfather and father had let the people continue their corrupt practices for thirty-two years (See 2 Chronicles 27:2, 28:1-4). On this day we see the king and the city officials bringing seven bulls, seven rams, and seven lambs for burnt offerings. We learn in Leviticus 1 that a burnt offering is from a herd or flock. They are to be males, a year old, without defect. They are cut up and burned a specific way. The Law of Moses says are an aroma pleasing to the Lord. That is their sole purpose. Given from the best of the animals, they are valuable, dedicated to please the Lord. God wants us to worship Him with our whole hearts. All animal sacrifices had their blood sprinkled on the altar after they were slaughtered. That was a specific instruction from the Lord also. Do we see here a picture of the Lord Jesus’ blood being sprinkled, being shed on the altar of the cross almost a thousand years later? He offered His body freely, one sacrifice for our sins forever. Because of His sacrifice, we are sanctified (set apart) for His service. Amen! Now after those twenty-one burnt offerings, the seven male goats were offered up as a sin offering, for it appears that the sin offerings always accompanied the burnt offerings. This all was done as an opening ceremony. In Leviticus 4, we are told that when a leader sins, he is to bring a male goat to atone for his sins. It is noteworthy in this case because there are three other animals that are to be sacrificed, depending on the category of person who sins. Verse 24 tells us that King Hezekiah wanted atonement for all Israel, but the animal he chose for the sacrifice was the male goat. It seems as though Hezekiah is taking personal responsibility for the sins of his whole kingdom, and sending a message to the people, that he has a repentant and undivided heart toward the Lord. We see that the king led the people into worship by having an undivided heart. God wants us to worship Him with our whole hearts. 2 C HR ON I C L ES 29:25-30 An d h e s t at i o n e d t h e L e v i t e s i n t h e h o u s e o f t h e L OR D w i t h c y m bal s , w i t h s t r i n ge d i n s t r u m e n t s , an d w i t h h ar p s , ac c o r d i n g t o t h e c o m m an d m e n t o f D av i d , o f G ad t h e k i n g's s e e r , an d o f N at h an t h e p r o p h e t ; f o r t h u s w as t h e c o m m an d m e n t o f t h e L OR D by h i s p r o p h e t s .

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