3. Righteous King Hezekiah
• wicked Father Ahaz
2 Chronicles 28:24
• king at age 25
• served for 29 years
• “did right in the sight of God”
• coincide with
prophet Isaiah
• approx 726-697BC
(right before Lehi)
• religious & political
reformer—NO IDOLS
• Jerusalem became a religious
centerpoint again PASSOVER
4.
5. Hezekiah and
the Temple
• 2 Chronicles 29:3-5
• 2 Chronicles 29:6-7
“turned away their faces from the
habitation of the Lord”
• 2 Chronicles 30:1,6
• 2 Chronicles 30:10
“laughed them to scorn and
mocked them”
7. “Let us be a temple-attending people. Attend the temple as frequently as personal circumstances allow. Keep a picture
of a temple in your home that your children may see it. Teach them about the purposes of the house of the Lord. Have
them plan from their earliest years to go there and to remain worthy of that blessing. “
Tuesday –Saturday
7am-8pm
Every hour on the hour
“Temple-attending people”-- HUNTER
Welcome to Sunday School-- our prelude music was “I love to see the temple” from the Primary Songbook because we are going to have a special surprise from the Primary later in our lesson
I’m Sister Ridges I’d like to Welcome any visitors or new members that are with us today…
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Today we find ourselves learning from 2 Chronicles Chapters 29-32
If I were to do an experiment among Christians asking “What is your favorite scriptrue” I would venture to say nobody would pick 2 Chronicles!!
What is even in 2 Chronicles? After today’s lesson hopefully you will find some treasrues that you want to make into sticky notes
I think 2 Chronicles should be the sticky notes we put on the mirror to inspire us each day—
I do not have any assigned readers today so I will need a few volunteers
Here are some good ones
2 Chronicles talks about King Hezekiah
Here is the Historical Background for Hezekiah and this portion of Chronicles—
Remember the kingdom is divided North and South; Hezekiah and Isaiah are in the southern portion/Jerusalem
Huge threat coming from the Assyrians –North Israel caves– Hezekiah’s father Ahaz was wicked but he tries to get
a coalition with Egypt to support them
Here, young King Hezekiah decides one of the first things he does– chapter 29:3-5
Here is why the temple need to be cleansed
How do we do this today—Turn away our faces?
30:1.6 Lets se who all he invited to the temple!!
What has their response? 30:10—laughed them to scorn and mocked them
go every week???111 you know I have a job right?
What do I do with my kids for 3 hours?
Have you seen the traffic between here and Lake Oswego?
Invited 3 Senior Primary classes to build us some temples out of sugar cubes that I’m sure are going to rival anything that Solomon built
Gordon B Hinkley gave a great talk in 1990 talking about Having a credit Card with the Lord
Why is it so hard to get to the temple?
Remember that big threat from the Assyrians
Here are some of the particulars of Hezekiah’s tunnel
I promised you
Come up to the front and tell us what you’ve made here– some pretty incredible feats of Engineering
To keep the reverent spirit that is here we are going to give you a silent applause using sign language– Both hands shaking in the air!
Hezekiah was successful in his mighty battle against the Assyrians—Let’s look at what he did
What if we thought of this same prepartions as Spiritual?
How can we FORTIFY OUR Walls?
I would like to testify to you that the Lord wants us to continually turn our faces back to him and the temple
There is where we can find the peace and spiritual protection we need. I have recieved