The last time there was a boy on the throne, he ruled well, under the tutelage of the priest Jehoiada. Judah needs the same from Josiah.
Josiah’s godly character
2 Chronicles 34:1-2, 2 Kings 22:1-2, 23:25
God’s justice and power
Nahum 1:1-8
The Assyrians overthrown
Nahum 1:9-15
Nineveh’s destruction foretold
Nahum 2:1-10
The cause
Nahum 2:11-13
The fall of Nineveh
Nahum 3:1-19
Josiah’s early reforms
2 Chronicles 34:3-7
Jeremiah’s ministry begins 628BC
Jeremiah’s call and early vision
Jeremiah 1:1-19
Josiah makes a very good start. At the tender age of 12, he is bold enough to tear down the sites of idol worship across Judah, earning the Chronicler’s respect.
Meanwhile, the Assyrian empires is tottering. Onto the stage steps Nahum, a little known prophet (at least to me), proclaiming the Lord’s greatness and Nineveh’s weakness. There is the pleasure of revenge in his voice as he describes the siege of Assyria’s capital and its downfall. But no mention of the Babylonians, who did the deed. No one is thinking about them, not yet - just rejoicing that the tormentor of Jerusalem has got her comeuppance.
There is a slightest whiff of the danger of complacency, and God calls another prophet to dispel this. Enter Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. Here is a man who suffered for his calling. He started his ministry when Josiah was 21, saw him out, and his son, and lived to see the last king of Judah, the feeble Zedekiah. A story of woe waits to be told. Disaster is coming from the North.(Jeremiah 1:14)
Josiah’s godly character
2 Chronicles 34:1-2, 2 Kings 22:1-2, 23:25
God’s justice and power
Nahum 1:1-8
The Assyrians overthrown
Nahum 1:9-15
Nineveh’s destruction foretold
Nahum 2:1-10
The cause
Nahum 2:11-13
The fall of Nineveh
Nahum 3:1-19
Josiah’s early reforms
2 Chronicles 34:3-7
Jeremiah’s ministry begins 628BC
Jeremiah’s call and early vision
Jeremiah 1:1-19
Josiah makes a very good start. At the tender age of 12, he is bold enough to tear down the sites of idol worship across Judah, earning the Chronicler’s respect.
Meanwhile, the Assyrian empires is tottering. Onto the stage steps Nahum, a little known prophet (at least to me), proclaiming the Lord’s greatness and Nineveh’s weakness. There is the pleasure of revenge in his voice as he describes the siege of Assyria’s capital and its downfall. But no mention of the Babylonians, who did the deed. No one is thinking about them, not yet - just rejoicing that the tormentor of Jerusalem has got her comeuppance.
There is a slightest whiff of the danger of complacency, and God calls another prophet to dispel this. Enter Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. Here is a man who suffered for his calling. He started his ministry when Josiah was 21, saw him out, and his son, and lived to see the last king of Judah, the feeble Zedekiah. A story of woe waits to be told. Disaster is coming from the North.(Jeremiah 1:14)
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