Message To Kings - A Biblical History Of Man

During the timeline of Judge Ehud, Ramesses II led Egypt to its territorial high water mark in history. In the thirteenth year of his reign, Ramesses II was declared a god on earth and within a year of this declaration he was engaged in a battle for his life with the Hittite empire, in the battle of Kadesh. After the battle, Judge Ehud watching from afar could have easily seen the results of what happens when rulers of the earth declare themselves a god.

While they were in Moab, Naomi's husband dies and her two sons marry Moabite women. Next, Naomi's two sons die and she is left with her two daughters-in-law. After the famine ends and Eglon is defeated, Naomi decides to return to Bethlehem. On a road headed out of Moab, Naomi tells her daughters-in-law to leave her and go back to their people. Orpah cries and leaves Naomi, but Ruth clave to Naomi. In Ruth's defining moment, she doesn't allow Naomi's offense to overwhelm her faithfulness. She says to Naomi, 'where you go, I will go, your God will be my God, where you die, I will die…' Ruth stays with Naomi and the rest of the account is her encounter with Boaz and redemption of their family.

All while the oppression of Israel continued under the rule of Eglon, King of Moab, God had a judge in mind who was fashioning and forging a sword for a political assassination which would overthrow Eglon. In an account filled with symbolism, Ehud arrives to pay tribute to Eglon, but instead assassinates Eglon with his double-edged sword in an upper room and escapes and blows a shofar and rallys Israel to assist him in surrounding Eglon's army and takes them down and frees Israel.

After the death of Othniel, Israel's cycle of sin continues. Due to their unfaithfulness, God sold Israel into the hands of Eglon, King of Moab. Eglon subjugated Israel and oppressed the people. In addition to the oppression of Israel, a famine occurs which causes a man and his wife to flee from Bethlehem to Moab. The man's name was Elimelek and his wife was Naomi. After this, a disturbance occurs in Gibeah which results in the near destruction of the tribe of Benjamin.

Following the death of Joshua, Judah invades the land. Caleb offered his daughter in marriage to anyone who captured Kiriath Sepher. Othniel, the son of Kenaz, captured the city and received Acsah as his wife. Following the invasion, Acsah approached her father in a beautiful picture of women approaching the throne of God to ask for an inheritance. Next, the cycle of sin begins and the first of the oppressions of Judges began with an invasion of the Arameans, who oppressed Israel for 8 years. After 8 years, Othniel was raised up as the first Judge who brought peace to Israel for 40 years.

Following the death of Joshua, Israel begins its slide into immorality and godlessness. In this episode, we cover the birth of apostasy in Northern Israel with the idolatry of Dan and sellout of the Levitical priesthood by Jonathan, grandson of Moses, and conclude the episode with a tribute to Paris Reidhead's famous word 'Ten Shekels and a Shirt.'

After the division of the land at Gilgal, the Reubenites, Gadites and half-tribe of Manasseh returned to their land east of the Jordan. Upon re-crossing the Jordan, these tribes built an alter. After discovering the alter, all of Israel assembles to go to war with these tribes. Israel sends a diplomatic force led by Phinehas, who performs brilliantly and prevents a civil war. In addition, we will be discussing the final two messages of Joshua and concluding our look at the life and times of Joshua.

Following Joshua's Northern Military Campaign, the nation goes to Gilgal for the land distribution as commanded by Moses. Joshua is giving out the land grant for Judah, when Caleb steps forward and demands his inheritance. His faith-filled declaration is inspiring and powerful. In response to his declaration, Joshua blessed Caleb. In turn, Caleb and Judah take Hebron and defeat the three sons of Anak.

Taking a break from the Joshua timeline and celebrate the Christmas season, we are going to discuss the historic context of the famous Isaiah 7 prophecy regarding the virgin birth. Possibly in the middle a siege, Isaiah confronts King Ahaz, a wicked demonized king, to prophesy victory in battle. After this prophecy, Isaiah asks Ahaz to request a sign from God. Ahaz rejects the sign, but God gives one anyways: 'The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel...'

After the destruction of Southern Canaan, Jabin, King of Hazor, rallied the remaining northern Canaanite kings to attack Joshua. Joshua learns of the gathering of forces and he marches north and surprises them at the Waters of Merom. In another biblical suddenly, Joshua destroys these armies and begins his northern campaign to conquer the rest of Canaan.

When Adoni-Jesek learns of the defection of the Gibeonites, he rallies the remaining five Amorite kings and attacks them. In defense of their servants, Joshua marches with his entire army to the rescue of the Gibeonites. In a three day battle, full of angelic warfare and heavenly wonders, Joshua subdued the five kings of the Amorites.

After the fall of Jericho, The Israelites attack Ai and are defeated. After severe repentance, God reveals to Joshua that devoted things were brought into the camp. It was revealed Achan took devoted things from Jericho: gold, silver and a robe from Babylonia. Achan's action surrendered legal rights to victory in battle. In turn, Israel did some house cleaning and redevoted the camp of Israel to God. After dealing with their sin, Joshua led the Israelites in a complete envelopment of Ai and its total destruction.

Following the crossing of the Jordan, Joshua prepares to besiege Jericho. While he was doing some recon work, a stranger approached him. Initially, unaware of the identity of the stranger, it is revealed he is the Jesus Christ himself, the commander of the Lord's army. Following specific orders, the Lord himself brings down the walls of Jericho. This episode covers the fall of Jericho and the abundance of grace poured out upon the sole survivor and her family from Jericho.

After the spies return, the entire armed camp of Israel, six hundred thousand strong, marched to the Jordan. The priest led the way. When the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant step foot into the Jordan River, a wonder occurs. God halts the Jordan River and makes the waters pile up. In this episode, we will discussing this scene and the piling up of the waters, the symbolism of this event and the recording of the testimony for future generations.

Moses has died and the Israelites are wrecked. After the time of mourning had passed, God commands Joshua to prepare to cross the Jordan. Specifically, he told him over and over, BE STRONG and COURAGEOUS. In this episode, we will be discussing the spiritual concept of COURAGE and the Bible's James Bond mission and the prostitute Rahab.

One of the final acts of Moses was to perform another census. The census, prior to the invasion of Canaan, removed the inheritance of Zelophehad, a Levite, who died without sons. In a bold move against the law, the five daughters of Zelophehad boldly addressed their claim for their inheritance. Comparing the other census' of Israel and inheritances of those who follow Jesus, Jannel addresses how the daughters of Zelophehad are significant today.Guest Speaker: Jannel Heaston

In this episode, we will be covering the final messages of Moses and his mysterious death. The book of Deuteronomy is a collection of these final messages. We will be covering parts of these messages with prophetic significance for Israel. After these messages are complete, Moses climbs Mt. Nebo and has a supernatural experience and dies on the mountain and God himself buries him.

Following the prophecies of Balaam, Balaam gives false counsel to Balak to entice the Israelites into sin. Balak sends his women to seduce the Israelites. The Israelites take the bait and a plague breaks out among the people killing 24,000 people. To stop the plague, Phinehus takes a spear to the primary sinner in the camp and later leads the armies of God to take vengeance on the Midianites. Among the dead, was the five kings of Midian and Balaam. Balaam, the greatest sorcerer of his age, has been killed but his legacy lives on for thousands of years...

In this episode, we will be discussing the mysterious account of Balaam and his prophecies and the spiritual concept of witchcraft. Balaam, a sorcerer from the Euphrates River, receives payment to curse Israel, travels to Canaan, gets rebuked by a donkey and the Angel of the Lord and later encounters God and gives the following famous prophecy: 'I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise of out Israel.'

The Israelites have emerged from the wilderness. Opposing the Israelites is two kings and their kingdoms. Instead of allowing the Israelites to pass through their land, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan war against Moses. In this episode, we will explore these wars from a historical perspective.