2 Crônicas 21

2 Crônicas 21

Meyer - 2 Chronicles 21:10 The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand. As long as the kings of Judah remained true to their allegiance to God they were able to keep in subjection the surrounding nations; but just so soon as they revolted from God these peoples revolted from them. It was as though power descended into them from the source of all power; and when the link between themselves and God was broken, that between them and their subordinates was broken also. This applies very widely: To our passions.— If they master you, rebelling against and revolting from your hand, it is because there is some flaw in your consecration, and you have forsaken to some extent the Lord God. To our families.— When the heads of a home are in perfect unity with each other and God, they may generally expect that their children will grow up submissive and obedient. Their authority will be recognized and honored. Revolt in the home indicates very often some lapse in obedience and loyalty to God. To our influence over men.— When the soul is in blessed fellowship with God, power flows into it from Him, before which strongholds are overthrown. “I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord,” said the prophet. “I am a man under authority, and have soldiers under me,” said the centurion. Give yourself entirely to Jesus. Obey Him absolutely; receive by faith from Him living power and grace; be a channel through which He may pour Himself; and you will find that men and things will fall into line at your bidding, and you shall receive power. Our Libnahs will not revolt, unless we forsake the Lord God of our fathers. 2 Chronicles 21:11 Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot and led Judah astray. Moreover: De 12:2-4 1Ki 11:7 Ps 78:58 Eze 20:28 caused: 1Ki 14:9,16 2Ki 21:11 Hab 2:15 Rev 2:20 play the harlot : 2Ch 21:13 Lev 17:7 20:5 2Ki 9:22 Ps 106:39 Eze 16:15-63 Rev 2:20-22 Rev 17:1-5 led Judah astray. 2Ch 33:9 Da 3:5,6,15 Rev 13:15-17 17:5,6 Related Passages: 2 Chronicles 17:6+ He (JEHOSHAPHAT) took great pride in the ways of the LORD and again removed the high places (bamah) and the Asherim from Judah. Judges 8:33 Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god. 1 Chronicles 5:25 But they acted treacherously against the God of their fathers and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. THE SCOURGE OF HIGH PLACES LEADING TO SPIRITUAL ADULTERY Moreover, he made high places (bamah) in the mountains of Judah - The Hebrew word bamah literally means a high place or elevated hill, and in Israel’s history, it came to describe sites of pagan worship. What made these “high places” sinful was not the elevation itself, but the defiance of God’s command that worship was to take place only at the temple in Jerusalem—the place He chose to put His name (Deuteronomy 12:5–6+). By building these bamah, Jehoram was undoing the reforms of his father Jehoshaphat and of earlier kings who removed idolatrous practices (2Chronicles 17:6+). It was a theological rebellion, not just a cultural one. He was reintroducing Canaanite religious customs, the worship of fertility deities such as Baal and Asherah, which were often associated with immorality and ritual prostitution. David