Daily Devotional, Year 2 – APRIL 30 (Am I A Josiah-Christian?)
By admin On January 23rd, 2021.
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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – APRIL 30
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Am I A Josiah-Christian?
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“Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD,
and walked in the ways of David his father,
and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young,
he began to seek after the God of David his father:
and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem
from the high places, and the groves,
and the carved images, and the molten images”
2nd Chronicles 34:1-3
josiah – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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In the book of 2nd Kings, Chapter 22 and Chapter 23, we uncover the wonderful account of King Josiah’s reign over Judah!
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Unfortunately, Josiah’s righteous reign did not prevent Judah’s eventual downfall.
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And yet, in the days of Josiah, the long-lost Book of the Law of God was discovered.
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And faithful Josiah was amazed as he read those righteous words of the Lord.
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Because, for so many long years, the people of God were without the law, and had little conception of the will of God for their lives.
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Josiah reads long-lost Book of the Law of God – Wikimedia – US Public Domain (2)
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THE LAW WAS READ
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And so, a great convocation was made, in which the people listened to the Law for the first time!
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And they greatly rejoiced as they soaked in those life-giving words!
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Yes, for days they sat and listened to the Law of God being read to them.
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WLA jewishmuseum Greek Torah Scroll from Ionnina – CROPPED IMAGE – Wikimedia – Share-alike
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IDOLATRY DESTROYED
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And as a result, Josiah began a crusade throughout the land, to root out and demolish every idol and destroy the “high-places” and “groves”, which people had erected for the worship of pagan idols.
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King Destroys the Idols – Matthaeus Merian the Elder – 1625-30 – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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NO IDOLATRY TODAY?
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Now, it sure is a wonderful thing that we Christians can read these old stories, and take comfort that we don’t worship idols in the high places and groves!
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And we haven’t lost the Book of the Law, as those foolish people did, back in those days!
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We have our Bible right over there on the shelf!
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As a matter of fact, we may have up to about half a dozen Bibles on that shelf!
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Picture – Gold Calf – Wikipedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S IDOLATRY
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But the sad fact is, statistics show that most Christians are very biblically-challenged, to put it mildly!
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Statistics show that most Christians are so busy in the world, that we have little time, little energy, and little inclination to do anything but a superficial reading of our Bibles.
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But while today’s idolatry comes in different forms than in Bible times, yet it is still very definitely idolatry!
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ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who offers a world-loving gospel – www.signsofheaven.org
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MANY IDOLS!
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And what are the modern-day idols?
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Well, much of television concerns images, howbeit, walking and talking images.
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But our idolatry doesn’t stop there! No, there are many forms of idolatry in today’s world: sensual music, obsessive use of Internet devices, various games, various sports figures, music idols, fashionable and expensive cars, boats, cycles, planes, motor-homes, clubs, parties, frequent-banqueting, excessive-excursions, inordinate pursuing of homes-gardens-lands, and just about anything else in which a Christian begins to pursue to the neglect of the Salvation of lost souls!
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To a great extent, we are a mammon-worshiping society!
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(Now, not all of these aforementioned things are necessarily idols. But they can easily become our idols, if we allow them to be!)
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Mall Market culture – Jakarta – Wikimedia – share-alike-lic.
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HIGH-TECH IDOLATRY
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The great problem is, that we live in a society in which, “the god of this world” has become very high-tech in his effort to conform us into his unholy image!
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And as a result, today’s Christian has become so fully indoctrinated by nearly everything around us, that we have come to view the world, in much the same way as unbelievers view the world!
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And because we must continue to live and work and eat, it is somewhat difficult to know just where to draw the boundary line for being, “in the world, but not of the world”.
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SATAN’S TAKES NO VACATIONS!
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But we must be, “wise as serpents”, knowing that Satan is not one little bit, complacent in his efforts to destroy us! (Matthew 10:16)
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No, Satan and his fellow workers (both seen and unseen), are working around the clock to put us and our children into shackles: helpless prisoners of his antichrist world-system!
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And now, with the advent of hand-held high-tech devices, it is almost guaranteed that our children will become conformed to the image of the beast (Satan’s antichrist world-system, which he created to be a reflection of his unholy likeness)!
TV – The Image of the Beast – www.theheavensdeclare.net – Not for commercial uses
Girl Texting – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 2.0
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A QUIET CRUSADE
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“And that ye study to be quiet, and to do (to mind) your own business,” 1st Thessalonians 4:11
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And so, just what can we do as a people?
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Absolutely nothing! There is absolutely nothing we can do, “as a people”, to solve this problem!
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But, as an individual, there is much that a Believer can do!
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And the first thing that I must do in my own personal life, is to become a, “Josiah Christian!”
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TO BECOME LIKE JOSIAH
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And just how do I become a Josiah Christian?
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Well, the very first thing that Josiah did, was to drink in copious amounts of God’s Law-Book, the Bible!
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Yes, the Christian is to become fully immersed in God’s Word, and in unceasing prayer and praise!
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As I go about my employment, or as I take a walk, or participate in recreation with my family, I can “think on these things”, quietly and secretly!
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In other words, I can silently pray, and contemplate God’s Word, even on the run!
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Family – Children’s Playground – Wikimedia – Share-alike License
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PERSONAL REFORMS
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Next is to return to the Lord in prayer and pleading for grace to make reforms in my own life!
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The Lord will ultimately give me power to turn off the TV, or radio, and instead turn on some quiet strings, like those plucking strings of David’s harp.
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Or some angelic choirs, or hymns of praise!
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Or nature sounds!
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Or some audio Bible readings!
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David the Shepherd Boy – Wikipedia – US Public Domain
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A PERSONAL & PRIVATE CRUSADE
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Here is the essence of what it means to be a true reformer, like Josiah!
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No, my responsibility is not to destroy the idols out of the lives of others!
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But I can certainly clean up the polluted idolatry in my own heart!
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This is the land that God is concerned about: to conquer the “Promised Land” within my own heart!
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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Help me to become a reformer like Josiah. But help me to do this quietly…
Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Ark of the Covenant Constellation, Pt. 2: How To Enter The Most Holy Place”, or you can also read… “February 3rd (Fashionable Religion)
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN
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NARROW GATE STARS
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This most amazing phenomenon is seen throughout the winter. Although it can be observed most of the winter, it is seen best when it is the western part of the sky, at winter’s end (The end of winter being the final scene of this heavenly Gospel story). Orion , the Dragon, and the Glorious White Horse are beginning to descend into the western horizon (sketch to right is Winter Constellations descending into western horizon. This can actually be seen as early as December, in the pre-dawn hours).
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And at this point it is apparent that the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation is veering toward the two bright stars, known as Castor and Pollux (sketch to left). But the Wide Gate Stars are composed of the two brightest stars of the Auriga Constellation, known as the star, Capella, and the star, Menkalinan. The two stars, Castor and Pollux, make up the concept of the Orion’s Narrow Gate Stars.
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This can even be observed into June in the western sky (for a short time just after dark). While a dark night is best for seeing the Woman Constellation, the 4 stars which comprise the Narrow Gate/Wide Gate Stars can be seen even under mediocre conditions. It begins with the Fleeing Woman of Revelation 12 Constellation (AKA Ursa Major) going towards these two doors.
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The sketch to left shows, the two doors are each composed of two bright stars. The two bright stars that comprise the Narrow Gate are the two brightest stars of the Orion the Reaper’s sickle. The two stars that comprise the ‘Wide Gate’ Stars are the two brightest stars of the wave of water that comes out of the Dragon Constellation’s mouth (for explanation of “Wave of Water”, just click here). The stars that make up the ‘Narrow Gate’ are about half the width of the Wide Gate (see sketch to right).
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(For more information on Orion’s sickle, just click here, “Orion The Reaper”.)
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Editor’s note: These sketches on this page are merely sketches. The stars are not in their exact place. However, they are close enough to find them in the night sky. But as with most stars, it takes persistence to finally locate them.
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”
Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license
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TOMORROW…
“MAY 1 (Making Deals With My Own Self)”
USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – public domain
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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain