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Bob Hoekstra
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September 25
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<h1>Manasseh Pridefully Rebelling against the Lord</h1>
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<div class="block"><i><b>Manasseh</b>…did <b>evil</b> in the <b>sight</b> of the <b>LORD</b>, according to the <b>abominations</b> of the <b>nations</b> whom the LORD had <b>cast out</b> before the children of Israel…And the LORD <b>spoke</b> to Manasseh and his people, <b>but</b> they would <b>not listen</b>. <b>Therefore</b> the <b>LORD brought</b> upon them…the army of the king of Assyria, who <b>took</b> Manasseh <b>with hooks</b>, <b>bound</b> him with <b>bronze</b> fetters, and <b>carried</b> him off to <b>Babylon</b>.</i> (<a onClick="return mV('2Ch', 33, '1-2');">2 Chronicles 33:1-2</a>, <a onClick="return mV('2Ch', 33, '10-11');">10-11</a>)</div>
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<p><b>Manasseh</b> was another king who walked in <b>prideful rebellion against the Lord</b>. <i>"He did <b>evil</b> in the <b>sight</b> of the <b>LORD</b>."</i> His pride was even more shocking than Nebuchadnezzar's (who ruled in Babylon), since Manasseh ruled in Jerusalem and had been raised by a godly father, King Hezekiah.</p>
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<p>Manasseh was heavily influenced by the godless nations that dominated the land before God gave it to Israel. His evil was <i>"according to the <b>abominations</b> of the <b>nations</b> whom the LORD had <b>cast out</b> before the children of Israel."</i> The spiritual behavior of these Canaanite nations was abominable in God's sight. They indulged in licentious worship of idols on the hills and mountains. Manasseh <i>"rebuilt the <b>high places</b> which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he raised up <b>altars</b> for the <b>Baals</b>, and made <b>wooden images</b>; and he <b>worshiped</b> all the <b>host</b> of <b>heaven</b> and served them"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('2Ch', 33, '3-3');">2 Chronicles 33:3</a>). Manasseh also brought idolatry into the very Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. <i>"He also built <b>altars</b> in the <b>house</b> of the <b>LORD</b>, of which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem shall <b>My name</b> be forever'"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('2Ch', 33, '4-4');">2 Chronicles 33:4</a>).</p>
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<p>The nations that preceded Israel in the land were even engaged in sacrificing their children and seeking demonic guidance. Shockingly, Manasseh also <i>"caused his sons to <b>pass through the fire</b> in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced <b>soothsaying</b>, used <b>witchcraft</b> and <b>sorcery</b>, and consulted <b>mediums</b> and <b>spiritists</b>"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('2Ch', 33, '6-6');">2 Chronicles 33:6</a>). Actually, Manasseh brought more evil into the land than his abominable predecessors. <i>"So Manasseh <b>seduced</b> Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do <b>more evil than</b> the <b>nations</b> whom the <b>LORD</b> had <b>destroyed</b> before the children of Israel"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('2Ch', 33, '9-9');">2 Chronicles 33:9</a>). Lovingly, the Lord reached out to this pridefully rebellious king. <i>"And the LORD <b>spoke</b> to Manasseh and his people, <b>but</b> they would <b>not listen</b>."</i> The ultimate result of this persistent resistance was humiliating and painful captivity. <i>"<b>Therefore</b> the <b>LORD brought</b> upon them the <b>captains</b> of the army of the king of Assyria, who <b>took</b> Manasseh <b>with hooks</b>, <b>bound</b> him with <b>bronze</b> fetters, and <b>carried</b> him off to <b>Babylon</b>."</i></p>
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<div class="dbdbg_prayer">Heavenly Father, please guard me from the seductive influence of this godless world. I am already too familiar with the bondage that worldly indulgence brings. Please nurture to fullness every godly seed ever planted in my life, for Your glory, Amen.</div>
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