Chapter 9.8
Bad Presidents
If God is in control; does He choose BAD as well
as Good Presidents?
If you are not hearing from God,
it’s
because the Teacher is always quiet
during
a test.
First
Word
Where did the office of President come from anyway? Well, the first time we see it
referenced in the Bible, they are called Kings and each nation had one EXCEPT for Israel, they were unique
receiving their MORAL COMPASS directly from God through Judges, Prophets
and Priests.
At some point the people decided that Samuel, who was their Judge, Priest and
Prophet was too old and they felt like they needed to be ruled by a KING like all the other nations.[1] Samuel
felt rejected by the people and went to God in prayer. God told him that Israel had not rejected him
as Judge, but had rejected their one GOD
JEHOVAH.
The
Warning
Samuel warned the people that a king
will have his own ARMY as well as have their children as civilian laborers. The King will take the best of
everything that they owned, and will TAX them everywhere
they turned.[2] They said they
didn’t care, that they wanted a
king JUST like all the other nations; so God told Samuel that since they had
rejected JEHOVAH as their God; just GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT. (And
deserve)
Did you see it? The rejection of Biblical principles is the rejection of
Almighty God.
Good Kings
I would like to point out that there were only SEVEN Good Kings and they were all from Judah (this
included Benjamin) which was the Southern
Kingdom; with Israel being the
remaining ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom. (The Kingdom had split)
1)
King David: A man after God’s own heart [3]
2)
King Asa: His heart was perfect before the Lord all his days.[4]
3)
King Jehoshaphat: He did not turn aside from doing what was right in the eyes of the
Lord.[5]
4)
King Uzziah: Did that which was right in the eyes of the lord [6]
5)
King Jotham: Did that which was right in the sight of the Lord[7]
6)
King Hezekiah: Did that which was right in the sight of the Lord [8]
7)
King Josiah: Was like no other king in turning “to the Lord with all his heart, and
with all his soul, and with all his might”. [9] (Meredith’s Second Book of Bible Lists)
Good Kings that went Bad
1) King
Saul was given a new
heart by God, but chose to disobey [10]
2) King
Solomon loved the Lord,
but in his old age, turned to do evil by his heathen wives. [11]
3) King
Jehoash did that which
was right in the sight of the Lord, but later forsook
the Lord.[12]
4) King
Amaziah did that which
was right in the sight of the lord, but later turned
away from following the Lord. [13] (Meredith’s
Second Book of Bible Lists)
Bad Kings
1) King
Jeroboam
– Made two golden calves and appointed priest in
high places.[14]
2) King
Rehoboam (Judah) – Did evil by
not preparing his heart to seek the Lord.[15]
3) King
Abijam
(Judah) – Walked in all the sins of his
father.[16]
4) King
Nadab – Made Israel to
sin.[17]
5) King
Baasha – Walked in the (evil) ways of Jeroboam.[18]
6) King
Elah – Provoked the Lord to anger with his idols.[19]
7) King
Zimri – Killed Elah to
obtain the throne for a seven-day reign.[20]
8) King
Omri
– Did worse than all that were before him.[21]
9) King
Ahab – Did sell
himself to work wickedness like none other before him.[22]
10) King
Ahaziah – Served Baal and worshipped him.[23]
11) King
Jehoram: (son of Ahab) – Cleaved unto
the sins of Jeroboam.[24]
12) King
Jehoram; (son of Jehoshaphat) – Walked in the (bad) way of the
kings of Israel.[25]
13) King
Ahaziah (Judah) – did evil in
the sight of the Lord.[26]
14) King
Jehu – Took no heed
to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel.[27]
15) King
Jehoahaz – Followed the sins of Jeroboam.[28]
16) King
Jehoash – Did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.[29]
17) King
Jeroboam – Did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.[30]
18) King
Zachariah – Did (evil) as his fathers
had done.[31]
19) King
Shallum – He slew
Zachariah to gain his throne.[32]
20) King
Menahem – Departed not all his days from the sins of
Jeroboam.[33]
21) King
Pekahiah – Did that which
was evil in the sight of the Lord.[34]
22) King
Pekah – Killed Pekahiah to gain the throne.[35]
23) King
Ahaz (Judah) – Sacrificed
his son to idols.[36]
24) King
Hoshea – Did evil and was finally carried away to exile in
Assyria.[37]
25) King
Manasseh (Judah) – Built up
again the high places (idols) which his
father had destroyed.[38]
26) King
Amon (Judah) – Forsook the
Lord God of his fathers.[39]
27) King
Jehoahaz (Judah) – Did that
which was evil in the sight of the Lord.[40]
28) King
Jehoiakim (Judah) – Did (evil) accordingly to all
that his father’s had done.[41]
29) King
Jehoiachin (Judah) – Did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.[42]
30) King
Zedekiah (Judah) - Did that
which was evil in the sight of the Lord.[43]
(Meredith’s Second Book of Bible Lists)
Five to
One – Bad Presidents
For every good king of
Israel there was FIVE bad kings.
You can see how a king could start out seeking God’s face and His will
and then start trusting in their own wisdom and knowledge;[44]
then eventually forsaking God. Every
King had a Judge, Prophet or Priest to
give them guidance, but the majority trusted ONLY in themselves.
This is where we are today, we as a nation have rejected God, wanting to make our own decisions
about life, looking to our own experiences as the yardstick of measurement of
what is right and wrong. We surround ourselves with people of like mind; we
call what is wrong, right[45]
and we ELECT our President based on who we are inside.
In short, we as a nation have rejected Jehovah God and He has given us what we wanted. If we have a bad President, it’s our own
fault; it’s what we as a Nation wanted.
God says if you call darkness light; then just keep on doing it to the
end; you will reap what you sow.[46]
Bad Presidents
Kings,
Emperors and Presidents are ALL
put into power and authority by God Himself;[47]
they are ALL
His servants. King Nebuchadnezzar was the enemy of Israel and of God, but God calls him
“His Servant”.[48] God uses those in authority to carry out His
will, knowing their hearts fully.
NOTE: All
through scripture, God would raise up a king “To Spank” Israel to give them a course
correction; and while each spanking was devastating, it did not wipe them entirely
out, but it did get them to seek God’s face once again.
Did you ever think, that God would allow a
person to come into power as our President just to get our attention back on JEHOVAH GOD? Prayers for our President should start way
before he or she is ever elected and one of the best reasons I can think of to
pray for our President is for a Peaceful and quiet life.[49] If you
are not hearing from God it’s because the Teacher is always quiet during a test.
Did you see it? The rejection of Biblical concepts is the rejection of Almighty God.
Instead of asking God to
bless America;
America should bless God.
Pray that we don’t get what we
deserve.
God says; if my people who are called by
my name humble themselves,
and pray and seek my face and turn from
their wicked ways, then I will hear
from heaven and will forgive their sin and
heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (ESV)
Editorial – Optional reading
Side Commentary; there is something
called the PACK mentality. Whatever the PACK
wants is what’s considered the norm. Today our legislators are put into office with
big money financing their elections; Big Money banking both sides of the
election to be sure to win. Then the
favors come in to GUIDE THE PACK in the direction they want them to go.
The
President reflects the majority of the Nation. If you can’t get the majority to
vote your way, then pass laws, rules and concepts that can bend and steer their
voting. There are Presidents that have
won the majority of the votes, yet lost the election. Go figure.
Please note; most of the “directing” is done through FEAR and once the PACK
is operating in the FEAR zone, you can channel their energy whichever
way you want to turn them. Ten percent of the population perpetrates 100% of the crimes... but if they were all locked up, we would have
nothing to fear and that would hurt the
economy. Observe the commercials on TV
and see the underlying motivation to buy a special product: Fear of falling,
Fear of a home
invasion, Fear of another religion, Fear of credit fraud, Fear the offer will expire, Fear of computer hacking.
Want to get real upset? Who are those that
operate the Federal Reserve? It’s a
Private institution with laws that prevent us from knowing who they are and
what they do, yet they print and control all the money with NO
accountability. Is there any gold
remaining at Fort Knox? You may be
surprised.
He who
has the gold has the most toys.
More thoughts: When we are at war; perhaps the upper one percent
is funding both sides. When all the
people are fighting the smoke screen of a common enemy, they don’t think about
all the other things that are going on. We are told what we need to know; just look
over here, watch my LEFT hand and don’t worry about what my RIGHT hand is doing.
IF
WE HAVE A BAD PRESIDENT,
IT’S
BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE WANTED.
WE
CHOSE IT AND GOD WILL USE IT.
[1] 1 Samuel 8:1-9 - Appoint for us a king like all
the other nations and the LORD said
“Obey the voice of the people
[2] 1 Samuel 8:10-22 - Warning – A king will TAKE from you and TAX
you, and in SCRIPT you in labor
GOOD KINGS
[3] 1 Samuel 13:14 - David was appointed
by the LORD to be the leader of his people
[4] 1 Kings 15:9-11 - Asa did what was
pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[5] 1 Kings 22:43 - Jehoshaphat was a
good king and did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[6] 2 Kings 15:1-3 - Uzziah did what
was pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[7] 2 Kings 15:32-34 - Jotham did what
was pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[8] 2 Kings 18:1-3 - Hezekiah did what
was pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[9] 2 Kings 22:1-2 - Josiah did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[11] 1 Kings 3:3 – King Solomon loved the LORD and followed all the
decrees of his father, David
[12] 2 Kings 12:1-2 – King Joash did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[13] 2 Kings 14:1-3 – King Amaziah did what was pleasing in the LORD’s sight
[14] 1 Kings 12:28-31 - King Jeroboam made two gold calves and ordained priests from the
common people
[15] 2 Chronicles 12:14 - King Rehoboam was an evil king, for
he did not seek the LORD with all his heart.
[16] 1 Kings 15:1-5 - King Abijam was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his ancestor
David had been
[17] 1 Kings 15:25-26 - King Nadab followed the example of his father and did what
was evil in the LORD’s
sight
[18] 1 Kings 15:33-34 - King Baasha followed the example of Jeroboam and did what was evil in the LORD’s sight
[19]
1 Kings 16:8-14 - King Elah committed sins that led
Israel to worship worthless idols
[20] 1 Kings 16:9-20 - Zimri committed
treason and did what was evil in the LORD’s sight; his reign in
Tirzah lasted only seven years
[21] 1 Kings 16:25-26 - King Omri
followed the example of Jeroboam in sin and led Israel to sin
[22] 1 Kings 16:30 - King Ahab did
what was evil in the LORD’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him
[23] 1 Kings 22:51-53 – King Ahaziah served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the
LORD, the God of Israel, to
anger
[24] 2 Kings 3:1-3 - King Jehoram clung
to the sin of Jeroboam and made Israel to sin
[25] 2 Kings 8:16-18 - King Jehoram walked in the way of the evil kings of
Israel and he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD
[26] 2 Kings 8:26-27 – King Ahaziah walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did
what was evil in the sight of the LORD,
[27] 2 Kings 10:28-29 – King Jehu did not turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam and
made Israel to sin
[28] 2 Kings 13:1-2 – King Jehoahaz did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins of
Jeroboam made Israel to sin
[29] 2 Kings 13:10-11 - King Jehoash did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam; made
Israel to sin; did evil in the sight of the lord
[30] 2 Kings 14:23-25 – King Jeroboam II did what was evil in the sight of the LORD which he made Israel to
sin.
[31] 2 Kings 15:8-10 – King Azariah did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had which
made Israel to sin.
[32] 2 Kings 15:10 – King Jabesh conspired against King
Zechariah and put him to
death and reigned in his place.
[33] 2
Kings 15:17-18 – King Menahem (7 years old) did what was
evil in the sight of the LORD
which he made Israel to sin
[34] 2 Kings 15:23-24 - King Pekahiah refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam
son of Nebat had led Israel to commit
[35] 2 Kings 15:27-28 – King Pekah refused
to turn from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had led Israel to commit
[36] 2 Kings 16:2-3 – King Ahaz followed the detestable practices of the pagan
nations and sacrificed his own son in the fire
[37] 2 Kings 17:1-2 - King Hoshea did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, but not to the
same extent as previous kings of Israel
[38] 2 Kings 21:1-3 – King Manasseh (12 years old) constructed Baal altars; bowed
down and worshiped all the powers of the heavens
[39] 2 Kings 21:19-22 - King Amon abandoned the LORD and refused to follow the
LORD’s ways; worshiping idols
[40] 2 Kings 13:1-2 - King Jehoahaz followed the sins of Jeroboam which made
Israel to sin which was evil in the
sight of the LORD
[41] 2 Kings 23:36-37 - King Jehoiakim did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his
ancestors had done.
[42] 2 Kings 24:8-9 - King Jehoiachin (18 years old) did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his
father had done
[43] 1 Kings 22:11 - King Zedekiah made horns of iron; with these you shall push
the Syrians until they are destroyed.
[44] 2 Peter 2:1-3 – They are Spinning the Truth with Destructive Divisions
[45] Isaiah 5:20-21 - Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil
[46] Revelation 22:11 – Let the wrong doer just continue to do wrong -- 2
Corinthians 9:6 – You will reap what you sow
[47] Romans 13:1-2 – It is God that puts our Presidents
in power
[48] Jeremiah 27:6 – Evil Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon was Gods Servant
[49] 1 Timothy 2:2-3 – We should pray for our President so that we can
live peaceful and quiet lives
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