12, 22 years old

 12, 22 years old….

I can’t imagine what it would be like to start reigning as king at any of these ages…

The 12 year old…

 “He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 

He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. 

He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger. 

But the people did not listen. 

Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites. 

I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. 

I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 

they have done evil in my eyes and have aroused my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day.” Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

2Kgs.21.2,2Kgs.21.6,2Kgs.21.9,2Kgs.21.13,2Kgs.21.15-16

The 22 year old-

 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. 

His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah. 

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. 

He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them. 

He forsook the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him. 

Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace. 

Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.

2 Kings 21:19-24

These two were surely not known for their Godly ways…they represent the list in Galations-

 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Gal.5.19-21

Through the time/centuries things have been basically the same…good and evil…and we still have a choice whom to serve…

 Do not envy the violentor choose any of their ways. 

For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence. 

The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,but he blesses the home of the righteous.

Prov.3.31-33

 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me. Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. John.7.16-18

Thank YOU…

I know a name…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wQonuDy-4