Jehoash Did What The Lord Considered To Be Right During The Entire Time When Jehoiada The Priest Was Instructing Him.
Kings 12:2
The Lord established human government on earth after Noah’s period. The Lord put Himself under the binding of this law. He respects the person whom people elect to rule over them. Even when they elected people whom Jehovah did not favour, THE LORD ANOINTED THEM WITH HIS Spirit bible has ample examples for this.
In the above verse we read about a king Jehoash. He was made king at the age of 7. How a child of 7 would have ruled a nation? We can imagine. This was the result of the Kingly rule. Were authority and administration will be handed over automatically to their children, But there was a priest of God, to advise him in everything. So the administration went on well in his kingdom. He brought many reformations too. Here we see an incident .
2Ki 12:7,8 So king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, along with other priests, and asked them, "Why haven't you fixed the leaks in the Temple? Stop receiving donations from your acquaintances for repairing the leaks in the Temple." So the priests agreed to receive no more cash from the people, but they didn't repair the leaks in the Temple, either.
The king banned the priests from receiving cash from the people in the name of constructing or repairing the temple of God.
Priests were supposed to be mediators between God and people, bringing corrections in every sphere of life even in the administration of the king. but during king jehoash’s time, it happened vice versa. the king is bringing financial discipline among priests. the king issued certain laws regarding this.
Today the Lord is rectifying all the financial indiscipline and mismanagement in the religious sphere of India and of the world. Let us be submissive to His operations. Even though many of us noticed major cracks in the temple (His body, the Church) of the Lord, no one dared to rectify it till Covid 19. Hence the Lord had to resort to new method; i.e. Correcting His Church using gentiles, through pestilence Covid 19, etc..
Let us ask pardon for our silence, indifference towards the flaws and wrongs done in the temple of the Lord.
When the Lord warned the Church regarding this through “Operation Ecclesia” in 2013, I approached a Christian lawyer and requested him to do something legally to rectify this. reply was,
“How can I go and tell this to my Church head. I will have to offend him”. He reflected the mindset of majority of Christians in India.
The Lord clearly warned us,
“If you don’t do, I will have to hand over the Indian Church to gentiles. They will bring the necessary rectifications. They will be like axe and hammer to you.”
We see how king Jehoash accomplished this in 2 Ki 12: 7-15.
2Ki 12:7-8 Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.” So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should
We see how king Jehoash accomplished this in 2 Ki 12: 7-15.
2Ki 12:7-8 Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.” So the priests agreed that they should take no more money from the people, and that they should not repair the house…….
The Lord is bringing a reformation in the Church all over the world. Recently I heard about a Church which wants to construct a building for the Church to assemble, the estimate of which is Rs. 72 crores. The constructed buildings of the Churches in USA and Europe have been converted into bars, clubs, Muslim mosques restaurants etc. We are not learning from all these. Still we go on constructing buildings instead of building hearts. May the Lord open our eyes! Let us ask pardon from the Lord for all our sins, especially for the mismanagement of money, financial indiscipline inside the Church.
SR. ANGELICA AOJ