2 Chronicles 23:12 says, Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord: When Athaliah heard all the noise of the people praising the king, she went to the temple, to see what was going on. Since she thought she had killed all those who could claim the kingship, she must have really been curious. The people in Jesus's day thought they had killed Him, so they had to be confused when his disciples started to proclaim the He had risen, and too many people still don't believe that today, and some even come to the church to find out, but still won't believe. Verse thirteen adds, And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. When she got to the temple, she saw the king standing by his pillar and all the people singing and rejoicing and playing music, so then she cried out treason, treason. On day, everyone is going to see the King, Jesus Christ, standing in His position by the right hand of God, and they may believe that they were somehow betrayed by those they believed in, but it will be too late for them to be saved, just as it was too late for her since she didn't repent of her actions. Verse fourteen continues, Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord. Jehoiada told the captains of the forces to take Athaliah out of the temple and slay her, and do the same to anyone who followed her. She had accused the people of treason, but she was the one who was actually guilty of it. When Jesus Christ returns to judge the world, those who would not put their faith in Him will be sent away to everlasting punishment out of heaven, God's realm. They will be sent away because of their own rebellion, or treason, against Him. Verse fifteen concludes, So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. She was taken and slain. We are not called on to kill our enemies or the enemies of God, but one day He will send them away to everlasting punishment. Verse sixteen states, And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the Lord's people. Jehoiada made a covenant between all the people, the king, and himself that they should be God's people. They all had to individually agree to this, because Jehoiada could not really make a covenant for them, just as we must all individually make a covenant with God today by accepting Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord. No one else can make this decision for us, and it must be made while we are alive. Verse seventeen adds, Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The people then went to the temple of Baal and destroyed all the idols to him and killed the priest of Baal. We must destroy all idols in our lives today if we are to effectively serve God. Verse eighteen continues, Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. Jehoiada also reestablished the order of the priests in serving in the temple in accordance with the law of Moses. We as Christians are under God's law, and we need to not only worship in accordance with His word, but we need to live life every day, no matter where we are or what we are doing, in accordance with His word under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Verse nineteen says, And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. Jehoiada also set up porters at the gates to make sure that nothing unclean came into the temple. We are not called on to keep those who are sinners, or spiritually unclean, out of God's house, but to bring them in so they can hear the gospel, but we do need to make sure that we as followers of Christ do not bring anything unclean into the church, or even in to our lives as individuals, since our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Verse twenty adds, And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. The king was then brought from the temple to the king's house, and he was set upon the throne. Our King is already sitting on His throne, and we just need to acknowledge that fact. Verse twenty-one continues, And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. After this, everything was quiet in the city and the people rejoiced. Everything in our lives as Christians should be quiet spiritually if we are following the leadership of the Holy Spirit, and we should continually rejoice because of that fact.
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