Understanding Generational Curses and Blessings Part [11] 12/15/2023 (Evening thought)

2nd Kings 12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord, 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.

So, let’s recap what took place here. Ahab, and the infamous Jezebel were the progenitors of Ahaziah, who followed in the footsteps of Ahab, and Ahaziah has a son, namely Josiah, who chooses to track an entirely different course. It's worthy of note that the training Josiah got from an early age at the hands of the priest Jehoiada, had a profound effect upon his mind, and according to the Scriptures, those early instructions played a vital role in overriding whatsoever genetic, and inherited tendencies to evil Joash’s progenitors bequeathed.

Thus, even though this is the exception rather than the rule, yet, it is possible, by the grace of God for a person to buck that downward trend, set in motion by one’s parents and grandparents. If it were not a possibility, then the grace of God would have limits on its ability to save to the gutter-most. [2] The other statement from our first passage that needs to be addressed is that of “Keeping mercy for thousands of generations that love me and keep my commandments”

The generations of the righteous are promised grace and mercy, but this isn’t exclusively theirs, as we’ve seen in several previous passages. If the offspring of righteous do evil, in many cases they would reap the natural results just like the wicked because The Lord does not generally interfere with the laws of sowing and reaping.

Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Understanding Generational Curses and Blessings Part [10] 12/14/2023 (Morning thought)

1st Kings 22: 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

1st Kings 22:51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. 52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.

2nd Kings 11:1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

2nd Kings 12:2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 4 And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the Lord, even the money of every one that passes the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that comes into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord.

2nd Kings 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!