Sat.’s Devo -Joash is Proclaimed King

Read: 2 Kings 9-11
God anointed Jehu king of Israel to rid the land of Ahab and his descendants. He killed Joram, king of Israel and Ahaziah, king of Judah. They and Jezebel died in Naboth’s vineyard which was the fulfillment of prophecy and atoned for Naboth’s murder. Then Jehu killed everyone in Ahab’s line. After ridding the land of the people of Ahab, Jehu went to Samaria to rid the land of the family of Ahaziah, king of Judah and the worshippers of Baal. Jehu rid the land of Israel of the worship of Baal. But in all of Jehu’s zeal to do great things for God he had no pleasure in following his laws. He fell to the sins of Jeroboam who worshipped God in the high places which was where the people went to worship God the way they chose. In 1 Kings 13, a prophet came to Jeroboam and told him that a child named Josiah would one day rid the land of the high places.
In the meantime, in Judah, the mother of Ahaziah rose to be the queen. Her name was Athaliah. She killed all the royal seed so no one could usurp her reign. Her own daughter hid her younger brother, Joash for six years in the house of the Lord. In the seventh year, the priests formed a coup and brought Joash out of hiding, placed a crown on his head and blew the trumpets and proclaimed him king. They killed Athaliah as she tried to escape. This is a picture of Jesus being crowned after 6,000 years of being hid in the house of the Lord. He will return to the blasts of trumpets and all the earth will see and proclaim that he is Lord!!!
Lord, everything You do is for a purpose. Help us to see your purposes.