# Can We Postpone the Judgement of God? (2 Chronicles 34: 1-33)

An episode of [The Bible Journey Daily Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1570210433), 29 Sep 2026, 26 min.

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Send us Fan Mail To continue receiving this podcast, please subscribe to: https://thebiblejourneydailypodcast.buzzsprout.com This Podcast is part of season 23 of a project to complete an in-depth study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. Episode Notes: The Bible teaches that God will judge the world and everyone in it. Scripture is unambiguous about that. The judgment of God is inevitable, irreversible, and unavoidable. I am as certain of that reality. But the good news is this: It is possible to avoid the judgment of God. And in some cases, it is even possible to postpone the judgment of God. That may sound surprising. It may not even sound right to some of you listening today. But one of the kings of Judah, an unlikely king, at an unlikely time, I believe, managed to do exactly that. He personally avoided God’s judgment, and he postponed God’s judgment on the nation. And when you hear that, you naturally want to ask: How did he do that? What kind of man was he? What kind of repentance did he show? What kind of response moved the heart of God? And what does his story mean for us today? The answer is found in 2 Chronicles chapter 34, one of the most remarkable chapters in the entire book, because it shows us what happens when a single heart becomes tender toward God, and how a single life can influence the destiny of an entire nation. In this episode, we’re going to walk through the story of King Josiah, a young man who sought the Lord early, responded to the Word deeply, and humbled himself completely. His life demonstrates that while God’s judgment is certain, a tender heart can delay it, and a repentant heart can escape it. Save the World Podcast In-depth lectures and interviews on issues affecting the continued survival of human... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show This podcast is entirely the work of Jeremy R. McCandless... Follow and support me as an independent podcast creator on Patreon. Jeremy McCandless | Creating Podcasts and Bible Study Resources | Patreon To receive my weekly newsletter and keep up to date with all five of my podcasts, subscribe at: Jeremy McCandless | Substack Check out my other Podcasts. My History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com The L.I.F.E. Podcast: Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment. https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568891 The Classic Literature Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568906 To visit my Author page on Amazon and view my entire back catalogue of books on both Amazon and Kindle, and now also on Audible, Visit: Amazon.com: Jeremy R Mccandless: books, biography, latest update

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[0:14] SPEAKER_00: Hi friends, welcome wherever you are, wherever you may be around the world to today's episode of the Bible Journey Daily Podcast.
[0:22] SPEAKER_00: And today we continue our study through the whole word of God from Genesis to Revelation, chapter by chapter, verse by verse.
[0:30] SPEAKER_00: And today we're in the closing section of two chronicles, and today we're covering all of chapter 34, where we learn about Josiah's reforms and repairs.
[0:44] SPEAKER_00: Now the Bible teaches that God will judge the world and everyone in it.
[0:49] SPEAKER_00: Scripture is really unambiguous about that.
[0:51] SPEAKER_00: The judgment of God is inevitable, irreversible, and unavoidable.
[0:56] SPEAKER_00: I am personally certain of that reality.
[0:59] SPEAKER_00: Judgment is coming, and that's the bad news.
[1:01] SPEAKER_00: But the good news is this it is possible to avoid the judgment of God, and in some cases it's even possible to postpone the judgment of God in the everyday.
[1:13] SPEAKER_00: Now that may sound surprising for some of you.
[1:15] SPEAKER_00: It may not even sound right for some of you listening today, but I think one of the kings of Judah, an unlikely king, at an unlikely time, I believe managed to do that exactly.
[1:28] SPEAKER_00: He personally avoided God's temporal judgment in his day, and he postponed God's judgment on the entire nation.
[1:36] SPEAKER_00: And when you hear that, you might naturally, as a believer, want to ask, well, how exactly did he do that?
[1:42] SPEAKER_00: What kind of man was he?
[1:44] SPEAKER_00: What kind of repentance did he show?
[1:46] SPEAKER_00: What kind of response moved the heart of God?
[1:49] SPEAKER_00: And what does that story mean and tell us today?
[1:53] SPEAKER_00: Well, the answer is found in today's chapter, chapter 34 of 2 Chronicles, one of the most remarkable chapters in the entire book, because it shows us that what can happen when a single heart becomes tender towards God, and how a single life can influence the destiny in this time, on this occasion, of an entire nation.
[2:17] SPEAKER_00: Now in this in today's episode, we're going to walk through the story of King Josiah, a young man who sought the Lord early in his life and responded to the word and responded deeply and humbled himself completely in response to it.
[2:32] SPEAKER_00: His life demonstrated that whilst God's judgment is certain, a tender heart can delay it, and a repentant heart can escape it.
[2:41] SPEAKER_00: So I'd like you to join with me in 2 Chronicles 34 as we explore this important and powerful question.
[2:49] SPEAKER_00: Can we postpone the judgment of God in our lifetime?
[2:53] SPEAKER_00: And more importantly, what kind of heart does God respond to in this way?
[2:59] SPEAKER_00: Welcome to today's episode of the Bible Journey Daily Podcast.
[3:27] SPEAKER_00: Because verse 1 tells us Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem.
[3:34] SPEAKER_00: So he's eight years old.
[3:36] SPEAKER_00: That means we have a child sitting on the throne of Judah, and we are also told he reigned for 31 years, longer than many of the kings who've gone before him.
[3:45] SPEAKER_00: The text continues.
[3:55] SPEAKER_00: Now that's a remarkable statement, isn't it?
[3:58] SPEAKER_00: Several kings are said to have walked in the way of David, but only Josiah receives this sort of unique commendation.
[4:06] SPEAKER_00: He did not turn to aside to the left or the right, it says.
[4:09] SPEAKER_00: So there's no deviation here, no compromise, no wandering away from the path that God had laid down for him and his ancestors before him.
[4:20] SPEAKER_00: The godly in Judah may well have looked at Josiah and thought, Well, finally, could this be the one?
[4:27] SPEAKER_00: Could this be the king who finally fulfills the promise God made to David?
[4:32] SPEAKER_00: Well, certainly this tells us his early life and his reign were spiritually exemplary.
[4:38] SPEAKER_00: Verse 3 continues, In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David.
[4:45] SPEAKER_00: So when he's sixteen years old, so he's still a teenager, he begins to seek the Lord, it says, not casually, not occasionally, but sincerely and earnestly.
[4:55] SPEAKER_00: And then, it says, in the twelfth year, he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, wooden images, carved images, and the moulded image.
[5:04] SPEAKER_00: So he's only 20 years old here, and Josiah initiates a nationwide campaign to remove every trace of Canaanite religion.
[5:13] SPEAKER_00: Manesseh's earlier purge had focused mainly on the temple, but Josiah goes further here.
[5:20] SPEAKER_00: He goes after the idols, the root cause throughout the whole land.
[5:23] SPEAKER_00: And verse 4 says, They broke down the altars of Baal in his presence.
[5:28] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah didn't just delegate from a distance, he led by example.
[5:33] SPEAKER_00: He stood there and watched, he supervised and he ensured all these idols were destroyed.
[5:38] SPEAKER_00: He cut down the incense altars, he smashed the carved and moulded image, he ground them into powder, it says, and scatters the dust over the graves of those who had previously worshipped them there.
[5:49] SPEAKER_00: This is a very symbolic judgment, a public declaration that idolatry leads to death.
[5:56] SPEAKER_00: Verse 5, he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
[6:03] SPEAKER_00: So this was the ultimate act of defilement against this form of pagan worship.
[6:08] SPEAKER_00: Burning the bones of the idolatrous priests on their own altars was a very dramatic way of saying this, all this stuff ends right now.
[6:18] SPEAKER_00: And Josiah made this point unmistakably in that.
[6:22] SPEAKER_00: Verse 6 expands the scope for us even more.
[6:26] SPEAKER_00: And so he did it in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Nephtali.
[6:33] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah's purge is not just limited to Judah.
[6:37] SPEAKER_00: He extends his reform into the former Northern Kingdom, a territory that had now long been associated with out and out idolatry, and he destroys everything that he can reach connected within to pagan worship.
[6:50] SPEAKER_00: Altars, images, shrines, incense stands, carved idols.
[6:54] SPEAKER_00: He burns them all, he crushes them to powder, and when done that, he returns to Jerusalem.
[7:00] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah personally oversaw the destruction of all these idols throughout the entire land.
[7:08] SPEAKER_00: This is not just symbolic reform, this is total reform.
[7:13] SPEAKER_00: So in these opening seven verses, we've seen Josiah's reform, the sweeping, uncompromising cleansing of the land.
[7:21] SPEAKER_00: But next we see him begin his repairs.
[7:25] SPEAKER_00: Beginning in verse 8, the focus shifts away from reform to repair.
[7:31] SPEAKER_00: It says, In the eighteenth year of his reign, he sent men to repair the house of the Lord his God.
[7:37] SPEAKER_00: They went to Hilkai, the high priest, and gave him money, brought into the temple of God, which the Levites, the gatekeepers, had collected from the people of Manasseh, Ephraim, and the entire remnant of Israel, and from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[7:55] SPEAKER_00: Now Josiah is twenty-six years old at this point.
[7:58] SPEAKER_00: He has purged the land, but now he turns his attention to the temple itself.
[8:03] SPEAKER_00: You see, reform is the first stage.
[8:06] SPEAKER_00: That is what removes what is wrong.
[8:08] SPEAKER_00: But repair should follow on for that, and that should what restore what is right.
[8:13] SPEAKER_00: So we see he sends trusted officials to oversee all this work, and they hand over the money that's been collected from all over the place, and the Levites gather these offerings faithfully it adds, and their funds are placed into the hands of the foreman, those who are responsible for supervising these temple repairs.
[8:33] SPEAKER_00: Verse ten and eleven explains the process a bit more for us.
[8:36] SPEAKER_00: Then they entrusted it to the men appointed to supervise the work over the Lord's temple, and these men paid the workers who repaired and restored the temple.
[8:45] SPEAKER_00: They also gave money to the carpenters and to the builders to purchase dress stones and timbers for joist and beams for the building that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.
[8:56] SPEAKER_00: Now this was already described for us in detail also in the Two Kings version of this narrative.
[9:02] SPEAKER_00: The foremen here are seen again to hire workmen, craftsmen and builders.
[9:08] SPEAKER_00: They purchase all the stone and timber they need, they repair the floors, they restore the structure, and they rebuilt what some of these earlier kings had destroyed.
[9:18] SPEAKER_00: Josiah's command was clear.
[9:20] SPEAKER_00: We now must restore the house of the Lord.
[9:22] SPEAKER_00: And verses twelve to thirteen lists all the supervisors, Levites skilled in music, people who were specialized in administration and oversight.
[9:32] SPEAKER_00: The artistry and the sensitivity made by the choice of these people made them ideal for supervising temple restoration.
[9:40] SPEAKER_00: They oversaw those who carried the burdens, the craftsmen, the labourers, as well as the scribes, the officers, and the gatekeepers.
[9:49] SPEAKER_00: Every detail mattered, every worker had their place, and everyone was supervised, and every task we're told was carried out faithfully.
[9:58] SPEAKER_00: Josiah's reform really cleansed the land, and now Josiah's repair is restoring the temple and the life of worship.
[10:45] SPEAKER_00: And this is the foundation of the whole chapter.
[10:48] SPEAKER_00: But at this point the chapter moves into a new section again, and it is one of the most important moments, not just in this chapter, but some would say in all of Judah's history, it is the point at which we see the recovery of the Word of God.
[11:02] SPEAKER_00: Verse 14 tells us when they brought out the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah, the priest, found the book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.
[11:14] SPEAKER_00: This is astonishing, really.
[11:17] SPEAKER_00: Somewhere in the rubble, somewhere in the dust of this damaged temple, somewhere in the neglected corner, some high priest finds the book of the law, the very covenant document given to and through Moses.
[11:30] SPEAKER_00: Now one commentary I read said that Manesseh had likely destroyed most copies of the law, and the fact that only one remained, and that it was hidden in the temple, shows just how far Judah had drifted from the word being part of the worship life.
[11:44] SPEAKER_00: What exactly was found?
[11:46] SPEAKER_00: Well, I have to be honest and say the commentators differ.
[11:49] SPEAKER_00: Many conservative scholars believe it was Deuteronomy, the whole book.
[11:54] SPEAKER_00: Others argue that it would have been the entire Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, and some would say it was just the portion of the law, the section detailed within Deuteronomy.
[12:05] SPEAKER_00: Now, there's no compelling reason, I believe, to limit it to a section or even to Deuteronomy alone, but the tech and the but ultimately the text simply says the book of the law of the Lord given by Moses.
[12:18] SPEAKER_00: So whatever the exact contents, don't lose the main point.
[12:23] SPEAKER_00: The main point is clear.
[12:24] SPEAKER_00: The word of God had been lost, and now it was recovered.
[12:29] SPEAKER_00: And strange as it may seem, this has happened repeatedly throughout history.
[12:34] SPEAKER_00: This is not the first and the last time this happened.
[12:37] SPEAKER_00: When Scripture is neglected, forgotten, or replaced with the ideologies of men or tradition, it disappears very quickly from the life of God's people.
[12:48] SPEAKER_00: Only one generation of silence is needed for the next generation to lose the memory and the teaching of the Word of God.
[12:57] SPEAKER_00: And in fact, every major revival in history has been has involved the rediscovery at some level of scripture, and of course the Reformation is the most famous example.
[13:09] SPEAKER_00: Anyway, the book is then read to the king.
[13:11] SPEAKER_00: Verse 15 says Helkah gave the book to Shapan the scribe.
[13:16] SPEAKER_00: So Shappan brings it to Josiah and reports on the temple repairs, and then he says the priest has given me a book, and he reads it before the king.
[13:25] SPEAKER_00: So just imagine the scene here.
[13:28] SPEAKER_00: Josiah sits on his throne, and the scribe probably opens a scroll, and the ancient words of Moses are read and they fill the room.
[13:38] SPEAKER_00: The words that contain the covenant commands, the warnings, the blessings, and the curses all read aloud to the king, who's probably never heard them before.
[13:48] SPEAKER_00: Verse 19 says, When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.
[13:53] SPEAKER_00: So this is a symbolic representation of the very real grief he felt, the very real conviction that the word brought, and this is evidence of repentance.
[14:04] SPEAKER_00: Josiah realizes that Judah as a nation has violated the promise that God had made with him, the covenant he made with him.
[14:13] SPEAKER_00: He realizes that he himself has not fulfilled God's fulfilled the king's full responsibility described in Deuteronomy, particularly chapter 17, and he realizes that God's wrath is already kindled in this situation, so he tears his robe, which is a sign of his deep sorrow.
[14:31] SPEAKER_00: Josiah then we're told seeks the Lord.
[14:34] SPEAKER_00: Verse 20 says he go he says to the delegation, Go inquire of the Lord for me, for those who are left in Israel and Judah.
[14:42] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah wants to know what God intends to do.
[14:46] SPEAKER_00: Is this judgment certain?
[14:48] SPEAKER_00: Is mercy still possible?
[14:49] SPEAKER_00: Is there any hope of turning this back?
[14:52] SPEAKER_00: He says, Great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out in us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord.
[14:58] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah understands something many in leadership today never grasp, that when the word of God is neglected, the judgment of God is inevitable.
[15:09] SPEAKER_00: So he commands the priests and the officials to go out and seek the Lord.
[15:13] SPEAKER_00: And what follows is quite remarkable.
[15:16] SPEAKER_00: The delegation that he sends goes to Huldah, and she is a prophetess living in Jerusalem's what is called the second quarter.
[15:24] SPEAKER_00: She is one of only four named female prophets in the entire Old Testament, and her husband is described as keeper of the wardrobe, which likely means he was responsible for the king and the pre not just the king, but all the priests and the priestly garments.
[15:40] SPEAKER_00: Anyway, Josiah sends people to her because he wants to know if there's any chance of mercy in what he's just been revealed to him.
[15:48] SPEAKER_00: And verse 23 says, she speaks, thus says the Lord God of Israel, and the message is devastating.
[15:56] SPEAKER_00: It adds, Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants, all the curses written in the book, because they have forsaken me.
[16:08] SPEAKER_00: So there it is.
[16:09] SPEAKER_00: Judgment is coming.
[16:11] SPEAKER_00: The curses detailed of Deuteronomy will fall, and the wrath of God will not be quenched.
[16:18] SPEAKER_00: Now the Hebrew words used here are very vivid, words like anger, indignation, grief, hate, rage, burning displeasure.
[16:29] SPEAKER_00: God is a person who loves and is emotional and cares and gets angry at times as well.
[16:36] SPEAKER_00: So Huldah confirms that what exactly Josiah had feared.
[16:40] SPEAKER_00: Worst, Judah's judgment is certain.
[16:43] SPEAKER_00: But she's not finished because her next words will reveal whether or not what I said about judgment being postponed.
[16:52] SPEAKER_00: Can it be postponed?
[16:54] SPEAKER_00: Huldah has already delivered this devastating news.
[16:58] SPEAKER_00: God's judgment is coming, but now she turns to Josiah personally.
[17:03] SPEAKER_00: Verse 26.
[17:04] SPEAKER_00: But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so her tone shifting now, its message is being directed towards him, and her message soften.
[17:15] SPEAKER_00: Her words become more personal, pastoral.
[17:18] SPEAKER_00: Some would say merciful.
[17:20] SPEAKER_00: Verse 27.
[17:21] SPEAKER_00: Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words, and you tore your clothes and wept before me.
[17:29] SPEAKER_00: I also have heard you, says the Lord.
[17:32] SPEAKER_00: This is a beautiful statement, one of the most beautiful statements in the Old Testament.
[17:38] SPEAKER_00: Josiah's heart was temper tender, God recognizes.
[17:42] SPEAKER_00: He humbled himself, he believed the word of God, and he responded to it, and he responded with the appropriate sense of grief, repentance, and reverence.
[17:51] SPEAKER_00: And God says, I saw that, I have heard that, I witnessed that.
[17:57] SPEAKER_00: Verse 28 then says, Surely then I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see the calamity I will bring in this place.
[18:08] SPEAKER_00: So judgment is still coming, but Josiah himself will not see it.
[18:13] SPEAKER_00: He will be spared it personally, and the national judgment will be postponed until after his death.
[18:20] SPEAKER_00: Now it's quite something to get our head around that.
[18:23] SPEAKER_00: It's astonishing really.
[18:24] SPEAKER_00: Josiah cannot stop the judgment, but he can delay it.
[18:29] SPEAKER_00: He can't reverse the consequences, but he can postpone them.
[18:32] SPEAKER_00: He can't save the nation, but he can save, let's think about it, his own entire generation.
[18:38] SPEAKER_00: Why?
[18:38] SPEAKER_00: Because his heart was tender, he humbled himself, and he submitted himself to the word of God.
[18:44] SPEAKER_00: And the delegation brings Hulda's message back to the king, and Josiah hears it and he responds immediately.
[18:52] SPEAKER_00: Verse 29 The king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
[18:58] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah does not want to keep this revelation to himself.
[19:02] SPEAKER_00: He gathers everyone the leaders, the priests, Levites, all the men and women, great and small.
[19:08] SPEAKER_00: And then in verse 30 it says, He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant.
[19:14] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah stands in the temple and reads the scripture, what today we would call the portion of the Bible written up to that point.
[19:22] SPEAKER_00: And he reads it aloud to the entire nation.
[19:24] SPEAKER_00: And Josiah sets the word of God before the people so that they too can understand the gravity of the situation, their situation, and hopefully respond appropriately to it.
[19:36] SPEAKER_00: So even though he knows judgment is inevitable, he still leads this current group of people into repentance.
[19:43] SPEAKER_00: And verse 31 says, the king stood in his place and then made a covenant with the Lord.
[19:49] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah now renews his covenant vows to follow the Lord, to keep his commandments, to obey his testimonies, his word, to honour his statutes, and to do it with all his heart and soul.
[20:01] SPEAKER_00: And he commits himself fully to re-establishing the covenant written in the book.
[20:07] SPEAKER_00: And he then says he made all who were present in Jerusalem take a stand.
[20:12] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah leads the people into a declaration of covenant renewal.
[20:17] SPEAKER_00: He does not merely reform the land, he attempts to reform not only his own heart, but the hearts of the entire people.
[20:25] SPEAKER_00: And then it says, Josiah removed all the abominations from the country, and made all who were present in Israel diligently seek the Lord their God.
[20:35] SPEAKER_00: This is Josiah's final purge, and it seems it's even more thorough than the first.
[20:41] SPEAKER_00: Now, 2 Kings 23, the version, the historical versions of these same events gives us the full details, and we know what follows is one of the most sweeping reforms in all of Israel's history.
[20:53] SPEAKER_00: So Josiah was indeed one of Judah's greatest reformers.
[20:57] SPEAKER_00: He was faithful from childhood to death, and he never, it says, turned aside to the right or the left.
[21:05] SPEAKER_00: Now he could not stop judgment, but he could postpone it.
[21:09] SPEAKER_00: He couldn't save the nation, but he could save his generation.
[21:13] SPEAKER_00: So in summing up this chapter, we have seen he's reformed the land, repaired the temple, rediscovered the word of God, but importantly, when it was rediscovered and presented to him, he responded with humility, which led to action, the action of renewing the covenant, restoring the worship, and thereby postponed judgment not only on himself, but on his generation of that nation.
[21:37] SPEAKER_00: He discovered the law, he heard the word, he humbled himself before it, and God responded to that.
[21:44] SPEAKER_00: And Josiah avoided judgment personally and he postponed judgment nationally.
[21:50] SPEAKER_00: What an incredible spiritual reveal that is.
[22:14] SPEAKER_00: Both led covenant renewal, but Josiah remained faithful all his days.
[22:20] SPEAKER_00: He did not turn to the left or the right all his days, and because of his tender heart, God withdrawed withheld judgment until after his death.
[22:30] SPEAKER_00: So can we prevent God's judgment?
[22:32] SPEAKER_00: It seems as though we can, certainly in the Old Testament account here.
[22:37] SPEAKER_00: But what about the New Testament?
[22:39] SPEAKER_00: Well, listen to what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 11, 30 to 32.
[22:44] SPEAKER_00: For this reason, many of you are weak and sick amongst you, and many are asleep.
[22:50] SPEAKER_00: For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged, but when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
[22:59] SPEAKER_00: So this here is the New Testament statement that echoes the story of Josiah.
[23:04] SPEAKER_00: If we judge ourselves, in other words, if we apply our standard before the Word of God and its standard, and we respond appropriately by humbling ourselves, if we respond to the Word in that way, we can indeed avoid judgment, and in some cases we can postpone it.
[23:24] SPEAKER_00: Josiah illustrates this, Paul teaches it, and the whole basis of the gospel confirms that exact thing.
[23:31] SPEAKER_00: A tender heart will delay judgment, a humble heart can indeed avoid judgment, and a repentant heart receives forgiveness and the mercy of God.
[23:44] SPEAKER_00: And that is how the New Testament underlines this to completion.
[23:49] SPEAKER_00: I hope that encourages you and you find it helpful today.
[24:24] SPEAKER_00: Thank you again for joining me.
[24:26] SPEAKER_00: You know the story reminds us that a tender heart and the right attitude, an attitude of humility before God, can change the course of a life.
[24:35] SPEAKER_00: It can change the course of your life.
[24:37] SPEAKER_00: In his case, it even changed the course of a nation.
[24:41] SPEAKER_00: Judgment may be certain in the long run if people still fall away, but humility can delay it, and repentance can reshape how we walk through this life.
[24:52] SPEAKER_00: So I hope you'll come back to the Lord if you strayed.
[24:56] SPEAKER_00: And I hope you'll also come back next time as we continue our journey into the final chapters of Chronicles.
[25:03] SPEAKER_00: When we look at chapter 35, and we will see how Josiah's reforms continue to unfold and are played out, and how his leadership shapes the worship and faith of the people.
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[25:44] SPEAKER_00: It's been a blessing for me to be able to do this for you.
[25:49] SPEAKER_00: Bye bye for now.

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