![]() ![]() ![]() Manasseh even made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the Lord had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem-the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel. He did much that was evil in the Lord ’s sight, arousing his anger. He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. Manasseh also sacrificed his own son in the fire. He built pagan altars in the Temple of the Lord, the place where the Lord had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.” He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the Lord ’s Temple. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight, following the detestable practices of the pagan nations that the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites. ‘Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. Today’s reading gets us started with a young 12 year old who is given the keys to the kingdom in 2 Kings 21: So lets stop the insanity! Let’s share God’s Word and God’s truth so that people can know and live a life of true love and grace no matter what trials or troubles come their ways. So let’s stop the insanity and start doing something about it! ![]() Some have said that the definition of insanity is “ doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result“.
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