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Salvation through Born Again 180 76 After him, God elected David and promised eighteen kings in his family, then divided the kingdom of Israel into two parts, 77 gave the southern kingdom nineteen kings and a woman made herself queen over the nation and ruled it. God gave ei- ghteen kings to the northern Isr- ael kingdom. But many kings of the northern kingdom violated the Law of God, made Him ang- er by idolatry, 78 but the living God who is without favoritism, gave them up to the severe punishment, and to captivity and set them right. The- se are the idolatrous reprobate kings of the northern Israel. He is Jeroboam. He was the first ki- ng of Israel and put a foundation to idolatry. He did to secure his vile power of the kingdom and gone under the judgment of God and was thrown into the lowest depths of the Pit of Sheol. 79 The second one is Nadab. He also did evil in the sight of the living God, sinned more than his ancestor sin, and caused an- ger to God. 80 He built altars on every lofted mountain, and under every tree, The Salvation is the Gift of God erected altars, placed gentile groves, allowed sodomites in the country, committed every abom- ination which God abhors, and caused anger to God, 81 the living God angered upon him, gave him over to captivity of death, and threw him into the lowest depths of the pit of Sheol. 82 Likewise Baasha also did the same, God angered upon him, and gave him up to hell and gave up the dead bodies of his family to dogs and birds. 83 Elah not having concern for people, became a drunkard and given up to captivity of death and was thrown into the hell. And others like Zimri, Omri and Ahab were turned a puppet in the han- ds of their wives and they both were given up to the hell. 84 Ahaziah, Jehoram turned against God and His prophets, and His Word, and were added to the hell. Jehu walked upright in the sight of God and was ta- ken up to Paradise, but his sons became wicked. Jehoahaz, Jeh- oash, Jeroboam, Zechariah we- re among them. The kings of Israel Shallum, Menahem and Shekahiah were very wicked. Salvation through Born Again 181 85 They have instilled people who do not know God among the people of the living God. So God’s wrath was upon them and they along with their wives and children thrown into the hell to be tormented in the lake of fire and brimstone. 86 II But O Presidents, O Prime Ministers, many kings of Judah feared the living God did every- thing according to the statues of heaven, fell asleep, and entered into Paradise. They are - 87 Rehaboam. Although he opp- osed God’s will, had gone thr- ough many hardships and entered into heaven. His successors Abi- jah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Amaziah, Azariah, Ahaz, Hezekiah. Heze- kiah’s son Manasseh acted like the wicked gentile kings who do not know God, and set up idol- atry among God’s people. And God, the consuming fire, set him right through chastisement. 88 He authenticated the Israel God as the only living God, stre- ngthened by God, fell asleep and escaped the sore hell. 89 Joshia, a king of Judah was useful for the revival among God’s people. He did God’s wo- The Salvation is the Gift of God rks with fervent spirit. Yet he was tempted by wicked Satan, died against to God’s will and was taken to be with God. 90 These are the wicked kings in Judah. they are - Jehoram, Ahaziah, Queen Athaliah, Am- on, Jehoahaz, Jehoakim, Jeho- akin, Zedekiah were so wicked and despised God’s word of he- avenly statue, and the His pro- phets, came under the wrath of God and were thrown into the hell. 91 So, O Presidents, and O Pri- me Ministers, so it is loving God’s plan of love to send His Son into this world, and deliv- ered Him to death, and raised Him from the dead, 92 as told in the books of pro- phets and the law of Moses, and to save those who are Born Again - the gentiles who are in the will of God, and the Israelites who believed in His Son from death and the terrible eternal hell which is the lake of the fire and brimstone. 93 So, O Presidents, O Prime Ministers, do you also want to go to the terrible hell like those wicked kings of Israel and other