Help, Help, We're Beating Ourselves

And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.-2 Chronicles 20:18-23***King Jehoshaphat  was the great-great-great-grandson of King David and Bathsheba. David and Jehoshaphat were Israelites from the tribe of Judah, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. David was the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, and Jehoshaphat was the 4th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. David and Jehoshaphat only worshiped the Lord God. Jehoshaphat sent and established judges and priests throughout Judah to help the Israelites learn the commandments, judgments, statutes, and laws that the Lord God gave for the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Moreover, Jehoshaphat turned the Israelites in Judah back to the Lord God. Jehoshaphat placed weapons, forts, supplies, and a skilled army throughout the kingdom. When the Moabites, Ammonites and warriors from the Mount Seir region came to attack the Israelites, Jehoshaphat began his military strategy by deciding to learn the will of the Lord God. Jehoshaphat commanded the Israelites to fast, and Jehoshaphat went to the temple courtyard, stood before the Israelites, and prayed. The Lord God revealed a message to Jahaziel, a Levite, an Israelite from the tribe of Levi, descended from Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi.  Jahaziel told the Israelites not to be afraid, to march to the battle, take their positions, and look at the deliverance they would be granted according to the will of the Lord God. Jehoshaphat bowed, the Israelites fell and worshiped the Lord God, and a group of Levites offered praise. Over 800 years after Jehoshaphat's son Joram (Jehoram) became the 5th king to rule Judah, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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