Slippery Slope

Sin has consequences. We reap what we sow.

What Manasseh Embraced

• Reverts to worshipping idols
• Restores the high places
• Reintroduces the worship of Baal and Asherah
• Bows to the starry host in Astral worship
• Builds altars to these false gods in the temple
• Child sacrifice
• Consults mediums and spirits

What Manasseh Abandoned

• Fails to follow David’s example
• Defiles with idolatry in the sanctuary
• Rejects Moses’ covenant

Pronounced Judgments

• Ears tingle – the terror of judgment
• Deconstruction – the inevitability of judgment
• Wiping the dish – the totality of judgment
• God abandons – the hopelessness of judgment

Manasseh’s Repentance

• 2 Chronicles 33:9-19
• 2 Kings 21:17 – Summary

Amon

• 2 Kings 21:19-22