Two Kingdoms in the Shadow of Empires

What does a nation do when the map is shrinking, tribute is rising, and theempire at the border says resistance is useless?This episode follows Israel and Judah from the division after Solomon throughthe fall of Samaria and Sennacherib's campaign in Judah. Kings, prophets,Assyrian inscriptions, tribute monuments, siege rhetoric, loyalty oaths, andthe books written within this collective historical world appear on onetimeline.Assyria tells us how empire wanted to be seen. Scripture tells us what theseevents mean. Amos exposes prosperity without justice. Hosea names the covenantwound no empire can heal. Isaiah shows that the rod is not the hand. Hezekiahspreads the threatening letter before the living God. And the prophetic hopeleads to Rabbi Jesus: Israel's faithful Son, Bethlehem's shepherd, Galilee'slight, and the righteous King.Scripture in this episode1 Kings 12:25–33; 2 Kings 14:23–27; Amos 3:1–2; Amos 5:21–24;Hosea 5:13; Hosea 6:4–6; Hosea 11:1–11; 2 Kings 15:29–30;2 Kings 16:7–9; 2 Kings 17:5–18; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 19:14–19,32–36; Isaiah 9:1–7; Isaiah 10:5–21; Isaiah 11:1–5; Micah 5:2–5;Proverbs 25:1; Matthew 2:5–6, 15; Matthew 4:12–17; Matthew 9:13.Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, third printing.Historical world explored• The divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah• Ahab and the 853 BC campaign at Qarqar• The Black Obelisk and Jehu's 841 BC tribute• Jeroboam II, Amos, Hosea, and northern prosperity• Tiglath-pileser III, deportation, and the fall of Samaria• Sennacherib, Lachish, Hezekiah, and Jerusalem in 701 BC• Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions, prophetic reports, and loyalty oaths• Kings, Chronicles, Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Proverbs, Nahum, Zephaniah, and early Jeremiah within their collective historical settingGenerated historical scenes in the video and artwork are visibly disclosed asartistic reconstructions. They illustrate the teaching and are not presentedas photographs of particular people, events, or artifacts.Public historical references include theBritish Museum Black Obelisk record: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1848-1104-1,ORACC's Black Obelisk study: https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/nimrud/livesofobjects/blackobelisk/index.html,ORACC's overview of Israel as the House of Omri: https://build-oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/aebp/essentials/countries/israel/,and the RINAP corpus of Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions: https://build.oracc.org/rinap/rinap1/corpus/.Find the Way—Meet Rabbi Jesus.Walk the Way — Modern Mind, Ancient Book.