Behold a man named Tucker
1Kings 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
Jeroboam is setting up an altar that is different from the one God established so that the country would not be united. He wanted division, he wanted to tear the country apart and that was the goal of what he was doing. The product of true worship to God will result in order, peace, and holiness. The product of evil will result in disorder, war, hatred, cursing, and being fleshly. We are seeing evil forces at work today in our country with the goal of tearing it down and ripping it apart.
2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
This sounds like the Day of the Lord and judgement on the evil doers. It is interesting that whatever movement you see, there is an altar. They must make sacrifices. Could be a politician asking for donations, a charity doing the same, etc.
3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
The ashes poured out means we are going to reveal who was making the sacrifices for this. When FTX was caught, we discovered they were pouring money back into the Democratic party in a money laundering scheme from money sent to the war in Ukraine. Just recently we have discovered millions sent to the Biden crime family to buy influence from foreign countries. We have discovered that many of these District Attorneys trying to tear the country apart with their leftist policies were financed by George Soros.
4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
This reminds me of what happened to Tucker Carlson. He gave a speech at the Heritage foundation calling for everyone to pray more for the country. He saw that all the hate, and division and illogical policies were about ripping the country apart and he said instead of simply moping about it we should pray a prayer for the country. Rupert Murdoch was horrified by this and demanded he be fired immediately. Now Tucker is continuing to be paid, I don't think he has been fired yet, simply taken off the air, and yet Fox's viewership is down by 65%. It is as though their hand, their influence has been dried up instantly.
5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.
What this event did was expose how phony Fox is. People have been saying this, Mike Lindell has said this, but now it was apparent for all to see.
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
To me this is fascinating. Jeroboam is trying to split the country, he is trying to be divisive and turn people from true worship to God. But when he asks to be healed God does it. The purpose for all the things that the Lord does, the judgements that fall is to cause us to confess our sins, and repent. To repent means to turn from thinking we are all high and mighty and turning to God to save and deliver us. This request gave glory to God, he didn't try to say this was some kind of coincidence, he recognized it was God's judgement on him for what he just did. As a result God's healing him confirmed that was the case.
7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
This would be like Fox trying to hire Tucker back.
8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
How did Tucker get to Fox? He started at Heritage as a fact checker, got a job with a newspaper in Arkansas, and worked his way up the ladder. The Lord is saying do not take that same way, do not now go to ABC or CNN. Pick a way you haven't gone, perhaps a blog, or your own internet show.
11 Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: 17 For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
This is a different gospel. Paul in Galatians said cursed be anyone who preaches a different gospel and even if it comes from an angel of God. We need to know the word of God and then it doesn't matter if an angel of God tells us something different, we will not deviate from what God says.
19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the Lord: therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. 28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
Do you get it, this prophet wanted to test that the prophecy was true. Part of the word was if he eats bread or drinks there then he will die. So he got him to do that and sure enough he died, proving that the rest of the prophecy was also from God.
33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. 34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
What a fascinating story. When Jeroboam appears before the judgement seat there will be no excuse. You were warned by God, you knew you were warned by God, you prayed, but you never turned from your evil way.