“And he[Josiah, king of Judah] took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.”
2 Kings 23:11
“I don’t have to use a Bible, I’m a muslim.”
“I love Satan.”
“Guess I’m going to Hell, then.”
“I can be angry if I want to be.”
These fierce confessions are from teens who are in deeper trouble than they can fathom. These, and many other threatening words I have heard personally from boys and girls in middle schools, high schools, detention centers, and city sidewalks.
These children want to be seen as equals to adults. They want to determine their own course in life. They want to impress someone with their decisions. They want someone to acknowledge them as an independent. They want respect, and the only way they know to get it is to be a rebel to Divine Authority.
But they are only little, lost souls who are playing with fire.
You asked for it.
In the Second Book of the Kings we learn of the last great ruler of the kingdom of Judah. Josiah, crowned at just eight years old, found and read the book of the law that had lay dormant in the temple. And unlike previous kings, when Josiah heard it, he repented.
“And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.”
2 Kings 22:11
Motivated by the time-sensitive truth of God’s wrath on his nation, Josiah personally visited the Temple at Jerusalem. He found it filled with relics and littered with idols (23:4). There were sodomites in tent cities all around it (23:7). There were ‘green spaces’ to offer fruit to God (like Cain) instead of animal blood sacrifices as God ordered (23:6). There was an abortion clinic within sight of the Temple, an altar for human sacrifice to Molech (23:10).
Filled with zeal, Josiah began to purge the house of the Lord. He emptied the idols, drove out the sodomites, cut down the groves, and defiled the altar of human sacrifice.
By the Temple he found a stable. The stalls were filled with prized equine specimens, and the chambers were packed with bright chariots that had been given as an offering, or donated, to the sun.
This was a gutsy move by evil men. These crafty Israelites wanted to worship something big, something powerful, something dangerous, something so untouchable it would demand respect, and give their rebellion some credence. They would worship the sun!
The LORD Jehovah likened Himself to the sun in the Psalms, but He was not the sun. (Psalm 19:4b-5) The LORD God made the sun. (Genesis 1:16) Though the sun has ruled the sky for an impressive 6,000 years, all of its powers are delegated from the Throne in the Third Heaven.
Under the pending wrath of the Almighty, Josiah awarded the sun-worshipers their wish. The Scripture denotes their ill-fated retribution with two words, “with fire.” He burned their chariots with fire. ” They got burned by what they loved.
“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?”
Proverb 6:27
So it will be for every muslim and satanist, every old cuss and young punk. What they claim to love will damn them.
We must remember that man without Christ doesn’t know what he is saying. He will make all sorts of claims to get the upper hand in a conversation. He will say some pretty wild things to justify himself. But the last thing he really wants, and the last thing a believer wants for him, is to get burned by the fire he claims to worship.
Spiritual Reload 
Amen. About to head out for street work. Good thoughts for preparation. Thanks.
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