Soul Entropy Brings about National Discipline; Omnipotence Protects the Pivot; Asa’s Defective Coalition; Hazael’s Campaign & Joash’s Death at the Millo
		24)	This is the principle of soul entropy.  In physics, the second law of thermodynamics addresses the phenomenon of entropy as follows: a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed system, ergo, the degradation of the energy in the universe will increase until all matter is in an ultimate state of inert uniformity.
		25)	In other words, the universe is winding down, becoming less ordered, and more chaotic; it is cooling down, running out of gas, becoming unwound.
		26)	The same is true for the soul.  It begins physical life tabula rasa.  What is inculcated into the soul, catalogued in the stream of consciousness, and transferred to the neural pathways of the brain are either divine or human viewpoint.  There are no other viewpoints.
		27)	Those who think, decide, and act from an inventory of divine viewpoint will be blessed, prospered, protected, and delivered.  Those who think, decide, and act from an inventory of human viewpoint, human good, and evil will be cursed, suffer decline, confront difficulties, and allowed to fall under the assaults of the cosmic system.
		28)	God will use His power to protect those who are positive toward Him.  He will withhold His power and protection from those who are negative.
		29)	Asa allowed human viewpoint to enter his soul and it resulted in spiritual entropy that led to making poor decisions.  The covenant he made with the king of Aram looked like a good idea at the time but it got in the way of God’s deliverance of Judah from a future attack by the Arameans.  We learn this from:
2 Chronicles 16:7 -	At that time Hanani the prophet came to Asa the king of Judah and said to him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the Lord your God, therefore, the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand.
		30)	Baasha king of Israel and Ben-hadad king of Aram had entered into a treaty between them.  Hanani strongly indicates that their objective was to invade Judah and to conquer it.  This is exactly what Asa suspected and it motivated him to cut a deal with Ben-hadad.
		31)	But the people of a client nation do not cut deals with heathen nations for their protection and security.  They depend on the Lord for their protection and deliverance.
		32)	Therefore, Hanani informs Asa that since he chose not to appeal to YHWH Elohim for help but rather went to a heathen king for protection then he had not only failed to secure peace but also had brought on other wars.
		33)	By the way, Asa didn’t like this message and as a result he punished the messenger.  Hanani was jailed and placed in stocks: tk#P#h=m^ Mahpeqet.  (2 Chronicles 16:10)
		34)	The “other wars” included Hazael’s campaign through Israel and then into Judah in 796 b.c.  Because Asa didn’t allow the Lord to deal with the Aramean army, it survived to bring discipline on Judah at a later time.  
		35)	On this occasion, the army of Judah was much larger than that commanded by Hazael.  Yet a client nation can never assume to fight its battles alone for as Patrick Henry so accurately stated, “There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations.”
		36)	That the Arameans who are heathens would be allowed to invade and defeat the much larger army of client nation Judah is a clear indication that the wall of fire had been lifted and national discipline was a reality.
		37)	Likewise, that Muslims, who are heathens, would be allowed to invade the United States, which possesses the world’s largest, most well-trained, and most heavily-armed military, is a clear indication that the wall of fire has been lifted and national discipline is a reality.
		38)	Such things serve as a warning from God that we have gone astray as a people and as a government and corrective measures need to be taken immediately.
		39)	The citizens of this country could not have received any warning more transparent than to have God permit the sons of Hagar, the professed enemies of Christianity, Judaism, and the cross of Christ, to gain entry into fortress America for the purpose of death and destruction.
		40)	Although misguided due to lack of doctrine, George W. Bush is doing the best he can to bring the terrorists to justice.  But the disposition, worldview, and ideology of the masses has been molded by the propaganda of the Dark Side.  They have chosen to become brainwashed.
		41)	The propagandists are summa cum laude graduates of the Frankfurt School who have successfully sold its progressive lie to the masses. 
		42)	The deviations from traditionalist culture that the masses have agreed to in this country simply cannot be permitted in a client nation.  God is the same yesterday, today, and forever and thus bound by His own integrity to treat us with the same measure of justice that he imposed on Judah.
		43)	Joash gave away the treasury of the Temple in order for Hazael to spare Jerusalem.  The city thus survived but Joash was not so fortunate.  Having sustained injuries in the battle he retired to The Millo \mil' ō \to convalesce from his wounds.
2 Kings 12:20 -	And Joash’s servants arose and made a conspiracy, and struck him down at the house of Millo [ aoLm! millo ] on the road that goes down to Silla.
2 Chronicles 24:25 -	And when they [ the Arameans ] had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and murdered him on his bed.  So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.
		1)	Millo is a rampart on the outskirts of Jerusalem.  Why Joash decided to go there is not known except he possibly feared being double-crossed by Ben-hadad or his wounds did not allow him to return to his palace.  The location is in question however we get help from:
Orr, James (ed.).  The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia.  (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Co., 1956), 3:2055:
It is generally supposed that “The Millo” was some kind of fortress or other defence.  The mention of the site in the days of David and the reference to it in connection with the city of David point to the southeastern hill south of the temple.  It was a fortress crowning the hill.  In the days of Solomon … this was the citadel guarding the newly built temple and royal palaces.
		2)	This “fortification” is a rampart originally built by the Jubusites to defend one of their high places.  David took the area from them and called it Mount Zion.
		3)	Later, just north of the ancient City of David, Solomon built the Temple on Mount Moriah.  Both David and Solomon improved The Millo as a defensive wall to the east of Jerusalem overlooking the Kidron Valley.
		4)	Some translations of Millo indicate it may have been a tower.  These were defensive structures built into city walls and ramparts.  They were always placed on each side of gates.  These towers had rooms to accommodate soldiers who would guard the entrances.  It contained a stairwell to the top so they could help defend the city.
		5)	The defensive rampart on the south, southeast of the city of Jerusalem is most likely The Millo and the “house” may well have been one of these towers.  Injured, Joash may have sought refuge in one of them after having given orders to empty the treasuries of both the Temple and the palace.
		6)	Joash’s assassins discovered him on a bed and carried out their execution:
2 Kings 12:21 -	For Jozacar \joz' a‑kar\ the son of Shimeath \shim' e‑ath\, and Jehozabad \je‑hoz' a‑bad\ the son of Shomar \shō' mer\, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place.