Prophetic Messages Rejected

Such was the terrible beginning of the history of the kingdom of Israel, composed of the ten northern tribes, and this continued to be the history of this kingdom until it was utterly and forever destroyed. Eighteen kings reigned over this kingdom after theAGP 87.4

death of Jeroboam, and all wrought folly in Israel. Not one walked in the way of the Lord. Of every one of the eighteen except one, it is written: “He did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.” 2 Kings 13:11. The only one of whom this is not written was Shallum, who secured the throne by a wicked conspiracy, and reigned only one month. (See 2 Kings 15:10-15.)AGP 88.1

Through the prophetic gift Jeroboam was informed of his selection by the Lord to be king of Israel. Through this priceless gift he was instructed, warned, and reproved to the close of his life. No greater favor, no higher honor, could come to any man than those which came to him from the Lord. His ingratitude, his deliberate disregard of the Lord’s wishes and designs for Israel, and his premeditated plans to ruin the nation he had been chosen to lead in triumph to a higher life, were a high-handed affront to God and a terrible wrong to the nation. They never recovered from the evil he had wrought; and this reveals how perilous it is to reject the messages of the spirit of prophecy.AGP 88.2