When Cycles Accelerate: The Collapse of a Kingdom and God’s Unshakeable Hope

King Pekah inherits a broken system and makes it worse. Instead of breaking the cycle of violence, idolatry, and compromise that plagued Israel for generations, he accelerates it—leading his nation into military defeat, mass exile, and ultimate collapse. Yet even in this darkest hour, God’s Word points to an unshakeable King whose reign will never end.

This is the story of what happens when warnings go unheeded, when trust collapses at the top, when leaders build kingdoms on anything other than God—and most importantly, it’s the story of how Jesus breaks every cycle that destroys us.