Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode sixty nine.
Speaker 1: I am your host, Josh Monday. If you know me,
Speaker 1: I'm a Christian rapper, devoter, her husband, father, and Army veteran.
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Speaker 1: going to be in a second King's Chapter six now.
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Speaker 1: thank God for this awesome year and everybody. I know
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Speaker 1: was stuff that I learned too, and things that I
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Speaker 1: the devil, you know, and the flesh is trying to
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Speaker 1: you know. Just oh, I know you're tired right now.
Speaker 1: Just put out one of your old episodes. You don't
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Speaker 1: the second. And now let's go ahead without further ado
Speaker 1: and jump to Second Kings Chapter six. Okay, so let
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Speaker 1: So Second King's Chapter six, let me go over the
Speaker 1: introduction real quick. Second King six highlights the life of
Speaker 1: the prophet Alisha Alisha sorry Ali Shah and his divine
Speaker 1: interactions in the midst of the Israelite and Armine conflict.
Speaker 1: This chapter paints a picture of God's miraculous power the
Speaker 1: prophet's spiritual insight and God's unwavering protection for his people
Speaker 1: even amidst the tumultuous times of war. So let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and jump down to my teaching points. So I
Speaker 1: have those ready to go. I can fire off when yep. Perfect.
Speaker 1: So yeah, let's go ahead and go over Second King's
Speaker 1: Chapter six. The floating axe head and the sons of
Speaker 1: the prophets said, Eliasha, see now the place where we
Speaker 1: dwell with you is too small for us. Please let
Speaker 1: us go to the Jordan, and let every man take
Speaker 1: a beam from there, and let us make there a
Speaker 1: place where where we may dwell. So we answered go.
Speaker 1: Then one said, please consent to go with your servants,
Speaker 1: and he answered, I will go. So he went with them,
Speaker 1: and when he came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
Speaker 1: As one of was cutting down a tree, the iron
Speaker 1: axe fell into the water, and he cried out and said,
Speaker 1: alas master, for it was borrowed. So the man of
Speaker 1: God said where did it fall? And he showed him
Speaker 1: the place. So we cut off a stick and threw
Speaker 1: it in there, and he made the iron float. Therefore,
Speaker 1: he said, pick it up for yourself. So he reached
Speaker 1: down out his hand and took it. Okay. So it's
Speaker 1: called the miracle of the floating axe, said okay, And
Speaker 1: in my notes it says the sons of the Prophets
Speaker 1: faced a practical problem when a borrowed axe that fell
Speaker 1: into the water. Elisha's intervention causing the iron to float
Speaker 1: demonstrates God's concern for our everyday needs and his power
Speaker 1: over natural laws. This miracle underscores the importance of faith
Speaker 1: and obedience, as the prophet sought Elisha's help and followed
Speaker 1: his instruction. Okay. So so the biblical reference is in
Speaker 1: Second King six, verses one through seven, which we just
Speaker 1: went over. This event is one of the many miracles
Speaker 1: attributed to the prophet Elisha, a prominent figure in the
Speaker 1: history of Israel. The narrative unfolds during a time when
Speaker 1: the Sons of the Prophets, a group of prophetic disciples,
Speaker 1: were under the tutelage of Elisha. As the numbers grew,
Speaker 1: they found their current dwelling too small and decided to
Speaker 1: build a larger place near the Jordan River. Each member
Speaker 1: of the group was to contri contribute by cutting down
Speaker 1: a tree to provide the necessary timber for construction. During
Speaker 1: this process, one of the men was used using a
Speaker 1: borrowed axe. When the iron axe head flew off the
Speaker 1: handle and fell into the water. In distress, the man
Speaker 1: cried out to Elisha, emphasizing that the axe was borrowed
Speaker 1: When added to the gravity of the situation due to
Speaker 1: the potential financial burden and the cultural importance of returning
Speaker 1: borrowed items. Intact, Elisha, demonstrating his role as a prophet
Speaker 1: and a man of God, asked the man where the
Speaker 1: axe had had fallen. Upon being shown the location, Elisha
Speaker 1: cut a stick and drew it into the water at
Speaker 1: that spot, and a raculously, the iron axe had floated
Speaker 1: to the surface, allowing the man to retrieve it. This
Speaker 1: miracle not only resolved the immediate problem, but also reinforced
Speaker 1: Elishah's authority and the presence of God's power working through him.
Speaker 1: What's the theological significance the miracle of the floating axe
Speaker 1: had as rich in theological implications, it underscores God's concern
Speaker 1: for everyday needs and challenges of his people. The seemingly
Speaker 1: mundane problem of a lost tool met with divine intervention,
Speaker 1: illustrating that no issue is too small for God's attention
Speaker 1: and care. Moreover, the miracle serves as a testament to
Speaker 1: Elishah's prophetic authority and the continuation of God's work through him,
Speaker 1: following the footsteps of his predecessor Elijah. Am sorry his predecessor, Elijah,
Speaker 1: it happened. It highlights the theme of God's provision and
Speaker 1: the importance of faith and his ability to intervene in
Speaker 1: the natural order. What's the symbolism and interpretation? The floating
Speaker 1: access can be seen as a symbol of restoration and redemption.
Speaker 1: Just as the iron was brought back from the depths,
Speaker 1: so too can God restore what is lost and broken
Speaker 1: in the lives of his people. The use of a
Speaker 1: stick by Elisha may also be interpreted as a foreshadowing
Speaker 1: to the cross, therefore, which God would ultimately provide redemption
Speaker 1: and restoration to humanity. What's practical lessons that we can
Speaker 1: get out of this? Well? From a practical standpoint, the
Speaker 1: miracle teaches the value of seeking God's help in times
Speaker 1: of need, regardless of the situation perceived significant. It encourages
Speaker 1: believers to trust in God's power and provision, reminding him
Speaker 1: that he is a tentative to the circumstances and capable
Speaker 1: capable of performing wonders beyond human understanding. What's the cultural
Speaker 1: and historical insight? In the ancient Near Eastern context, iron
Speaker 1: was a valuable commodity and tools made it made it
Speaker 1: where uh made from it were not easily replaceable. The
Speaker 1: loss of a borrowed acts would have been a significant
Speaker 1: financial burden, highlighting the importance of the miracle and alleviating
Speaker 1: the man's distress. This event also reflects the communal lifestyle
Speaker 1: of the prophetic community, where resources were shared and mutual
Speaker 1: support was essential. What's the conclusion here? The miracle of
Speaker 1: the floating Acts had remains a powerful narrative within the
Speaker 1: Biblical canon, offering insights into God's character, the role of
Speaker 1: his profits, and the assurance of his care for his people. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's it's awesome, you know. I mean, I
Speaker 1: know how it is to, you know, to borrow a
Speaker 1: tool from somebody, you know. In my job, I know
Speaker 1: how it is because you know, I work in the
Speaker 1: water industry, so I know how that is. And usually
Speaker 1: what I tell my service crew if I'm borrowing it,
Speaker 1: because they do work in production, which is the other side,
Speaker 1: you know, treatment I tell service crew of the distribution crew, Hey, man,
Speaker 1: if you let me borrow that tool, it will be
Speaker 1: back to you today. And that's what I do. So
Speaker 1: that's actually in working for the same company. So you
Speaker 1: can imagine this guy borrowing this axe from this person.
Speaker 1: You know, he's probably doesn't have a lot of money,
Speaker 1: and you know he ends up, you know, losing thinking
Speaker 1: he lost the axe. So what an awesome thing that
Speaker 1: God did through Elisha for this gentleman. I think it's
Speaker 1: amazing and it's awesome that he did that. So what
Speaker 1: an what an amazing thing? So all right, so let's
Speaker 1: go over a little brief description of what we just read.
Speaker 1: Probably a lot of this might be similar, but let
Speaker 1: me just see. Second King six, verses one through seven,
Speaker 1: tells the story of a prophet, Elishah and Moracacy make
Speaker 1: a borrowed axe float in the Jordan River, demonstrating God's
Speaker 1: care for his servants daily needs, even small problems like
Speaker 1: losing tools, and showing his power to restore what is
Speaker 1: lost seemingly gone, providing practical help and spiritual provision for
Speaker 1: his people's service. The Sons of Profits needed a new
Speaker 1: dwelling illustrating God's work and growing his people despite cultural
Speaker 1: challenges and the lost acts had simbolized potential financial ruin
Speaker 1: and inability to serve, which Elisha resolved with a simple act,
Speaker 1: showing God's restorre of power the problem. The group of profits,
Speaker 1: Elija to students, needed a larger dwelling and decided to
Speaker 1: build one by the Jordan River. Incident, by cutting the trees,
Speaker 1: one of the prophets accidentally dropped a broad axe into
Speaker 1: the head of the river, which we already know we
Speaker 1: read earlier, causing great distress and financial ruin and inability
Speaker 1: to pay the owner. And then the miracle was Elijah
Speaker 1: asked where it fell, cut a stick, drew it through
Speaker 1: it into the water, and made the iron float, allowing
Speaker 1: the profit to retrieve it. So what's kind of the
Speaker 1: meaning of these verses we kind of went over earlier.
Speaker 1: But God cares about details. God addresses seemingly minor problems,
Speaker 1: showing his involvement in daily life provision and restoration. The
Speaker 1: miracle provides for his profit's need and restore his ability
Speaker 1: to work and serve. Okay, so we already talked about
Speaker 1: our theological significance here. Perfect that's kind of all I
Speaker 1: wanted to go over with verses one through seven. So
Speaker 1: now let's go ahead and jump to second king six,
Speaker 1: verse eight, the blinded Syrians captured. Now the King of Syria.
Speaker 1: This is verse eight. Okay. Now the King of Syria
Speaker 1: was making war against Israel, and he consulted with his servants, saying,
Speaker 1: my camp will be in such and such a place.
Speaker 1: My camp will be in such and such a place.
Speaker 1: And the Mata God sent to the King of Israel, saying,
Speaker 1: beware that you do not pass this place, for the
Speaker 1: Syrians were coming down there. Then the King of Israel
Speaker 1: sent someone who sent someone to the place of which
Speaker 1: the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him,
Speaker 1: and he was watchful there, not just once or twice. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and continue reading. We're gonna read all
Speaker 1: the way to verse twenty three. Here says therefore the
Speaker 1: heart of the King of Syria was greatly troubled by
Speaker 1: this thing. And he called the servants and said to them,
Speaker 1: will you not show me which of us is the
Speaker 1: King of Israel. And one of his servants said, none,
Speaker 1: my lord, o king. But Elisha, the prophet who is
Speaker 1: in Israel, tells the king of Israel, the words that
Speaker 1: you speak in your bedroom. So he said, go and
Speaker 1: see where he is, that I might send them get him.
Speaker 1: And he told him, saying, surely he is in Dothan.
Speaker 1: Therefore he sent horses and chariots in a great army there,
Speaker 1: and they came by night and surrounded the city. And
Speaker 1: when the servant of the Man at God arose early
Speaker 1: and went out, there was an army surrounding the city
Speaker 1: with horses and chariots. And his servants said to him, Alas,
Speaker 1: my master, what shall we do. So we answered, do
Speaker 1: not fear, for those who are with us are more
Speaker 1: than those who are with them. And Elisha prayed and said, Lord,
Speaker 1: I pray open his eyes that he may see. Then
Speaker 1: the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and
Speaker 1: he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses
Speaker 1: and chariots of fire around Elisha. That's awesome. So he basically,
Speaker 1: I'll just stop there real quick, because that's a really
Speaker 1: awesome point. So what's happening is Elisha he could see
Speaker 1: through the veil. He could see that there's chariots of fire,
Speaker 1: and I think that what he's seeing is actually angels
Speaker 1: on these mountains. Right. So that's why he said, Lord,
Speaker 1: I pray for his eyes that he may see, and
Speaker 1: it says then the Lord opened his eyes of the
Speaker 1: young man and he saw and behold the mountain was
Speaker 1: full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha,
Speaker 1: which is amazing. Right. So Elisha is not worried. He's like,
Speaker 1: we got this, you know. And the guy that doesn't
Speaker 1: doesn't have full grasp on what's going on yet, is like, oh,
Speaker 1: there's a there's an army around us, surrounding us. And
Speaker 1: Elisha's like, all right, Lord, I pray to open up
Speaker 1: his eyes so we may see. And what does he see?
Speaker 1: WHOA we got this? There's an angel surrounding us, basically, right,
Speaker 1: it says. So when the Syrians. So when the Syrians
Speaker 1: came down to him, Elishah prayed to the Lord and said,
Speaker 1: strike these people. I pray with blindness, and he struck
Speaker 1: them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. Now
Speaker 1: Elisha said to them, this is not the way, nor
Speaker 1: is this the city. Follow me and I will bring
Speaker 1: you to the man whom you seek. But he led
Speaker 1: them to Samaria. So it was when they had come
Speaker 1: to Samaria that Elisha, said, Lord, opened the eyes, so
Speaker 1: the men may see. And the Lord opened their eyes
Speaker 1: and they saw, and there they were inside Samaria. Now,
Speaker 1: when the King of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha,
Speaker 1: my father, shall uh, my father, Shall I killed them?
Speaker 1: Shall I kill them? But he answered, you shall not
Speaker 1: kill them. Would you kill those whom you have not
Speaker 1: taken captive? With your sword and your bow, set food
Speaker 1: and water before them, and that they may eat and
Speaker 1: drink and go to their master. Then he prepared a
Speaker 1: great feast for them, and after they ate and drank,
Speaker 1: he sent them away and they went to their masters.
Speaker 1: So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into
Speaker 1: the land of Israel. Awesome. So obviously the angels didn't
Speaker 1: have to come and destroy these guys. We're gonna continue
Speaker 1: reading though and see what happens. But right here in
Speaker 1: this in this context, it looks like he had he
Speaker 1: had angels surrounding them. God did. And if it seems
Speaker 1: like if the Syrians were to attack Elisha, then then
Speaker 1: these chariots of fire would have came and attacked. But
Speaker 1: you don't see that happening, right, So that that was
Speaker 1: pretty interesting, this whole little story, right, here, So let's
Speaker 1: dig a little deeper into this. Elijah's ability to warn
Speaker 1: the King of Israel about the arm King's plan reveals
Speaker 1: God's omni ominence and his protection over his people. The
Speaker 1: account of the army and army being struck with blindness
Speaker 1: and led to Samaria illustrates God's ability to protect and
Speaker 1: deliver his people in unexpected ways. Elishah's response to the
Speaker 1: captured Armiens, feeding them instead of killing them, teaches us
Speaker 1: about mercy and the power of overcoming evil with good.
Speaker 1: All right, let's read a little deeper here. Elishah, the
Speaker 1: successor of the prophet Elijah, is a prominent figure in
Speaker 1: the Old Testament, known for his role as a prophet
Speaker 1: from the Northern Kingdom of Israel during the ninth century BC.
Speaker 1: He is depicted as a man of God who performed
Speaker 1: numerous miracles and provided guidance to the kings of Israel.
Speaker 1: One of the notable events of Elisha's life is his
Speaker 1: encounter with the Armine Army, which is detailed in Tewod
Speaker 1: Kings chapter six, which we just read. The Armine threat.
Speaker 1: The Armines, also known as the Syrians, were a constant
Speaker 1: threat to Israel during Elisha's time under the leadership of
Speaker 1: King Ben Hadad, the Armines frequently rated Israelite territory. Their
Speaker 1: Narrative and Second Kings six eight through twenty three highlights
Speaker 1: a particular instance where the Armene king sought to capture Elisha,
Speaker 1: where he had been revealing the king's military plan to
Speaker 1: the King of Israel. He was revealing King ben Hadeed's plans,
Speaker 1: and he was given it to the King of Israel,
Speaker 1: right so the Divine protection and insight. The account begins
Speaker 1: with the Armine king becoming frustrated because his plans were
Speaker 1: constantly thwart thwarted. He suspected a trader among his ranks,
Speaker 1: but his servants informed him that Elisha, the prophet in Israel,
Speaker 1: was revealing his plans. In response, the king sent a
Speaker 1: great army to Dothan, where Elishah was staying, to capture him.
Speaker 1: When elisha servant awoke and saw the city surrounded by
Speaker 1: horses and chariots, he was terrified. Elishah, however, remained calmed
Speaker 1: and reassured his servant with the words, do not be afraid,
Speaker 1: for those who are with us are more than those
Speaker 1: who are with them. Elisha that's in Second King six
Speaker 1: verse sixteen, which we just read. Elishah then prayed for
Speaker 1: the Lord to open his servant's eyes, and the servants
Speaker 1: saw the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire
Speaker 1: surrounding Elishah the miraculous deliverance. As the army and army
Speaker 1: advanced toward him, Elishah prayed to the Lord to strike
Speaker 1: them with blindness. The Lord answered his prayer and the
Speaker 1: soldiers were rendered blind. Elishah then led them to Samaria,
Speaker 1: the capital of Israel. Once there, he prayed again and
Speaker 1: their sight was restored. The King of Israel, seeing the
Speaker 1: captured enemy, asked Elishah if he should kill him. Elijah
Speaker 1: instructed him instead of set food and water before them
Speaker 1: and send them back to their master. The king complied,
Speaker 1: and the Armines returned to their land, seizing their raids
Speaker 1: into Israel for a time. Now, what I noticed there
Speaker 1: that when he told them not to kill them, then
Speaker 1: you know he didn't disobey the prophet Elijah Shah's command, right,
Speaker 1: which I think is good that the king is actually
Speaker 1: following what he's saying, because as we've been seeing throughout
Speaker 1: the Old Testament is the kings, especially with these kings
Speaker 1: a lot of them. What they do is they half
Speaker 1: listen sometimes or they don't listen at all. But sometimes
Speaker 1: they only listen halfway or maybe three quarters of the way,
Speaker 1: but they don't listen to fully what God is telling them.
Speaker 1: So like with Saul with the Amalekites, you know, he
Speaker 1: ended up. You're supposed to destroy all the Malakites, drive
Speaker 1: them all out, and what does he do. He takes
Speaker 1: the king for slavery and he's not killing all the
Speaker 1: He's not killing all of them like he was supposed to.
Speaker 1: So you see that happening, you know, and in different ways.
Speaker 1: You see that. Sometimes the prophet tells some of these
Speaker 1: kings things and they don't they don't hundred percent listen
Speaker 1: all the way. What's the theological significance, Well, the narrative
Speaker 1: underscore several key theological themes. First, it highlights God's sovereignty
Speaker 1: and protection over his people. Despite the physical threat posed
Speaker 1: by the army and armity gods, the army and army
Speaker 1: God's spiritual forces were far superior, demonstrating his omnipotens. Second,
Speaker 1: the account illustrates the power of prayer and the importance
Speaker 1: of spiritual insight. Ali Shah's prayers were instrumental in both
Speaker 1: the protection and deliverance of Israel. Lastly, the account emphasizes
Speaker 1: mercy and grace instead of seeking vengeance. Elishah's directive to
Speaker 1: feed the enemy soldiers reflects a divine principle of overcoming
Speaker 1: evil with good. Right. That's that's amazing that that part
Speaker 1: right there, I love that part. Legacy. Elias SHA's encounter
Speaker 1: with the arming army is a testament to his role
Speaker 1: as a prophet who not only performed miracles but also
Speaker 1: provided spiritual leadership and guidance. His actions and faith in
Speaker 1: God's protection serve as an enduring example of trust and
Speaker 1: divine providence and the power of prayer. And that's really
Speaker 1: really good at notes here summing that up. I love these.
Speaker 1: Biblehub dot com has some amazing insight here. So let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and let's try to sum this up. So
Speaker 1: second Kings eight are six eight through twenty three teaches
Speaker 1: about spiritual sight versus blindness, showing how God protects his
Speaker 1: people Israel from enemies to Syrians through supernatural means, even
Speaker 1: when humans eyes only see danger. The passes highlights that
Speaker 1: Elishah's servant, terrified by the Syrian army, was spiritually blind
Speaker 1: to God's powerful presence. But Elishah's prayer opened the eyes
Speaker 1: to fiery chariots, God's angelic army, protecting them, revealing God's
Speaker 1: overwhelming power and present, and the cries and leading to
Speaker 1: mercy shown to the trapped army. Spiritual versus physical sight.
Speaker 1: The core contrast is between the servants fear driven limited
Speaker 1: physical sight and Eliza's divinely granted spiritual vision revealing God's
Speaker 1: true reality and protection. God's sovereign protection. God uses unseen forces,
Speaker 1: fire Chariot's angels to defend his profit and people, demonstrating
Speaker 1: his sovereign sovereignty over human armies. Third power for discernment
Speaker 1: Elisha's prayer, Oh Lord, please open his eyes that you
Speaker 1: may see as a plea for spiritual understanding, a request
Speaker 1: for faith over fear. Number four, God's provision in mercy.
Speaker 1: Despite the enemy's hostility, Elisha shows them mercy by feeding them,
Speaker 1: illustrating God's abundant provision and calling for compassion not retaliation. Also,
Speaker 1: it's show you know, it shows mercy, and it shows grace.
Speaker 1: A picture of Christ Elisha's ministry is giving sight. Spiritual
Speaker 1: discernment is seen as a foreshadowing for Jesus' work to
Speaker 1: open hearts and minds to God's truth. So the narrative
Speaker 1: in brief, the king of Syria tries to capture the
Speaker 1: prophet Elisha, surrounding his city and with a vast army.
Speaker 1: Elishah's servant is terrified by the overwhelming enemy forces. Elijhah
Speaker 1: prays for his servant open his eyes be opened. He
Speaker 1: sees a mountain filled with fiery horses and chariots of fire,
Speaker 1: God's divine army. Elishah then prays for the Syrian soldiers
Speaker 1: to be blinded, leading them into Samaria, where Elijah shows mercy,
Speaker 1: feeding them and sending them home, demonstrating God's power and grace.
Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, in essence, the passenger serves believers
Speaker 1: that even when surrounded by overwhelming problems, God is present
Speaker 1: with superior unseen army, ready to reveal himself and offer
Speaker 1: protection and provision when we ask for spiritual sight. Perfect
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and jump to verse twenty four. Now
Speaker 1: the Syria besieges Samaria and famine, and it happened after
Speaker 1: this that ben Hadid King of Samaria. Samaria King of Syria,
Speaker 1: gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria.
Speaker 1: And there was a great famine in Samaria. And indeed
Speaker 1: they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for
Speaker 1: eighty sh sh echos of silver and one fourth of
Speaker 1: a cab eighty shekels of silver, and one fourth of
Speaker 1: a cab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver. Then,
Speaker 1: as the King of Israel was passing by the wall,
Speaker 1: a woman cried out, saying, help my lord, o king.
Speaker 1: And he said, if the Lord does not help you,
Speaker 1: where I where can I find help for you? For
Speaker 1: the threshing floor or the wine press. Then the king
Speaker 1: said to her, what is troubling you? And she said.
Speaker 1: The woman said to me, give your son that we
Speaker 1: may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
Speaker 1: So we boiled my son and ate him. Oh man,
Speaker 1: that's terrible. And I said to her on the next day,
Speaker 1: give your son that we may eat him. But she
Speaker 1: has hidden her son. And now what happened when the
Speaker 1: king heard the words of the woman, that he tore
Speaker 1: his clothes, and as he passed by the wall. The
Speaker 1: people looked and were underneath. He had sackclothed of his body.
Speaker 1: Then he said, God, do so to me, and more
Speaker 1: also if the head of Elishah, the son of Shafat,
Speaker 1: remains on him today. But Elishah was sitting in his house,
Speaker 1: and the elders were sitting with him, and the king
Speaker 1: sent a man ahead of him. But before the messenger
Speaker 1: came to him, he said to the elders, do you
Speaker 1: see how this son of a murderer was sent someone
Speaker 1: to take away my head? Look, when the messengers comes,
Speaker 1: shut the door, hold them fast at the door. Is
Speaker 1: not the sound of his master's feet behind him? And
Speaker 1: while while he was still taking while he was still
Speaker 1: talking with him, there was messengers coming down to him.
Speaker 1: And the king said, surely his calamity is from the Lord.
Speaker 1: Why should I wait for the Lord any longer. So
Speaker 1: that's verses twenty four through thirty three that we just
Speaker 1: went over. Let's check out the notes on this. The
Speaker 1: severe famine and samaria during the army siege highlights the
Speaker 1: dire consequences of sin and disobedience. The king's rejection blaming
Speaker 1: Elisha reflects a common human tendency to misplaced blame in
Speaker 1: times of crisis. Elaishah's prophecy of deliverance, despite the king's skepticism,
Speaker 1: reminds us of God's faithfulness and the importance of trusting
Speaker 1: his promises. The Siege of Samaria. The Siege of Samaria
Speaker 1: and the subsequent famine is a significant event recorded in
Speaker 1: the Old Testament, specifically in Second king six twenty four
Speaker 1: twenty four through thirty three. This historical episode highlights the
Speaker 1: dire circumstances faced by the Northern Kingdom of Israel and
Speaker 1: the miraculous intervention of God through the prophet Elishah. The
Speaker 1: siege took place during the reign of King Jerem also
Speaker 1: known as Jeram, the son of Ahab, who ruled the
Speaker 1: Northern Kingdom of Israel. The army, led by King ben
Speaker 1: Hadad the Second, laid siege to Samaria, the capital of Israel.
Speaker 1: The event is set against the backdrop of ongoing hostile
Speaker 1: hostilities between Israel and a Ram modern day Syria, which
Speaker 1: were common during that period. The siege and famine, the
Speaker 1: army and army encircled Samaria, cutting off the all supplies
Speaker 1: and leading to a severe famine within the city. The
Speaker 1: situation became so desperate that the people resorted to extreme
Speaker 1: measures for survival. The Bible records the herming conditions in
Speaker 1: Second King six twenty five, where it says that there
Speaker 1: was a great famine in Samaria. They be seized it
Speaker 1: until a donkey's head sold for eighty shekels or of
Speaker 1: silver and a quarter cab of dove of dove's dong,
Speaker 1: dove's dung, dove's dong excuse me, doves dung for five
Speaker 1: shekels of silver. The famine was so severe that it
Speaker 1: led to instances of cannibalism, as described in Second King's
Speaker 1: six twenty eight through twenty nine, where two women agree
Speaker 1: to eat their children. The accounter scores the extreme desperation
Speaker 1: of world decay that can occur in times of crisis.
Speaker 1: Elija Shaw's prophecy. In the midst of this dire situation,
Speaker 1: the prophet Elijah delivered a message of hope and the
Speaker 1: divine intervention and sewod King seven verse one, which I
Speaker 1: don't want to give you a spoiler alert, so let's
Speaker 1: go and continue. Uh yeah, let me just I'm just
Speaker 1: going to go over the theological significance before we end
Speaker 1: this and now we can get to chapter seven because
Speaker 1: I don't want to spoil alert. The siege of Sameri
Speaker 1: and the famine illustrates several key theological themes. It demonstrates
Speaker 1: God's sovereignty and ability to deliver his people and seeming
Speaker 1: the impossible situations. The event also highlights the role of
Speaker 1: the prophet of God's as god spokesperson whose words carry
Speaker 1: divine authority. Additionally, it serves as a warning against the
Speaker 1: doubt and unbelief, emphasizing the importance of faith in God's promises.
Speaker 1: This episode in Israel Israel's history is a powerful reminder
Speaker 1: of God's provision and the fulfillment of his word even
Speaker 1: in the darkest times. So, yeah, we have to make
Speaker 1: sure that we are We have to make sure that
Speaker 1: we have faith, like the same kind of faith that
Speaker 1: Elisha has right there. He prays and he knows that
Speaker 1: it's going to get answered. Sometimes we pray and we
Speaker 1: just think, man, I hopefully gets answered. Hopefully the prayer
Speaker 1: gets answered, you know, instead of us having faith that
Speaker 1: it's going to be answered. So so much so that
Speaker 1: Elisha's life is on the line and he just knows
Speaker 1: that God is just with him and they're just in step.
Speaker 1: And his faith is strong, right, I mean his faith
Speaker 1: is strong. So that's the end of chapter six. Let
Speaker 1: me just go over some practical applications here, trust in
Speaker 1: God's provision or actually, you know what I think I
Speaker 1: might have to go over. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I
Speaker 1: just finished that portion, so let me go over. A
Speaker 1: brief description of chapter is twenty four through thirty three.
Speaker 1: Second King six twenty four to thirty describes the horrific
Speaker 1: famine and cannibalism in beseeched Samaria, highlighting King ben Hadid's despair,
Speaker 1: his false name Elisha, his false blame of Elisha, God's
Speaker 1: prophet in the people's desperate state, culminating in the king's
Speaker 1: rash vow to kill Elisha, setting the stage for God's
Speaker 1: swift deliverance in the following chapter. The passage reveals profound
Speaker 1: spiritual blindness as the king blames God and the prophet
Speaker 1: instead of seeking God's help, contrasting the divine promise of
Speaker 1: relief for those who trust him. In chapters twenty four
Speaker 1: through twenty five, the army and King ben Hadid beseeches Samaria,
Speaker 1: causing extreme famine, leading to exhort prices or even donkey's head.
Speaker 1: In dove droppings cannibalism, two women agree to eat their sons.
Speaker 1: In verses twenty eight through thirty one, fulfills her part,
Speaker 1: but the other hides her child, leading to a desperate
Speaker 1: confrontation where the king hears the horrific act, tearing his clothes,
Speaker 1: and then in verses thirty one and through thirty three,
Speaker 1: the king, wearing sackcloth, blames Elishah, believing the prophet brought
Speaker 1: this suffering and vows to kill him, and demonstrating profound
Speaker 1: spiritual immaturity and refusal to trust God the consequences of disobedience.
Speaker 1: The famine is a judgment from God for Israel's sins,
Speaker 1: a fulfillment of warnings in Deuteronomy spiritual blindness. The king
Speaker 1: sees this suffering but blames the messenger Elisha rather than God,
Speaker 1: failing to recognize rather than God, failing to recognize God's
Speaker 1: provision and judgment despite faith and despair. The passage contrasts
Speaker 1: the depths of human despair cannibalism with the need for
Speaker 1: desperate trust in God's promises, foreshadowing the deliverance to come.
Speaker 1: Foreshadowing deliverance. The severe situation sets up the dramatic turnaround
Speaker 1: in chapter seven, which we're gonna read. I don't want
Speaker 1: to give you a spoiler alert. In essence, the passage
Speaker 1: shows Israel at the lowest point, facing judgment with its leadership,
Speaker 1: spiritsy bankrupt highlight in the darkness before God's promise, light
Speaker 1: and deliverance. Now that's the end of chapter six. Now
Speaker 1: let's go over some practical applications. We have four practical applications.
Speaker 1: The first one is trust in God's provision. Just as
Speaker 1: God provided a solution for the lost axe head, we
Speaker 1: can trust him to meet our needs, no matter how
Speaker 1: small or large. Spiritual vision, pray for God to open
Speaker 1: your eyes to see His presence of protection in your life,
Speaker 1: and especially when you feel surrounded by difficulties. Now, I
Speaker 1: had a small situation where I was, you know, I
Speaker 1: went to a well site and I always have this
Speaker 1: is my work phone. And what happens is I always
Speaker 1: have it. I always have it on me because I'm
Speaker 1: on call all the time. So I drove out of
Speaker 1: this this one well site, and I remember putting numbers
Speaker 1: in and put I set my phone down on my lap.
Speaker 1: And what happened is I got out at the next
Speaker 1: well site, and then I got out to open a
Speaker 1: gate and that and the phone flipped off my lap
Speaker 1: and landed on the ground. And then I went into
Speaker 1: the well site to check the residual and I looked
Speaker 1: for my phone to put the residual in, and I
Speaker 1: couldn't find my work phone. I didn't know it had
Speaker 1: fallen on the floor right there. So I had to
Speaker 1: drive out of that gate the same way I drove in.
Speaker 1: I was praying, like, Lord, please allow me to find
Speaker 1: my phone. Please Lord. So I went back to the
Speaker 1: other site where I was like thinking, I lost my phone,
Speaker 1: and I was like, uh, did I? I was like dang,
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, I remembered right before I left,
Speaker 1: and I put some numbers in so I and I
Speaker 1: and I knew that I had my phone while I
Speaker 1: was driving, so I was like, okay. So I searched
Speaker 1: my whole vehicle just to make sure. I called it,
Speaker 1: called it, called it. Could not hear any ringing anything
Speaker 1: like that, couldn't And I was praying, like, Lord, please
Speaker 1: allow me to find my phone. Please allow me to
Speaker 1: find the phone. It's my work phone. I need it.
Speaker 1: And another important factor is that the answering service calls
Speaker 1: that phone when there's a problem, like throughout the city
Speaker 1: while I'm working, I need to go and like fix
Speaker 1: or turn the water off or go, you know, if
Speaker 1: there's a leak or something. So I was super stressed.
Speaker 1: I was like, Lord, please, Lord, allow me to find
Speaker 1: this phone. And I drive up to UH. I drive
Speaker 1: right past it again into the into my to where
Speaker 1: I checked the residual and I was like, you know what,
Speaker 1: let me just check that in front of the gate
Speaker 1: and I drove up boom. Sure enough, So I drove
Speaker 1: by it three times and didn't run over it. Thank God.
Speaker 1: It's all all glory to God because I could have
Speaker 1: done that so many times. But yeah, so I had
Speaker 1: that kind of situation snapping. But I did pray and
Speaker 1: God answered my prayer. Thank you Lord. Because I have
Speaker 1: my phone and a work phone. That's you know, it's
Speaker 1: hard for me to tell my boss something like that.
Speaker 1: It'd be like, you know, really, it's really like an
Speaker 1: embarrassing situation. The same type of situations with this axe
Speaker 1: you know, this accid that they're talking about. I think
Speaker 1: that's a good example of what it would feel like. Obviously,
Speaker 1: an axe head isn't. Probably, I don't know. Back then,
Speaker 1: maybe it was worth as much as the phone to them,
Speaker 1: you know, Praise God. Let's continue. Number three, Respond with mercy.
Speaker 1: Follow Elisha's example by showing kindness and mercy to those
Speaker 1: who oppose you, reflecting God's love and grace. Next one,
Speaker 1: hold fast to God's promises in times of crisis. Cling
Speaker 1: to God's promises and trust in his deliverance even when
Speaker 1: circumstances seem impossible. Okay, now, let's go over some additional
Speaker 1: scriptures that connect. We'd have Philippians four, verse nineteen. And
Speaker 1: My God will supply all your needs according to his
Speaker 1: glorious riches in Christ Jesus. This verse reinforces God's provision
Speaker 1: for our needs. Next Ephesians one, verse eighteen. I ask them,
Speaker 1: my eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that
Speaker 1: you may know the hope of His calling, the riches
Speaker 1: of his glorious inheritance and the saints. This prayer for
Speaker 1: spiritual insight paralyzed parallels Elisha's prayer for his servant. Next
Speaker 1: is Romans twenty Romans twelve twenty through twenty one. On
Speaker 1: the contrary, if your enemy is hungry, feed him if
Speaker 1: he is thirsty, give him a drink, for in doing so,
Speaker 1: you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not
Speaker 1: overcome by Do not overcome by evil, but overcome evil
Speaker 1: with good. Perfect verse. Right there, This passage echoes Elisha's
Speaker 1: merciful treatment of the Armines. I mean, it is exactly
Speaker 1: what he did. That's probably the train of thought that
Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit gave Paul when he wrote this in Romans.
Speaker 1: That's a perfect example. You know that Alisha was walking
Speaker 1: by the spirit, right, I mean you could tell because
Speaker 1: usually you would think, I need to destroy these this
Speaker 1: are because they were trying to come and kill me.
Speaker 1: But instead, nope, he's given a mercy and feeding them,
Speaker 1: which is amazing, right, so perfect. So let me just
Speaker 1: go ahead and jump to chapter seven. Here, we are
Speaker 1: done with chapter seven. We're moving right along. Let me
Speaker 1: just bring it up on the screen here. Perfect looks
Speaker 1: like it says the Syrians flee. Great, that's the title.
Speaker 1: But before we go into that, let me just go
Speaker 1: ahead and read a little introduction to chapter seven. Second
Speaker 1: King seven narrates the transformation of despair into joy and
Speaker 1: scarcity into abundance in the besieged city of Samaria. It
Speaker 1: follows the prophet Elisha's proclamation of the coming relief and
Speaker 1: the subsequent fulfillment. The chapter, with its divine intervention and miracles,
Speaker 1: emphasizes faith, prophecy, and the power of God's deliverance. Okay,
Speaker 1: let me just go to my teaching points here, all right,
Speaker 1: So let me just start reading here. Second Kings, Second
Speaker 1: King seven verses. We read verses one and two, and
Speaker 1: then I have a little something here. So the Syrians flee.
Speaker 1: Then Elisha said, hear the word of the Lord. Thus
Speaker 1: says the Lord, tomorrow, about this time a sea of
Speaker 1: fine flowers shall be sold for a shekel, and two
Speaker 1: seas of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.
Speaker 1: So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered
Speaker 1: the man of God and said, look, if the Lord
Speaker 1: would make windows in heaven, could this thing be? And
Speaker 1: he said, in fact, you shall see with your eyes,
Speaker 1: but you shall not eat of it. Okay, So oops
Speaker 1: God's sovereignty and timing. Elaisha declares, hear the word of
Speaker 1: the Lord that about this time tomorrow the gates of Mary,
Speaker 1: six courts of fine flower will sell for a shekel,
Speaker 1: and twelve courts of barley will sell for a shekel.
Speaker 1: That's what a sea is, Okay. A C S E,
Speaker 1: S E A H is what it's called. So a
Speaker 1: C is actually six courts, okay, and then two c's
Speaker 1: is twelve courts. Okay. So just so you guys know,
Speaker 1: it says God's timing is perfect and his plans are
Speaker 1: beyond human understanding. Yeah, so we'll just go over look
Speaker 1: a little deeper. It says the sovereignty of God is
Speaker 1: a foundational doctrine in Christian theology, affirming that God is
Speaker 1: the supreme authority in all things are under his control.
Speaker 1: This concept is rooted in the understanding that God, as
Speaker 1: the creator of the universe or the creator of this realm,
Speaker 1: possessed the ultimate power and authority over all creation. The
Speaker 1: Bible consistently affirms God's sovereignty, emphasizing his ability to execute
Speaker 1: his will without hindrance. So let's go ahead and look
Speaker 1: at a brief description of Second King seven one through two.
Speaker 1: One and two chapters one to two describe Elisha's prophecy
Speaker 1: that Samara, is suffering a severe famine under siege, would
Speaker 1: have abundant food by the next day, with which a
Speaker 1: skeptical royal officer doubted even when windows even doubted, saying
Speaker 1: even windows in heaven couldn't bring such a turnaround. The
Speaker 1: passage highlights the theme of divine provision, admits despair and
Speaker 1: the danger of unbelief, as Elisha warns the doubter or
Speaker 1: he'd see the plenty of plenty but not eat it,
Speaker 1: a foreshadowing of his tragic end severe famine. The city
Speaker 1: of Samaria is under siege by the army and army,
Speaker 1: leading to extreme starvation, with prices of for food like
Speaker 1: donkey Head's skyrocketing. King Jerome is an at his wits end,
Speaker 1: questioning why he should wait for the Lord any longer
Speaker 1: for help, blaming God for the plight, prophecy, and doubt
Speaker 1: Elisha's word, Elisha declares God's promo. With than twenty four hours,
Speaker 1: flower and barley would be plentiful and cheap in the
Speaker 1: city gate, signaling in the seeds the siege is end
Speaker 1: the officer's skepticism. The king's the tenant leaning on him,
Speaker 1: expresses belief, asking if God could really make it rain
Speaker 1: for food from heaven. His doubt stems from a lack
Speaker 1: of faith in God's power to resolve the situation God's timing.
Speaker 1: God often acts when human strength fails, turning extremity into
Speaker 1: opportunity to show his glory. Unbelief's price. The officer's doubt
Speaker 1: leads to his downfall. He sees the miracle but doesn't
Speaker 1: experience his blessing because refuse to believe. A powerful lesson
Speaker 1: about trusting God's promises faith versus sight, the passage contrasts
Speaker 1: Elisha's faith in God's word with the officer's reliance on
Speaker 1: what his eyes could see, highlighting that simple trust in
Speaker 1: God's promises is crucial even when circumstances look impossible. All right,
Speaker 1: So now we're gonna read. We're gonna see the Syrians flee.
Speaker 1: Okay here, and we're gonna read. Hold on, let me
Speaker 1: see what I got the danger of doubt. We kind
Speaker 1: of talked about that already, unexpected instruments of deliverance. So
Speaker 1: we're gonna read three through nine. Then I have some
Speaker 1: notes here says now, there were four leprous men at
Speaker 1: the entrance of the gate, and they said to one another,
Speaker 1: why are we sitting here until we die? If we
Speaker 1: say we will enter the city. The famine is in
Speaker 1: the city. And we shall die there, and if we
Speaker 1: sit here, we'll die also. Therefore, come, let us surrender
Speaker 1: to the army of the Syrians, and they keep us alive,
Speaker 1: we shall live, and if they kill us, we shall
Speaker 1: only die. And they rose at twilight to go to
Speaker 1: the camp of the Syrians. And when they had come
Speaker 1: to the outskirts of the Syrian camp, to their surprise,
Speaker 1: no one was there. For the Lord had caused the
Speaker 1: army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots
Speaker 1: and the noise of horses, the noise of a great army.
Speaker 1: So they said to one another, look, the King of
Speaker 1: Israel was hired against us, the kings of the Hittites
Speaker 1: and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us. Therefore
Speaker 1: they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact,
Speaker 1: their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, and they fled
Speaker 1: for their lives. And when these lepers came to the
Speaker 1: outskirts of the camp, they went in one tent and
Speaker 1: ate and drank, and carried it from carried it silver
Speaker 1: and gold clothing, and went and hid them. Then they
Speaker 1: came back and entered another tent and carried some of
Speaker 1: it also, and they went and hid it. So that's
Speaker 1: the end of verse eight. So let me just go
Speaker 1: ahead and read nine, and then i'll go over these notes.
Speaker 1: Then when they said to one another, what are we? Why? Okay,
Speaker 1: we are not doing right. This day is a day
Speaker 1: of good news, and we remain silent. If we wait
Speaker 1: until morning light, some punishment will come upon us. Now, therefore, come,
Speaker 1: let us go and tell the king's household. All right,
Speaker 1: So unexpected instruments of deliverance. God uses four lepers, outcasts
Speaker 1: of society, to bring the news of the army's flight
Speaker 1: and the abundance left behind. God often uses unlikely people
Speaker 1: and means to accomplish his purposes. You know, he used
Speaker 1: the prostitute Rahab. He used Paul the apostle who was
Speaker 1: killing Christians, and you know when you was Saul and
Speaker 1: he was imprisoning Christians. I mean, he has used David,
Speaker 1: who you know, you already know what he did with
Speaker 1: the with the Bathsheba's husband Uriah and all the things
Speaker 1: that he did. Right, God uses people. Moses, he murdered somebody.
Speaker 1: You know, there's countless of numbers of number of people
Speaker 1: that God uses unexpected instruments for his purposes. Right, He's
Speaker 1: using me and I as you should see the way
Speaker 1: I lived before, you know, back in the day. I mean,
Speaker 1: God has used so many people that have gone through
Speaker 1: so much. So let's go ahead and check a little different,
Speaker 1: I mean, look a little deeper in unexpected instruments of deliverance.
Speaker 1: Throughout the Biblical narrative, God often employs unexpected means and
Speaker 1: unlike the individuals to bring about deliverance for his people.
Speaker 1: These instances serve as to highlight God's sovereignty, wisdom, and
Speaker 1: the truth about his ways that are higher than human understanding.
Speaker 1: The following are notable examples of unexpected instruments of deliverance
Speaker 1: as recorded in scriptures. In the Book of Exodus, God
Speaker 1: uses a simple staff of Moses as a powerful tool
Speaker 1: to perform miracles and lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Initially,
Speaker 1: Moses is hesitant and doubts his ability to confront Pharaoh. However,
Speaker 1: God reassures him, saying, what is it that you're What
Speaker 1: is that in your hand? The rod becomes a symbol
Speaker 1: of God's power, turning into a serpent, parting the Red
Speaker 1: sea and bringing water from a rock. This ordinary shepherd's
Speaker 1: staff becomes an extraordinary instrument of the divine of divine deliverance.
Speaker 1: The job bone of a donkey. That's another one. Right
Speaker 1: in the Book of Judges, Samson finds himself surrounding by
Speaker 1: a thousand Philistines. Surrounded by a thousand Philistines without conventional weapons,
Speaker 1: he seizes the job bone of a donkey uses it
Speaker 1: to achieve a miraculous victory. In Judges fifteen fifteen states
Speaker 1: he found the fresh job bone of a donkey, reached
Speaker 1: out of his hand and took it and struck down
Speaker 1: one thousand men. This unconventional weapon underscores God's ability to
Speaker 1: use the most unexpected means to deliver his people. The
Speaker 1: Sling of David is another one. David, a young shepherd boy,
Speaker 1: faces the giant Goliath with nothing but a sling and
Speaker 1: five smooth stones, while the Israelite army kuur in fear.
Speaker 1: David's faith in God empowers him to confront the Philistine champion.
Speaker 1: And then we have the Ravens of Elijah. So during
Speaker 1: the time of the drought and famine, God provides for
Speaker 1: the prophet Elijah in an unexpected manner, and onet King
Speaker 1: seventeen verse four. God instructs Elijah, you are to drink
Speaker 1: from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to
Speaker 1: feed you. Here ravens, typically seen as unclean animals, bring
Speaker 1: Elijah food and meat, sustaining him in the wilderness. Okay.
Speaker 1: Then the Widow's Oil is another one where Elisha encounters
Speaker 1: a widow and dire need who creditors threatening to take
Speaker 1: her son's slaves. Elishah instructs her to gather empty vessels
Speaker 1: and pour her small amount of oil into the more
Speaker 1: I can see. The oil continues to flow until all
Speaker 1: vessels are filled. That's in second Kings four verse seven.
Speaker 1: Another one is gonna be the donkey of Balem okay
Speaker 1: and number twenty two Balem, a prophet is on his
Speaker 1: way to curse Israel when his donkey sees an angel
Speaker 1: of the Lord blocking his path. The donkey turns aside,
Speaker 1: saving Balim from divine wrath. Numbers two twenty eight states
Speaker 1: Then the Lord opened the donkey's mouth, and she said
Speaker 1: to Baylim, what have I done to you to make
Speaker 1: you beat me these three times? This talking donkey becomes
Speaker 1: an unexpected instrument of deliverance, preventing Baylim from proceeding with
Speaker 1: his ill intended mission. Sorry, guys, I mistake the instrument
Speaker 1: for the person, right, But it's still a good example
Speaker 1: of when God uses unexpected people to do his will.
Speaker 1: But this is actually talking about unexpected, unexpected instruments for deliverance, okay.
Speaker 1: And then these examples illustrate that God often chooses the humble,
Speaker 1: the ordinary, and the unexpected to accomplish his divine purposes.
Speaker 1: Through these instruments of deliverance, God reveals his power and
Speaker 1: his ability to work beyond human limitations, ensuring that the
Speaker 1: glory belongs to him and him alone. Perfect, and let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and continue verse ten, it says, so they
Speaker 1: went and called to the gatekeepers of the city and
Speaker 1: told them saying, we went to the Syrian camp. And
Speaker 1: surprisingly no one was there, not a human sound, only
Speaker 1: horses and donkeys tied to tents intact. And the gatekeepers
Speaker 1: called out, and they told it to the king's household instead. Inside.
Speaker 1: So the king arose in the night and said to
Speaker 1: his servants, know, let me now tell you that the
Speaker 1: Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry.
Speaker 1: Therefore we have gone out of the camp to hide
Speaker 1: themselves in the field, saying, when they come out of
Speaker 1: the city, we shall catch them alive and get into
Speaker 1: the city. And one of the servants answered and said, please,
Speaker 1: let several men take five of the remaining horses which
Speaker 1: are left in the city. Look that we may either
Speaker 1: become like the multitude of Israel that are left in
Speaker 1: it or in d I say, they may become like
Speaker 1: the multidividual left from those who are consumed. So let
Speaker 1: us send them and see. Therefore they took two chariots
Speaker 1: and horses, and the king sent them in the direction
Speaker 1: of the Syrian army, saying, go and see. And they
Speaker 1: went after them to the Jordan, And indeed all the
Speaker 1: roads was full of garments and weapons, which the Syrians
Speaker 1: had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned
Speaker 1: and told the king. Then the people went out and
Speaker 1: plundered the tents of the Syrians. What they see. A
Speaker 1: fine flower was sold for a shekel, and two seas
Speaker 1: of barley for a shekel. According to the word of
Speaker 1: the Lord Prophecy fulfilled right verse seventeen. Now the king
Speaker 1: had appointed the officer of those whose hand he leaned
Speaker 1: to have charge of the gate. But the people trampled
Speaker 1: him in the gate, and he died, just as the
Speaker 1: Man of God had said, who spoke when the king
Speaker 1: had come down to him. So it happened just as
Speaker 1: the Man of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Speaker 1: two sees of barley for a shekel and the sea,
Speaker 1: or it's going to be six courts of barley for shekel,
Speaker 1: and twelve a fine flower for a shekel, shall be
Speaker 1: sold tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria.
Speaker 1: Then the officer had answered the Man of God and said,
Speaker 1: now look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven,
Speaker 1: so such a thing be. And he said, in fact,
Speaker 1: you shall see with your eyes, but you shall not
Speaker 1: eat of it. And it happened to him, for the
Speaker 1: people trampled him in the gate, and he died. So
Speaker 1: in the notes it says fulfillment of God's word. The
Speaker 1: prophecy is fulfilled exactly as Elisha had spoken. The officer
Speaker 1: who had doubted sees the abundance, but does not partake
Speaker 1: in it, as he has trampled at the gate. God's
Speaker 1: word never fails. So the concept of fulfillment of God's
Speaker 1: word is a central theme throughout the Bible, reflecting the
Speaker 1: belief that God's promises and prophecies are certain and will
Speaker 1: come to pass. This theme under scores the reliability and
Speaker 1: sovereignty of God, as well as his faithfulness and his
Speaker 1: covenant people. The Old Testament is replete with instances where
Speaker 1: God's word is fulfilled, often through his promises to the
Speaker 1: patriarchs and the nation of Israel. One of the earliest
Speaker 1: examples is found in the Abrahamic Covenant. God promised Abraham
Speaker 1: that he would be the father of a great nation
Speaker 1: and to all nations that would be blessed through him,
Speaker 1: and that all nations will be blessed through him in
Speaker 1: Genesis twelve, verses two through three. This promise begins to
Speaker 1: see fulfillment in the birth of Isaac and ultimately the
Speaker 1: coming of Jesus Christ, a descendant of Abraham, who brings
Speaker 1: salvation to all nations. Prophetic literature in the Old Testament
Speaker 1: has emphasized the fulfillment of God's word. The prophets often
Speaker 1: spoke of future events such as the coming of the Messiah,
Speaker 1: the restoration of Israel, and the establishment of God's kingdom.
Speaker 1: Isaiah seven fourteen prophesied the virgin birth of the Messiah,
Speaker 1: which is fulfilled in the New Testament Matthew one twenty
Speaker 1: two through twenty three. Similarly, Micah five to two predicts
Speaker 1: the birthplace of Messiah and Bethlehem fulfilled in the birth
Speaker 1: of Jesus Matthew two four through six, and the New
Speaker 1: Testament that presents Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of God's word.
Speaker 1: Jesus himself affirms that in Matthew five seventeen, stating, do
Speaker 1: not think that I have come to abolish the law
Speaker 1: of the prophets. I do not have. I have not
Speaker 1: come to abolish, but to fulfill them. The life, death,
Speaker 1: and the resurrection of Jesus are seen as the fulfillment
Speaker 1: of numerous Old Testament prophecies, affirming his identity as the
Speaker 1: Promise Messiah. The Gospel of John emphasizes the fulfillment of
Speaker 1: scripture in the Life of Jesus. John nineteen twenty eight
Speaker 1: records Jesus's words on the Cross, I am thirsty to
Speaker 1: fulfill the scripture. This attention to detail highlights the precision
Speaker 1: which from with which God's Word is fulfilled. The Book
Speaker 1: of Acts and the Epistles further explore the prophecy of
Speaker 1: Joel Further explore the theme of fulfillment. Sorry Acts two
Speaker 1: sixteen through twenty one cites the prophecy of Joel regarding
Speaker 1: the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which is the fulfilled,
Speaker 1: which is fulfilled at Pentecost. The Apostle Paul frequently speaks
Speaker 1: of the fulfillment of God's promises through Jesus Christ, as
Speaker 1: seen in tewod Corinthians one, verse twenty. For the promise
Speaker 1: of Him, the promise of God are yes in Christ
Speaker 1: and through Him our amen is spoken to the glory
Speaker 1: of God. Esteological eschological fulfillments. The fulfillment of God's Word
Speaker 1: is not limited to past events, but extends into the
Speaker 1: future with that esteological promises yet to be realized. The
Speaker 1: New Testament contains numerous prophecies concerning the second coming of Christ,
Speaker 1: the final Judgment, and the establishment of a new heaven
Speaker 1: and new Earth. Revelation twenty one one through four describes
Speaker 1: the fulfillment the ultimate fulfillment of God's promise to dwell
Speaker 1: with his people white in a way every tear, and
Speaker 1: abolishing death and suffering. The certainty of these future fulfillments
Speaker 1: is rooted in the character of God, who is faithful
Speaker 1: and true Hebrews ten twenty three encourages believers to hold
Speaker 1: resolutely to the hope we profess for he who promises faithful.
Speaker 1: The assurance provides comfort and motivation for Christians to live
Speaker 1: in anticipation of God's ultimate fulfillment of his word perfect. Okay,
Speaker 1: so let's go over a brief description of what just
Speaker 1: happened in these chapters. Kings Sorry. Second Kings seven three
Speaker 1: through twenty tells of four lepers during a severe feminine
Speaker 1: Samaria who realize staying means death, so they go to
Speaker 1: the Syrian camp, only to find it miraculously deserted, leading
Speaker 1: to them discover abundance, share the good news, and ultimately
Speaker 1: bring God's promised deliverance and economic reversal to the city,
Speaker 1: teaching faith God's un expect of provision and the urgency
Speaker 1: of sharing hope. The core meaning is that God fulfills
Speaker 1: his promise in surpassing ways, often using the likely unlikely
Speaker 1: like outcasts to bring salvation, contrasting unbelief like the King's
Speaker 1: Officer with radical faith and action. Tewod Kings seven three
Speaker 1: through twenty. The Leper's logic and verses three through four
Speaker 1: facing the certain death from starvation in the city. The
Speaker 1: lepers make a logical choice, so rendered to the enemy
Speaker 1: offers a chance of life better than certain death by
Speaker 1: doing nothing. Their action, born of desperation, becomes God's vehicle
Speaker 1: for salvation, God's unexpected provision. In verses five through six,
Speaker 1: God causes the Syrian army to hear sounds of a
Speaker 1: massive approaching army, panicking them into fleeing, leaving all their
Speaker 1: riches and floot and food behind. This shows God's acts human.
Speaker 1: This shows God acts outside human expectations. And verse nine,
Speaker 1: the lepers realize their discovery is a blessing for all,
Speaker 1: not just themselves. They decide that to share this day
Speaker 1: of good news highlighting to call a call to spread
Speaker 1: hope and deliverance. Unbelief versus faith. A court official scoffs
Speaker 1: at Elisha's prophecy to cheap food, saying it's impossible. God
Speaker 1: confirms the prophecy, but ensures the unbelieving official is trampled
Speaker 1: to death in the ensuing rush for food, showing the
Speaker 1: consequence of doubting God's word. God's promise kept. The story
Speaker 1: powerfully demonstrates God's fulfilling. The story powerfully demonstrates god fulfilling
Speaker 1: Elisha's prophecy that abundant food would be available the next day,
Speaker 1: proving God keeps his promise even when circumstances seem hopeless.
Speaker 1: Spiritual application, take action and faith. Like the Lepers, believers
Speaker 1: are called to move from passive despair to actively trust
Speaker 1: in God's promises even when they seem impossible. God uses
Speaker 1: the unlikely. God often uses humble or outcast individuals like
Speaker 1: the Lepers, do compass his promises. Share the gospel. The
Speaker 1: story is a metaphor for sharing the gospel. It's good
Speaker 1: news of salvation must be proclaimed, not kept to oneself. Perfect.
Speaker 1: So that's the end of chapter seven. Let me go
Speaker 1: over some practical applications. Trust in God's promises even when
Speaker 1: circumstances seem dire. Remember that God's promises are sure and
Speaker 1: his timing is perfect. Next, guard against doubt. Cultivate faith
Speaker 1: and trust in God's power, resisting the temptation to doubt
Speaker 1: his ability to intervene in your situation. Next, be open
Speaker 1: to God's methods. Be willing to see God's hand at
Speaker 1: work in unexpected ways and through unexpected people. Next, share
Speaker 1: the good news like the Lepers, who share the news
Speaker 1: of the abundance. We are called to share the good
Speaker 1: news of God's provision and salvation with others. Okay, so
Speaker 1: that's the four practical applications and the additional scriptures that connect.
Speaker 1: We have Isaiah fifty five, verses eight through nine. For
Speaker 1: my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways
Speaker 1: my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are
Speaker 1: higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than
Speaker 1: your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Next we
Speaker 1: have a Hebrews eleven, verse one. Now, faith is the
Speaker 1: assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of
Speaker 1: what we do not see. All right. And then next
Speaker 1: we have Proverbs three, verses five through six. Trust in
Speaker 1: the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on
Speaker 1: your own understanding. In all your ways, Acknowledge Him, and
Speaker 1: he will make your paths straight. Amen. There we go.
Speaker 1: That's the end of chapter seven. And I'll probably just
Speaker 1: do an hour and forty five minutes today because I
Speaker 1: have to wake up super early to be on Cult
Speaker 1: the Conspiracy Show tomorrow, so I want to make sure
Speaker 1: that I'm a little bit rested. I don't want to
Speaker 1: go to sleep too late, because then I got to
Speaker 1: be up at five, and oh, I was already up
Speaker 1: at five this morning, and I know how tired I'm
Speaker 1: gonna be, and I still I just want to give
Speaker 1: them a good show, you know. I want to show
Speaker 1: my appreciation for allowing me to be on this podcast,
Speaker 1: and you know, and I just want to try to
Speaker 1: give them a good show and help me praying tonight
Speaker 1: that I do a good show tomorrow and that God
Speaker 1: can shine through me and speak to whoever needs to
Speaker 1: be spoken to, you know. All Right, So now we're
Speaker 1: on chapter eight. Let's go ahead and go there. So
Speaker 1: we have let me go over a brief introduction for
Speaker 1: Second Kings Chapter eight. Second Kings Chapter eight unfolds a
Speaker 1: dramatic narrative and the grand saga of the Kings of
Speaker 1: Israel and Judah, and the backdrop of divine prophecies and miracles.
Speaker 1: We witness a significant interplay of faith, treachery, ambition, and
Speaker 1: divine providence. Okay, so now let's go ahead and shoot
Speaker 1: to the teaching points. Cool, all right, so it looks
Speaker 1: like we have yeah, so we'll we'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: read a tewod King's eight one through six and then
Speaker 1: we'll go over a brief description we have here. The
Speaker 1: King restores the Shunamite's land. Then Elisha spoke to the
Speaker 1: woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, arise
Speaker 1: and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can,
Speaker 1: for the Lord has called for a famine, and furthermore,
Speaker 1: it will come upon the land for seven years. So
Speaker 1: the woman arose and did according to the saying of
Speaker 1: the Man of God. And she went with her household
Speaker 1: and dwelt in the land of the Philistines seven years.
Speaker 1: And it came to pass at the end of the
Speaker 1: seven years that the woman returned from the land of
Speaker 1: the Philistines, and she went to make an appeal to
Speaker 1: the king for her house and for her land. Then
Speaker 1: the king talked with Gahazi, the servant of the Man
Speaker 1: of God, saying, tell me, please all the great things
Speaker 1: Elisha has done. Now it happened, as he was telling
Speaker 1: the king how he had restored the dead to life,
Speaker 1: there was a woman whose son he had restored to life,
Speaker 1: appealing to the king for her house and for her land.
Speaker 1: And Ghazi said Gahazi, said, my lord, o King, this
Speaker 1: is the woman and this is her son. Whom Elisha
Speaker 1: restored to life, and when the king asked the woman,
Speaker 1: she told him so. The King appointed a certain officer
Speaker 1: for her, saying, restore all that was hers and all
Speaker 1: the proceeds of the field from that day that's he
Speaker 1: left the land until now. So the Shunamite woman restoration
Speaker 1: Elisha is warning to the Shumanite woman to leave due
Speaker 1: to the famine, demonstrates God's care and foresight for his people.
Speaker 1: Her return after seven years and the subsequent restoration of
Speaker 1: her land by the king illustrates God's faithfulness and justice.
Speaker 1: The king interest in Elisha's miracles, as recountered in Gahazi
Speaker 1: Are Gahazi, shows how God uses testimonies to influence leaders
Speaker 1: to us look a little deeper. The Shumnite woman is
Speaker 1: a notable figure in the Old Testament, particularly in Are.
Speaker 1: The Shunamite woman is a notable figure in the Old Testament,
Speaker 1: particularly in the narrative found in Second King's four verses
Speaker 1: eight through thirty seven and Second kings eight verses one
Speaker 1: through six. Her account is a testament to faith, hospitality,
Speaker 1: and divine intervention, illustrating God's providence and the power of
Speaker 1: prophetic ministry. The Shunamite woman resided in Shunam, a town
Speaker 1: in the territory of Ishkar. She is described as a
Speaker 1: prominent woman second Kings four, verse eight, indicating her wealth
Speaker 1: and social standing. Her account begins with her generous hospitality
Speaker 1: towards the prophet Elisha, recognizing him as a holy man
Speaker 1: of God second Kings four, verse nine. She persuaded her
Speaker 1: husband to prepare a small furnished home for the roof
Speaker 1: for Elisha Elisha to use whenever he passed through the
Speaker 1: act of kindness and respect for God's servants at the
Speaker 1: stage for blessing and trials that would follow. Promise and miracle.
Speaker 1: Ingratitude of her hospitality, Elisha sought to bless the Shumanite woman.
Speaker 1: The Shunamite woman, despite her initial eluctance to express any
Speaker 1: personal desires, Elisha, through his servant Gahaza, learned that she
Speaker 1: had no son and her husband was old. Elishah prophesied
Speaker 1: that she would embrace a son by the following year.
Speaker 1: True to the word prophet, she bore a son and
Speaker 1: appointed him a miraculous fulfillment Christis in faith. The joy
Speaker 1: of the Schumnit woman was tested when her son suddenly
Speaker 1: fell ill and died in her lap. Second King's four
Speaker 1: verse twenty demonstrated remarkable faith and composed her She laid
Speaker 1: the boy on Elisha's bed and set out to find
Speaker 1: the prophet at Mount Caramel. Carmel Caramel keep saying that
Speaker 1: her determination and trust in God's power through Elisha were
Speaker 1: evident in her response to her husband, It'll be all right.
Speaker 1: Upon reaching Elisha, she expressed her distress, and Elishah, moved
Speaker 1: by her plight, returned to her return with her to Shunam. Shunam.
Speaker 1: Her fervent prayer and miraculous active laying upon her child,
Speaker 1: the boy was revived Second King's four thirty four through
Speaker 1: thirty five. The miracle not only restored her son to life,
Speaker 1: but also reaffirmed the power of God working through his
Speaker 1: prophet restoration property that The narrative of the Shumanite Woman
Speaker 1: continues in Second Kings eight one through six, where Elishah
Speaker 1: warns her of an impending seven year famine. Heeding his advice,
Speaker 1: she and her husband so during the Land of the Philistine.
Speaker 1: Upon her return, she found her land occupied in sought.
Speaker 1: The king's intervention reclaimed her property, and the providancial turn
Speaker 1: of events. Gahazi, Elijah's servant, was recounting to the king
Speaker 1: the miracles were formed by Elijah. The king appointed an
Speaker 1: official to restore all that was hers, including the produce
Speaker 1: the fields, at all that she had left until her return.
Speaker 1: What's the significance The account of the Shumannite Woman highlights
Speaker 1: several key themes, the importance of hospitality, the power of faith,
Speaker 1: and the sovereignty of God in restoring life and property.
Speaker 1: Her interactions with Elisha demonstrate the profound impact of prophetic
Speaker 1: ministry and the blessings that flow from honoring God's messengers.
Speaker 1: Her narrative serves as an enduring example of trust in
Speaker 1: God's promises and his ability to restore what is lost.
Speaker 1: I'll go over a brief description of Second Kings eight
Speaker 1: one through six. It tells the story of a Schumannite
Speaker 1: woman who Elisha had previously blessed with the son Second
Speaker 1: King's four, being racklessly repaid for her hospitality after she
Speaker 1: returns from a famine. The King, upon hearing the story,
Speaker 1: since you know, I'm not going to go over this,
Speaker 1: because I think we already went over this already enough
Speaker 1: when I went over these other notes. But I'll see
Speaker 1: if there's any gems in here that sometimes we get
Speaker 1: a little gem in this side of the notes too.
Speaker 1: The warning in so June and verses one through two,
Speaker 1: Elisha warns the show and I a woman of his
Speaker 1: seven year family and decreed by God, and tells her
Speaker 1: to leave Israel the return and appeal. After the famine,
Speaker 1: she returned to find her property gone. She goes to
Speaker 1: appeal the king to her house, and coincidentally, the king
Speaker 1: is hearing from Gahazi, Elisha's servant, about Elisha's great miracles,
Speaker 1: specifically raising the dead. In verses four and five, the
Speaker 1: Gahazi recounts Elisha restoring dead to the woman arrives. Gahazi
Speaker 1: points her out to the king, saying, this is the
Speaker 1: woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to
Speaker 1: life the restoration. The king questions the woman, she tells
Speaker 1: her story, and she immediately orders an official to restore
Speaker 1: everything that belonged to her, including the line's income. In
Speaker 1: the day that she and the day that she left
Speaker 1: until that moment was the divine province. God's care for
Speaker 1: his people as active even through long periods of suffering,
Speaker 1: as shown by the famine and the woman's eventual restoration,
Speaker 1: faithfulness and reward. The woman's prior hospitality to Elisha and
Speaker 1: her obedience to his warnings are rewarded by God's perfect
Speaker 1: timing in the king's decree sowing and reaping. It illustrates
Speaker 1: the principle that kindness is shown to God's servants and
Speaker 1: by extension to God brings blessing and restoration. Justice and restoration.
Speaker 1: The passes highlights God's heart for justice, ensuring that what
Speaker 1: was unjustly lost is fully returned with occurred benefits. All right,
Speaker 1: so perfect. Now let's go over verses seven through fifteen. Now,
Speaker 1: death of ben Hadid the second. Then Elisha went to Damascus,
Speaker 1: and ben Hadid, king of Syria, was sick. And it
Speaker 1: was told him saying, the Man of God has come here.
Speaker 1: And the king said to Hazel, take a present in
Speaker 1: your hand and go to meet the Man of God,
Speaker 1: and inquirer of the Lord by him, saying, shall I
Speaker 1: recover from this disease. So Hazel went to meet him
Speaker 1: and took a present with him of every good thing
Speaker 1: of Damascus, forty camel loads. And he came and stood
Speaker 1: before him and said, your son ben Hadid, King of
Speaker 1: Syria has sent me to saying, shall I recover from
Speaker 1: this disease? And Elisha said to him, go and say
Speaker 1: to him, you shall, You shall certainly recover. However, the
Speaker 1: Lord has shown me that you that he will really die.
Speaker 1: Then he said to his countenance in a stare, until
Speaker 1: he was ashamed, and the man of God wept, And
Speaker 1: Hazel said, why is my lord weeping? He answered, because
Speaker 1: I know the evil that you will do to the
Speaker 1: children of Israel. Their strongholds will set on fire, and
Speaker 1: their young men you will kill with the sword, and
Speaker 1: you will dash their children and rip open their woman
Speaker 1: with child. So Hazel said, but what is your servant
Speaker 1: a dog that he should do this gross thing? And
Speaker 1: Elisha answered, the Lord has shown me that you will come.
Speaker 1: You'll become king over Syria. Then he departed from Elishah
Speaker 1: and came to the Master and said to him, what
Speaker 1: did Eliza say to you? And he answered, he told
Speaker 1: me that you would surely recover. But it happened on
Speaker 1: the next day that he took a thick cloth and
Speaker 1: dipped it in water and spread it over his face.
Speaker 1: That he died, and Hazel reigned in his place. Wow. Wow, yeah,
Speaker 1: see what's going on there? So Hazel's ascension Tewod King
Speaker 1: seven are eight seven through fifteen. Elysi's prophecy to Hazel
Speaker 1: about becoming king of Aram reveals God's knowledge of future
Speaker 1: events and his control over political affairs. Hazel's deceit and
Speaker 1: subsequent murder of Ben Hadid's highlight the human tendency towards
Speaker 1: sin and ambition. Yet God's purposes prevail. Hazel, a significant
Speaker 1: figure in the Old Testament, rose to power as the
Speaker 1: king of Aram or Syria during a tumultuous period in
Speaker 1: Israel's history. His ascension is intricately linked with the prophetic
Speaker 1: ministry of Elisha and divine judgment upon the House of Ahab.
Speaker 1: Hazel first appears in the biblical narrative in First Kings
Speaker 1: nineteen fifteen through seventeen, where God instructs the prophet Elizah
Speaker 1: to anoint him king over Aram. This command is part
Speaker 1: of a broader divine plan to bring judgment upon Israel
Speaker 1: for the idolatry and apostasy. Although Elijah does not personally
Speaker 1: anoint Hazel, the task is later fulfilled by Elisha, his successor.
Speaker 1: The pivotal moment encounter a lot with Elisha. The pivotal
Speaker 1: moment in Hazel's rise occurs in Second King's eight seven
Speaker 1: through fifteen. Ben Hadid, the reigning King of Aramphall's ill
Speaker 1: and send Hazel to acquire Elisha whatever he recover. Alisha's
Speaker 1: response is both cryptic and foreboding. He tells Hazel, go
Speaker 1: and say to him, you will surely recover. But the
Speaker 1: Lord has shown me that he will surely die. Elisha
Speaker 1: then weeps, foreseeing the destruction Hazel will bring upon Israel.
Speaker 1: When Hazel requires about the prophets, tears, Elisha reveals the
Speaker 1: atrocities Hazel will commit, including setting fire to Israel's fortresses
Speaker 1: and slaughtering his young men, wait usurruption and rain. Following
Speaker 1: his encounter Ower, Hazel returns to Ben Hadid and delivers
Speaker 1: the message of recovery. However, the next day Hazel takes
Speaker 1: matter into his own hands, smothering the king and seizing
Speaker 1: the throne for himself. His reign marks a period of
Speaker 1: intense conflict with Israel, fulfilling Eliza's prophecy of devastation. Military
Speaker 1: campaigns an impact on Israel. Hazel's military campaigns against Israel
Speaker 1: are marked by aggression and success, he captures significant territories,
Speaker 1: including parts of the trans Jordan region, as recorded in
Speaker 1: Second King's ten thirty two through thirty three. His actions
Speaker 1: are seen as instruments of divine judgment against Israel, particularly
Speaker 1: the House of Jehu, for their continuity idolatry and failure
Speaker 1: to fully turn to their failure to fully turn to
Speaker 1: the Lord. What's the theological significance? From a theological perspective,
Speaker 1: Hazel's ascension underscores the sovereignty of God and the affairs
Speaker 1: of nations. Despite his violent methods, Hazel serves as an
Speaker 1: instrument of divine will, executing judgment upon a wayward Israel.
Speaker 1: His account is a sobering reminder that the consequences of
Speaker 1: national apostasy and the fulfillment of prophetic words. All right,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and go back here, so we
Speaker 1: read Hazel's ascension. There, let's go over a brief description.
Speaker 1: So in Tewod King's eight seven through fifteen details Elisha's
Speaker 1: prophetic encounter in Damascus where he predicts her in King
Speaker 1: ben Hadid's death and the rise of his murder, Hazel,
Speaker 1: who had oppressed Israel, revealing God's judgment for Israel's idolatry
Speaker 1: in Hazel's own future future cruelty culminating in Hazel Hazel's
Speaker 1: deceitful assassination of his master, proving God's sovereignty over nations
Speaker 1: and individuals, even as the godly prophet weeps for the
Speaker 1: coming devastation, divide sovereignty, and God uses wicked leaders like
Speaker 1: Hazel to punish his disobedient people, showing his control over
Speaker 1: history and nations. Elisha's grief, Elisha weeps not just for
Speaker 1: Ben Hadid's death, but for the severe suffering Hazel will
Speaker 1: inflict on Israel, highlight in the prophet's love for his
Speaker 1: people and sorrow over their sorrow over their sin. Hazeel's
Speaker 1: deception and ambition. Hazel, initially humble, becomes a dissembler, falsely
Speaker 1: reporting Elizah's words, and quickly acts on the prophecy, murdering
Speaker 1: the king to seize power. This event fulfills an earlier
Speaker 1: prophecy from First Kings nineteen, where Elijah commanded to anoint
Speaker 1: Hazel the king of Syria, demonstrating continually God's plan the
Speaker 1: nature of evil. The passage shows how seemingly innocent questions
Speaker 1: and expressions, how could I do such a thing can
Speaker 1: mask a deep seated evil that is unleashed with opportunity
Speaker 1: and power. So yeah, before he became king, before he
Speaker 1: had that power, he didn't even think that he would
Speaker 1: ever be like that, Right, He's not even thinking that
Speaker 1: he would even be like that. It's like, well, you
Speaker 1: think I'm a dog, but you see what happens when
Speaker 1: you get power. And then God's warning, the intense suffering
Speaker 1: Dick's fire sword infants dashed serves as a stark warning
Speaker 1: to Israel about turning back to God, a theme repeated
Speaker 1: throughout kings. Okay, so now let's go ahead and read
Speaker 1: verses sixteen through twenty four, and then we will continue.
Speaker 1: Jerom reigns in Judah Jehoram. Now in the fifteenth year
Speaker 1: of Joam the son of Ahab, King of Israel, Jehosephat
Speaker 1: having been King of Judah, Jeroim the son of Josephat
Speaker 1: began to reign as king of Judah. He was thirty
Speaker 1: two years old when he became king. He reigned eight
Speaker 1: years in Jerusalem, and he walked in his way in
Speaker 1: the way of kings of Israel, just as the house
Speaker 1: of Ahab had done. For the daughter of Ahab was
Speaker 1: his wife, and he did evil in the sight of
Speaker 1: the Lord. Yet the Lord would not dis roy Judah
Speaker 1: for the sake of his servant David, as he promised
Speaker 1: him to give the lamp to him and his sons forever.
Speaker 1: In his days, Edom revolted against Judas authority and made
Speaker 1: a king over themselves. So Jeream went to Zaire and
Speaker 1: all his chariots with him, and he rose by night
Speaker 1: and attacked the Edomites who had been surrounding him, and
Speaker 1: captains of the chariots and the troops fled to their tents.
Speaker 1: Thus Edom had been in revolt against Judah's authority to
Speaker 1: this day, and Lebnah revolted at this time at that time.
Speaker 1: Now the rest of Axi Jeram and all he did,
Speaker 1: are they not written in the book of Chronicles in
Speaker 1: the Kings of Judah. So Joram rested with his fathers
Speaker 1: and buried his fathers in the city of David. Then
Speaker 1: a Hazah the son reigned in his place. Okay, so
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and go description of what we just read.
Speaker 1: Tewod King's eighth sixteen through twenty four describes the wicked
Speaker 1: reign of King Jerrem of Judah, who influenced by his
Speaker 1: adulterous wife a Taylah, which is Ahab's daughter, turned from
Speaker 1: his father Joseph. That's godly ways leading to the revolt
Speaker 1: of edom and lebno and divine discipline through God. Though
Speaker 1: God preserved Judah for his promise to David, ending with
Speaker 1: Jerreom's death and his son Haiza succeeded him. It highlights
Speaker 1: themes of bad influence, marriage to an adulterous, idolterous family,
Speaker 1: the consequences of turning from God revolts, the national weakness,
Speaker 1: and God's faithfulness to his covenant despite human sin, showcasing
Speaker 1: the corrupting power of Ahab's lineage corrupting influence Jerrems Jehoram's
Speaker 1: marriage to Altlea, daughter of wicked King Ahab and Queen
Speaker 1: Jezebel of Israel, brought bail worship and idolatry into Judah,
Speaker 1: turning him away from God spiritual decline instead of following
Speaker 1: his father, Jehosephatz writes his path Jerome walked the evil
Speaker 1: ways of Israel's kings, promoting idolatry and doing evil on
Speaker 1: the side of the Lord. The lord's sight. God didn't
Speaker 1: destroy Judah because of his promise to David, but he
Speaker 1: disciplined Jerome and the nation by allowing Edom and Lebna
Speaker 1: to revolt, weakening Judah. Consequences of sin Jerome's wickedness led
Speaker 1: to national instability, revolts, and ultimately a painful death for
Speaker 1: him detailed in Second Chronicles Verse twenty one. Succession of Legacy.
Speaker 1: Jerome's son Ahaiza followed his father's evil path, also marrying
Speaker 1: into Ahab's family, demonstrating the continuation of idolatrous idolatrous legacy.
Speaker 1: This passage serves as a stark warning about the dangers
Speaker 1: of intermarriage with wicked, idolterous families like Ahabs, and the
Speaker 1: devastating spiritual and political consequences that will follow when leaders
Speaker 1: abandon God for worldly alliances, even when God's covenant promises
Speaker 1: to prevent destruction. Let's go ahead and read twenty five
Speaker 1: through twenty nine. Now, in the twelfth year of Joam,
Speaker 1: the son of Ahab, King of Israel, Ahizah, the son
Speaker 1: of Jerome, King of Judah, began to reign. Ahaizah was
Speaker 1: twenty two years old when he became king, and he
Speaker 1: reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was a Taila,
Speaker 1: the granddaughter of Amri, King of Israel. And he walked
Speaker 1: in the way of the house of Ahab and did
Speaker 1: evil in the sight of the Lord. Like the house
Speaker 1: of Ahab, he was the son in law of the
Speaker 1: house of Ahab. Now he went from Joram the son
Speaker 1: of Ahab, to war against Hazel, King of Syria, and
Speaker 1: Ramath Gilead, and the Syrians wounded jo Ram. Then King
Speaker 1: Joam went back to Jezrael to recover from the wounds
Speaker 1: with the Syrians had inflicted on him at Rama. When
Speaker 1: he fought against Hazel the King of Hazel, the King
Speaker 1: of Syria, and Aziah the son of Jerome, King of Judah,
Speaker 1: went down to see Jerome the son of Ahab and
Speaker 1: Jezreel because he was sick. Okay, So it describes the
Speaker 1: beginning of king basically. Second Kings eight twenty five through
Speaker 1: twenty nine describes the beginning of King Aziah's evil reign
Speaker 1: in Judah, highlighting his close sinful alliance with his uncle
Speaker 1: Jerome or Joram of Israel, influenced by his wicked mother
Speaker 1: Italia Athelia Athhaaliah. It's hard to say, but Athelia, I'll
Speaker 1: tell youa whatever this daughter of Aheb and Aheb's family.
Speaker 1: It sets up an eventual downfall as God's judgment connects
Speaker 1: the sins of both royal houses, showing how bad influences
Speaker 1: and a allience lead to shared destruction and demonstrating God's
Speaker 1: sovereignty over history, even using cruel leaders like Hazel to
Speaker 1: punish Israel. So we have influence of ungodly family. Haiazas
Speaker 1: followed his father and Ahab's evil path, becoming because his mother,
Speaker 1: Athelia was Ahab's wicked lineage from Ahab's wicked lineage, showing
Speaker 1: how family heritage heavily influences moral choices, a lesson from
Speaker 1: all leaders and parents dangers of sinful alliances. His alliance
Speaker 1: with Jerem of Israel joining him in a fatal war
Speaker 1: against Syria illustrates how associating with ungodly people brings negative consequences,
Speaker 1: leading to shared judgment. Foreshadowing judgment. The passage sets the
Speaker 1: stage for the future events. Hiasa's participation in Germ's doomed
Speaker 1: military campaign leads him to Jezreel, where he'll meet his
Speaker 1: end with Joham, showing God's justice against Ahab's house and
Speaker 1: those who align with him divine sovereignty. God uses these events,
Speaker 1: including the rise of cruel Syrian leaders like Hazel, as
Speaker 1: instruments of judgment against israel Sin, showing he controls history
Speaker 1: and raises up leaders to fulfill his purposes. Consequences of sin.
Speaker 1: The passage serves as a stark warning that those who
Speaker 1: share in sin will ultimately share in its punishment, a
Speaker 1: theme repeated in the next chapter where both kings are
Speaker 1: shruck down. All right, so there we go. I think
Speaker 1: we'll have one more chapter and then we'll end. I
Speaker 1: think we'll do chapter nine, and then we'll end. Let's
Speaker 1: go over some practical applications. We have trust in God's
Speaker 1: providence even when circumstances seem unfavorable or confusing. Recognize the
Speaker 1: importance of heeding god counsel and warnings. Be aware of
Speaker 1: the influence of ungodly alliances and relationships in your life.
Speaker 1: Share testimonies of God's work in your life to encourage
Speaker 1: others and potentially influence those in authority. Some additional scriptures
Speaker 1: that connect we have Second Samuel seven twelve through sixteen,
Speaker 1: God's covenant with David, ensuring the continuation of his lineage
Speaker 1: One Corinthians fifteen, verse thirty three, the impact of a
Speaker 1: bad company on good character. Then we have Romans eight
Speaker 1: twenty eight, God's ability to work all things for good
Speaker 1: for those who love him. All right, so there we go.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and go to chapter nineteen, or sorry,
Speaker 1: chapter nine, and we'll go over the introduction and let
Speaker 1: me just bring it up on the screen real quick.
Speaker 1: There we go, okay, And second King's chapter nine, the
Speaker 1: ancient wills of prophecy turned with the resounding force. Jayhu,
Speaker 1: a commander of the Israelite army, becomes a noidy king,
Speaker 1: triggering a dramatic shift in the power that sees the
Speaker 1: brutal downfall of AHAP's house. The chapter reveals a fierce
Speaker 1: tale of retribution, painted with the colors of power, ambition, rebellion,
Speaker 1: and divine judgment. Perfect all right, So let me just
Speaker 1: go ahead and get to the teaching points here. We'll
Speaker 1: read one through three, and then I have a little
Speaker 1: bit of notes here, okay. So it says an Eliasha,
Speaker 1: the prophet called one of the sons of the Prophets
Speaker 1: and said to him, this is first King's nine Verse one.
Speaker 1: Okay said to him, get yourself ready, take the flask
Speaker 1: of oil in your hand, and go to romav Gilead. Now,
Speaker 1: when you arrive at the place, look there for Jehu,
Speaker 1: the son of Jehosephat, the son of Nimshi. Go in
Speaker 1: and make him rise up from among his associates, and
Speaker 1: take him to the inner room. Then take the flask
Speaker 1: of oil and pour it on his head, and say,
Speaker 1: thus says the Lord, I have annoyed you, King over Israel.
Speaker 1: Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.
Speaker 1: All right, So let's stop there real quick, Jay who's
Speaker 1: anointing as king was orchestrated by God. Then Elisha the
Speaker 1: prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and
Speaker 1: said to him, take your garments, take the flask of
Speaker 1: oil in your hand, and go to Ramoski lead. This
Speaker 1: highlights God's sovereign choice for timing. A divine appointment refers
Speaker 1: to a moment or event orchestrated by God where individuals
Speaker 1: encounter circumstances or people that fulfill his sovereign purposes. This
Speaker 1: concept is deeply rooted in the belief that God is
Speaker 1: actively involved in the lives of his creation, guiding and
Speaker 1: directing them according to his will. The Biblical foundation the
Speaker 1: Bible provides numerous examples of divine appointments, illustrating how God
Speaker 1: intervenes in human affairs to accomplish his plans. One of
Speaker 1: the most notable insistence is found in the Book of Philip.
Speaker 1: Sorry is my fault. One of the most notable instances
Speaker 1: have found in the Account of Philip and the Acts
Speaker 1: of Ethiopian Eunuch. In the Book of Acts, sorry, there's
Speaker 1: no Book of Phillips. So I was like, I thought
Speaker 1: I was gonna say Philip II, and I'm like, no, Philippians, No,
Speaker 1: it says the Account of Philip, I do apologize. I
Speaker 1: was like, what is that? Some kind of extra biblical
Speaker 1: texts Okay, Acts eight twenty six through twenty nine states
Speaker 1: now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, go
Speaker 1: up and go south to the road, the desert road
Speaker 1: that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. So we started out,
Speaker 1: and on his way he met an Ethiopian Eunuch, an
Speaker 1: important official in charge of the treasury of the condec
Speaker 1: which means queen of Ethiopians. This man had gone to
Speaker 1: Jerusalem to worship, and on his way home, was sitting
Speaker 1: in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the Prophet.
Speaker 1: The Spirit told Philip go to the chariot and stay
Speaker 1: near it. The passage highlights how God orchestrated a meeting
Speaker 1: between Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch, leading to the eunuch's
Speaker 1: conversion in baptism. It demonstrates God's ability to arraigne circumstances
Speaker 1: for the fulfillment of his purposes. Okay, and then. In
Speaker 1: the Old Testament, divine appointments are evident in the lives
Speaker 1: of many key figures. For instance, the meeting between abraham
Speaker 1: servant and Rebecca at the Well as a classic example
Speaker 1: of Abraham's servant prayed for guidance and finding a wife
Speaker 1: for Isaac, and God led him to Rebecca, who fulfilled
Speaker 1: the specific criteria he prayed for. Genesis twenty four to
Speaker 1: twelve through fourteen records the servant's prayer and the subsequent encounter,
Speaker 1: showcasing God's providential hand in the matter. Another significant example
Speaker 1: is the account of Joseph, despite being sold into slavery
Speaker 1: by his brother's Joseph's journey to Egypt was a n
Speaker 1: appointment that ultimately led to the preservation our preservation of
Speaker 1: the Israelites during a severe famine. In Genesis fifty, verse twenty,
Speaker 1: Joseph acknowledges God's hand and the circumstances, saying, as for you,
Speaker 1: what you intend against me for evil, God intended for
Speaker 1: good in order to accomplish a day like this to
Speaker 1: preserve the lives of many people. The New Testament continues
Speaker 1: to affirm the concept of divine appointments. The conversion of
Speaker 1: Salt of Tarsus, later known as the Apostle policy profound example.
Speaker 1: On the Road of Damascus, Saul encountered the risen Christ
Speaker 1: and a life change in Divine Appointment Acts nine three
Speaker 1: through six. This encounter is not only transferred Saul's life,
Speaker 1: but also had a significant impact on the spread of
Speaker 1: the Gospel. Theological implications divine appointments underscore the sovereignty of
Speaker 1: God and his intimate involvement in the world. They remind
Speaker 1: believers of God's omniscience, omnipotence, or omnipresence. I don't know
Speaker 1: that it's omni science and omnipotents. As he orchestrates events
Speaker 1: for his glory. And I'll give you one sec real quicker. Right,
Speaker 1: let me look up that word omniscience because I don't know.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to make sure I'm saying that correctly. Paste
Speaker 1: the state of knowing everything. It's omis since Oh now, omniscience, nissence, omniscience, omniscience.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, guys, I think I was saying that wrong,
Speaker 1: and I just wanted to make sure I don't pronounce
Speaker 1: it wrong. Omnitions. There we go. Now when I read
Speaker 1: that word, I'll be able to say it correctly. I
Speaker 1: sometimes I want to make sure I'm saying it correctly. Okay. Uh.
Speaker 1: For believers, recognizing divine appointments encourages a poster of openness
Speaker 1: and readiness to participate in God's work. It calls for
Speaker 1: sensitivity to the leading of the Holy Spirit and a
Speaker 1: willingness to act in faith when opportunity opportunities arise. As
Speaker 1: seen in throughout scripture, divine appointments often lead to the
Speaker 1: advancement of God's kingdom and the transformation of lives. All right,
Speaker 1: so we read one through three. Let's go in and continue.
Speaker 1: So the young men, so the young men, the servant
Speaker 1: of the prophet went to romav Gild, and when he
Speaker 1: arrived there were captains of the army sitting, and he said,
Speaker 1: I have a message for you, Commander jay who said,
Speaker 1: for which one of us? And he said, for you, Commander.
Speaker 1: Then he arose and went into the house, and he
Speaker 1: poured the oil on his head and said to him,
Speaker 1: thus says the Lord, God of Israel, I have annoyed you,
Speaker 1: King over the people of the Lord over Israel. You
Speaker 1: shall strike down the house of Aha, your master, that
Speaker 1: I may avenge the blood of my servants and the prophets,
Speaker 1: and the blood of all the servants of the Lord
Speaker 1: at the hand of Jezebel. For the whole house of
Speaker 1: Ahab shall perish. And I will cut off from Ahab
Speaker 1: all the males in Israel, both bond and free. So
Speaker 1: I will make the house of Ahab like the house
Speaker 1: of Jereboam, the son of Nabat, and like the house
Speaker 1: of Bashah, the son of Ahijah. The dogs will eat
Speaker 1: Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there
Speaker 1: shall be none to bury her. And he opened the
Speaker 1: door and fled. Then Jehu came to the servants of
Speaker 1: his master, and said to one of them, all is all, well,
Speaker 1: why did this madman come to you? And he said
Speaker 1: to them, you know that this man is a babel.
Speaker 1: You know that this man and his babel. You know
Speaker 1: this man and his babel. And he said, a lie,
Speaker 1: tell us, now, so we said thus. And thus he
Speaker 1: spoke to me, saying, thus says the Lord, I have
Speaker 1: noted you king over Israel. Then each man hastened to
Speaker 1: take his garment and put it under him on the
Speaker 1: top of the steps, and they blue trumpets, saying, Jehu
Speaker 1: is king. Wow, awesome. So uh so in verse seven
Speaker 1: that jay Whu's mission was a direct fulfillment of Elijah's
Speaker 1: prophecy or the Elijah's prophecy against AHAP's house in order
Speaker 1: to strike down the house of your master aheb and
Speaker 1: I have and that I may avenge the blood of
Speaker 1: my servants and the prophets. So that's going to be
Speaker 1: a fulfillment of prophecy right there, right and uh The
Speaker 1: fulfillment of prophecy is a central thing in the Bible,
Speaker 1: reflecting divine orchestration of history and the reliability of God's word.
Speaker 1: Prophecy in the Biblical context, refers to messages from God
Speaker 1: delivered through profits off of concerning future events. The fulfillment
Speaker 1: of these prophecies serve as evidence in God's sovereignty and faithfulness.
Speaker 1: So I just wanted to kind of go over that
Speaker 1: and then on the let me just go over a
Speaker 1: brief description of chapters nine one, verses one through thirteen.
Speaker 1: It's about God's choosing and annoying Jehu, a military commander,
Speaker 1: to overthrow the wicked Ahab dynasty and execute divine judgment
Speaker 1: further idolatry and injustice, particularly Jezebel's murder of Nabah. A
Speaker 1: young prophet sent by Elisha secretly annoys Jehu and declares
Speaker 1: that he'll be king declanse Israel, leading to the army's
Speaker 1: immediate enthusiastic accommodation or acclamation of Jehu as king. Fulfilling prophecy,
Speaker 1: it signifies God's sovereign plan to call the spiritual cleansing
Speaker 1: and the swift, decisive nature of divine justice. So key
Speaker 1: events and meanings. The commission Elisha sends a young prophet
Speaker 1: with oil to Ramoth Gilead define Jehu, an army officer
Speaker 1: the secret annoying the prophet anoints Jehu privately declaring I
Speaker 1: have anointed you king over Israel. Mandate Jay, who's commanded to destroy,
Speaker 1: has entire household, avenging God's profits slain by Jezebel and
Speaker 1: fulfilling prophecies from First Kings nineteen and twenty one judgment
Speaker 1: on AHAP's house. The prophecy calls for the complete eradication
Speaker 1: of AHAP's mil lineage, mirroring previous judgments on the wicked
Speaker 1: families Jereboehama and Bashah. Jesebel herself prophesies to be eaten
Speaker 1: by dogs in Jezreel, the fulfillment of Elijah's arlier prophecy
Speaker 1: swift acceptance after the prophet flees Jay, who tells his
Speaker 1: officers they immediately recognize the divine authorities, spread their cloaks
Speaker 1: below horns and proclaim him king, showing prophetic credibility deeper
Speaker 1: meanings God's sovereign plan God shows, using ordinary, even young
Speaker 1: people and military leaders to fulfilled his purposes, even for judgment.
Speaker 1: Accountability and justice highlights God's fulfill faithfulness to punish sin
Speaker 1: and bring justice against wickedness, even after many years. Spiritual
Speaker 1: cleanses symbolizes a call to believers to clean house and
Speaker 1: routout sin as Jehu was called to root out Ahab's
Speaker 1: evil influence. Fulfillment of prophecy marks a turning point where
Speaker 1: previous warnings against Ahab's house begin to be enacted. Okay,
Speaker 1: so perfect. Now let's go ahead and start reading verse fourteen.
Speaker 1: We'll go fourteen through twenty six, and then we'll have
Speaker 1: some notes. Jerem of Israel killed, So Jayhu the sna Jehosephat,
Speaker 1: the son of Nimshi, conspired against jo Ram. Now Joam
Speaker 1: had been defending Ramath, Gilead He and all Israel against Hazel,
Speaker 1: King of Syria. But King Joam had returned to Jezreel
Speaker 1: to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted
Speaker 1: on him when he fought with Hazel, King of Syria.
Speaker 1: And Jayhu said, if you are so minded, let no
Speaker 1: one leave or escape from the city, and go tell
Speaker 1: it to Jezreel. So Jehu rode in a chariot and
Speaker 1: went to Jezreel, for Joram was laid up there, and Azaiah,
Speaker 1: king of Judah, had come down to see Joram. Now
Speaker 1: a watchman stood on the tower of Jezreel, or yeah, Jezreel.
Speaker 1: And he saw the company of Jayhu as he came
Speaker 1: and said, I see a company of men. And Joram said,
Speaker 1: get a horseman and send him to meet him, and
Speaker 1: let him say is it peace. So the horseman went
Speaker 1: to meet him and said, thus says the king, is
Speaker 1: it peace? And Jayhu said, what have you to do
Speaker 1: with peace? Turn around and follow me. So the watchman reported,
Speaker 1: saying the messenger went to them, but is not coming back.
Speaker 1: So then he sent a second horseman to come to them,
Speaker 1: and he said, thus says the king, is it peace?
Speaker 1: And Jayhu answered, what what have you to do with peace?
Speaker 1: Turn around and follow me. So the watchman reported, he
Speaker 1: went to them, and he is not coming back. And
Speaker 1: the drying is like the driving of Jehu, the son
Speaker 1: of Nimshi, for he drives furiously. And joe Ram said,
Speaker 1: make ready, and his chariot made ready. And then joe Ram,
Speaker 1: the king of Israel, Hazekiah's son or Isaiah, king of Judah,
Speaker 1: went out, each in his chariot, and they went out
Speaker 1: to meet Jehu and met him on the property of Naboth.
Speaker 1: The Jesuit, the Jezreelite. Now it happened when Jerome saw
Speaker 1: Jehu that he said, is it peace, Jehu? And he answered,
Speaker 1: what peace? As long as the harlots of your mother
Speaker 1: Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many. Then Jerome turned
Speaker 1: around and fled and said, Isaiah, treachery Isaiah. Now Jehu
Speaker 1: drew his bow with full strength and shot Jerome between
Speaker 1: his arms, and the arrow came back at his heart,
Speaker 1: and he sank down in his chariot. And then Jehu
Speaker 1: said to Bitcar his captain, pick him up and throw
Speaker 1: him into the tract of the field in Nabath, the Jezreelite.
Speaker 1: For for remember when you and I were writing together
Speaker 1: behind Ahab his father and the lord lady is burdened
Speaker 1: upon him. Surely I saw yesterday the blood of Nabath
Speaker 1: and the blood of his sons, says the Lord. I
Speaker 1: will repay you in this plot, says the Lord. Now,
Speaker 1: therefore take and throw him on the plot of ground
Speaker 1: according to the word of the Lord. Okay, so we're
Speaker 1: getting close to ending here. So I just kind of
Speaker 1: wanted to go through a lot of those verses and
Speaker 1: let me just go over a brief description what we
Speaker 1: just read it depicts. The fourteen through twenty six depicts
Speaker 1: the violent fulfillment of God's judgment against King Ahab's wicked dynasty,
Speaker 1: as Jayhu, anointed by a prophet, ambushes and kills King Jeream,
Speaker 1: King of Israel, and King Azekiah of Judah at Jezreel,
Speaker 1: throwing Jerome's body into Nabas vineyard, a symbolic act of
Speaker 1: divine retribution for Ahab's theft and murder. The passage emphasizes
Speaker 1: divine justice, the consequences of idolatry, and the danger of
Speaker 1: Bengali associations, showing God's wrath against sin and his faithfulness
Speaker 1: and fulfilling prophecies. The Anoying Conspiracy. After Elizah's prophet anoints
Speaker 1: Jehu as King of Israel, Jayhu quickly gathers support from
Speaker 1: his army, forming a conspiracy to overthrow Jereom, who is
Speaker 1: away at war. Jerem's demise, Jaehu confronts Jeream, condemning the
Speaker 1: wickedness of Jezebel's idology. When Jeream tries to flee, Jayhu
Speaker 1: kills him with an arrow and his body is thrown
Speaker 1: into the Neblas Vineyard, fulfilling Eliza's prophecy. In First Kings
Speaker 1: twenty one, as Akiah's death is actually going to be
Speaker 1: talked to. It talked about in verse twenty nine. Huh,
Speaker 1: let me see, yeah, yeah, let me just read twenty
Speaker 1: sevent to twenty nine before I finished this. But when
Speaker 1: as Akiah, king of Judas, saw this, he fled to
Speaker 1: the road of ben Hagan. So Jehu pursued him and
Speaker 1: said shoot him also in his chariot, and they shot
Speaker 1: him and is ascent to Gur, which is by a bleam.
Speaker 1: Then he fled to Megido and died there, and his
Speaker 1: sevenths carried him in the cherry to Jerusalem and buried
Speaker 1: him in the tomb with his father in the city
Speaker 1: of David. In the eleventh year of Jerome's son of
Speaker 1: ahab as a kay had become king over Judah. All right,
Speaker 1: so now let's continue. So in verses twenty seventh through
Speaker 1: twenty nine, King Heza of Judah visiting Jerome also tries
Speaker 1: to escape, but is pursued and mortally wounded by jay
Speaker 1: Hu's men, and Meguido dying there. And then we're gonna
Speaker 1: read in thirty through thirty seven the Jezebel's fate. Okay,
Speaker 1: so yeah, let's see that's going to be twenty seventh
Speaker 1: through twenty nine, which we just read. And let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and read, uh thirty through thirty seven. Now violent death.
Speaker 1: Now when Jayhu, this is verse thirty. Now when Jayhu came,
Speaker 1: when Jayhu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it,
Speaker 1: and she put paint on her eyes and adorned her
Speaker 1: head and looked through a window. Then as Jayhu entered
Speaker 1: at the gate, she said, is it peace? Zimri murdered
Speaker 1: of your master? And he looked at the window and said,
Speaker 1: who is this on my side? Who? So two or
Speaker 1: three eunuchs looked at him, looked out at him, and
Speaker 1: then he said, throw her down. So they threw her down,
Speaker 1: and some of her blood spattered on the wall and
Speaker 1: on the horses, and he trampled her underfoot. And then
Speaker 1: he had gone in and he ate and drank. And
Speaker 1: then they said, go now see if this a cursed woman,
Speaker 1: and bury her, for she is the king's daughter. She
Speaker 1: was the king's daughter. So they went to bury her,
Speaker 1: but they found no more of her than the skull
Speaker 1: and the feet of the palms of her hands. Therefore
Speaker 1: they came back and told him, and he said, this
Speaker 1: is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by
Speaker 1: his servant Elijah and tish Pitt, saying, on the plot
Speaker 1: of the ground of Jezreel's dogs shall eat the flesh
Speaker 1: of Jezebel, and the corpse of Jezebel shall be refused
Speaker 1: surface on the field and the plot of Jezreel, so
Speaker 1: that they shall not say here lies Jezebel. Wow. So
Speaker 1: in basically thirty through thirty seven, it describes the violent,
Speaker 1: humiliating death of Jezebel, fulfilling Eliza's prophecy in One Kings
Speaker 1: twenty one about dogs devouring her body in Jezreel, highlighting
Speaker 1: God's justice, the certainty of his word, and the downfall
Speaker 1: of idolatry, and her painted face and finery couldn't save
Speaker 1: her from divine judgment. This passage shows God's in wavering
Speaker 1: judgment against evil rulers, specifically the wicked House of Ahab,
Speaker 1: and serves as a warning against idolatry and leading God's
Speaker 1: people astray. What Jezebel's demise being a graphic symbol of
Speaker 1: divine retribution key themes fulfillment of prophecy the central theme
Speaker 1: in this precise fulfillment of Elijah's word. Dogs will eat
Speaker 1: the flush of Jezebel in One King twenty one to
Speaker 1: twenty three, proving God God's word never fails divine judgment.
Speaker 1: Jezebel's gruesome end signifies God's severe judgment on her idolatry, wickedness,
Speaker 1: and persecution of God's prophets, utterly destroying her power and
Speaker 1: legacy certain certainty of God's word. The passage reinforces that
Speaker 1: God's pronouncements, both promises and threats, are inevitable and will
Speaker 1: come to pass, emphasizing divine sovereignty consequences of idology Deaseibel's
Speaker 1: story is a stark warning against leading people to worship
Speaker 1: false gods bail, showing that such actions bring catastrophic consequences
Speaker 1: even for royalty defiance. To the end, despite facing imminent destruction,
Speaker 1: Jezebel definedly painted her face and adorned herself, symbolizing an
Speaker 1: unhumbled heart, proving judgment but ultimately powerless against God. Jay,
Speaker 1: who as God's instrument, though flawed, acts as God's instrument
Speaker 1: to execute judgment on the corrupt house of Ahab and Jezebel,
Speaker 1: claiming the way for potential reform. So yeah, so you
Speaker 1: see what happened to her. God's word is fulfilled. So
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and check out some practical applications for
Speaker 1: this chapter. We have trusting God's timing. Just as God's
Speaker 1: appointed Jaehu at the right time, we can trust that
Speaker 1: God's timing in our lives is perfect. Heed God's warnings.
Speaker 1: The fulfillment of prophecy against Ahab's house reminds us to
Speaker 1: take God's warnings seriously and live in obedience. Pursue righteousness.
Speaker 1: Jay Whu's zeal, though flawed, encourages us to pursue righteousness
Speaker 1: and align our actions with God's will, and then recognize
Speaker 1: God's justice. The account of Jezebel's demise as a sobering
Speaker 1: reminder of the reality of divine justice and the importance
Speaker 1: of living a life pleasing to God. And then we
Speaker 1: have connection scriptures connection to additional scriptures. We have one
Speaker 1: Kings twenty one, twenty seven through twenty four. In these chapters,
Speaker 1: the prophecy of Elijah concerning Ahab and Jezebel, which is
Speaker 1: fulfilled in Second King's verse nine. Then we have Romans twelve,
Speaker 1: verse nineteen. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room
Speaker 1: for God's wrath, or it is written vengeance's mind. I
Speaker 1: will repay, says the Lord. Also we have Psalms thirty
Speaker 1: seven twenty eight, for the Lord loves justice and will
Speaker 1: not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever by offspring.
Speaker 1: For the wicked will be cut off. Perfect. That's it,
Speaker 1: very good, very good. So we went six through nine tonight,
Speaker 1: which is amazing. Let me stop the scirt your screen
Speaker 1: and yes, that was awesome, so great, great stuff tonight.
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Speaker 1: say that. And God bless all of you, and I
Speaker 1: thank you. So let's go to end this in prayer. So,
Speaker 1: Father God, in the name of Jesus, thank you for
Speaker 1: this glorious year. Lord, you bless us with so many things,
Speaker 1: and we are amazed by your power and your sovereignty
Speaker 1: and how you are assisting us in our lives. Just
Speaker 1: want to ask that you can help me continue to
Speaker 1: do this Bible study. Lord, give me the strength to continue,
Speaker 1: and on those Mondays when I'm super tired, Lord, just
Speaker 1: give me that little extra boost energy I need to
Speaker 1: finish the Bible study. And also, thank you for this study. Tonight. Lord,
Speaker 1: I really appreciate you. Help anybody out there that needs help, Lord,
Speaker 1: if they need financial help, or they need healing or
Speaker 1: whatever they need in their life, Lord, please be there
Speaker 1: for them. Also, if you could be there for me
Speaker 1: my family as well. Lord, please, And we just have
Speaker 1: so many things to be thankful for for this year.
Speaker 1: You know, all the food that we received, all the
Speaker 1: water that we get to drink, and all the air
Speaker 1: we get to breathe and even to wake up the
Speaker 1: next day. Lord, and you know I'm going through, you
Speaker 1: know what everybody's going through. Lord, just try to be
Speaker 1: there for us. Lord, please and assist us and supernaturally
Speaker 1: assist us in these spiritual battles that we go through
Speaker 1: and the battles that we go through on a day
Speaker 1: to day basis. So thank you, Lord, We appreciate you.
Speaker 1: We love you in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you guys
Speaker 1: for tuning in. We will see you on Wednesday's service
Speaker 1: and we will have some awesome studies. Okay, So thank you,
Speaker 1: and I really appreciate you, and God bless you