11kings
1 Fire from Heaven
Ahaziah,
king of Israel and son of Ahab and Jezebel, fell through a lattice and
seriously injured himself. Instead of going to the Lord for help, Ahaziah, who
was influenced by his mother Jezebel, went to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of
Ekron. Ahaziah’s request for an oracle was a direct challenge to the Lord God
of Israel. He wanted to know if he would recover from the effects of the
accident.
This
was one of Elijah’s last missions. He went to meet the messengers and gave them
this challenge. “Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that you go to
enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?” Elijah’s prognosis was that Ahaziah
would not recover, he would die.
Even
today the world will not listen unless the church declares the Word of God.
Elijah
managed to communicate. He was heard. People listened to him. He was a rough
type of individual. The king sent a captain with fifty men, and he ordered
Elijah to come down from the top of the hill. What came down was fire from
heaven which consumed the captain and his men. This happened a second time and
the third time, the last man asks for mercy, and God extended mercy to him.
Elijah
boldly repeated God’s pronouncement. Ahab would die.
This
chapter ends the line of Omri and Ahab.
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understand God’s Word better.
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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