September 9, 2010
When God promises something it comes true. It may be years later. It may come in ways you couldn't possibly imagine. But it WILL come true. I've said this many times before: When God say "I will" it is past tense; it will be done.
I Kings 21 - Ahab wants Naboth's vineyard. Jezebel plots against Naboth and has him killed. God sends word to Ahab that his blood will be licked up by dogs in the exact area where Naboth's blood was shed. It happened exactly as God said in I Kings 22:38. Because of all the evil Ahab and Jezebel had done, God promised (in I Kings 21:21-23) to destroy all of Ahab's family and that Jezebel would be eaten by dogs. Now, here we are in II Kings 9, many years later, and God is fulfilling His promise.
Jehu was sent to kill Joram the son of Ahab. When Joram asked him if he had come in peace Jehu replied that there can never be peace as long as the evil of Jezebel continues. Jehu shot Joram with an arrow and he died. Where was the exact spot this happened? Naboth's land. Coincidence? Absolutely not. Ahab's blood was licked up in the exact same spot where Naboth's blood was shed. Now years later, Ahab's son Joram is killed on the very land Ahab and Jezebel took from Naboth.
Jehu continues on to pursue Jezebel. She knows he's coming, and what does she do? She puts on her make-up and fixes her hair. Incredible. Jezebel is so full of pride, that even when she knows she is going to die; she doesn't repent. She puts on her make up and fixes her hair. Stubborn, arrogant, vain, prideful, determined to be her own boss to the very end.
Jehu gets to the palace. Jezebel looks out the window. Jehu yells, "Who is with me? Who?" and from within the palace two servants look at him and then follow his command and they throw Jezebel out of the window to her death. Jehu goes inside the palace. He tells someone to go bury Jezebel since she was a king's daughter. They go out to get the body and all that is left is her skull, hands, and feet. She had already been eaten by dogs, just as the LORD had said.
All that was left of Jezebel? Her skull, hands, and feet. The skull—where the evil began. Her hands and feet—what carried out the evil. Symbols of the evil Jezebel did. The rest? Literally crapped out of the dogs, manure on the ground. Jezebel fixed her hair and did her make up and now she is nothing more than manure on the ground.
Just as the LORD had said.
Next Entry: II Kings 10:1–36
When God promises something it comes true. It may be years later. It may come in ways you couldn't possibly imagine. But it WILL come true. I've said this many times before: When God say "I will" it is past tense; it will be done.
I Kings 21 - Ahab wants Naboth's vineyard. Jezebel plots against Naboth and has him killed. God sends word to Ahab that his blood will be licked up by dogs in the exact area where Naboth's blood was shed. It happened exactly as God said in I Kings 22:38. Because of all the evil Ahab and Jezebel had done, God promised (in I Kings 21:21-23) to destroy all of Ahab's family and that Jezebel would be eaten by dogs. Now, here we are in II Kings 9, many years later, and God is fulfilling His promise.
Jehu was sent to kill Joram the son of Ahab. When Joram asked him if he had come in peace Jehu replied that there can never be peace as long as the evil of Jezebel continues. Jehu shot Joram with an arrow and he died. Where was the exact spot this happened? Naboth's land. Coincidence? Absolutely not. Ahab's blood was licked up in the exact same spot where Naboth's blood was shed. Now years later, Ahab's son Joram is killed on the very land Ahab and Jezebel took from Naboth.
Jehu continues on to pursue Jezebel. She knows he's coming, and what does she do? She puts on her make-up and fixes her hair. Incredible. Jezebel is so full of pride, that even when she knows she is going to die; she doesn't repent. She puts on her make up and fixes her hair. Stubborn, arrogant, vain, prideful, determined to be her own boss to the very end.
Jehu gets to the palace. Jezebel looks out the window. Jehu yells, "Who is with me? Who?" and from within the palace two servants look at him and then follow his command and they throw Jezebel out of the window to her death. Jehu goes inside the palace. He tells someone to go bury Jezebel since she was a king's daughter. They go out to get the body and all that is left is her skull, hands, and feet. She had already been eaten by dogs, just as the LORD had said.
All that was left of Jezebel? Her skull, hands, and feet. The skull—where the evil began. Her hands and feet—what carried out the evil. Symbols of the evil Jezebel did. The rest? Literally crapped out of the dogs, manure on the ground. Jezebel fixed her hair and did her make up and now she is nothing more than manure on the ground.
Just as the LORD had said.
Next Entry: II Kings 10:1–36
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