The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Kings 10:30,
"The Lord said to Jehu, 'Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes and have done to the house of Ahab all I had in mind to do, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.'"
Jehu was something of a "mixed bag". Although he eradicated the idolatrous Baal worship from Israel, he maintained the idolatrous worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. However, he did please the Lord in completely destroying the house of the evil king Ahab. The above verse documents the Lord's satisfaction of what Jehu had done.
So, what did Jehu do? He had all seventy sons of Ahab beheaded, verse 7. We read in verse 11, "So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his chief men, his close friends and his priests, leaving him no survivor." Further on we read in verse 17, "When Jehu came to Samaria, he killed all who were left there of Ahab's family; he destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord spoken to Elijah."
"The Lord said to Jehu, 'Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes and have done to the house of Ahab all I had in mind to do, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.'"
Jehu was something of a "mixed bag". Although he eradicated the idolatrous Baal worship from Israel, he maintained the idolatrous worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. However, he did please the Lord in completely destroying the house of the evil king Ahab. The above verse documents the Lord's satisfaction of what Jehu had done.
So, what did Jehu do? He had all seventy sons of Ahab beheaded, verse 7. We read in verse 11, "So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his chief men, his close friends and his priests, leaving him no survivor." Further on we read in verse 17, "When Jehu came to Samaria, he killed all who were left there of Ahab's family; he destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord spoken to Elijah."
Why all this bloodshed at the direction of the Lord? Ahab and his family had placed themselves at odds with the Lord's agenda - so the Lord had them entirely annihilated. The Lord's agenda at that time was to prepare the world for the coming of his Son to redeem mankind. His covenant with Israel was with the understanding that Israel would be the vehicle through which the Lord would make the preparation for this momentous event. Ahab and his entire family paid dearly for moving Israel in a different direction.
It simply does not pay to be at odds with what the Lord is doing. It behooves us all to be intimately acquainted with what the Lord is doing and to get on board.
Do you know what the Lord's agenda is today? If we don't, how could we possibly, on the one hand, avoid being at odds with it, and on the other, contribute our time, treasure and talents toward it?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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