![]() ![]() And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah and entreated him, “O man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight. 13 Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, “O man of God, this is the king’s order, ‘Come down quickly!’ ” 12 But Elijah answered them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty men with his fifty. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’ ” 10 But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. ![]() = ?what even small things need removal? (idols, gifts, religious icons, lover momentos)Ģ Kings 1:9 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty. Matt 3:4 “John wore a garment of camel’s hair & a leather belt around his waist.” Hometown? “ Tisbhe (unknown) in Gilead” (remote/rugged mountain men = ALONE/RIP Credentials?Įli “strength of the Lord” Jah ”my God is Jehovah” =“ I live by the strength of the Lord my God”Ĥ). ![]() Centuries earlier – God’s people defeated & occupied but did not pull the root of evilĭeut 18:10-12 (NLT), “never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering…do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft, or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord….” = KEEP MOVING LINEĮlijah the Prophet 1) Family? 2).Tolerance of demonic = longstanding problem = Love family. 12:22-24 Jesus healed by Beelzebul = Greek form “Baal-zebub”. Seeks “Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron”, = “lord of the flies = local Baal of healingĮkron = nearly 2 dozen X Bible, all negative, home demon God Ekron & Philistines.Injured, doesn’t pray to God or ask believers to pray.King Ahaziah – Ahab & Jezebel dead = son king.5 The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?” 6 And they said to him, “There came a man to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” 7 He said to them, “What kind of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?” 8 They answered him, “He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.” 12:30 “Whoever is not with me is against me…”Ī little compromise over a long time is a big problemĢ Kings 1:2 Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay sick so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this sickness.” 3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? 4 Now therefore thus says the LORD, You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” So Elijah went. Patience of God – 6 Generations, 3.5 yrs drought, fire from Heaven, Prophet of Godġ Kings 1:1 After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.Ģ) Moabites – subdued by King David, (2 Samuel 8:2,12)ģ) Solomon took wives & worship Chemosh/Baal Israel = idolatry & human sacrifice (2 K 3:27).Evil sought to overtake every family, church, politics, educ, ent, $ – not move or tolerate.Jesus plan – Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, Ends Earth.Israel – est GOD smaller all 50 states, size/pop = NJ surrounded by enemies forever.Will Jesus Burn Evildoers Like in the Story of Elijah? #11 (2 Kings 1:1-18)
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