2 Kings 9 (The Judgement of God) Anointed 1. 2 Kgs. 9:1, 5-10. The prophet summoned a man from the company of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take this flask of oil with you and go to Ramoth Gilead. 5 When he arrived, he found the army officers sitting together. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied. 6 Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oil on Jehu’s head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel. 7 You are to destroy the house of your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the LORD’s servants shed by . 9 I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah. 10 As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’ ” Then he opened the door and ran.

JUDAH ISRAEL Ahab Jehoram Ahaziah (Ahab’s son) (2 Kgs. 1) Ahaziah Joram (Jehoram)(Ahab’s son) 2 Kgs 3

History of Persecution of Ahab & Jezebel 2. 1 Kgs. 18:13. Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? 3. 1 Kgs. 19:10. 10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 4. 1 Kgs. 21:9-10. 9 In those letters she wrote: “Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people. 10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.” 5. 2 Kings 9:26. 26 ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, declares the LORD, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ 6. 1 Kgs. 21:25-26. 25 (There was never a man like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife. 26 He behaved in the vilest manner by going after idols, like the Amorites the LORD drove out before Israel.) 7. 2 Kgs. 3:1. …Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel in , and he reigned twelve years. 2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. 8. 2 Kgs. 8:26-27. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in . His mother’s name was ; she was a granddaughter of king of Israel. 27 He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD,

God’s Judgment 9. 2 Kgs. 9:21-27. 21…They met him at the plot of ground that had belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” Jehu replied, “as long as all the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?” 23 Joram turned about and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, “Treachery, Ahaziah!” 24 Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart and he slumped down in his chariot. 25 Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, “Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the LORD made this prophecy about him: 26 ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, declares the LORD, and I will surely make you pay for it on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, pick him up and throw him on that plot, in accordance with the word of the LORD.” 27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there.

10. 2 Kgs. 9:30-35. 30 Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she painted her eyes, arranged her hair and looked out of a window. 31 As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, , you murderer of your master?” 32 He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33 “Throw her down!” Jehu said. So they threw her down, and some of her blood spattered the wall and the horses as they trampled her underfoot. 34 Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.” 35 But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.

11. 2 Kgs. 10:17. 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

12. What can be said of God’s judgement a. God’s Promised Judgement Will Be Fulfilled b. God’s Judgement is Thorough c. God’s Judgement is Personal d. God’s Judgment is Just

What Does This Have to Do With Today

13. 2 Thess. 1:6-10. 6 God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you 7 and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. 8 He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the majesty of his power 10 on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.

Evaluate How We See the Character of God

14. We all need to reevaluate how we think about the anger of God. Sometimes we can treat God’s anger like we treat the embarrassing uncle in our extended family. We work hard to keep this attribute of God away from public exposure.

15. 1 Jn. 1:5. God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

16. Wrath Defined: the wrath of God is God’s settled righteous anger toward sin expressed in the repayment of suitable vengeance on the guilty sinner.

17. How Are We Growing in Christ’s Image

a. Tripp: Perhaps our problem regarding anger is not just that we are often angry for the wrong reasons, but that we are not angry often enough for the right reasons.

b. Tripp. In mercy God hates sin so much that he works to convict, that is, to produce in us a sorrow for the wrongs that we think, say, and do.

c. Tripp. In mercy he works to empower, that is, to give us everything we need to resist wrong and to do what is right.

18. Tripp. This week you will be angry. Everyone is in some way. What will the legacy of this week’s anger be for you? Will your anger propel you to be a healer, a restorer, a rescuer, and a reconciler? Or will your anger leave a legacy of fear, hurt, disappointment, and division?