All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of the life of the Lamb who has been slain. Revelation 13:8


Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Job 13:15


For from him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. Romans 11:36

He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?" Romans 8:32



















Sunday, September 9, 2012

Yahweh and the Kings Part 2

The second theme of the books of the Kings is that Yahweh controls history.  The Lord, and neither an idol god, nor king, nor prophet, controls history  (1 Kings 11:14, 23; 14:1-18; 22:1-38; 2 Kings 5:1-18, 10:32-33; 18:17-19:37).  This is perhaps illustrated most clearing in the way in which prophets function within 1-2 Kings, describing the future before God brings it about (1 Kings 11:29-39, 13:1-32; 16:1-4; 20:13-34; 2 Kings 19:6-7, 20-34).  Nothing can hinder the fulfillment of this prophetic word, although God himself, in his freedom, can override its fulfillment for his own purposes (1 Kings 21:17-29; 2 Kings 3:15-27, where the ending to the story is somewhat unexpected).

This should be an encouragement on two fronts: 
 
1) When people rule over us, and do things that we would never do, or demand things from us that we don’t think are right or fair, we can know that God has planned this “history” we are living in, and we shouldn't fear, or wonder what might happen
 
2) Anger and frustration should begin to cease as we trust Yahweh for his control and plan of history.  When I know that my God plans all things, I know that He is doing something.  It may be “good” or “bad” for me from my perspective, but since He is the one doing it, I only have faith and trust in Him- no need for anger or doubt.

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