{"id":34945,"date":"2025-03-07T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=34945"},"modified":"2025-02-25T18:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T01:13:06","slug":"1-kings-16_8-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1-kings-16_8-20\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dangers of Drunkenness and Sedition"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Kings\u00a0 16:8-20\u00a0 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Kings 16:8-20.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.\u00a0 See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

1 Kings 16:8-14 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the man in charge of the palace at Tirzah.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha’s whole family. He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu–
\n13\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they provoked the\u00a0LORD, the God of Israel, to anger by their worthless idols.
\n14\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0As for the other events of Elah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses\u00a08-14:\u00a0 Elah son of Baasha takes over his father\u2019s throne and becomes king of Israel.\u00a0 However, Elah\u2019s reign comes to an end when Elah gets drunk in his administrator\u2019s house and is killed by Zimri, one of Elah\u2019s officials.\u00a0\u00a0Zimri goes on to destroy Elah\u2019s entire family, fulfilling Jehu\u2019s prophecy earlier about what would happen to the house of Baasha (1 Kings 16:1-4).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 Notice that drunkenness opened the door for Elah to be attacked.\u00a0 “Don’t get drunk on wine,” Paul says in Ephesians 5:18,”but be filled with the Holy Spirit”. Too much alcohol dulls one’s senses, clouds one’s judgment, and makes you vulnerable to attack, not to mention making you a danger to others.\u00a0 In contrast, being filled with the Holy Spirit sharpens your senses, improves your judgment, and equips you to defend yourself against attack.<\/p>\n

1 Kings 16:15-20 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n15\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah seven days. The army was encamped near Gibbethon, a Philistine town.
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When the Israelites in the camp heard that Zimri had plotted against the king and murdered him, they proclaimed Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day there in the camp.
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then Omri and all the Israelites with him withdrew from Gibbethon and laid siege to Tirzah.
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the royal palace and set the palace on fire around him. So he died,
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the eyes of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0and walking in the ways of Jeroboam and in the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0As for the other events of Zimri’s reign, and the rebellion he carried out, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 15-20:\u00a0 After murdering Elah, Zimri takes over as king of Israel. However, his reign is very short-lived, lasting only 7 days.\u00a0 When the Israelite army learns that Zimri had plotted against Elah and murdered him, they choose Omri, Zimri’s army commander, to be their new king.\u00a0 Omri orders the Israelite army to lay siege to Tirzah, the city where Zimri lives.\u00a0 When Zimri sees that Omri has taken control of the city, Zimri commits suicide by setting fire to his own palace while still inside.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 Whenever you hear of someone trying to rebel against God-given authority through deceptive and destructive acts and trying to get others to do the same, think twice before following in their footsteps.\u00a0 Any kingdom that is built on sedition will not last.<\/p>\n

Father, thank You for the practical lessons we can learn from Your Word.\u00a0 May I not get drunk on wine, but be filled with the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 And may I not a seditious person, but someone who is known for integrity, loyalty and trustworthiness.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

copyright \u00a9 2022 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 1 Kings 16:8-20.\u00a0 As usual,\u00a0I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first.\u00a0 See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit\u2019s help. Then read the GAME sharing below.\u00a0 Let’s go!\u00a0<\/p>\n

1 Kings 16:8-14 (NIV)
\n8\u00a0\u00a0In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.
\n9\u00a0\u00a0Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the man in charge of the palace at Tirzah.<\/p>\n

On verses\u00a08-14:\u00a0 Elah son of Baasha takes over his father\u2019s throne and becomes king of Israel.\u00a0 However, Elah\u2019s reign comes to an end when Elah gets drunk in his administrator\u2019s house and is killed by Zimri, one of Elah\u2019s officials.\u00a0\u00a0Zimri goes on to destroy Elah\u2019s entire family, fulfilling Jehu\u2019s prophecy earlier about what would happen to the house of Baasha (1 Kings 16:1-4).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34948,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34945\/revisions\/34948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}