{"id":35510,"date":"2025-04-17T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=35510"},"modified":"2025-04-08T13:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:57:28","slug":"2-kings-9_30-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2-kings-9_30-37\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Way to Prepare for Eternity"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Kings 9:30-37 (CLICK HERE FOR\u00a0BIBLE VERSES)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2 Kings 9:30-37.\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

2 Kings 9:30 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n30\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she painted her eyes, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse\u00a030:\u00a0 Having heard that Jehu has killed her son King Joram, Jezebel expects that she is next, so she paints her eyes and does her hair.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Some scholars think she was trying to seduce Jehu.\u00a0 I think the more likely scenario is that she’s getting ready to die as dignified a death as possible.\u00a0 Jezebel may have thought to herself, “If I’m going to die a queen mother, I better look the part!”\u00a0 Ironically, despite her efforts to look good in death, Jezebel would end up being killed in the most undignified way, as we will see.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 The best way to prepare for death and eternity is not to get busy doing your hair or make up, but to change your clothes; that is, put on the robes of righteousness that Jesus makes available to you and me.\u00a0 In other words,\u00a0if you really want to get ready for death and eternity, if you really want to look good while dying, the absolute best way has nothing to do with your hair and make up and everything to do with having Jesus Christ as your Saviour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>For hair and make up won’t cover your sins, but Jesus’ robes of righteousness can.<\/p>\n

2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Kings<\/em><\/strong>\u00a09<\/em><\/strong>:31\u00a0(NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n31\u00a0<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0As Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, Zimri, you murderer of your master?”<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 31:\u00a0 Why does Jezebel call Jehu “Zimri”?\u00a0 That’s because Jezebel is comparing Jehu to Zimri.\u00a0 Years before, like Jehu, Zimri led the Israelite army and conspired against the man who was then king of Israel (King Elah), assassinating the king so that he could assume the throne.\u00a0 Zimri’s reign was extremely short-lived: 7 days (see 1\u00a0Kings\u00a016:8-20).\u00a0 Jezebel is insinuating that, like Zimri, Jehu’s reign would also be short-lived.\u00a0 Jezebel was wrong.\u00a0 Jehu would end up reigning as king over Israel for 28 years.\u00a0 What Jezebel failed to recognize was the biggest difference between Jehu and Zimri, which is that Jehu was obeying the command of the Lord to take out King Joram, whereas Zimri was only listening to his own selfish desires for power when he killed King Elah.<\/p>\n

What’s the lesson here?\u00a0\u00a0Don’t judge people by appearances only.\u00a0 Why they do something is just as important as what they do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Kings 9:32-37 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n32\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
\n33\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“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.
\n34\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of that cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.”
\n35\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing except her skull, her feet and her hands.
\n36\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs will devour Jezebel’s flesh.
\n37\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jezebel’s body will be like refuse on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.'”<\/em>
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On verses 32-37:\u00a0 Jehu calls for anyone who is willing to follow him to throw Jezebel down from her window.\u00a0 Two or three eunuchs throw Jezebel down.\u00a0 Her body hits the wall and lands on the same field where her husband’s blood was washed from his chariot and where her son Joram was killed.\u00a0 Jezebel’s body is then trampled by horses. Jehu commands that Jezebel’s body be buried (contrary to the word that the prophet spoke in verse 10), only to find that Jezebel’s body has already been eaten by dogs, leaving only her skull, hands and feet remaining.\u00a0 Then Jehu is reminded of the prophetic word that Elijah spoke about Jezebel, namely that dogs would eat Jezebel’s flesh (1\u00a0Kings\u00a021:23).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0 After her husband Ahab died and her son Joram assumed the throne, Jezebel lived a relatively peaceful life.\u00a0 She likely assumed that none of the prophetic words that the Lord’s prophets spoke about her would ever come true.\u00a0 Yet from her peaceful perch she fell to a bloody and undignified death.\u00a0 It shows us that\u00a0no matter how much we rebel against God over our lifetime, no matter how comfortable and safe we think our lives may be, and no matter how much we think that God’s Word does not apply to us, God’s Word will always end up catching up to us<\/strong>.\u00a0 In time God always holds people accountable for their sin.\u00a0 That’s why it is so crucial that we repent before it’s too late, something that Jezebel likely never did.<\/p>\n

Father, You are both a just and a merciful God.\u00a0 Thank You that the best preparation I can do in anticipation of death and eternity is to receive Jesus Christ as my Saviour.\u00a0 Being clothed in Jesus’ righteousness is better than having the best hair and make up.\u00a0 For the best make up can’t cover my sins, but Your robes of righteousness can, such that I can know that all my sins are forgiven and that I will be with You in heaven forever one day.\u00a0 I pray for my loved ones and neighbours who have yet to receive You into their lives.\u00a0 I pray for them, that they would respond to Jesus with faith and repentance before they run out of time.\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 2 Kings 9:30-37.\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

2 Kings 9:30 (NIV)
\n30\u00a0\u00a0Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Jezebel heard about it, she painted her eyes, arranged her hair and looked out of a window.<\/p>\n

On verse\u00a030:\u00a0 Having heard that Jehu has killed her son King Joram, Jezebel expects that she is next, so she paints her eyes and does her hair.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Some scholars think she was trying to seduce Jehu.\u00a0 I think the more likely scenario is that she’s getting ready to die as dignified a death as possible.\u00a0 Jezebel may have thought to herself, “If I’m going to die a queen mother, I better look the part!”\u00a0 Ironically, despite her efforts to look good in death, Jezebel would end up being killed in the most undignified way, as we will see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35510","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\/35510","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=35510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35513,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35510\/revisions\/35513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}