2 Kings 9

How can there be peace?

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2 Kings 9

1. God 2. Sin3. Jesus -> Peace

1 Kings 21:19-23

In the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’” …“because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD…‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free. 22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’23 “And also concerning Jezebel the LORD says: ‘Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’

• 1 Ki 21 is God’s promise.• 2 Ki 9 is God’s fulfilment

2 Kings 9:6-10“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 Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the LORD’s servants shed by Jezebel. 8 The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free. 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.’”

Jehu kills:

1.Joram King of Israel 2 Kings 9:17-262.Ahaziah King of Judah 2 Kings 9:27-293.Queen Jezebel 2 Kings 9:30-374.Ahab’s 70 sons 2 Kings 10:6-85.Ahaziah’s kinfolk 2 Kings 10:10-116.Loyalists in Samaria 2 Kings 10:12-147.Baal worshippers 2 Kings 10:19-25

2 Kings 10:30

30 The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes and have done to the house of Ahab all I had in mind to do, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”

2 Corinthians 1:20

“For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ.”

Romans 5:1-2

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.

• The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. [Rom 8:6]

• The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of peace [Eph 6:15]

• God is the God of peace [1 Cor 14:33]. • [Part of] the fruit of the Spirit is peace [Gal

5:22]

God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in Jesus, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. [Col 1:19-20]

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. [Col 3:15]