Exodus 32:33, “The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.” This is the Creator’s reply just after the golden calf event. Moses asks for his own name to be blotted from the book of life, God reminds Moses it’s not for him to decide. Our actions, not our words are what the Almighty will use to judge each of us.
BIBLE STUDY -- ELIJAH TAKEN UP
ELIJAH IS TAKEN INTO HEAVEN
From 2 Kings 2
The time for YHVH to take Elijah to heaven in a whirlwind came as Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. “Stay here while I go to Bethel,” Elijah told Elisha, “For Adonai has sent me there.” “As surely as Adonai lives, I will stay with you,” Elisha replied. So, both of them went to Bethel. As they approached Bethel, the young men who were training to be prophets came out to meet them. “Do you know that Adonai will take Elijah away today?” they asked Elisha. “Yes, I know that,” said Elisha. “Please be quiet about it.” Then Elijah spoke to Elisha again. “Stay here,” he said. “I must go on to Jericho.” “As surely as Adonai lives, I will stay with you,” Elisha replied. So, they went together to Jericho. As they approached Jericho, the young men who were training to be prophets came out to meet them. “Do you know that Adonai will take Elijah away today?” they asked Elisha. “Yes, I know that,” said Elisha. “Please be quiet about it.” Elijah spoke again to Elisha. “Stay here,” he said. “Adonai wants me to go across the Jordan River.” “As surely as Adonai lives, I will stay with you,” Elisha replied. So, the two of them went on toward the Jordan River. Fifty of the men who were training to be prophets also went, staying some distance behind them. When the two reached the Jordan River, Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the water of the river with it. The water parted and they walked across on dry ground. When they had crossed the river, Elijah said to Elisha, “Before I leave you, tell me what I may do for you.” “Let me have twice the spiritual power that you have had,” Elisha asked. “What a difficult request you make!” Elijah answered. “However, if you see me as I am taken from you, your request will be granted. If you do not see me, your request will be refused.” As they walked farther, talking together, a chariot of fire swept down from heaven, pulled by horses of fire and separated them. Then Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw the whole thing and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” Then suddenly Elijah disappeared from his sight. When Elijah was gone, Elisha tore his own cloak; picked up the one Elijah had left and returned to the Jordan River. There he struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and said, “where is Adonai the YHVH of Elijah?” The water parted and Elisha walked across on dry ground. The young prophets who had been watching cried out, “The spirit of Elijah is now in Elisha.” They ran to meet him and bowed down before him. The young prophets said to Elisha, “There are fifty strong young men with us. Let them go and look for Elijah, for perhaps the Spirit of Adonai caught him up and placed him on some mountain or in some valley.” “No, you must not bother to look for him,” Elisha answered. But the young prophets kept urging until Elisha finally gave in. “Go ahead,” he said. So, they sent fifty young men who looked for three days, but they could not find Elijah. When they returned to Elisha at Jericho, he said, “didn’t I tell you not to bother to look for him?” One day the men of Jericho came to see Elisha. “Our city is located in a beautiful place, as you can see,” they said. “But our water is bad and causes miscarriages.” “Bring me a new bowl filled with salt,” Elisha told them. When the men of the city brought the new bowl filled with salt, Elisha took it to the spring of water and threw the salt into it. “This is what Adonai declares,” he said. “From now on this water will be good, so neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.” The water has been good since that time, as Elisha said it would. From Jericho Elisha went to Bethel. Along the way some boys came from the city and began to say rude things to him because of his bald head. “Go on, old bald head!” they jeered. Then Elisha turned toward them and placed a curse upon them. Suddenly two female bears came from the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces. From Bethel Elisha went on to Mount Carmel and then returned to Samaria.
COMMENTARY --- CITIES OF THE PROPHETS
Although the prophets are some of the most important characters of the Old Testament, little is known about where they came from. Almost nothing is known of Elijah’s childhood. This early prophet came from Gilead, a mountainous section of Transjordan. He was used to living in the wilderness and tradition claims that people recognized him by his wild appearance and his rough garments of animal hair. As a young man, Elisha lived on a farm in Abel-meholab, the “Meadow of Dancing.” Elisha’s familiarity with working people and their problems was clear in the compassion he often showed the poor and needy. Both Amos and Jeremiah came from towns on the edge of the Judean wilderness, an empty desert region known as the bad lands of Palestine. The strong character of the prophets may have come from living in such a hostile environment. Micah’s home in the Judean hill country provided him with a unique understanding of his people. His awareness of injustice and poverty grew from his own background and experience among the poor farmers. Isaiah too, seemed especially prepared for his audience. Nothing is known of Isaiah’s home or early life, but his high level of education and his speaking ability were unusual among the prophets. He stayed within the southern kingdom, primarily addressing the royalty in the capital of Jerusalem. Other prophets, such as Jonah, were called to leave familiar surroundings and proclaim YHVH’s message in a foreign city. When the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and took the Israelites captive, Ezekiel also found himself a prophet in a strange land.
BIBLE STUDY -- AHAZIAH’S DEATH
AHAZIAH’S INJURY AND DEATH
From 1 Kings 22:40, 51-53; 2 Kings 1
When King Ahab of Israel died his son Ahaziah ruled in his place as king of Israel. Ahaziah became king during the seventeenth year of the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah and ruled for two years. He was an evil king, for he followed the way of his father Ahab, his mother Jezebel and of the evil King Jeroboam who had led Israel into sin. He made Adonai angry because of his sin. After Ahaziah became king, Moab rebelled against Israel and refused to send tribute. Now, Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upstairs room in Samaria and was injured, so he was confined to his bed. He sent messengers to Ekron with these instructions “go to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron and ask if I will get well.” About this same time the angel of Adonai told Elijah to meet these messengers and say to them, “isn’t there a god in Israel? Why then are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Go home and tell the king that he will not get well, but will die.” Elijah went to meet the messengers and told them what the angel had said. When the messengers returned to the king, Ahaziah asked them, “Why have you returned so soon?” “Because a man met us and said that we should return to you and ask you if there is not a god in Israel who can answer your question instead of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron. He also said that you would not get well, but would die.” “What kind of man was this?” Ahaziah asked. “He was a hairy man with a leather band about his waist,” they answered. “That was Elijah the Tishbite,” said King Ahaziah. The king then sent fifty men led by a captain to arrest Elijah. They found him sitting at the top of a hill and the captain said to him, “O man of YHVH, the king commands you to come down with us.” “If I am a man of YHVH, let fire come from heaven and burn up you and your fifty men,” Elijah answered. Suddenly fire came down from heaven and burned up the captain and his fifty men. King Ahaziah sent another captain with fifty more men to the hill where Elijah was sitting. “O man of YHVH, the king commands that you come with us.” “If I am a man of YHVH, let fire come from heaven and burn up you and your fifty men,” Elijah answered. Suddenly fire came down from heaven and burned up the captain and his fifty men. Then the king sent a third captain with fifty men to arrest Elijah. As soon as this captain found Elijah he bowed down on his knees before him. “O man of YHVH, please spare my life and the lives of the fifty soldiers with me. I know that fire came from heaven and burned up the other two captains and their men. Please have mercy on us and let our lives be precious in your sight.” Then the angel of Adonai spoke to Elijah. “Go with this man and do not be afraid,” the angel said. So, Elijah went with the captain to see King Ahaziah. Elijah said to the king, “Why have you sent messengers to ask Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, if you would get well? Is there no god in Israel whom you may ask? Since you have ignored the true YHVH, you will not get well, but will surely die.” King Ahaziah soon died of his injuries, just as Adonai had said. Ahaziah had no sons, so his brother Jehoram ruled as king of Israel in his place. This happened during the second year of the reign of King Jehoram of Judah, son of King Jehoshaphat. The rest of the deeds which Ahaziah did are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
COMMENTARY --- BAAL-ZEBUB, LORD OF THE FLIES
Baal-zebub was an ancient Philistine deity who they thought had the power of prophecy. The priests in his temple in Ekron claimed to be highly skilled in interpreting his messages. Worshipers who sought divine guidance came from all ends of Palestine to plea for help at the oracle. Baal-zebub’s only sanctuary was in Ekron, for he was the special god of that city. At one time Baal-zebub was known as Baal-zebul, which meant, “Prince Baal.” He was sometimes thought of as Baal, the Canaanite god of nature, sun and rain. Israelites who did not want to call attention to false gods changed his name to Baal-zebub. This name, which meant, “lord of the flies,” was intended as an insult. No one is certain why the Israelites chose to anger Philistines with this particular title. It may have been because Baal-zebub was believed to pass on his messages through the buzzing of flies. It is also thought that Baal-zebub protected his followers from diseases spread by flies. The fear and hatred ancient Israelites once associated with the false god has remained with his name. In New Testament times the Jews identified Baal-zebub as prince of the demons; prince of the gods of evil. In modern times Baal-zebub is still a name for the devil or any spirit of evil. It is sometimes spelled “Beelzebub.”
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