Chaos and Constancy
by Ben
I read 1 Kings 14-16.
Wow...lots going on in this section. Too much to summarize! So many people fighting and backstabbing and trying to become King of Israel. This was a very turbulent time, so the people must have been really turning to God, right?
Not so fast! These people were all worshiping other gods (not to mention building Asherah poles everywhere). Every new king that takes over does "even more [evil] than any of the kings before him." (Makes me appreciate even the messy politics of the US!)
The interesting thing in this section is that all of the events recorded are compared time-wise to the reign of the King of Judah. (remember: Judah split off from Israel) I think this is very important as it shows the focus of the line of David. We know that no matter what craziness and changes are happening in Israel, the line of David (and the descendants of the kingdom of Israel) are remaining constant. I'm interested to see if this continues.
posted by Ben George @ 10:42 AM
1 Comments:
Ah yes, 2 Kings, I remember those days well. I actually taught about the line of David, and how it extends back to Abraham and then forward to Jesus. The kids were shellshocked when I showed them Jesus' family tree at the beginning of Matthew and the 14 degrees of separation. It's so cool how God planned that out. And just how flawed those folks are :)
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