Elijah and Ahaziah in the Bible

Elijah & Ahaziah Story

in the Bible

 

 

Is it because there is no God in Israel that

you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?

 

 

Main reference: 2 Kings 1:1~18

 

 

• The Wrong Idea of Ahaziah

1. After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.

2. Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.”  

• The Appointed Duty of Elijah the Tishbite

3. But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’

4. Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!’ ” So Elijah went.  

5. When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?”  

6. “A man came to meet us,” they replied. “And he said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” ’ ”  

7. The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?”  

• Guise of Elijah the Tishbite

8. They replied, “He had a garment of hair and had a leather belt around his waist.” The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.”  

• First, Ahaziah Sends to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men

9. Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!’ ”  

10. Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men.  

• Second, Ahaziah Sends to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men

11. At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’ ”  

12. “If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.  

• Third, Ahaziah Sends to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men

13. So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants!

14. See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!”  

15. The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.  

• Elijah says to Ahaziah the Word of the Lord

16. He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!”

• Ahaziah dies

17. So he died, according to the word of the Lord that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah.

18. As for all the other events of Ahaziah’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

Revelation

Revelation is
a book of Prophecy!

 

 

What kind of book is Revelation?

Let's find out the answer in the Revelation(bible)!

Okay. Let's do it~!!

 

  

 

• Revelation 1:1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave Him ...... (Refer Revelation image below)

Acording to Revelation 1:1, this is Revelation of Jesus Christ.

After Christ ascended, he called Apostle John to heaven and showed him what will fulfill in the future.

That is, Revelation.

 



Main references: Revelation 1:3, Revelation 22:7, Revelation 22:10, Revelation 22:18~19 

The events of Revelation point to the warfare between God and the devil. As those who belong to God overcome, salvation and God’s new kingdom can come (Revelation 21:1-7). 

Revelation is a book of prophecy. Its fulfillment is the event which occurs during the time of Jesus’ second coming. Just as the Old Testament was fulfilled at the time of the first coming, Revelation in the New Testament is fulfilled without adding to and/or subtracting from it (Revelation 21:6).

At the time of the fulfillment, the word of prophecy becomes the embodiment, and the flesh entities (actual realities) appear.

This is what Jesus asks us to see and believe (John 14:29).

John saw a vision during the time of prophecy, but at the time of the fulfillment, the New John (the one who overcomes) witnesses the physical fulfillment from Revelation chapter 1 through chapter 22, and he receives the opened scroll. According to the command he receives, he is sent to the churches to give the testimony just as it says in Revelation 22:16. Therefore, this testimony is the truth.

The promised pastor who is sent [by Jesus] knows the physical entities of the entire book of Revelation. Except for the promised pastor, whoever interprets Revelation according to his own thoughts is a deceptive liar. I pray that everyone will listen to the promised pastor and attain their hope. 




Revelation is a book of Prophecy!
Let's check it out in the Revelation (Bible)~!
Here we go~!

• Revelation 1:3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

• Revelation 22:7

“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”   

• Revelation 22:10

Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.

• Revelation 22:18~19 

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

The Fulfillment of Revelation by Jesus

God’s Final Work:

The Fulfillment of the Book of Revelation

 

-The Fulfillment of Revelation by Jesus-

Main references: Revelation 7, Revelation 21:27, 22:16~19

What is the fulfillment of Revelation, God’s final work?

Jesus promises the Revelation, and he has come and is fulfilling it today. Jesus has sent his angel [messenger] to give them this testimony (all the events of Revelation) for the churches and whoever wishes will take the free gift of the water of life (food that gives eternal life).

However, those who do not believe and who have added to or taken away from the book of Revelation cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. Only those who are sealed and whose names are written on the book of life can enter the kingdom of heaven.

This is the fulfillment of Revelation, God’s final work!

• Revelation 22:16~19

 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.” The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life. I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
 

• Revelation 21:27

Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.