After some time with my Beloved Holy Spirit this morning , I was thinking about the prophetic word of warning from The Lord . Three examples came to my mind :
One is the time when the Word of God came to Kayin ( Cain )warning him from the sin that is seeking to trap and cause him to stumble.
Genesis 4:7
"If you are doing what is good, shouldn’t you hold your head high? And if you don’t do what is good, sin is crouching at the door — it wants you, but you can rule over it." Complete Jewish Bible
Second was The Word that came through Natan ( Nathan ) the prophet to David the King after he committed adultery with Uriah's wife and then assassinated him .
2 Samuel 12
1"Adonai sent Natan to David. He came and said to him, “In a certain city there were two men, one rich, the other poor..."CJB(make sure you read the rest of the chapter, don't be lazy!)
The Third example that again came to mind is the time Eliyahu the prophet came to Akh'av the King rebuking him for the murder of Navot the Yisra'elite .
1 Kings 21
""17 But the word of Adonai came to Eliyahu from Tishbe: 18 “Get up, go down to meet Ach’av king of Isra’el, who lives in Shomron. Right now he is in the vineyard of Navot; he has gone down there to take possession of it. 19 This is what you are to say to him: ‘Here is what Adonai says: “You have committed murder, and now you are stealing the victim’s property!” ’ Also say to him, ‘Here is what Adonai says: “In the very place where dogs licked up the blood of Navot, dogs will lick up your blood — yours!” ’” CJB
( By the way if you were wondering why am I using funny names you don't understand , it is simply to make sure you paying attention ...:-)check out the Complete Jewish Bible )
Did you notice the difference between the first example and the other two? And the similarity? I did too ! Isn't it interesting ?! There are few differences in fact. One clear difference is that The Lord came directly to Kayin and spoke to him , warning him , imploring him not to take the way of anger and jealousy , but to be alert and do right ! In the case of both David and Ach'av the Lord did not speak to them directly ,but through prophets. You know God could have sent Adam to speak to Kayin and convince him in the evil of his direction . And why hasn't God spoke to David directly , after all David had a very strong prophetic gift, just read the book of Psalms, many of the powerful Messianic prophesies are there like the one in Psalm 22. The other major difference I want to mention and is perhaps the reason I decided to write all this is the timing of The Word. But before I speak of this difference it is important to note that all three persons have sinned! Kayin, David and Ach'av fell , and all three committed murder! All three coveted and were envious of what the other had . Kayin coveted the favor and blessing of the Lord that came as spiritual approval and intimacy , David through yielding to the Lust of The Flesh desired the beauty of his servants' wife , Ach'av coveted the field of Navot The Yizraelite Hevel, Uriah and Navot were all righteous men! They were faithful, and all were victims of other servants of God! WOW! it is amazing the depth of God's Word! I will have to continue this next time as my 2 younger children ( Noakh 7 year old(Genesis 6:8) and Na'avah 5 year old(Psalm 147:1-delightful and how fitting, it is pleasant and praise is becoming) ) and they are running around the house with our dog Sunny the Bichon Frise and acting very "nonspiritual". I am off today to spend time with our four children as they are off from school for the Passover Feast and it is a great opportunity to spend some quality time with Daddy :) . So please come back next time and we will continue our discussion about the Word of The Lord as He comes to us to lead us and bring us closer to Him and His Kingdom!----- Please comment and write your perspective on the above ------- Blessings
TO BE CONTINUED.......
One is the time when the Word of God came to Kayin ( Cain )warning him from the sin that is seeking to trap and cause him to stumble.
Genesis 4:7
"If you are doing what is good, shouldn’t you hold your head high? And if you don’t do what is good, sin is crouching at the door — it wants you, but you can rule over it." Complete Jewish Bible
Second was The Word that came through Natan ( Nathan ) the prophet to David the King after he committed adultery with Uriah's wife and then assassinated him .
2 Samuel 12
1"Adonai sent Natan to David. He came and said to him, “In a certain city there were two men, one rich, the other poor..."CJB(make sure you read the rest of the chapter, don't be lazy!)
The Third example that again came to mind is the time Eliyahu the prophet came to Akh'av the King rebuking him for the murder of Navot the Yisra'elite .
1 Kings 21
""17 But the word of Adonai came to Eliyahu from Tishbe: 18 “Get up, go down to meet Ach’av king of Isra’el, who lives in Shomron. Right now he is in the vineyard of Navot; he has gone down there to take possession of it. 19 This is what you are to say to him: ‘Here is what Adonai says: “You have committed murder, and now you are stealing the victim’s property!” ’ Also say to him, ‘Here is what Adonai says: “In the very place where dogs licked up the blood of Navot, dogs will lick up your blood — yours!” ’” CJB
( By the way if you were wondering why am I using funny names you don't understand , it is simply to make sure you paying attention ...:-)check out the Complete Jewish Bible )
Did you notice the difference between the first example and the other two? And the similarity? I did too ! Isn't it interesting ?! There are few differences in fact. One clear difference is that The Lord came directly to Kayin and spoke to him , warning him , imploring him not to take the way of anger and jealousy , but to be alert and do right ! In the case of both David and Ach'av the Lord did not speak to them directly ,but through prophets. You know God could have sent Adam to speak to Kayin and convince him in the evil of his direction . And why hasn't God spoke to David directly , after all David had a very strong prophetic gift, just read the book of Psalms, many of the powerful Messianic prophesies are there like the one in Psalm 22. The other major difference I want to mention and is perhaps the reason I decided to write all this is the timing of The Word. But before I speak of this difference it is important to note that all three persons have sinned! Kayin, David and Ach'av fell , and all three committed murder! All three coveted and were envious of what the other had . Kayin coveted the favor and blessing of the Lord that came as spiritual approval and intimacy , David through yielding to the Lust of The Flesh desired the beauty of his servants' wife , Ach'av coveted the field of Navot The Yizraelite Hevel, Uriah and Navot were all righteous men! They were faithful, and all were victims of other servants of God! WOW! it is amazing the depth of God's Word! I will have to continue this next time as my 2 younger children ( Noakh 7 year old(Genesis 6:8) and Na'avah 5 year old(Psalm 147:1-delightful and how fitting, it is pleasant and praise is becoming) ) and they are running around the house with our dog Sunny the Bichon Frise and acting very "nonspiritual". I am off today to spend time with our four children as they are off from school for the Passover Feast and it is a great opportunity to spend some quality time with Daddy :) . So please come back next time and we will continue our discussion about the Word of The Lord as He comes to us to lead us and bring us closer to Him and His Kingdom!----- Please comment and write your perspective on the above ------- Blessings
TO BE CONTINUED.......
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ReplyDeleteHi Gisela , first of all thank you for taking the time to read the blog !!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
ReplyDeletesecond , as I replied in the email , a position of leadership is always a God ordained position of service to God. Ach'av's sin was that he used his authority for evil and was an unfaithful servant. In religious jargon the term "servant" is connected with being very devoted worshiper or a sign of piety , yet it is not necessarily consistent with reality and the accountability The Lord expects from those He has entrusted with power and authority , hence the term "servant" does fit Ach'av. The main point of the article ( which I haven't finished yet ) is that both David and Ach'av committed the same sin, and both of them were kings chosen by God while doing it . David wanted Uriah's wife so he caused his death through conspiracy and so did Ach'av, both servants of the Lord. The difference is that David admitted his sin excepting the judgment and declaring God as Just and honoring the prophet in complete contrast to Ach'av ( the unfaithful servant).....but I wanted to leave this for later....blessings