Elijah – rebukes King Ahaziah
II Kings 1:1-18
The issue in this passage, is the same as at Mount Carmel in chapter 18, who is sovereign God or Baal?, and who is charge God or Ahaziah?
King Ahaziah has had an accident and sends his messenger to inquire of Baal-Zebub if he was going to recover. God sends Elijah to the messenger with an unsolicited answer to give to the king, that he would not recover. King Ahaziah sends soldiers out to capture Elijah and bring him back, but are killed by fire coming down from heaven. Finally the third group of soldiers approach Elijah showing the proper respect towards him and God, where upon Elijah goes to the king and gives him the same message. Ahaziah dies and the succession of the line of Ahab is finished. The prophecy given years earlier to king Ahab has come to pass.
In verse 3 the question is asked, “Is it because there is no God in Israel that you seek other gods”?
Today we live in a society in which neo-pagan practices, “other gods”, are quickly being accepted. Higher consciousness, use of crystals, karma, past life therapy, transcendental meditation, YOGA, universal forces are all being promoted by gurus, spirit guides, etc. The occult is being accepted by society, exactly what King Ahaziah was doing in not seeking Jehovah.
The Bible teaches that in the last days, people will “have a form of godliness … deceiving and being deceived” (II Tim 3:5-13). And John 5:44 states, “they will not seek the glory that comes from the only God”; therefore Rom 1:28 tells us “that God gives them up to a reprobate mind”.
We need to ever alter to theses forces and purge them out when they attempt to make inroads into our homes. Be like King Josiah in II Kings 23:4-7, takes them out and destroy them completely.