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Has anyone seen the new Avengers Movie?
I have not yet seen it, but I’ve heard is really good.
Avengers: Infinity War is the culmination of 18 movies over the course of 10 years — a whole cinematic universe reaching its zenith in a battle for the fate of humanity and beyond
There are 40 marvel characters in the movie, and each one has a backstory.
For someone who didn’t grow up reading the comics, nor have I seen all the marvel movies, I feel like I will miss so much of whats going on in the movie.
If you are not familiar with the stories and the timelines getting dropped into a movie with 40 different characters and trying to understand whats going on is daunting task.
Part of the enjoyment of watching a movie in a series like the Marvel movies is being able to know and understand the different characters
And I think to a greater degree that is the feeling of bible readers when it comes to reading books like 1 and 2 Kings.
There are so many names, stories, kings, prophets etc. that its hard to keep them all straight.
Like the New Avengers Movie has 40 characters, there are 40 kings in first and second kings
Often times we tend to get overwhelmed and eventually lose interest in reading these books because we don’t know how it fits into the story of the bible, nor do we see how they apply to our lives.
And when that happens, we miss out on some of the greatest stories in the bible, we miss out on some of the greatest descriptions of God, and we miss out how the OT constantly pointing forward and preparing us for Jesus.
And one of the great stories you’ll miss is the story of Elijah.
Elijah is an amazing character in the bible,
I’ll be honest, a few hours reading the stories surrounding Elijah, Ahab, Jezebel, Elisha YHWH, Baal, Prophets and kings, and so on, Marvel movies are boring in comparison.
The stories found in the book of Kings are far greater than ant man and spider man.
I assure you the vision of the Davidic Kingdom is far greater than Wakanda
The Power of Elijah is far more impressive than Hulks
And the Jezebel is far more sinister than Loki.
So for the next couple months we are going to dive into 1st and 2nd kings to look at the Story of Elijah
So turn with me to 1 kings chapter 16.
Now, before we jump into this story I want to bring clarity to when this is happening and how it fits in the greater story of redemption.
Starting From the Beginning...
Creation, Eden, Adam and Eve
Cain and Able
Noah’s flood
Tower of Bable
Call of Abraham
The Abrahamic covenant (Seed, Land, Blessing to the Nations) This is one of the overarching theme in the bible
Abraham had a son named Isaac
Isaac had a son named Jacob
Jacob had 12 sons which is the beginning of the twelve tribes
There was a famine in the land so they go to Egypt (this is the story of Joseph) (Thats the book of Genesis, which is a prelude to the rest of the bible)
They are in Egypt for 215 years before Moses leads them out
Exodus
The Law is given (Mosaic Covenant - which finds it end and purpose in Christ)
40 years wondering in the wilderness
Moses dies and Joshua takes over
When Joshua dies we are introduced to the Judges
The Judges rule the 12 tribes for about 410 years
After the judges we have the kings
Saul - Evil
David - Davidic covenant (1 kings begins with David as an old man about to die)
David has brought unity to the tribes of Israel and has made them one kingdom
God promised David that through his line the kingdom of God would be Established and God would reign over all the nations
Fulfilling the promises to Abraham in
The 2 books of the kings tells the story of the long line of kings that came after David, and how none of them lived up to the promise.
rather, they basically run the nation of Israel right into the ground
After David Dies, his son Solomon becomes king
Solomon built the Temple in Jerusalem
Solomon Identifies a young man named Jeroboam and puts him in leadership
Solomon has a son and names him Rehoboam
When Solomon dies Jeroboam and Rehoboam fight over the throne, and the kingdom splits.
Israel in the North
Israel in the North - Jeroboam - 10 tribes follow him
Judah in the South - Rehoboam - 2 tribes follow him
This split happens in 1 kings 12
Kingdom Divided
1 kings 12 through the end of 2 kings follows the 20 kings of the north and the 20 kings of the south.
During the time of the kings God raises up Prophets to go and speak God’s words to the kings.
Elijah is 5th prophet in the book of Kings.
So now we are caught up with the story, so turn with me to 1 kings 16:29
God promised David that through his line the kingdom of God would be Established and God would reign over all the nations
The 2 books of the kings tells the story of the long line of kings that came after David, and how none of them lived up to the promise.
rather, they basically run the nation of Israel right into the ground
1st and 2nd Kings Out
1 kings 1-11 Solomon’s Reign
1 kings 12-16 - Israel splits in two
- Israel’s kings and the prophets
- Road to Exile
- Jerusalem’s Deminse and Babylonian Exile
Villains
The Joker
Voldemort
The White Which
Satan
The Villains: Ahab And Jezebel
Great stories have great villains
Darth Vader - Star Wars
The Joker -Batman
Voldemort - Harry Potter
The White Which - Chronicles of Narnia
And the story of Elijah has incredibly evil and wicked villains.
Ahab is the seventh king of the northern kingdom (following Jeroboam I, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri
And we are introduced to the villains Ahab and Jezebel in 1 kings 16.29ff
Alright, We have Ahab, a king of Israel
The kings are supposed to bring about the fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant
The kings are supposed to establish God’s rule on earth
The kings are supposed to follow the law of God and read it everyday for their entire life ()
But Ahab doesn’t do any of these things.
He is the 7th out of 20 kings in Israel, and he is the worst king ever to sit on the throne in the northing kingdom.
Verse 30 says, “And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him”
So not only is Ahab an evil king, but he marries one of the most evil women in all the bible
Jezebel was the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians
The Sidonians are people from Sidon which is one of the main Canaanite cities
The Canaanites were the main villains during the days of Joshua.
God gave his people victory over the Canaanites and they drove them out of the land.
And now, King Ahab not only invites a Canaanite princess back into the land, but invites her into his bed as his wife.
Jezebel is the wife of King Ahab of Israel (874–853 BC) and the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians.
What we see happening is that Ahab is pursuing a program of “re-Canaanitization”
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