Is It Peace, Jehu 2 Kings 9:22

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
Come With Me, And See My Zeal For The Lord 2
Kings 1016 A Study by Tim Haile
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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Joram (or Jehoram), the son of Ahab, is King of
  Israel
• Like Ahab, Joram worked evil in the sight of the
  Lord (2 Kings. 32)
• Like Ahab, Joram cleaved to the sins of
  Jereboam (2 Kings. 33)
• However, Jorams sins were not like his
  fathers for he put away the image of Baal
  (personally, see 2 Kgs. 1018-28)

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Joram became confederate with Jehoshaphat (king
  of Judah) and Edom in order to defeat Moab (2
  Kgs. 37-ff)
• Joram later entered a confederacy with
  Jehoshaphats son, Ahaziah, in battle against
  Hazael, of Syria (2 Kgs. 828)
• Joram was wounded and fled to Jezreel. Ahaziah
  visited him there. v.29

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
Jehu Remains in Ramoth-gilead to protect it
Joram Returns to Jezreel to Recover From Wounds
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JEHU IS KING! 2 Kings 913

• Jehu is the captain of captains entrusted
  with the task of protecting Ramoth-gilead from
  Syrian assault (2 Kings 95)
• Elisha sends a Prophets son to Ramoth-gilead to
  anoint Jehu as king of Israel (91-10)
• The boy was to anoint Jehu and leave

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JEHU IS KING! 2 Kings 913

• Jehus Commission Smite the house of Ahab thy
  master (97)
• To avenge the blood of Gods prophets and
  servants
• This was the sin that led to Jerusalems first
  destruction (2 Chron. 3616), and it was the sin
  that led to their last destruction (Matt.
  2337-38 Acts 752)

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Jehus Commission Smite Jezebel (97)
• But there was none like unto Ahab, which did
  sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of
  the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up (1
  Kgs. 2125, - ex. Naboths Vineyard)
• Dogs would eat her in Jezreel (1 Kgs. 2123 2
  Kgs. 935-36)

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Jehu Was The Right Man For The Job!
• Compare Elijah Obadiah (1 Kings 18)
• Jehu not affected by political alliances!
• Ahab Ben-hadad (1 Kgs. 2034,42)
• Ahab Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22)
• Joram, Jehoshaphat, king of Edom (against Moab,
  2 Kings. 3)
• Joram Ahaziah (2 Kings. 829)

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Jehu was not a people pleaser
• Unlike those who had preceded him, Jehu would not
  sell out to political pressures and influences
• Modern elders, preachers, deacons and saints
  would do well to follow Jehus undivided
  dedication and commitment
• James 44 Galatians 110

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Jehu had a zeal for the Lord
• He told Jehonadab, Come with me, and see my zeal
  for the Lord (2 Kings 1016)
• Phinehas was zealous for Gods honor (Numbers
  2511,13)
• We must be zealous (Titus 214)

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Jehu Anointed King With The Understanding That
• The Lord God Was King Over Him
• His People Were The People of the Lord
• Israel Was Under Gods Direction and Control (2
  Kings 97)
• Jehu Was Gods Instrument

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• Jehu Goes To Jezreel Met by Scouts
• First Scout Is it peace?Jehu What hast thou
  to do with peace? Turn thee behind me.
• Second Scout Is it peace?Jehu What hast
  thou to do with peace? Turn thee behind me.

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• Jehu Is Met by Joram and Ahaziah
• Joram Is it peace, Jehu?Jehu What peace, so
  long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and
  her witchcrafts are so many? (2 Kings 922).

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said
to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. And
Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote
Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at
his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot (2
Kings 923-24)
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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922

• Jehu ordered his men to chase down Ahaziah and
  kill him (2 Kings 927)
• Jezebel spoke to Jehu from a window. Jehu told
  her servants to throw her to the ground. Dogs
  ate her corpse (2 Kings 930-37)
• Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel (2 Kings
  1028)

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• To Joram, peace meant tolerance
• Today, people expect tolerance in the areas of
  doctrinal and moral differences
• They demand unity-in-diversity
• Like Elijah (1 Kings 1817-18), Jehu would be the
  one labeled as a trouble-maker if he expressed
  opposition

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and
  they abhor him that speaketh uprightly (Amos
  510)
• Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell
  you the truth? (Galatians 416)

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• Jesus gave peace, but not as the world giveth
  (Jn. 1427)
• Think not that I am come to send peace on earth
  I came not to send peace, but a sword (Matt.
  1034)
• PEACE CANNOT BE HAD AT THE EXPENSE OF THE TRUTH!

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DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• What peace, so long as some brethren are teaching
  that the creation days of Genesis 1 are not
  literal, consecutive, 24-hour days?
• (Concerning the days of Creation)The days
  cannot be literal
• The days must be ages(Shane Scott, Sentry Mag.
  03/95)

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DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• Some Bible believers insist that the world,
  according to Genesis 1, was created in six
  twenty-four hour days. I believe, however, that
  the days of Genesis 1 should not be interpreted
  literally. (Shane Scott, Sentry, 03/95)

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DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• In his article entitled, "A Response to the Open
  Letter," Shane Scott gave the wording of the exam
  question that he used on Genesis 1. He told
  students to
• Choose one of the four interpretations of
  Genesis 1 and defend it.

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DO YOU COME IN PEACE?
God Picks
Creation Was Instantaneous The Days Were Literal,
24-Hour Days The Days Were Consecutive Days

• Psalm 336-9
• Exodus 209-11
• Exodus 3115-17
• Mark 106
• Isaiah 4518

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DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• What peace, so long as some brethren are teaching
  that the serpent language of Genesis 3 uses the
  serpent motif as a mere literary device
  employing accommodative and symbolic language
  that borrows from contemporary mythology?

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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
Marty Pickup FC Lectures, 2003
It is also worth considering that the account of
these events may be, to some degree,
accommodative and symbolic. Genesis may use the
serpent motif because it is borrowing imagery
from the mythological culture of that day
regarding a cosmological foe of Deity. (Florida
College Lectures, 2003, p. 61)
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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
Marty Pickup FC Lectures, 2003
It is possible, therefore, that Genesis
recounted man's primeval fall using the language
and symbology that was best suited for its
original audience. Since ancient creation myths
gave a serpentine form to the being who opposed
the order of creation, it was fitting that the
tempter in the garden be depicted in this way
(Boyd 156). Such a literary device may have been
quite obvious to the original audience of
Genesis. (Florida College Lectures, 2003, p. 61)
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Is It Peace, Jehu? 2 Kings 922
Marty Pickup FC Lectures, 2003
"Many scholars suggest that this kind of
reshaping of pagan themes into a presentation of
monotheistic truth is, to some degree, what
Genesis is doing in its creation account (Boyd
84-85)." (Florida College Lectures, 2003) Note
the connection between the non-literal serpent
and non-literal day theories
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DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• What peace, so long as some brethren are teaching
  that Hell is not eternal, and that the soul of
  the wicked is annihilated after death?
• Matthew 2546
• Revelation 1411 2011
• 2 Thessalonians 17-9

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DO YOU COME IN PEACE?

• What peace, so long as some brethren are teaching
  that the dictums, decrees and laws of civil
  judges, courts and legislatures supersede
  divine laws and liberties?
• Acts 529 Acts 419-20
• Daniel 1, 3, 6