THE ROYAL TUMBLE

2 KINGS 9

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE ANNOINTING OF JEHU [v. 1-13]

1. The Commission of the Commissioner Demonstrates God’s Faithfulness to Israel [v. 1-3]

2. The Commission of the Commander Demonstrates God’s Faithfulness to His Word [v. 4-10, 1 Kings 21: 20-24]

And Ahab said to Elijah, hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord. Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

3. The Acceptance of the Commission Demonstrates God’s Peoples’ Faith Remains [v. 11-13, Romans 11:25]

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

 

II. THE DEATH OF JORAM [v. 14-26]

1. The Campaign of Jehu [v. 15-21]

2. The Character of Joram [v. 22-23, 2 Kings 3: 14]

And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee

3. The Curse on Jehoram [v. 24-26]

 

III. THE DEATHS OF AHAZIAH & JEZEBEL [v. 27-37]

1. The Death of the Man who Chose In-laws over God’s Law [v. 27-29]

2. The Failing Seductress “Falls” for Jehu [v. 30-33]

3. The Final Tally is Always the Same- God’s Word Prevails [v. 34-37]