BRENDAONLINE.COM Naboth Is Murdered for His Vineyard 21 And it came to pass after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near, next to my house; and for it I will give you a vineyard better than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.” 3 But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!” 4 So Ahab went into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food. 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, “Why is your spirit so sullen that you eat no food?” 6 He said to her, “Because I spoke to Nabot
Nahum 1 Nahum sends a message to the enemy God used to bring His people to correction. However, God will not hold the enemy guiltless. How can God use and judge people at the same time? If your heart is evil, God will use your evil heart to show people what it is like to be under someone other than Him, who is absolute love. We will have to submit to somebody, and if we don't want the leadership of God, then we must be submitted to someone, and that someone is the enemy. He allows the enemy to rule over our lives. His plan is always to save everybody, but if we choose not to listen to Him, all who are not under His control will die. Although the enemy is the Assyrians in this chapter, I have chosen the spirit of the Assyrians to show how relevant our behavior connects to the wrath of God. Just like Israel, who disobeyed God and had to go into a 70-year exile, we too will be judged by God. What is Assyrian behavior? Assyrian behavior lifts up his own way of ruling and livin
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