The End

"But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. When they came back and told him, he said, 'This is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel, and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.'"
~2 Kings 9:35-37

If you've been following along with the daily reading, we have been reading about God's continuing love for Israel and the people's continuing rebellion. For some, it wasn't just disobedience but downright spitting in the face of God. Jezebel was one of the worst. She worshipped false gods, practiced witchcraft, and used sex as a weapon to get her own way. Not only that, she also encouraged the people she ruled over to do the same. When she met her end, it was pretty gruesome. I can see the parallels between the kings and queens in the old testament and some of the leaders in our modern era who have also led the people astray; Hitler, Stallin, Clinton, Obama. There are many more of course, but all of them had one thing in common with Jezebel - they abused their position for personal gain, power, and gratification. Throughout the Old Testament, these greedy rulers meet an untimely end. God does not suffer fools forever. 

"Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,  envy,
drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21)."

All of these things practiced by Jezebel, and by us, are of our own fleshly desires. We make decisions every day, and when we choose desires of the flesh over rational, common sense, over what we know is right in the eyes of God, we are bringing on our own gruesome end. The only answer is repentance through the blood of Jesus Christ. 

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9)."

"And Peter said to them, 'Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit' (Acts 2:38)."

There will be an end one day. Our lives do not go on forever. We will die and step from this life into the after life. We will stand before God Almighty, sinners and saints alike. Whether we believe in God right now or not, we will all become true believers one day. The problem is, if we wait until we stand before Him, it's too late. Our fate is sealed the moment we exhale our last breath. Don't wait until the end.

"Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance (Luke 15:7, 10)."

Read 2 Kings 11-15

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