Jezebel’s Great Sin

Synopsis     2 Kings 9:28-10:1     9/29/2019

Jehu killed Joram, king of Israel. And he also killed King Ahaziah from the tribe of Judah. As a result, Ahaziah’s servants brought his body back to Jerusalem, where he was buried.

After he killed the two kings, Jehu returned to Jezreel. Here, he confronted Jezebel. And from outside her house, he ordered her servants to throw her from her balcony to the ground. The servants complied and Jezebel died on the road below her palace home.

In accordance with Elijah’s prophecy, Jezebel was never buried. Instead, dogs consumed her corpse before it could be buried.

Jezebel’s Great Sin

Jezebel’s great sin was that she normalized the worship of false gods.

Great Sin

God creates in each person a personal essence. And each human essence has the potential to contribute something entirely unique. So, creation is more than fiat. Creation is a cascade of creativity that emanates from the one, creative God, through each individual person He chose to create.

It follows that one person cannot replace another. And, a life lost means a contribution lost.

In the same way, a life poorly lived, means a contribution lost.

So, one of the most morally reprehensible things one human person can do is to deliberately block or limit the potential of another human person. This is the opposite of love. And this is a great sin.

In fact, this is the spirit of Jezebel.

“It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.” Luke 17:2