IMITATE THEIR FAITH -"HAVE YOU SEEN HOW AHAB HAS HUMBLED HIMSELF?" -

 Still, Jehovah judgment of the man stood. Jehovah later consulted with his angels the best way to fool Ahab into joining the battle that would end his life.  Soon thereafter, Jehovah's sentence on Ahab was carried out. Wounded in battle, Ahab bled to death in his chariot. The account adds this grim detail: When the royal chariot was washed out, some of the dogs licked up the king's blood. In this public way, Jehovah's words that Elijah delivered to Ahab were fulfilled: "In the place where the dogs licked up; the blood, the dogs will lick up your own blood." - 1 KINGS 21:19; 22:19-22, 34-38. 

For Elijah, Elisha, and all other faithful ones among God's people, Ahab's end provided a reassuring reminder that Jehovah did not forget Naboth's courage and faith. The God of justice never fails to bring punishment for wickedness, whether it is sooner or later; nor does he fail to include mercy in his judgment if there a basis for doing so. (Numbers 14:18) What a powerful lesson that was for Elijah, who had endured for decades under the rule of that wicked king! Have you been a victim of injustice? Do you long to see God set matters right? You do well to imitate the faith of Elijah. With his faithful companion Elisha, he kept on proclaiming God's messages enduring in the face if justice.

Next time: IMITATE THEIR FAITH/ELIJAH -He Endured to the End

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