TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.” (2 Kings 1:3-4 KJV)

BIBLE TWEET: Ahaziah’s emissaries, who he sent to enquire of Baal-zebub, encountered Elijah on their way, who informed them that their master was doomed, because he had sought a prognosis from the “lord of the flies” rather than prayed for his healing to the Lord of Lords.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: It is the job of God’s prophets to confront idolaters and to clearly and courageously proclaim to them the idiocy of their idolatry.