TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.” (2 Kings 1:13-14 KJV)

BIBLE TWEET: The captain of the third fifty, unlike the cocky and fire-consumed captains of the first two fifties, approached Elijah, the man of God, differently, not haughtily and pompously, but humbly and pleadingly.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: Though the heart of Ahaziah was hardened, even to the point of sending a third battalion to be turned into charcoaled briquets by God’s Prophet of Fire, the captain of the third fifty bowed before Elijah and pleaded to him on his knees to spare his life and the life of his men.