Jehu

Chehu was wild, unpredictable Trump.

Jehu wasn't a politician.

He was a fighter.

Trump.

Trump began his rise to the presidency from the top of a staircase from which he came down.

Jehu began his rise to the throne from the top of a staircase from which he came down and began his race.

Jehu had only come to the throne by defeating the nation's former first lady.

Trump could only come to the White House by defeating the nation's former first lady, Hillary Clinton.

Now the downfall of Ahaziah was from God, and then he went to Joram.

And when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

Now it happened, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers attending to Ahaziah and killed them.

And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding himself in Samaria.

They brought him to Jehu, put him to death, and buried him.

For they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart.

So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom.

So when I read this chapter, and in fact if you read chapter 14 and 15 as well, it feels a bit like a time loop story where history is just repeating itself again and again and again.

So we've just heard about Jehoahaz, son of Jehu.

He becomes king of Israel.

This is around 1814 BC.

And so think about the world he lived in.

A few chapters ago, Yehu wiped out the entire house of Ahav.

Ataliah murdered her own grandchildren for the throne, when you took revenge, you took it on the whole family.

The whole world of the First Temple is just outside the culture of free democratic elections that we have today, the passing of power from one leader to the next.

When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram.

Then anoint Jehu, grandson of Nimshi, to be king of Israel.

And anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat.

from the town of Abel Mechola to replace you as my prophet.

Anyone who escapes from Hazel will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha.

Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him.

So, in my mind, I mean what I was trying to say earlier, but to me it sounds like, you know, Elijah's like, I'm the only one left.

Who is it? Elisha, Elisha.

The last time Elisha did anything in this book, he sent a young student to pour oil on Yehu's head.

And since then, Yehu reigned 28 years, and his son, Yehoiachaz, reigns 17.

More than 40 years, and the man who split the Jordan with Elijah's cloak doesn't appear on the page.

I want to pause here because this is important.

So Hosea, verse 3, he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, if I'm pronouncing that somewhat correctly, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Then the Lord said to him, "'Call his name Jezreel, for in a little while I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and being at an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.'" So it shall come to pass in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

It's been said that Hosea mentions 150 sins, or 150 times in this book, he will call out the sins, and really this marriage, this son, it shows that the judgment of God is prophesied And there is time to repent, although repentance is what mostly the people don't do.

Israel is going to be reprimanded for their, well, immorality, but lying, murder, but covetousness.