Rich Maffeo on Nostr: As I read again through the 22nd chapter of 1 Kings I stopped at this passage: ...
As I read again through the 22nd chapter of 1 Kings I stopped at this passage:
Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left. The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.’ Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you.” (1 Kings 22:19-23)
I suggest you read the entire chapter for context, but let me now make this important point of application to 2024:
Micaiah the prophet of God saw the scene in heaven where a ‘spirit’ – (probably Satan - compare Job chapters 1 and 2) said he would be a deceiving voice in the mouth of Ahab’s false prophets. The whole purpose of the deception was to destroy Ahab and his idolatrous army.
The deception worked. But here is the application:
As ‘churches’ in America go increasingly ‘woke’ – we had BETTER believe that God is permitting a deceiving spirit to enter those churches. Why? To separate the true followers of Christ – the True sheep – from those who simply attend church but live their lives according to their own opinions.
And we also had BETTER be fluent with God's inerrant and eternal word between the covers of the Bible, otherwise Christians also run the serious risk of being deceived – and destroyed – as was Ahab.
Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left. The LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, ‘I will entice him.’ The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ And he said, ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.’ Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you.” (1 Kings 22:19-23)
I suggest you read the entire chapter for context, but let me now make this important point of application to 2024:
Micaiah the prophet of God saw the scene in heaven where a ‘spirit’ – (probably Satan - compare Job chapters 1 and 2) said he would be a deceiving voice in the mouth of Ahab’s false prophets. The whole purpose of the deception was to destroy Ahab and his idolatrous army.
The deception worked. But here is the application:
As ‘churches’ in America go increasingly ‘woke’ – we had BETTER believe that God is permitting a deceiving spirit to enter those churches. Why? To separate the true followers of Christ – the True sheep – from those who simply attend church but live their lives according to their own opinions.
And we also had BETTER be fluent with God's inerrant and eternal word between the covers of the Bible, otherwise Christians also run the serious risk of being deceived – and destroyed – as was Ahab.