March 3rd, 2Kings 8:25~29 [Way to Ahabs Family]
25 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mothers name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahabs family. 28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram 29 so King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth[c] in his battle with Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.
The philosopher Plato said, Life is like a wanderers path, but we wander for a long time in our wanderers lives. Each one says he will live well, but in the end, 'We are all sheep, so we have no choice but to do wrong and go our own way (Isaia 53:6). King Ahaziah, who will meditate him today, symbolizes the evilest times with his father Jehoram. Even though he is king of South Juda, it is expressed as the way to the house of Ahab, not the house of David, which is bound to lead to destruction. Today, we will think about the way to Ahabs House that we should never step on.
First, it does not leave the evil of unfaithful marriage.
Ahaziah, the king of South Judah, married to the Ahabs family in disbelief, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord. Ahaziahs mother, is the daughter of Ahab and writes that she is the 'granddaughter of Omri.' This tells us that the evil that began with Omri exploded during Ahab and reached the Judah dynasty through her daughter Adaliah. Ahaziah was a descendant of Davids house, but he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just like Ahabs. Jehoshaphat made Jehhoram the son marry in disbelief, and Ahaziah the son from generation to generation. This is because the Ahab house guarantees the worlds success, wealth, well-being, and peace. God tells us not to marry in disbelief because it is too difficult to keep our faith when married to a partner who does not believe. The more essential reason is that the purpose of marriage is to place happiness, not holiness, and to choose God as the superiority of my life, to possess, honor, success, satisfaction, and pleasure. After all, a marriage of disbelief is an evil that defies Gods will toward us. However, the problem is that we are so jealous of a house like this even though the Ahab family is trying to kill Elijah and Jesus of Judah.
Second, they keep fighting to protect the family myth.
According to Chapter 20 of the Kings, Ahab promised to return Gilead Ramot, the land he took from his father Omri, when he defeated Aram and signed a peace treaty. However, when King Aram refuses to keep his promise, Ahab raises an army to reclaim the land, but he is killed in this war. This is Gods judgment, but the cradle, who does not know this, raises an army considering Gilead Ramot, the grudge of his grandfather and father, as a land that must be avenged and restored. And he calls his nephew Ahashiya, who became a family through marriage. Ahashiya runs right away despite the difficult request because he has a far greater identity as Aabs wife than Davids. Cradle cant stand this one stain that his most respected hero, grandfather, and father failed at Gilead Ramot. This is called a family myth. Each house is obsessed with family myths and cannot escape the idea of paying back enemies, and this is the Aab House Road. We have all family myths in all shapes. My family writes myths with all sorts of things, such as having to succeed, earning money, going to a good school, not making an accident, and doing this and that. However, the person who suffers the most damage is his child. Ahashiah is the biggest victim of this family myth. Only wounds remain at the end of Ahabs house. God never allows victory in a fight like this.
Third, it ends in place.
When you are injured and defeated in a fight, you must see, interpret, and return your direction of life to God. However, there is no such thing as a U-turn of repentance on the path of Ahabs house. The cradle that was wounded in the war returns to Israel. Isreel is a city where Ahab built a separate palace and became the second capital, where the greed and pride of Ahabs taking away Nabots vineyard exploded. The cradle expected that the wound would heal quickly if you rested well while drinking wine from the land of abundance, where this good vineyard that your parents had taken from absolute power was located, but it became worse and sick, let alone recovered. But Ahashiah goes down to Isreel to see his uncles cradle. This is the choice to completely abandon Davids path and fall down the path of Ahabs house. Spiritual and physical environmental conditions are met, but when they go down the path of Ahabs house, not David, they do not grow and only stand. They only walk in place like this, and their lives end with a terrible end at the hands of Jehovah. Guys, the Ahab house path is a path that ignores words. It looks splendid on the outside, but it is a path that ends with only walking in place. But what is the path of David? It is the way to keep the command of God, the word. The word of God is the way.
Community confession is testimony to the remarriage of the son of a shepherd. The first marriage was to the head of S Group, whose mother is an authoritative family member, and after the marriage, her daughter-in-law filed for divorce, saying, 'Why would you do the twelfth day of the Joseon Dynasty, you should live in Gangnam with your first-born son? Why would you pay back the parents money that your son helped you when you were building your house?' She made great efforts to prevent the divorce, but the Supreme Court decided to do so. Last week, during their reunion with the parents who will remarry, she said, 'You are the manager of such a great company, and you are the first marriage. I dont understand why you are doing this when there is no reason to marry my son.' I saw my son for four years at the same company, and he was consistently selfless. He said that he almost died and came to church to survive, so he said that he would be very happy and grateful for remarriage. As my son started dating, he evangelized his prospective in-laws and attended the ranch, and his daughter-in-law is also worshipping and serving as a cuistic staff at our church. Eventually, my son evangelized the entire family to our church. Hallelujah! He has prepared hundreds of cutie books as a gift for this wedding. I am grateful that the youth of our church are becoming a beacon for the evil of this era.
The road to Ahabs family does not leave the evil of distrust marriage. Even if you criticize and beat your head like Nehemiah, you should prevent distrust marriage. Everyone is trembling with family myths, so who doesnt love my son and my daughter? I cant help but love you so much, so you are giving your family pain to leave the family, and thats what Im so grateful for. I was able to live for you like this because of the pain of my family in a short life. Please dont fight to protect your family myth and dont go to the 'Ahab House Road' knowing that you will end up in the same position.
