The One Year Bible - Day 172

Another remarkable OT story today where Elijah calls down fire from heaven onto the soldiers who are sent to arrest him. Ignoring the obvious sad fact that these soldiers were punished when they were only carrying out orders, the bigger picture is about King Ahaziah who has not acknowledged the word of God into his life and has tried to pit his human power against that of God. The result needless to say ends in disaster for Ahaziah (and the soliders) but we are once again reminded of the power and holiness of God. God rebukes Ahaziah for looking for answers amongst foreign Gods and it costs him his life.