1 Kings 21:7
Jezebel his wife said, "Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I'll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite."
When we were watching the fifth installment of Fast and Furious, Tris commended how good Hollywood is in amazing us with skill excellence in their films. No, he’s not talking about how good they produce movies, it is how they create great characters wowing us with top of the line tricks. Aside from car uploads, it was that scene when Vin Diesel recruited his elite team to pull one last job, this time against the criminal empire in Rio. Although I can’t help but refer back to ‘The Italian Job’, it’s still very interesting to see a bunch of experts ramp around doing the unbelievable and how each part contributed to a job-cool-y-done. I was cheering and all-supportive throughout the chase. Who cares if they’re the fugitives? Hahaha :>
Jezebel would sure earn good reviews if we’re to put today's chapter to film. A woman of strength, wit and will, she outshone Ahab, the supposedly lead character. First scene we find the latter making deals with the vineyard owner Naboth. Second scene he’s facedown to a couch, like a brat boy sulking and refusing to eat when rejected of his request. Third scene was the glamorous entrance of this queen. Confident and calm, she mocked… then assured her husband she’ll get that land for him. A grand plan was running in her head. She will write a letter in Ahab’s name for the elders to proclaim a fast. That will prep everyone’s zeal for righteousness. Naboth will be asked to seat in a prominent place, clueless that next to him are two scoundrels who will accuse him of blasphemy and treason. It’s inescapable to have two crimes validated by two witnesses. He’ll surely be stoned to death in no time. It was a brilliant plan. A seamless crime beneath a moral system. We could imagine Jezebel’s cruel grin as she entered the king’s room for the signet ring.
God’s enemy is incredibly serious in destroying God’s work and His people. 1 Peter says ‘Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour’. Lions, not mice! Think they’re small time? Look at his followers, those we suspect as behind the cruelties and injustice in the land – aren’t they the wealthy, the influential, the powerful. They are thorough in their plans, precise in their timings, and they leave no stone unturned. Should they be more hardworking than us, more zealous, more disciplined than us? How many Christians are now in key positions? Is it because the system hates us, or because we’re not above standards? It’s a shame that we who claim to have unlimited and peerless resource rank low or place second, if we’re to push it. Let’s suppose an elite team is to be assembled for something big, say affecting the whole world, will we be tapped in? (Or at least considered?) And we wonder why the gospel has so little voice in this corrupt land :<
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