{"id":7513,"date":"2016-04-16T00:05:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T07:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7513"},"modified":"2016-04-15T09:55:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:55:26","slug":"gods-lying-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/04\/16\/gods-lying-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"God’s Lying Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then Micaiah told him, \u201cIn a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, \u2018Their master has been killed. Send them home in peace.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you?\u201d the king of Israel exclaimed to Jehoshaphat. \u201cHe never prophesies anything but trouble for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then Micaiah continued, \u201cListen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left. And the LORD said, \u2018Who can entice Ahab to go into battle against Ramoth-gilead so he can be killed?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were many suggestions, and finally a spirit approached the LORD and said, \u2018I can do it!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018How will you do this?\u2019 the LORD asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the spirit replied, \u2018I will go out and inspire all of Ahab\u2019s prophets to speak lies.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018You will succeed,\u2019 said the LORD. \u2018Go ahead and do it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all your prophets. For the LORD has pronounced your doom.\u201d (1 Kings 22:17-23)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ahab was an evil king, guilty of leading his people to worship false gods and for abusing his power. The death of a tyrant is not just a judgment against that man, it is also a relief to those he had oppressed, an answer to their prayers for mercy. <\/p>\n

Naboth had a vineyard near Ahab\u2019s palace in Samaria. When Naboth refused to sell it, Jezebel, Ahab\u2019s wife, conspired to kill Naboth so that Ahab could seize the property (see 1 Kings 21). God, through Elijah, proclaimed judgment against Ahab: the place where Naboth\u2019s blood had been licked up by dogs was the same spot where Ahab\u2019s blood would be licked up.<\/p>\n

Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah then visited Ahab. Ahab asked him to join him in his plan to take a city, Ramoth Gilead, that had fallen some years previous to the Arameans. Jehoshaphat suggested that they should ask God first. Ahab\u2019s prophets all predicted success. Jehoshaphat was unimpressed, since none of them were prophets of God. Reluctantly, Ahab called upon God\u2019s prophet, Miciah, who predicted a disaster orchestrated by God.<\/p>\n

Ahab did not believe Micaiah; for that matter, neither did Jehoshaphat. So they went off to war against Aram. Micaiah\u2019s words came true and Ahab was mortally wounded in battle. God\u2019s judgment against him happened just as God had predicted\u2014and planned.<\/p>\n

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Then Micaiah told him, \u201cIn a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, \u2018Their master has been killed. Send them home in peace.\u2019 \u201d \u201cDidn\u2019t I tell you?\u201d the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[18,17,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7513"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7513"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7515,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7513\/revisions\/7515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}