In the final scene of Elisha’s life we see that God promises to destroy all his and our enemies. He doesn’t do it through earthly kings like Jehoash but through the God-Man Jesus Christ who by his death and resurrection destroys all his and our enemies.
Read 2 Kings 13:10-25
The Lord is the one who restores the fortunes of his people. He brings the exiles home and restores the inheritance of his grace to them who have forfeited it because of sin.
Read 2 Kings 8:1-15
In the siege of Samaria by Ben-hadad we learn about the devastation sin has wreaked on humans, the deliverance that God brings to his people, and the consequences of not trusting in God for his promised grace.
Read 2 Kings 6:24-7:20
In the king of Aram’s attack on Elisha we see the opposition of the kingdom of Satan to the kingdom of God. God brings deliverance to his servant reminding us that those who are with us are greater than those who are with them. In Elisha’s instructions to the captured Arameans we see God’s sweet revenge. God repays evil with good, a sweet revenge seen ultimately in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read 2 Kings 6:8-23
In the recovery of the axe head we see God’s concern for the details of our lives, his kindness in delivering us from debt, and his determination to see his kingdom advance.
Read 2 Kings 6:1-7
In the story of Naaman, Elisha, and Gehazi we see three perspectives on God’s grace. Naaman thought it could be purchased by money or self-reliance. Elisha illustrated that God’s grace was free. Gehazi was anti-grace, suggesting that human contribution was necessary.
Read 2 Kings 5:15-27
The command to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ is foolishness to humans because of the way it humbles us as sinners and because of its simplicity. God promises that those who humble themselves by trusting in the foolishness of the gospel will be exalted.
Read 2 Kings 5:1-19a
God provides grace for his people to keep them from danger and to make up for their deficiencies according to his glorious riches in Christ.
Read 2 Kings 4:38-44
This life is a mixture of the beautiful and the bitter. The beautiful reminds us of the generosity of God’s grace to sinners and the indescribable inheritance that he has prepared for those who love him. The beautiful points us to the beyond. The bitter does too. God wants us to feel the pain of the curse so that we won’t become too attached to the things of this world and that we would find our only joy and confidence in Jesus Christ. Jesus entered our bitterness so that by his death he might bring us to the beyond to enjoy the unimaginable bounty of the beautiful unmixed by the bitterness of the bleak.
Read 2 Kings 4:8-37
In replenishing the widow's oil the Lord shows that he generously cares for those who put their trust in him. Her only qualification for his help is that she had nothing. This is our only qualification for receiving the saving help from the Lord in the gift of his Son, Jesus Christ.
Read 2 Kings 4:1-7
