In Ahab's murder of Naboth we see that the righteous suffer and that God will vindicate his people by punishing the wicked. Because of the death of the Lord Jesus, the righteous sufferer par excellence, God can offer grace and forgiveness to his suffering servants whose eternal inheritance will never be taken away.
Read 1 Kings 21
In Jesus' temptation in the wilderness he prevailed over Satan, a direct contrast to Adam's failure in the Garden of Eden. Since Adam failed and Christ prevailed to escape the condemnation of Adam's sin we must by faith be united to the Last Adam, Jesus Christ.
Christ as our Mediator is one of the foundational doctrines of the Church. It is a doctrine that is thrilling to the heart of the believer, but also amazingly complex, and in many ways beyond our ability to fully comprehend it.
Read Hebrews 5:1-10
In God's call to Elisha we see that God calls us to joyful and total commitment to him. His total ownership on our lives is reiterated in Jesus' words about the cost of discipleship.
Read 1 Kings 19:19-21
Elijah prosecutes the people of God for their persistent disobedience and idolatry. God announces judgement against his people but that is not his final word or his preferred word. His final and preferred word is his Son Jesus Christ who is full of grace and truth.
Read: 1 Kings 19:9-18
In Adam's fall we sinned all. When Adam, humanity's representative, sinned, all humanity became sinners and death and condemnation for all resulted.
Read Romans 5:12-21
Elijah, broken by Jezebel's continued venom and the apparent hopelessness of spiritual reformation in Israel as long as she is calling the shots, is ministered to by his Lord and is being prepared for recommissioning as his servant.
Read 1 Kings 19:1-9
Every event, from the most insignificant to the most course-of-history-changing, is planned and directed by God long before these events occurred, indeed, from all eternity. Christians are cautioned against misusing providence to determine God's will and encouraged to trust and submit to God's, often mysterious, plans for our lives as he pursues his glory and our good.
Read Genesis 45:1-11; 50:15-21
God shows his grace to his Church in answering the prayers of their mediator, Elijah, by sending rain, and shows his grace to the wicked king Ahab by sending Elijah to show him the way back through repentance. God reveals himself as the God of second-chances through his Son Jesus Christ.
Read 1 Kings 18:41-46
The contest between the Lord and Baal shows the futility of all gods except the Lord who answers by fire. The Lord’s answer by fire points to his judgement on the wicked and his mercy on the repentant as seen in the death of Jesus Christ.
Read 1 Kings 18:22-37
