See My Zeal (2 Kings 10:16)
Wednesday, 29 October, 2025 Psalm 145 2 Kings 10:1-17 Matthew 19:1-15 See My Zeal (2 Kings 10:16) And Jehu said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord .” So he had Jehonadab ride in his chariot. If we look at today’s reading from one angle, we see a real “boys” type of reading. We have beheadings, and chariots, and a victorious king – lots of blood and guts and goodies and baddies. From another angle, we see something horrific: slaughter and bloodshed, all, apparently, in the name of the Lord. I have heard one way of approaching this sort of thing that seems to have worked in the past. That is, we take these Old Testament narratives and read them with the eyes of Christ. Yes, it was another age; but I think it would be chronological snobbery to say we are more spiritually enlightened than they. Rather, I think it was a different age in the sense that there were things going on that we have no idea about. When Christ died on the cross,...