The sceptic looks at this passage and condemns Elijah and the God of Elijah as cruel and heartless in sending fire upon these captains and their soldiers; after all they were just doing the bidding of the king that sent them. The wicked believe there could never be a just reason for the Most High God to consume these soldiers with fire (or judge anyone else). Be not deceived, my friend, King Ahaziah and these captains hated Elijah and his God, and sought to silence the word of the Lord and to destroy the prophet (just as the wicked seek to do today). There is nothing new under the sun. But what the Holy Spirit would have you to see is that here was a futile battle that the ungodly actually thought they could win against Almighty God. But as will always be the case, the wicked of this world and Satan deceive themselves. They are fools, for they can no more prevail against our God than Ahaziah could do so in the text before us today. The main points are the following: (1) Ahaziah Seeks to Silence the God of Elijah, but Cannot Prevail (2 Kings 1:9-12); (2) There Is None like the God of Israel (2 Kings 1:13-18).
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