Day 906 – Promise Undelivered – Wisdom Wednesday

Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy Welcome to Day 906 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. I am Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Promise Undelivered – Wisdom Wednesday Thank you for joining us for our five days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. Today is Day 906 of our trek, and it is Wisdom Wednesday. Creating a Biblical worldview is important to have a proper perspective on today’s current events. To establish a Biblical worldview, you must also have a proper understanding of God’s Word. Especially in our western cultures, we do not fully understand the Scriptures from the mindset and culture of the authors. In order help us all have a better understanding of some of the more obscure passages in God’s Word, we are investing Wisdom Wednesday reviewing a series of essays from one of today’s most prominent Hebrew Scholars Dr. Micheal S. Heiser. He has compiled these essays into a book titled “I Dare You Not to Bore Me with the Bible.” We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. None of us like to have something promised to us, and then that promise is not fulfilled. It seems like most political candidates do that when they are running for office, but once they are elected do not fulfill what they promise. Unlike that situation though, we know that God’s promises will be fulfilled, but that fulfillment may be based on our belief and faithfulness to Him. Today’s essay explores one such incident as we will focus on… Promise Undelivered To set the picture for today’s essay, I will read the entire chapter of 2 Kings 3 the setting for this passage is shortly after the death of wicked King Ahab of Israel. Ahab’s son Joram began to rule over Israel in the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twelve years. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not to the same extent as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up.  Nevertheless, he continued in the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had committed and led the people of Israel to commit. King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams. But after Ahab’s death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.  So King Joram promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from Samaria.  On the way, he sent...