The Prophet's Weeping: When Foresight Reveals Future Sin
Hazael arrives at Elisha's door as a successful soldier, his sword the real sceptre of power in Damascus. Years before, Elijah had anointed him king...
This is historical examples on god's omniscience and human responsibility and the progression of evil in the human heart, drawing on 2 Kings 8:9-15.
Hazael arrives at Elisha's door as a successful soldier, his sword the real sceptre of power in Damascus. Years before, Elijah had anointed him king over Syria—a word that had festered in his ambitious heart while the decrepit Ben-hadad still nominally held the throne. When Hazael learns that the king's illness is not mortal, disappointment crystallizes into dark resolve. In that instant, murder takes shape in his heart.…
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