The End of the Story
Outline
- Stories, "thin" stories, and back-stories
- The king shoots and wings arrows
- When Elisha was still in training under Elijah, King Ahab was on the throne
- God judged Ahab's family for their idolatry and put an end to their dynasty
- When Jehu died, his son Jehoahaz took over. He wandered further from God
- Jehoash - the king in today's story - is third in Jehu's line. He wanders even further from the Lord than his father and grandfather
- Elisha gets sick and dies
- A dead man comes to life
- God, the Writer of stories
- Stories are powerful things. They teach us lessons
- Stories are God's idea - His creation