Date: May 11th, 2023
Source: Bible New International Version
1 Kings ; Chapter 13 Verse 23-26
The Man of God From Judah
23 When the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the prophet who had brought him back saddled his donkey for him. 24 As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying on the road, with both the donkey and the lion standing beside it. 25 Some people who passed by saw the body lying there, with the lion standing beside the body, and they went and reported it in the city where the old prophet lived.
26 When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who defied the word of the Lord. The Lord has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the Lord had warned him.”
خدا کا بیت ایل کے خلاف کہنا
23 خدا کے آدمی نے کھانا اور پینا ختم کیا تب بوڑھے نبی نے ا س کے لئے گدھا پر زین کسا اور وہ آدمی گھر کے لئے نکل گیا۔ 24 وہ گھر کے لئے جب سڑک پر سفر کر رہا تھا توایک شیر ببر نے حملہ کیا اور اس خدا کے آدمی کومار ڈا لا ان کی لاش سڑک پر پڑی تھی۔ گدھا اور شیر ببر لاش کے قریب کھڑے تھے۔ 25 کچھ لوگ سڑک پر سفر کر رہے تھے انہوں نے لاش کو دیکھا اور شیر ببر کو جو کہ لاش کے قریب کھڑا تھا۔ وہ لوگ شہر کو آئے جہاں بوڑھا نبی رہتا تھا اور جو کچھ سڑک پر دیکھا تھا اس کے متعلق کہا۔
26 بوڑھے نبی نے اس آدمی کو دھو کہ دیا تھا اور اسے واپس لے گیا۔ اس نے جو کچھ ہوا تھا اس کے متعلق سنا اور کہا ، “وہ خدا کا آدمی ہے جس نے خدا کے حکم کی اطاعت نہیں کی اس لئے خدانے شیر ببر کو بھیجا تا کہ اس کومار ڈا لے۔خداوند نے کہا کہ وہ ایسا کرے گا۔
My point of view about above verses
A man of God cried that Lord says a son named Josiah will be born to house of David – he will sacrifice high priests and human bones on altar – this will happen - sign is that the altar will split apart and ashes on it will be poured out
When king on hearing from man of God that the altar will split he stretch his hand to seize the man of God – his hand freeze and he can’t pull it back so he asked man of God to intercede with the Lord and he interceded & his hand restored – however altar split apart
King offered man of God to come and eat with him but he said God has commanded me to not eat or drink or return by the way you came so he took another road to return to Bethel
The man of God returned with old prophet and eats and dank with him but word of God came on old prophet as you did not obey Lord command to not eat and drink in this place so you will not be buried with your ancestors
So God handed over man of god to lion and the lion killed him as he defiled the word of Lord
If one is approached by God directly - he of she need to take guidance from him directly and not let anyone comes between as in above case - if we are told by God to not do certain things - we have not to - there are no ifs ands buts -
May God give us wisdom to understand Him through His Word as He speaks with us through this - and apply it in our lives to have a blissful life on earth
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