Homilist 2 Kings 7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven… Here are two objects not only to be looked at, but to be studied: — I. A DIVINE TEACHER. Two circumstances connected with this promise will apply to the Gospel. 1. It was a communication exactly suited to the condition of those to whom it was addressed. People were starving, and the one great necessity was food, and here it is promised. Mankind are morally lost, what they want is spiritual restoration, and the Gospel proclaims it. 2. It was a communication made on the authority of the Eternal. "Thus saith the Lord." That the Gospel is a Divine message is a truth too firmly established even to justify debate. II. A HAUGHTY SCEPTIC. Here is one of the most contemptible of all classes of men, a courtier, a sycophant in relation to his king, a haughty despot in regard to all beneath him. When he heard the prophet's deliverance, he, forsooth, was too great a man, and thought himself, no doubt, too great a philosopher to believe it. It was the man's Self importance that begot his incredulity, and this perhaps is the parent of all scepticism and unbelief. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. |
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