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Week 5: Division of the Kingdom - Jeroboam

Division of the Kingdom - Elijah:Jereboam: 1 Kings 12 &1712-14

Objective: 

  • The division of the kingdom

  • Elijah stops

    The Message of the rainMan of God to Jeroboam

  • Elijah and

    Death of the widowMan of God

  • Judgment on the House of Jeroboam

Resources:

Reading:

    • 1 Kings 12:1-15
    • 1 Kings 17:13:1-2430
    • 1 Kings 14:1-18

Key verse(s):

  • "But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him” 1 Kings 12:8

Comments:

  • The elders, who were David and Solomons's councils before, advised Rehoboam to listen to the people. If he had listened to the people and shown his love to them, they were going to follow him. BecauseThe kingdom was split in two because he didn't follow their council, the kingdom was split in two.council.
  • It's always important for a leader to show love first before authority or leadership.
  • ChapterJereboam 17 mentions Elijah forheard the firstman time.of ElijahGod isand awas greatunhappy strongwith what he said. He thought he could use his power to change his word, however, this man was delivering God's message. He can't change the message and also that was God's judgment concerning Jeroboam. Because of his action, God punished him right away. Through the prophet's prayer, Jeroboam was forgiven.
  • This prophet infell into the OT.mistake of not following God's word. The false prophet from Bethel tricked him. He didn't ask God first before going with him (what God told him was against what this man said.) That's why this prophet, even though he was faithful to God, died.
  • AhabJeroboam was a very bad king.king Heand driftedspread awaysin widely among the people. God judged him by ending his kingdom as well as from God's commandments and worshipped the idols.
  • Ahab and his wife Jezebel were very ungodly people.
  • As a punishment to Ahab, and as a way for him to repent, Elijah stopped the rain. When the rain stopped, a famine happened.
  • Some may ask, why does this have to happen to the people also?
    • The people knew that this was because of Ahab's actions. They will starve and stop working, so they will force Ahab to repent and ask Elijah to bring the rain back. 
  • Elijah went to stay with a widow. This widow was a gentile, but she showed great faith in Elijah.
  • Her faith in Elijah's God is the main reason she and her son did not suffer from hunger as everyone else.
  • Her faith again brought her son back from the dead. This was the first time that a dead person will come back.house.

Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

  1. Rehoboam listened to the advice of whom?
  2. Was that a good decision?
  3. How do you see the work of God in Elijah?
  4. Was the widow woman obedient to Elijah? What was the result?sign that the prophet gave to prove his vision?
  5. How did the man of God die? Why?

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

 
  1. Rehoboam listened to the advice of:
    a) the eldersb) the young men c) both of them d) neither
  2. WhoWhat delivered foodhappened to Elijah?King Jeroboam when he ordered the catch of the prophet?
    a) ahe pigeondied b) ravenhis hand withered c)squirrels he became famous
  3. WhatWhy did ElijahGod askpunish theJeroboam? widow
    a) he didn’t follow God b) he didn’t offer sacrifice to doGod forc) him?he worshipped other Gods d) a, b, and c
  4. 14. How did God punish Jeroboam?
    a) washHe killed him b) He killed his cloth b) let him stay at her housewife c) bakeHe breadkilled forhis himson
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