What Did This Uncarnality Fellow Say? (2 Kings 9-10)

Sometimes we, the people, can be funny! The people of Israel are funny! Or should I say follies? Why are they the follies?

When the young servant of the prophet came to Jehu and pulled him out of the crowd into a room to anoint him king over Israel in private, the people began to inquire him about it. The young servant of the prophet departed quickly without lingering, so Jehu was left to face the inquiring so he responded, "You know the fellow and his talk" in an effort to set it aside.

The people of Israel are the follies because they called this young man a madman (uncarnality) when they asked, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?" Yet they wanted to know what the madman had said, "That's not true; tell us now" after Jehu tried to set the talk aside! Even more when they found out about the crazy anoint talk, 'then in haste every man of them took his garment and put it under him on bare steps [to honor him], and they blew trumpet and proclaimed, "Jehu is king."' CRAZY!

But Jehu and his armies actually killed Joram the king of Israel, Ahaziah the king of Judah, Jezebel (grossy scene here), Ahab's 70 sons and his many close acquantiances, and all prophets of Baal! He just swept almost every sins and even discipled Jehonadab by taking him into his hand to show him his zeal for the Lord! BUT he missed one thing, the golden calves! He did everything to do things right, but he forgot to acknowledge God as a big God! He reduced God into a golden calves like Aaron did! He "boxed his God"... Our God is way bigger than our humanly thoughts! One sin here: our carnality thoughts! Man, tis TOUGH!