Week 14 1 Kings
Micaiah was called to the royal court to make a prediction about an upcoming battle. King Ahab didn’t like his bad-news report. So Micaiah explained where he got his message: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
That’s a pretty unusual circumstance. The more common thing is for a Divine Visitor to reach down to a person on earth – maybe orally; maybe in a dream. But Micaiah was transported in some way to some other dimension where he stepped into a different-than-worldly reality. The Lord was there. His throne was there. Other spirit beings – both good and bad – were there. They were conferring – discussing Ahab’s battle.
Yesterday I landed on psalm 88. It asked: who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord? What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord? The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God. He is far more awesome than those who surround his throne.
It seemed like a weird bible-reader’s coincidence to see two places that talk about the Lord’s throne and about his premiership and about angelic powers grouped around him.
I’d estimate that about 95% of the time I’m reading-through I’m mentally located in my real-material-sensory world.
So Micaiah’s story shines a small light into the shadows of a much bigger room. And reminds me about something I don’t normally think about.
Note: quotes from 1 Kings 22:19; Psalm 88:6-7 (NLT)