DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- UNEQUALLY YOKED

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – UNEQUALLY YOKED

"Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel. And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab." (II Kings 8:26-27)

It gets messy, but if you follow the family trees of Israel and Judah, you will discover that on Judah's side, King Jehoshaphat was followed by his son Jehoram (also called Joram) who was followed by his son, Ahaziah. Jehoshaphat was a good and godly king (I Kings 22:41-43). But his son, Jehoram, was not, perhaps because he married Athalia, who was the daughter of Ahab, King of Israel. Ahab was an evil king, and his daughter Atheliah was no better, having been under the tutelage of Ahab's wife, Jezebel. So when Jehoram married Athelia, he was marrying trouble. Jehoram had no business marrying Athelia. She led him away from God, and that carried on to their son, Ahaziah.

God's Word is true. "Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?" (II Corinthians 6"14-15). The term "yoke" infers that there is a common commitment, as oxen in a yoke. It applies not only to marriage, but to any partnership where there is a union.

As a child of light, a Christian has no business becoming yoked to a non-Christian who walks in darkness. They are incompatible. Only bad things can come from ignoring this advice, even to the next generation.

Love, Dad