2 Kings 9:30

2 Kings 9:30 says, And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.  Jezebel had been responsible for much of the evil done during the reign of Ahab and her sons, having introduced the worship of Baal in Israel, killing the prophets, having Naboth killed, and seeing herself as more important than even God Himself.  Now, instead of hiding away or repenting when she heard what was happening or even mourning her son's death, she made herself look her best in defiance of Jehu.  Some people are always going to refuse to repent and ask God's forgiveness and view themselves as more important than God and His word and never acknowledge the need to repent.  Verse thirty-one adds, And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?  When Jehu entered the gate, Jezebel challenged him by asking if Zimri had peace after he killed his master, implying that the same thing that happened to Zimri would happen to jehu.  When evil triumphs temporarily in the world, those committing evil may believe that it will always triumph.  Verse thirty-two continues, And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.  When Jehu looked up at the window Jezebel had been looking out of, he asked who was on his side, and two or three eunuchs looked out.  These were her attendants, but they were not loyal to her.  People may be placed in a position where they are expected to serve evil people today, but that doesn't mean they should be loyal to them if they are defying God.  If given a choice, they must choose God if they will be free spiritually, no matter if they know the outcome physically or not.  Verse thirty-three states, And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.  Jehu told these eunuchs to throw Jezebel down and they did.  She was killed and had her blood splattered on the wall and the horses and she was trampled underfoot.   She had met an inglorious end in spite of all her feelings of superiority.  No matter how important a person may believe themself to be, if they have not accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord, they will one day go to a horrific place where they will remain forever.  Verse thirty-four adds, And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.  When Jehu came and was eating and drinking, he told some of those with him to go and bury Jezebel, since she was the king's daughter.  He was showing her more respect in deash than she had shown most people in life.  After a person is dead, there is no reason who treat their body with disrespect.  Verse thirty-five continues, And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.  When they went to bury her, they could only find her skull, feet, and hands.  Jehu may have been willing to show her some respect, but God had already pronounced judgment on her, and His word will always come to pass.  We may be willing to treat those who die with respect no matter how bad they have been, but that doesn't mean that God is going to judge them any less harshly if they haven't found forgiveness through putting their faith in Jesus Christ.  As I have stated many times, what happens to the body after we die is unimportant.  It is the soul that matters.  Verse thirty-six says, Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:  When the men came to Jehu and told him what they found, he recognized it as a fulfillment of God's word that had come through Elijah concerning Jezebel.  Elijah may not have been there to see the fulfillment of God's word, and we may not be alive to see the fulfillment of the promise of the second coming of Christ, but it will certainly occur when God says the time is right.  Verse thirty-seven adds, And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.  Jehu said that when God's promise was fulfilled, there was no grave left for people to go to and praise Jezebel.  Nothing that we gain outside of the will of God is going to remain when His judgment comes, yet we often place a great importance to the things of this world.