Playlist: Ramoth Gilead (topic)
Refuge! Refuge! (Part Two)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsRealizing that men are prone to mistakes, God commanded the Israelites to have six cities of refuge to protect those who accidentally committed manslaughter.
Refuge! Refuge! (Part One)
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsRamoth in Gilead, assigned from the tribe of Gad, was one of the six cities of refuge designated on the eastern side of the Jordan. Its name means to be raised, made high, or exalted, and therefore suggests high places, eminences, and glory. This meaning points to glorification and the exaltation of the victors. The connection …
Jehoshaphat
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughRamoth Gilead was a strategically vital city situated on a key trade route through Canaan. The Syrians had seized it from Israel, prompting Ahab to seek its recovery. During a state visit to Samaria, Ahab lavishly hosted Jehoshaphat and persuaded him to join the campaign. Jehoshaphat initially consented but requested that they …
A Different Kind of Savior
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughRamoth Gilead served as the location where a young prophet, sent by Elisha, found Jehu among the captains of the army and anointed him king over Israel with instructions to destroy the house of Ahab. The town lay across the Jordan River nearly to the Syrian border, a contested frontier where Joram and the Israelite forces had …