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Elijah on Mount Carmel - The Book of 1 Kings · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. And when all the people saw it,
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  Speaker 1: they fell on their faces and they said, The Lord,
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  Speaker 1: He is the God. The Lord, He is the God.
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  Speaker 1: 1 Kings 18.39 Lord, I want you to know that
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  Speaker 1: you can trust me with challenging and difficult assignments. When
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  Speaker 1: I am faced with having to stand strong in my
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  Speaker 1: will not waver. to gain the acceptance of the masses,
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  Speaker 1: like the king and prophets in 1 Kings 18. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: I will stand side by side with you, Lord, awaiting
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  Speaker 2: Elijah on Mount Carmel. In our last story, we learned
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  Speaker 2: about the faithful provision of God in Elijah's life. A
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  Speaker 2: great drought filled the land of Israel, yet God continued
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  Speaker 2: to meet Elijah's needs. The drought was a symbol of
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  Speaker 2: Israel's spiritual state. They had strayed away from the Lord
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  Speaker 2: and worshipped other gods. As a result, they were destitute.
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  Speaker 2: In this story, Elijah showcases the mightiness of God against
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  Speaker 2: the false gods of Israel. Elijah stands in direct opposition
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  Speaker 2: to the prophets of Baal in a cosmic battle of nature,
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  Speaker 2: inspired by the book of 1 Kings.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the
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  Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In our previous time together,
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  Speaker 3: we saw God provide miraculously for Elijah in the midst
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  Speaker 3: of a drought that was devastating Israel. God's people were
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  Speaker 3: experiencing the judgment of a righteous and holy God from
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  Speaker 3: whom their hearts had turned as they worshipped Baal, the
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  Speaker 3: false gods of the pagans. The Lord had used this
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  Speaker 3: period of need and provision in Elijah's life to strengthen
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  Speaker 3: and deepen his faith as he prepared for many battles ahead.
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  Speaker 3: And today, we'll hear how the clash between God and
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  Speaker 3: the prophets of Baal and Asherah leads to an amazing
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  Speaker 3: display of God's power at a place called Mount Carmel.
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  Speaker 2: The country of Israel was scorched and forsaken. For three
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  Speaker 2: years the soil received no rain. The land was parched,
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  Speaker 2: and the people of Israel were lost in a daze
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  Speaker 2: of thirst and misery. King Ahab was forced to govern
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  Speaker 2: Israel in dire circumstances. Deep down, though he would not
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  Speaker 2: admit it, he knew that it was the Lord who
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  Speaker 2: kept the rain from falling. One morning the Lord spoke
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  Speaker 2: to Elijah. The Lord spoke as if giving a commission
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  Speaker 2: and a warning.' Go to King Ahab,' he said.' Tell
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  Speaker 2: him that rain is coming.' So Elijah took off. Ahab
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  Speaker 2: had been seeking out Elijah for quite some time, for
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  Speaker 2: he knew that Elijah was someone who could entreat of
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  Speaker 2: the Lord to send rain. Elijah knew he would not
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  Speaker 2: receive a warm welcome from the king. Meanwhile, back in Samaria,
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  Speaker 2: a deathly famine was spreading throughout the land. King Ahab
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  Speaker 2: sent his most faithful servant, Obadiah, to search for sources
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  Speaker 2: of water. Obadiah was a faithful follower of the Lord
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  Speaker 2: and had a proven past of bravery in the midst
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  Speaker 2: of great distress. One time, when the wicked Jezebel tried
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  Speaker 2: to kill one hundred of the Lord's prophets, Obadiah hid
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  Speaker 2: them safely in caves. Night and day he tended to
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  Speaker 2: their needs and kept them safe. Obadiah was well known
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  Speaker 2: for his compassion and bravery. Ahab commissioned Obadiah to find
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  Speaker 2: springs of water. Obadiah went one way and Ahab went
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  Speaker 2: the other. As Obadiah was on his search, he saw
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  Speaker 2: Elijah walking towards the palace. Obadiah stopped dead in his tracks.
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  Speaker 2: Quivering with excitement and fear, he fell at Elijah's feet
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  Speaker 2: and said, Is that really you, Elijah? Elijah smiled. He
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  Speaker 2: was happy to see a friendly face. He helped Obadiah
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  Speaker 2: to his feet and said, Yes, my friend. I have
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  Speaker 2: come to see the king. Go and tell him I
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  Speaker 2: am here. Obadiah shook his head and grabbed Elijah by
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  Speaker 2: the shoulders. No, he shouted. If I go and tell
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  Speaker 2: Ahab you are here, he will harm me for letting
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  Speaker 2: you get away. He has been searching for you for months.
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  Speaker 2: He blames you for the drought. Obadiah composed himself and
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  Speaker 2: forced a smile. If I go and tell the king
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  Speaker 2: you are here and you do not show up, he
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  Speaker 2: will surely kill me. Elijah tried to reassure Obadiah that
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  Speaker 2: all was well, but Obadiah shook his head again and said,
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  Speaker 2: Ahab's wife Jezebel began an inquisition of God's prophets. I
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  Speaker 2: had to hide them in caves. You are not safe here, Elijah.
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  Speaker 2: Elijah planted his feet firmly in the ground and took
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  Speaker 2: Obadiah's hand. He looked him in the eye and said,
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  Speaker 2: I swear by the Almighty, I will be there shortly.
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  Speaker 1: Take courage.
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  Speaker 2: Obadiah clenched Elijah's hand and let out a sigh. A
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  Speaker 2: slight grin came upon his face, a grin that could
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  Speaker 2: only come from a man with true faith in God.
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  Speaker 2: He nodded his head and left to go tell King
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  Speaker 2: Ahab of Elijah's return. Elijah did not get far before
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  Speaker 2: Ahab and his men came out to meet him. The
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  Speaker 2: king came with a large crowd behind him. Rumors of
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  Speaker 2: Elijah being the cause of the drought had spread throughout Israel.
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  Speaker 2: Elijah could feel their glares burning through his skin. Ahab
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  Speaker 2: sat upon his camel. He was a taller man, muscular
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  Speaker 2: and handsome, yet three years of drought and conflict had
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  Speaker 2: aged him rapidly. Weariness could be seen from under his eyes.
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  Speaker 2: Ahab glared down at Elijah.' Ah, it is the troublemaker Elijah!'
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  Speaker 2: Ahab said with a slight slur. Ahab was unsteady and volatile.
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  Speaker 2: He and his wife Jezebel already proved they were capable
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  Speaker 2: of intense violence. Yet something in Elijah gave him boldness
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  Speaker 2: to speak truthfully. I have made no trouble, Elijah exclaimed.
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  Speaker 2: He projected his voice so everyone present could hear. He
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  Speaker 2: pointed to Ahab and said, You and your family have
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  Speaker 2: brought this on yourself. You worship the gods Baal and Asherah.
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  Speaker 2: They have brought you only pain. Elijah held his arms
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  Speaker 2: open wide. Summon all of Israel to join me at
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  Speaker 2: Mount Carmel. Bring with you the 450 prophets of Baal
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  Speaker 2: and the 400 prophets of Asherah. We shall see whose
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  Speaker 2: god is worthy to be praised. The next morning, Ahab
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  Speaker 2: summoned thousands of people to watch Elijah stand against the
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  Speaker 2: 850 prophets of Baal and Asherah. Elijah looked at the
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  Speaker 2: sea of people. He loathed that there had to be
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  Speaker 2: a spectacle to show them the error of their ways.
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  Speaker 2: Elijah found a large stone to stand on so he
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  Speaker 2: could be seen by every man and woman present. He
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  Speaker 2: raised his hand into the air and shouted,' You waver
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  Speaker 2: and hobble between two masters. First you serve God, and
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  Speaker 2: then you serve Baal and Asherah. No longer. If the
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  Speaker 2: Lord is worthy, follow him.' However, if Baal shows himself
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  Speaker 2: to be God, then follow him. The people were silent
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  Speaker 2: at Elijah's words. They waited. They needed proof. They needed
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  Speaker 2: a show. It was truly ironic. Baal was supposed to
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  Speaker 2: be the god of fertility and weather, yet the heavens
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  Speaker 2: closed and gave no rain. All the people's prayers to
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  Speaker 2: Baal were never answered. Elijah stood among the people and said,'
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  Speaker 2: Here Baal has 450 prophets. The Lord has only me.
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  Speaker 2: Bring two bulls forth.' The people brought two bulls and
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  Speaker 2: killed them for a sacrifice. Elijah continued, saying,' The prophets
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  Speaker 2: of Baal may choose whichever bull they think is best.
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  Speaker 2: We will lay our bulls on the wood for sacrifice.'
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  Speaker 2: Elijah lifted his staff in the air and yelled, Call
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  Speaker 2: upon the name of your God, and I shall call
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  Speaker 2: on mine. Whoever answers with fire upon the altar shall
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  Speaker 2: be the true God. Elijah's words rolled like thunder. He
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  Speaker 2: stepped down. His eyes did not leave the false prophets.
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  Speaker 2: His righteous anger burned deep. Elijah allowed the prophets of
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  Speaker 2: Baal to go first. They prayed from morning until noon.
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  Speaker 2: They shouted, sang, and danced around the altar. Elijah watched
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  Speaker 2: them as they hobbled on one leg, fell on their
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  Speaker 2: faces towards the ground.
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  Speaker 3: Hmm.
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  Speaker 2: Hmm. You may have to shout louder, Elijah scoffed. Perhaps
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  Speaker 2: he is lost somewhere daydreaming, or perhaps he is relieving
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  Speaker 2: himself out back. It could also be that he is
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  Speaker 2: away on a journey, or asleep. Maybe if you shout louder,
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  Speaker 2: you could wake him up. The prophets continued their shouts.
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  Speaker 2: As was the custom, the prophets took out their blades
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  Speaker 2: and swords and began to cut themselves on the altar.
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  Speaker 2: Blood gushed from their arms and legs, spilling out onto
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  Speaker 2: the floor. They writhed in pain, rolling around in their
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  Speaker 2: own gore. The sun was beginning to set, and Elijah
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  Speaker 2: could take no more of their nonsensical idol-worshipping. Clouds slowly
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  Speaker 2: crept into the sky, making their way over the people
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  Speaker 2: down below. Elijah drew people towards the altar. He set
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  Speaker 2: up twelve stones to represent the twelve tribes of Israel,
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  Speaker 2: and dug a large trench around the altar. The people
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  Speaker 2: filled the trench with three gallons of water. They poured
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  Speaker 2: more water over the wood. Again, Elijah said. So they
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  Speaker 2: drenched the wood again with water. Again, Elijah repeated. So again,
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  Speaker 2: they dumped more water over the wood and offering. Elijah
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  Speaker 2: knelt before the sopping wet altar. The whole area was silent,
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  Speaker 2: listening in on Elijah's prayers to God. Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac,
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  Speaker 2: and Jacob, Prove yourself today. Answer me and answer these people.
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  Speaker 2: Make them understand your deliverance. As Elijah was speaking, a
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  Speaker 2: great flash of lightning fell down from heaven. The altar
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  Speaker 2: erupted into flames, sending ash and debris flying into the air.
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  Speaker 2: The offering, the wood, and the stones were ground into
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  Speaker 2: a powder, and the water evaporated into the intense heat.
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  Speaker 1: Of the flames.
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  Speaker 2: The might of God had descended upon the altar. The
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  Speaker 2: same God that sent fire spilling from heaven against the
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  Speaker 2: Egyptians had proved himself to be just as present as before.
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  Speaker 2: The people of Israel fell onto their faces and began
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  Speaker 2: to repent before the Lord. The Lord! He is God!
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  Speaker 2: The Lord is God! they shouted. Elijah looked at the
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  Speaker 2: bleeding and babbling prophets and pointed to them. Take these
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  Speaker 2: prophets away! Do not let a single one of them escape!
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  Speaker 2: So the mob of people took them. The false prophets
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  Speaker 2: were dragged into the Kishon Valley and slaughtered for their wickedness.
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  Speaker 2: Their blood painted the valley red. That day, Baal did
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  Speaker 2: not answer them. Thunder began to roll in through the clouds.
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  Speaker 2: Elijah looked up to heaven and then looked down again
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  Speaker 2: to King Ahab. Elijah smiled and said, You better go
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  Speaker 2: home and eat. Seems to be a rainstorm coming. So
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  Speaker 2: Ahab and the people of Israel retreated back into their homes.
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  Speaker 2: But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel. Ahab
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  Speaker 2: stayed a while and watched as Elijah climbed. There, high
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  Speaker 2: above the city, Elijah bowed among the clouds. Thunder surrounded
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  Speaker 2: him in every direction. Thick black clouds covered the skies.
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  Speaker 2: Elijah prayed on his knees to God with his face
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  Speaker 2: held high to heaven. Elijah turned back to his servant
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  Speaker 2: and said, Go and tell Ahab to retreat on his
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  Speaker 2: chariot before the rain catches him. The winds became violent,
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  Speaker 2: and soon it was difficult to stand upright. Elijah tucked
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  Speaker 2: his cloak into his belt and began running. The Lord
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  Speaker 2: gave him special strength to run faster than the rain
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  Speaker 2: and Ahab's chariot. Behind him, the rain began to consume
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  Speaker 2: the dry and thirsty valley.
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  Speaker 3: As we open today's scripture, Israel is still plagued with drought.
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  Speaker 3: Rain had not fallen for three years. King Ahab, a
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  Speaker 3: wicked king, ruled the land in this challenging time, and
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  Speaker 3: rather than turn to God, Ahab continued in his wickedness,
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  Speaker 3: letting the worship of false gods destroy the land. The
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  Speaker 3: people had suffered greatly for their unfaithfulness, just as God
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  Speaker 3: through Elijah had told King Ahab it would. But now
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  Speaker 3: it was time for the rains to return. Now is
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  Speaker 3: a time for revival. So the Lord spoke to Elijah
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  Speaker 3: and told him to go to Ahab saying God would
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  Speaker 3: send rain. So Elijah went off to see the king. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 3: Ahab was desperately looking for solutions to his big problem.
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  Speaker 3: He sent his servant Obadiah to look for grass and
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  Speaker 3: water for the animals. The king took a search party
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  Speaker 3: in one direction and Obadiah went the other way. Now,
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  Speaker 3: unlike the king, Obadiah feared God and had protected God's
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  Speaker 3: prophets when Ahab's wife Jezebel, a very wicked woman, was
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  Speaker 3: hunting them down to kill them. When Obadiah encountered Elijah,
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  Speaker 3: he was thrilled to see him. But when Elijah told
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  Speaker 3: him to go tell the king he was coming, Obadiah
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  Speaker 3: was terrified because Ahab was evil and violent, and if
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  Speaker 3: he returned without Elijah, he was sure to have his head.
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  Speaker 3: In other words, Obadiah compromised. But Elijah reassured Obadiah that
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  Speaker 3: the Lord would protect him. So he did finally go
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  Speaker 3: away to tell the king. When Ahab and Elijah finally
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  Speaker 3: met up, rather than acknowledge his fault in the drought,
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  Speaker 3: Ahab deflected the blame. He called Elijah a troublemaker. But
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  Speaker 3: Elijah told Ahab that he was the troublemaker, that he
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  Speaker 3: had brought judgment upon Israel. The worship of all the
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  Speaker 3: false gods would certainly bring ruin upon God's people. Elijah
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  Speaker 3: told Ahab to summon the 450 prophets of Baal and
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  Speaker 3: 400 prophets of Asherah to Mount Carmel. It was time
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  Speaker 3: for a showdown. It would be a battle of the gods.
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  Speaker 3: Now I want you to picture this scene. Thousands of
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  Speaker 3: people gathered on a mountain for a battle of belief,
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  Speaker 3: a battle of faith between 850 false prophets against one
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  Speaker 3: lone man standing for God, the man Elijah. Elijah was
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  Speaker 3: full of faith. He was confident. He knew God would
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  Speaker 3: come through just as he promised, and he knew the
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  Speaker 3: people had a choice to make. So in 1 Kings 18, 21,
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  Speaker 3: this is what Elijah says to the people. How long
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  Speaker 3: will you go limping between two different opinions? If the
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  Speaker 3: Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal, then follow him.
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  Speaker 3: And the people did not answer him a word. In
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  Speaker 3: other words, they refused to make a decision. He then
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  Speaker 3: had two bulls brought, one for God and one for
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  Speaker 3: the false idols. The prophets of Baal could choose the
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  Speaker 3: bull they saw fit. Then each bull would be killed
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  Speaker 3: and laid on the wood and be sacrificed. The challenge
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  Speaker 3: was a simple one. Each party would call on their
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  Speaker 3: deity to bring fire upon the altar and consume the animal,
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  Speaker 3: and they would see which God answered, because the God
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  Speaker 3: who is God would answer with fire. The prophets of Baal,
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  Speaker 3: of course, failed because their God was a non-existent God.
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  Speaker 3: He was indifferent because he did not exist. They began
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  Speaker 3: to cut themselves and bleed on the altar and to
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  Speaker 3: cry out and to shout, but to no avail. The
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  Speaker 3: gods that Israel had given their lives to, turning from
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  Speaker 3: the Lord to follow after these Baals, were powerless and silent.
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  Speaker 3: Just a word of application here. The false gods of
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  Speaker 3: our own age are powerless to meet the deepest needs
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  Speaker 3: of the human heart. Never give your energy or your
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  Speaker 3: devotion or your faith to what does not really exist.
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  Speaker 3: In the end, as is always the case, the false
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  Speaker 3: gods would never come through. And then it was Elijah's turn.
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  Speaker 3: A mere fire wouldn't do. The people needed a sign
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  Speaker 3: that they could not reject or ignore. So he had
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  Speaker 3: gallons of water dumped on the altar, drenching the bull
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  Speaker 3: and the wood. Why did he do this? I like
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  Speaker 3: what someone said. A God who cannot burn wet wood
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  Speaker 3: is not a God at all. So the wood is wet.
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  Speaker 3: But Elijah prayed a prayer to remind everyone that God
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  Speaker 3: is God. The God of their forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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  Speaker 3: And when he called upon the Lord in prayer to
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  Speaker 3: show his power, a great explosion took place. A great fire,
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  Speaker 3: like a nuclear attack, fell from heaven and consumed everything, beast, wood, stone,
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  Speaker 3: and water. The people then fell on their faces, praising God.
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  Speaker 3: Elijah then had every last prophet of Baal put to death.
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  Speaker 3: He knew that their evil deception could not remain in
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  Speaker 3: the land. The cancer had to be cut out. Our
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  Speaker 3: passage closes with rain gathering in the skies. Elijah tells
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  Speaker 3: King Ahab to run back to Jezreel before the rain came,
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  Speaker 3: and Ahab takes his chariot and rode away. God then
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  Speaker 3: strengthened Elijah with supernatural strength, and he sped to outrun
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  Speaker 3: Ahab's chariot and arrive in Jezreel ahead of the king,
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  Speaker 3: ready to serve as God's counsel to a king who
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  Speaker 3: needed to turn the nation back to God. Would Ahab
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  Speaker 3: change his ways? And what would happen to Elijah who
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  Speaker 3: had killed Jezebel the terrible queen's prophets? We'll find out
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  Speaker 3: in our next reading. Dear Lord, we are reminded from
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  Speaker 3: this powerful story just how much we need revival in
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  Speaker 3: our world today. We ask that you would send the
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  Speaker 3: fire to your people and your churches, the fire of
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  Speaker 3: your spirit that it would Ignite us in true devotion
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  Speaker 3: to you. May we tear down the false idols of
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  Speaker 3: this world, and may we worship you and you only
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  Speaker 3: with our whole hearts. Lord, help us not to limp
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  Speaker 3: between two opinions, believing one thing one day and another
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  Speaker 3: thing the other, but may our strength and our convictions
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  Speaker 3: be strong as we walk with you. In Jesus' name, amen.
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  Speaker 3: walk with God, then be sure to visit jackgraham.org. That's jackgraham.org.
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  Speaker 3: God bless you.
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  Speaker 4: Welcome to the Prey News Podcast, where hope is our
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  Speaker 4: happening in the news and offer a Christian perspective. We
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  Speaker 4: won't shy away from the hard topics, and we won't
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  Speaker 4: dilute the hopeful message of Christ. This is more than
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