“ As YHWH your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they said, ‘He is not here,' he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they had not found you.” For he pointed out that King Ahab had been searching everywhere for Elijah with the intenti... [ Continue Reading ]
“ And now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah.' ” And now Elijah was sending him to make his announcement to Ahab. But how did he know that if he did so Elijah would be found? 1 Kings 18:12 a “And it will come about, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of YHWH will carry you wh... [ Continue Reading ]
“ Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.” He then called on Ahab to bring to Elijah on Mount Carmel ‘all Israel' (the assembly of Israel), together wi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CONTEST ON MOUNT CARMEL: YHWH VERSUS BAAL (1 KINGS 18:21). In this vivid description of the contest on Mount Carmel Ahab is deliberately not mentioned. This was because it was not a contest between Elijah and Ahab, but between YHWH, represented by Elijah, and Baal, represented by his four hundr... [ Continue Reading ]
“ Hear me, O YHWH, hear me, that this people may know that you, YHWH, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.” Then he prayed that through what was about to happen as a result of his prayer, the people might know indeed that YHWH alone was God, and would know that by this means He... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOUND OF ABUNDANCE OF RAIN (1 KINGS 18:41) His offering, with its water offering, having been accepted Elijah now knew that the rain must follow. And he called on Ahab, who up to this point had been an unimportant bystander in the contest between YHWH and Baal, to make his way to his tent and e... [ Continue Reading ]