Everyone stood in silence as Elijah finished the foundation. He carefully choose the next stone, placing it next to the first one. After circling the area a number of times, Elijah chose one stone, setting it in place. No one stepped forward to offer aid to Elijah.
As Baal’s prophets observed Elijah’s every move, the sons of Israel also lingered close to the scene. Twelve large stones were scattered about. He walked around the area, waiting to hear the still small voice of God he had come to recognize. The mass of bloodied and worn out prophets stood by watching as Elijah surveyed the area. He asked them if their god was too far away to hear, or possibly sleeping.Īs time drew close for the evening sacrifice, Elijah began assembling a broken altar dedicated to God. Elijah sat back and observed with so much confidence in the Lord, he went as far as mocking Baal and his prophets. Dressed in their priestly attire, Baal’s prophets made a spectacle of themselves jumping, shouting, dancing, chanting, and cutting themselves until they were covered in blood. As the nation of Israel looked on, the prophets of Baal called out to their god to send down fire from the early morning until the time of the evening sacrifice. In this scene he was out numbered four hundred and fifty to one. Elijah was sent by God to challenge the prophets of Baal. He had just been through the highest and lowest day of his life. In this acted parable Elijah finds himself asleep under a juniper tree. (8) And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. (7) And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat because the journey is too great for thee. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. (6) And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. Don’t you think it’s time to read the manual? The best thing you can do is pick up the book, read it, and if you need help, find someone who is able to explain how to understand scripture.ġ Kings 19:5-8 KJV And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. What did you do? Did you say it was too hard, and give up? Or did you look for someone to read it for you, and give you the quick run down on what it says? We are in the end of a spiritual war. When you asked God for wisdom, and He handed you a big black book over 1000 pages long. The Judgment Ends Before the Plagues Begin.Chapter 15 The Seven Last Plagues and Judgment.Introductions and Summaries John Chapter 2.Mark 9:1-13 Some Will Not Die Before They See The Kingdom of Heaven.Mark 5:21-43 Jesus Heals an Issue of Blood and Raises a Girl From Death.Isaiah 59:1-21 Webs of Misery and Destruction.Isaiah 58:6-12 Your Salvation Will Come Like the Dawn.Patterns in Isaiah 25 The LORD’S Banquet.