Post by MikeV on Sept 28, 2020 12:36:18 GMT -5
Elijah once had a famous showdown with 450 prophets of Baal to determine whose deity was the strongest. Both sides laid a bull on wood but put no fire to it. The prophets were to call upon their god for the fire while Elijah was to call on the name of the LORD. The prophets went first and called Baal from morning to noon, but nothing happened.
So dear sweet Elijah taunted them.
1 Kings 18:27 says, “And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, ‘Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.’”
The prophets started crying out loud and even cut themselves until blood spilled, but to no avail. They continued calling upon Baal until evening (maybe with more taunts from Elijah) before finally giving up.
Now, I do not condone Elijah’s mockery, but it made me laugh! Especially when he suggested that Baal was too busy because he was dealing with the other throne.
And as if to rub salt in the injury as well as display the might of God, Elijah poured water over the bull and wood until it was dripping wet. Then he called upon God, and God sent a fire that “consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.”
The moral of the story is that there is no other God besides Yahweh.
So dear sweet Elijah taunted them.
1 Kings 18:27 says, “And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, ‘Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.’”
The prophets started crying out loud and even cut themselves until blood spilled, but to no avail. They continued calling upon Baal until evening (maybe with more taunts from Elijah) before finally giving up.
Now, I do not condone Elijah’s mockery, but it made me laugh! Especially when he suggested that Baal was too busy because he was dealing with the other throne.
And as if to rub salt in the injury as well as display the might of God, Elijah poured water over the bull and wood until it was dripping wet. Then he called upon God, and God sent a fire that “consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.”
The moral of the story is that there is no other God besides Yahweh.
