The showdown is over! God has won. And now He shows Israel the benefits of following Him instead of false Gods. HE brings the rain. Rain is on the way. We will find out shortly that the drought didn’t change Ahab or Jezebel. They will continue to “walk in the ways of Jeroboam”; chasing after […]
God’s judgment has brought the people to their knees. It is time to decide who is really God. Elijah told Ahab to gather all the prophets of Baal and Asherah for a showdown. This is one of my favorite stories. I LOVE how Elijah taunts the prophets of the false gods. My FAVORITE taunt is […]
More than three years have passed since Elijah confronted king Ahab and stopped the rain. God says it’s time to confront him again and bring the rain. God is ready for a showdown between Himself and the other gods Israel has been following. Time to see Who the REAL God is. But first Elijah has […]
God is disciplining Israel with a drought. Elijah is kept safe by the brook Cherith, until it dries up. God then sends him to a widow who needs him more that he needs her. In our last time together one of the things I wondered about was what happened to the other people who still […]
Jeroboam goes to worship at the altar of his false god. God does NOT approve and sends him a sure word. Jeroboam is caught ‘dead handed’ in his sin. The people are being led farther and farther away from God. When God had Ahijah tell Jeroboam that he would have ten of the tribes of […]