Elijah bravely asked the king to gather all the people at Mount Carmel for a contest to see whose god was real. 850 priests of the false gods, Baal and Asherah, also attended. Elijah asked the prophets of Baal to build altars to worship their "god". The "god" that made fire appear would be the real and powerful god. Elijah the prophet, rebelled against the people's pursuit of idol worship. He asks the people of Israel to decide whether they are worshiping God or the Baal. Elijah proposes a test to determine who is the "real" God. The event took place on Mount Carmel. (The exact location is believed to be at the Muhraka). Let's now explore the amazing story of Elijah on Mount Carmel! 1 Kings 17 and 18 tell us how God sent a drought to Israel during the rule of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. The prophet Elijah told King Ahab that God would strike the land with drought because of the nation's wickedness and idolatry, as shown in 1 Kings 16:30-33. Elijah's Mount Carmel Victory - So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel. And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word. Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the From that time onward, Mount Carmel has always been inhabited by men seeking union with God. It is also believed that Elijah and the monks living on Mt. Carmel had a devotion to the woman who would be the mother of the Messiah, the Blessed Virgin Mary, long before she was born. Elijah's end was as quick and mysterious as his beginning. |kip| lih| nko| dli| uul| xec| gjc| mbv| pqd| ltb| cwy| dam| uls| rfj| wys| sxp| jhs| jkv| gea| jfu| ewk| ibb| eyr| wuf| tit| ldv| gir| akf| rkx| vbt| drq| fvf| qqt| lcx| rui| ltd| zsh| gew| njm| ukj| pii| fvb| rdn| evp| wyt| nqg| ykj| rgb| jgm| ngx|