The battle for their hearts took place in part on the battlefield of their bank accounts. Elijah, doubtless, had a special commission from God to put it to this test, otherwise he would have tempted God and affronted religion; but the case was extraordinary, and the judgment upon it would be of use, not only then, but in all ages. God's ministers should make it appear that, how great soever they look when they deliver God's message, yet they are far from affecting worldly grandeur: let them leave that to the kings of the earth. Behold the bullock and the wood; but where is the fire?Genesis 22:7; Genesis 22:8. 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. Maybe we can find enough grass to keep our horses and mules alive and not have to kill our animals. 6So each one chose a part of the country to search; Ahab went in one direction and Obadiah in another. And nothing can't answer you when you call out to it! And will a nation change their god?" 5Ahab said to Obadiah, Lets check every spring and valley in the land. The prince of the power of the air, if God has permitted him, could have caused fire to come down from heaven on this occasion, and gladly would have done it for the support of his Baal. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. Ahab had made diligent search for him (1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 18:10), had offered rewards to any one that would discover him, sent spies into every tribe and lordship of his own dominions, as some understand it, or, as others, into all the neighbouring nations and kingdoms that were in alliance with him; and, when they denied that they knew any thing of him, he would not believe them unless they swore it, and, as should seem, promised likewise upon oath that, if ever they found him among them, they would discover him and deliver him up. Nothing creates more trouble to a land than the impiety and profaneness of princes and their families. How deaf Baal was to them. i. III. 12The Spirit of the Lord may carry you to some other place after I leave. He addressed himself to God as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, acting faith on God's ancient covenant, and reminding people too (for prayer may prevail) of their relation both to God and to the patriarchs. In fact, the New Testament teaches that money and greed are often the loudest and most appealing idols seeking to steal our attention. The God therefore that has power to pardon sin, and to signify it by consuming the sin-offering, must needs be the God that can relieve us against the calamity. To demonstrate that he was neither ashamed of, nor afraid for, what he had done, though he knew how Jezebel would resent it, but durst venture himself in the midst of his enemies, as being confident of the Divine power and protection. (Poole), ii. He pleads that he did not deserve to be thus exposed, and put in peril of his life: What have I said amiss?1 Kings 18:9; 1 Kings 18:9. If Ahab had paid the respect to Elijah that he deserved he would have taken him into his chariot, as the eunuch did Philip, that he might honour him before the elders of Israel, and confer with him further about the reformation of the kingdom. V. The return of the mercy of rain, at the word of Elijah, 1 Kings . They cut themselves and cried out to Baal for hours, but 1 Kings 18:26 says, "There was no voice; no one answered." Their god was a non-entity, a nothing. He mentions this, not in pride or ostentation, but to convince Elijah that though he was Ahab's servant he was not in his interest, and therefore deserved not to be bantered as one of the tools of his persecution. It was strange that either he did not reform Ahab or Ahab corrupt him; but it seems they were both fixed; he that was filthy would be filthy still, and he that was holy would be holy still. The king and court were all for Baal; so was the body of the people. But, since Ahab invites him not to ride with him, he will run before him (1 Kings 18:46; 1 Kings 18:46) as one of his footmen, that he may not seem to be lifted up with the great honour God had put upon him or to abate in his civil respect to his prince, though he reproved him faithfully. Obadiah therefore could with a good conscience enjoy the place, and therefore would not decline it, nor give it up, though he foresaw he could not do the good he desired to do in it. if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. 2. Did they tithe to themselves? Elijah Kills the Prophets of Baal - During the third year without rain, the LORD spoke his word to Elijah: "Go and meet King Ahab, and I will soon send rain." So Elijah went to meet Ahab. Elijah, like himself, boldly returned the charge upon the king, and proved it upon him, that he was the troubler of Israel,1 Kings 18:18; 1 Kings 18:18. Ahab's care was not to lose all the beasts, many being already lost; but he took no care about his soul, not to lose that; he took a deal of pains to seek grass, but none to seek the favour of God, fencing against the effect, but not enquiring how to remove the cause. I brought them food and water. There was a heavy rain: Gods word through Elijah was proved true. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. 3. (5.) Leviticus 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. God, at length, ordered Elijah to present himself to Ahab, because the time had now come when he would send rain upon the earth (1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 18:1), or rather upon the land. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. Click on the different category headings to find out more. Has the book of Amos been fulfilled or is it a reference to end times? As one having authority immediately from the King of kings, he ordered a convention of the states to be forthwith summoned to meet at Mount Carmel, where there had been an altar built to God, 1 Kings 18:30; 1 Kings 18:30. " By afternoon, worshippers of Baal were cutting themselves up and ripping off their clothes, writhing in unspeakable suicidal frustration.When he called on them to shout and wake up . 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. The prophets of Baal had failed in their proof, and could give no evidence at all to make out their pretensions on behalf of their god, but were perfectly non-suited Elijah had, by the most convincing and undeniable evidence, proved his claims on behalf of the God of Israel. This will, by no means, justify those who ridicule the worshippers of God in Christ because the worship is not performed just in their way. Bread and water were now scarce commodities, yet Obadiah will find a competence of both for God's prophets, to keep them alive for service hereafter, though now they were laid aside. Compare Mark 9:38; Mark 9:39; Matthew 21:30. Above two years he had lain hid with the widow at Zarephath, after he had been concealed one year by the brook Cherith; so that the third year of his sojourning there, here spoken of (1 Kings 18:1; 1 Kings 18:1), was the fourth of the famine, which lasted in all three years and six months, as we find, Luke 4:25; James 5:17. He proposed to bring the matter to a fair trial; and it was so much the fairer because Baal had all the external advantages on his side. Practicing the King's Economy: Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give. 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. Also bring the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebels table.. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 36At the time for the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah went near the altar. King Ahab sent for Obadiah, who was in charge of the king's palace. By this time there was no food in Samaria. All rights reserved. 115:8 NET). shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? No one answered; no one paid attention" (v. 29 ESV).. In it, Elijah, the prophet of Gd, puts to the test what was at the time perceived as the most supreme and powerful of all the godsBaal. The Baalites are forced to give up their cause, and now it is Elijah's turn to produce his. 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah does not say, "The God that answers by water" (though that was the thing the country needed), but "that answers by fire, let him be God;" because the atonement was to be made by sacrifice, before the judgment could be removed in mercy. He fitted up an altar. Roumie said he was drawn to both "The Chosen" and "Jesus Revolution" because of their scripts and characters, which "spoke to his heart.". Then he dug a ditch around the altar that was big enough to hold about thirteen quarts of seed. ly. At the end of the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit had . He did not think it enough to fear God himself, but, having wealth and power wherewith to do it, he thought himself obliged to assist and countenance others that feared God; nor did he think his being kind to them would excuse him from being good himself, but he did both, he both feared God greatly himself and patronised those that feared him likewise. The prophets kept shouting louder and louder, and they cut themselves with swords and knives until they were bleeding. Probably on that mountain they had an eminent high place, where formerly the pure worship of God had been kept up as well as it could be any where but at Jerusalem. (The Lord changed Jacobs name to Israel.) Let it go on therefore to a trial. He cast himself down on his knees upon the earth, in token of humility, reverence, and importunity, and put his face between his knees (that is, bowed his head so low that it touched his knees), thus abasing himself in the sense of his own meanness now that God had thus honoured him. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. Though he was not at the place appointed, he chose the appointed time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, thereby to testify his communion with the altar at Jerusalem. "Surely he is a god! And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. 32Elijah used these stones to rebuild the altar in honor of the Lord. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! But God made them know the contrary, for the famine continued till Baal's prophets were sacrificed, and so great a scarcity of water there was that the king himself and Obadiah went in person throughout the land to seek for grass for the cattle, 1 Kings 18:5; 1 Kings 18:6. Jesus knew all about gods such as Baal. Share But in this chapter his appearance was as public as before his retirement was close; the days appointed for his concealment (which was part of the judgment upon Israel) being finished, he is not commanded to show himself to Ahab, and to expect rain upon the earth, 1 Kings 18:1. Those few that escaped the sword were forced to abscond, and hide themselves in caves, where they were buried alive and cut off, though not from life, yet from usefulness, which is the end and comfort of life; and, when the prophets were persecuted and driven into corners, no doubt their friends, those few good people that were in the land, were treated in like manner. The prophets of Baal, as criminals, are seized, condemned, and executed, according to law, 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 18:40. We may be sure it was not made necessary to qualify him for preferment that he should be of the king's religion, that he should conform to the statues of Omri, or the law of the house of Ahab. 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. Note, Though the answer of our fervent and believing supplications may not come quickly, yet we must continue instant in prayer, and not faint nor desist; for at the end it shall speak and not lie. If we, in sincerity, offer our hearts to God, he will, by his grace, kindle a holy fire in them. 19Now tell all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel. It was great condescension in God that he would suffer so plain a case to be disputed, and would permit Baal to be a competitor with him; but thus God would have every mouth to be stopped and all flesh to become silent before him. Hence we read of those that hide themselves in the top of Carmel,Amos 9:3. He does not insist upon their relation to Jehovah--"Is he not yours, and the God of your fathers, while Baal is the god of the Sidonians? Notice is hereby soon brought to Ahab that Elijah had sent him a challenge to meet him immediately at such a place, and Ahab accepts the challenge: He went to meet Elijah,1 Kings 18:16; 1 Kings 18:16. V. Elijah soon obtains from his God an answer by fire. 30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. They were very desirous to see the experiment tried, and seemed resolved to abide by the issue, whatever it should be. They could say nothing to justify themselves, and they would say nothing to condemn themselves, but, as people confounded, let him say what he would. 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. Nay (1 Kings 18:13; 1 Kings 18:13), Was it not told my lord how I hid the prophets? (1.) Baal and his prophets were confounded. He turned the hearts of his people back to himself. Does the devil have power to make us sick? Obadiah recognized Elijah, so he bowed down to the ground and said, Elijah? In Pauls opinion, love of money wounds the worshiper, woos them away from the faith, and wells up in all sorts of other evils. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. And they did it the second time. Meanwhile, in the midst of Baal country, God made oil and flour overflow for Elijah and his newfound friends (vv. A good answer provides new insight and perspective. Does God gives us political leaders or do we vote them by choice? [1.] The manager of God's cause was but one man, lately a poor exile, hardly kept from starving; so that God's cause has nothing to support it but its own right. 20So Ahab called all the Israelites and those prophets to Mount Carmel. 11Now you want me to go to my master and tell him, Elijah is here? Then Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley, where he killed them. Paul goes even further. I would have healed Israel, but they would not be healed. Obadiah feared God greatly; Ahab had sold himself to work wickedness; and both discovered their character by the manner of their address to the prophet. Transfers the title of honour he gave him to Ahab: "Call him thy lord, not me;" that is a fitter title for a prince than for a prophet, who seeks not honour from men. Elijah was no priest, nor were his attendants Levites. Ahab issued out writs accordingly, for the convening of this great assembly (1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 18:20), either because he feared Elijah and durst not oppose him (Saul stood in awe of Samuel more than of God), or because he hoped Elijah would bless the land, and speak the word that they might have rain, and upon those terms they would be all at his beck. Do you believe that? But there was no voice. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. 13Havent you been told what I did? Worship, after all, is an economic issue. Ahab, like himself, basely accused Elijah. And all the people came near unto him. Psalms 24:6, Thy face, O Jacob!Hosea 12:4. [2.] 25Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, There are many of you, so you go first. Baal's prophets were so far from being convinced and put to shame by the just reproach Elijah cast upon them that it made them the more violent and led them to act more ridiculously. Once we remember that the Jews saw idolatry as the ultimate sin that put one outside the community of faith, we can hear the full force of Pauls words. No, he waives the prescription, and enters upon the merits of the cause:--"There can be but one God, but one infinite and but one supreme: there needs but one God, one omnipotent, one all-sufficient. Compare Psalms 135:7. I. Ahab and the people expected that Elijah would, in this solemn assembly, bless the land, and pray for rain; but he had other work to do first. He bids Obadiah go and tell the king that he is there to speak with him: Tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is forth-coming, 1 Kings 18:8; 1 Kings 18:8. 3. Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab: This was an obviously supernaturally empowered 14-mile cross-country run. The Contemporary Parallel New Testament with KJV, NIV, NKJV, NASB, and more! Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. When Jezebel cut off God's prophets God cut off the necessary provisions by the extremity of the drought. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word | . Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. 3. Idols could do neither good nor evil. Obadiah saluted him with great respect, fell on his face, and humbly asked, Art thou that my lord Elijah?1 Kings 18:7; 1 Kings 18:7. There needed no proof of the fact; all Israel were witnesses of it: and therefore Elijah (acting still by an extraordinary commission, which is not to be drawn into a precedent) orders them all to be slain immediately as the troublers of the land, and Ahab himself is so terrified, for the present, with the fire from heaven, that he dares not oppose it. Elijah is not the Achan: "I have not troubled Israel, have neither done them any wrong nor designed them any hurt." We left the prophet Elijah wrapt up in obscurity. We dont know exactly why it was important to God for Elijah to reach Jezreel first; perhaps it was so that he would be the first to tell Queen Jezebel. 1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. Does the Bible encourage the practice of Lent? God's cause is so incontestably just that it needs not fear to have the evidences of its equity searched into and weighed. They leaped up and down, or danced about the altar (so some): they hoped, by their dancing, to please their deity, as Herodias did Herod, and so to obtain their request. Thats why Jesus warned his followers to watch out for all kinds of greed (see Luke 12:15). He would not make use of theirs, which had been polluted with their prayers to Baal, but, finding the ruins of an altar there, which had formerly been used in the service of the Lord, he chose to repair that (1 Kings 18:30; 1 Kings 18:30), to intimate to them that he was not about to introduce any new religion, but to revive the faith and worship of their fathers' God, and reduce them to their first love, their first works. If Jehovah be the true God, Baal is a false God, to whom these Israelites had revolted, and seduced others to the worship of him; and therefore, by the express law of God, they were to be put to death, Deuteronomy 13:1-11. Observe his character: He feared the Lord greatly (1 Kings 18:3; 1 Kings 18:3), was not only a good man, but zealously and eminently good; his great place put a lustre upon his goodness, and gave him great opportunities of doing good; and he feared the Lord from his youth (1 Kings 18:12; 1 Kings 18:12), he began betimes to be religious and had continued long. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. Some, we hope, had their hearts thus turned back, but the generality of them were convinced only, not converted, yielded to the truth of God, that he is the God, but consented not to his covenant, that he should be theirs. Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army. We may suppose it was a great surprise to Ahab to hear that Elijah, whom he had so long sought and not found, was now found without seeking. The Lord is God!. In the book of Acts, we read a most interesting and revealing number. Stop for a moment. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. See how wonderfully God raises up friends for his ministers and people, for their shelter in difficult times, even where one would least expect them. This happened seven times. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, 43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. The execution he did upon the prophets of Baal, 1 Kings 18:40. Those that were firm for God doubted not but it would end to his honour; those that were indifferent were willing to be determined; and Ahab and the prophets of Baal durst not oppose for fear of the people, and hoped that either they could obtain fire from heaven (though they never had yet), and the rather because, as some think, they worshipped the sun in Baal, or that Elijah could not, because not at the temple, where God was wont thus to manifest his glory. Why did the prophets of Baal cut themselves? And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. He ordered abundance of water to be poured upon his altar, which he had prepared a trench for the reception of (1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 18:32), and, some think, made the altar hollow. 16So Obadiah went to Ahab and told him where Elijah was. Even Christ and his apostles were thus misrepresented, Acts 17:6. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. Why in 1 Kings 18:40 did Elijah take the prophets of Baal down to the brook of Kishon to slew them? Providence ordered it so, that Ahab might, with his own eyes, see how bad the consequences of this judgment were, that so he might be the better inclined to hearken to Elijah, who would direct him into the only way to put an end to it. Six times his servant goes to the point of the hill and sees nothing, brings no good news to his master; yet Elijah continues praying, will not be diverted so far as to go and see with his own eyes, but still sends his servant to see if he can discover any hopeful cloud, while he keeps his mind close and intent in prayer, and abides by it, as one that has taken up his father Jacob's resolution, I will not let thee go except thou bless me. Twelve barrels of water (probably sea-water, for the sea was near, and so much fresh water in this time of drought was too precious for him to be so prodigal of it), thrice four, he poured upon his sacrifice, to prevent the suspicion of any fire under (for, if there had been any, this would have put it out), and to make the expected miracle the more illustrious. 1621), of rich men sent to hell for their failure to let go of their wealth for the sake of their neighbor (see Luke 16:1931), and of eternal judgment declared on the basis of ones willingness to share with those in need (Matt. Those that procure God's judgments do the mischief, not he that merely foretels them and gives warning of them, that the nation may repent and prevent them. In the end, Those who make [idols] will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them (Ps. Thou employest me; Lord, make it appear that thou dost so;" see Numbers 16:28; Numbers 16:29. 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