What happened that day on Mount Carmel? A historic battle is about to climax between two opposing kingdoms, the Kingdom of Baal and the Kingdom of Yahweh—the infamous Queen Jezebel and King Ahab versus Elijah, the prophet of the Lord. That...
Then, after being fed by ravens and having water supplied by the drying-up brook, Yahweh said, "Elijah, get up, go to Zarephath and live there. I have already told a widow there to provide for you."
Elijah is introduced in the Book of 1 Kings without mentioning family, age, physical description, or education, nor does he have any previous qualifications to do the job he is asked to do.
I ask myself, what made Elijah so powerful? We first meet one of God’s most incredible prophets. Yet, there is no background of his family, age, appearance, or what made him desire to be a mighty prophet of God. Now...
If you don’t know the record of Elijah’s contribution to our Biblical history, a brief summary is in order: Elijah means “Yahweh is My God.” Eliyyaha, in Hebrew, lived in the 9th Century BC and took on the invasion of...