arise and eat because the journey is too great for [Music] you in the days of Israel's Rebellion when the people turned away from the Living God There Rose a man a prophet chosen by the almighty His Name Was Elijah the tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead in his heart the fire of God burned brightly but in his path lay trials that would test his faith and resolve in the Kingdom the people had forsaken the god of their fathers they bowed before Baal a false god under the rule of King Ahab and his Queen Jezebel the
land was filled with sin and idolatry but Elijah had been sent with a message a message of warning and judgment Elijah the man of God stood alone against the power of a corrupt Kingdom Ahab king of Israel had led His People Into Darkness Jezebel his Queen had brought the worship of Baal into the very Heart Of The Nation but Elijah feared no King for his heart belonged to the Lord Elijah was a man of boldness unafraid to stand before Kings and rulers for the voice of the Lord was in his heart by the Lord the
god of Israel whom I serve there will be neither due nor rain in the next few years except at my word the message was Dire the Lord had withheld the rain a judgment upon the land for their sin the drought would bring famine suffering and hardship then the word of the Lord came to him saying get away from here and turn Eastward and hide by the Brook cherith which flows into the Jordan and it will be that you shall drink from the Brook and I have commanded the Ravens to feed you there so he went
and did according to the word of the Lord for he went and stayed by the Brook cherith which flows into the Jordan the Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening and he drank from the brook and it happened after a while that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land then the word of the Lord came to him saying arise go to zarap which belongs to sidon and dwell there see I have commanded a widow there to provide for you so he
arose and went to zarap and when he came to the gate of the city indeed a widow was there Gathering sticks and he called to her and said please bring me a little water in a cup that I may drink and as she was going to get it he called to her and said please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand so she said as the Lord your God Lives I do not have bread only a handful of flour in a bin and a little oil in a jar and see I am Gathering
a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son that we may eat it and die and Elijah said to her do not fear go and do as you have said but make me a small cake from it first and bring it to me and afterward make some for yourself and your son for thus says the Lord God of Israel the bin of flour shall not be used up nor shall the jar of oil run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth so she went
away and did according to the word of Elijah and she and he and her household ate for many days the bin of flour was not used up nor did the jar of oil run dry according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Elijah now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick and his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him so she said to Elijah what have I to do with you oh man of God have you come to
me to bring my sin to remembrance and to kill my son and he said to her give me your son so he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying and laid him on his own bed then he cried out to the Lord and said oh Lord my God have you also brought tragedy on the Widow with whom I Lodge by killing her son and he stretched himself out on the child three times and cried out to the Lord and said oh Lord my God I pray
let this child's Soul come back to him then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah and the soul of the child came back to him and he revived and Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother and Elijah said see your son lives then the woman said to Elijah now by this I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth after a long period of drought God spoke to Elijah instructing
him to present himself to King Ahab and promising to send rain at this time there was a severe f fam in Samaria Ahab had a servant named Obadiah a man who feared the Lord and had secretly saved 100 prophets from Queen Jezebel's Massacre by hiding them in caves and feeding them Ahab ordered Obadiah to help him search the land for water to keep their livestock alive as Obadiah was on his way he encountered Elijah recognizing him Obadiah bowed and greeted him with great respect Elijah told him to inform Ahab that he was there but Obadiah
feared for his life he explained that Ahab had searched for Elijah everywhere and if Elijah disappeared again Ahab would kill him Elijah reassured Obadiah promising that he would indeed meet Ahab that day Obadiah carried the message to Ahab and when Ahab met Elijah he accused him of being the cause of Israel's troubles Elijah refuted this declaring that ahab's abandonment of God and worship of Baal was the real cause of their suffering Elijah then challenged Ahab to gather the people of Israel send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel the 450 prophets of Baal
and the 400 prophets of Ashera who eat at Jezebel's table the time had come for a great Showdown a contest between the one true God and the false god the people would have to choose whom they would serve how long will you waver between two opinions if the Lord is God follow him but if Baal is God follow him the people remained silent uncertain Elijah's challenge cut through the hearts of the Israelites they had seen the drought the famine yet they were Torn Between the pleasures of idol worship and the truth of God I alone
am left a prophet of the Lord but baal's prophets are 450 men therefore let them give us two bulls and let them choose one bull for themselves cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood but put no fire under it and I will prepare the other Bull and lay it on the wood but put no fire under it then you call on the name of your gods and I will call on the name of the Lord and The God Who Answers by fire he is God now Elijah said to the prophets of Bale
choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many and call on the name of your God but put no fire under it so they took the bull which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon saying oh B he us he us b b us us us us B but there was no voice no one answered then they leaped about the altar which they had made and so it was at noon that Elijah mocked them and said cry aloud for he
is a God either he is meditating or he is busy or he is on a journey or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened so they cried aloud and cut themselves as was their custom with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them and when midday was passed they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice but there was no voice no one answered no one paid attention then Elijah said to all the people come near to me so all the people came near to him and he repaired the
altar of the Lord that was broken down and Elijah took 12 Stones according to the number of the tribe of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of the Lord had come saying Israel shall be your name then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two Seas of seed and he put the wood in order cut the bowl in pieces and laid it on the wood and said fill four water pots with water and pour it on
the burnt sacrifice and on the wood then he said do it a second time and they did it a second time do it a third time and they did it a third time so the water ran All Around The Altar and he also filled the trench with water at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice that Elijah the prophet came near and said Lord God of Abraham Isaac and Israel let it be known this day that you are God in Israel and I am your servant and that I have done all these things
at your word Hear Me O Lord hear me that this people may know that you are the Lord God and that you have turned their hearts back to you again then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and it licked up the water that was in the trench now when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said the Lord he is God the Lord he is God and Elijah said to them seize the prophets of Baal do not
let one of them Escape so They seized them and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kon and executed them there the false prophets were brought to Justice and their lies died with them but though the victory was great Elijah knew his journey was far from over then Elijah said to Ahab go up eat and drink for there is the sound of abundance of rain so Ahab went up to eat and drink and Elijah went up to the top of caramel then he bowed down on the ground and put his face between his knees and
said to his servant go up now look toward the sea so he went up and looked and said there is nothing and seven times he said go again then it came to pass the seventh time that he said there is a cloud as small as a man's hand rising out of the sea so he said go up say to Ahab prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind and there was a heavy rain so Ahab rode away and
went to jezel then the hand of the Lord Came Upon Elijah and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel and Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying so let the gods do to me and more also if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time and when he saw that he arose and ran for his life and went to
beers Sheba which belongs to Judah and left his servant there but he himself went a Day's Journey Into the Wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree and he prayed that he might die and said it is enough enough now Lord take my life for I am no better than my father's then as he lay and slept under a broom tree suddenly an angel touched him and said to him arise and eat then he looked and there by his head was a cake baked on coals and a jar of water so he ate
and drank and lay down again and the angel of the Lord came back the second time and touched him and said arise and eat because the journey is too great for you so he arose and ate and drank and he went in the strength of that food 40 days and 40 nights as far as Horeb the Mountain of God and there he went into a cave and spent the night in that place and behold the word of the Lord came to him and he said to him what are you doing here Elijah I have been
very zealous for the Lord God of hosts for the children of Israel have forsaken your Covenant torn down your altars and killed your prophets with the sword I alone am left and they seek to take my life go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord and behold the Lord passed by and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord but the Lord was not in the wind and after the wind an earthquake but the Lord was not in the earthquake and after the earthquake
a fire but the Lord was not in the fire and after the fire a still small voice so it was when Elijah heard it that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave suddenly a voice came to him and said what are you doing here Elijah I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts because the children of Israel have forsaken your Covenant torn down your altars and killed your prophets with the sword I alone am left and they seek to take my life
then the Lord said to him go return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus and when you arrive anoint Hazel as king over Syria also you shall anoint jiu the son of nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha the son of shaffat of Abel molah you shall anoint as prophet in your place it shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazel jiu will slay and whoever escapes the sword of jiu Elisha will slay yet I have reserved 7,000 in Israel all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not
kissed him so he departed from there and found Elisha the son of shaid who was plowing with 12 Yol of oxen before him and he was with the 12th then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him and he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said please let me kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow you go back again for what have I done to you so Elisha turned back from him and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh using the oxen's equipment
and gave it to the people and they ate then he arose and followed Elijah and became his servant years passed and after Ahab lost his life in battle his son ahaziah succeeded him as king Elijah would continue to serve the Lord training his successor Elisha and witnessing many more miracles including calling fire from heaven to consume the king's Messengers he would not taste death for God had destined him for a greater purpose and it came to pass when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into Heaven by a whirlwind that Elijah went with Elisha
from gilgal then Elijah said to Elisha stay here please for the Lord has sent me onto bethl but Elisha said as the Lord lives and as your soul lives I will not leave you so they went down to bethl now the sons of the prophets who were at bethl came out to Elisha and said to him do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today and he said yes I know keep silent then Elijah said to him Elisha stay here please for the Lord has sent me onto Jericho but
he said as the Lord lives and as your soul lives I will not leave you so they came to Jericho now the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today so he answered yes I know keep silent then Elijah said to him stay here please for the Lord has sent me onto the Jordan but he said as the Lord lives and as your soul lives I will not leave you so the two of them
went on and 50 men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing them at a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan now Elijah took his mantle rolled it up and struck the water and it was divided this way and that so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground and so it was when they had crossed over that Elijah said to Elisha ask what may I do for you before I am taken away from you Elisha said please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me
you have asked a hard thing nevertheless if you see me when I am taken from you it shall be so for you but if not it shall not be so then it happened as they continued on and talked that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire and separated the two of them and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven and Elisha saw it and he cried out my father my father The Chariot of Israel and its Horsemen so he saw him no more and he took hold of his own clothes and
tore them into two pieces he also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water and said where is the Lord God of Elijah and when he also had struck the water it was divided this way and that and Elisha crossed over Elisha had inherited great power but was he ready for the challenges ahead his journey of carrying the mantle had only just [Music] begun thanks for watching
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