Their greedy hearts created other gods out of every coin in their coffers. III. He writes that the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil that has led some to wander from the faith and pierce themselves with many griefs (v. 10). So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. The Contemporary Parallel New Testament with KJV, NIV, NKJV, NASB, and more! 46The Lord gave his power to Elijah, who tightened his clothes around him and ran ahead of King Ahab all the way to Jezreel. Three years and a half's famine would not bring them back to God. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 7While Obadiah was on his way, Elijah met him. The execution he did upon the prophets of Baal, 1 Kings 18:40. The prophets of Baal try first, but in vain, with their god. Copyright 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. 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. He also recognized, though, that people in his day faced a new, subtler, and perhaps even stronger temptation: to treat money as an idol like Baal, an idol to worship as a god to get what they wanted. God will first prepare our heart, and then cause his ear to hear, will first turn us to him, and then turn to us,Psalms 10:17; Psalms 80:3. 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. 19Now tell all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel. He himself retired to pray (for though God had promised rain, he must ask it, Zechariah 10:1), and to give thanks for God's answer by fire, now hoping for an answer by water. Great blessings often arise from small beginnings, and showers of plenty from a cloud of a span long. He that can give fire can give rain; see Matthew 9:2; Matthew 9:6. Psalms 24:6, Thy face, O Jacob!Hosea 12:4. Why did the prophets of Baal cut themselves (1 Kings 18:28) Context: 1 Kings 18:27-28 New International Version (NIV) 27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. Idols had always threatened to steal the love, trust, and service God deserves and demands.By equating greed with idolatry, Paul provocatively told the church they didnt have to go into a rival temple to worship another god. Has the book of Amos been fulfilled or is it a reference to end times? Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. 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. It was strange that so good a man as Obadiah would accept of preferment in a court so addicted to idolatry and all manner of wickedness. It is a chapter in which are many things very observable. God demands no more from us than he can make out a title to. 26So they took the bull that was given to them and prepared it. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. If we, in sincerity, offer our hearts to God, he will, by his grace, kindle a holy fire in them. The people join issue with him: It is well spoken,1 Kings 18:24; 1 Kings 18:24. Elijah might have looked for rain seventy times seven times, and not have seen it, if he had not thus begun his work at the right end. This writing has come about a few days after The Test - 2002 and the Latter Rain, and adds greater clarity to what can be expected in the latter rain. Let it go on therefore to a trial. (2.) He will put me to death. II. He could not bring them to the altar at Jerusalem unless he could unite the two kingdoms again (which, for correction to both, God designed should not now be done), therefore, by his prophetic authority, he builds an altar on Mount Carmel, and so owns that which had formerly been built there. He went in quest of grass, and found him from whose word, at God's mouth, he must expect rain. Each would take a bull and place it on their own altar. Elijah's God was neither talking nor pursuing, needed not to be either awakened or quickened; while he was yet speaking, the fire of the Lord fell, and not only, as at other times (Leviticus 9:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26; 2 Chronicles 7:1) consumed the sacrifice and the wood, in token of God's acceptance of the offering, but licked up all the water in the trench, exhaling that, and drawing it up as a vapour, in order to the intended rain, which was to be the fruit of this sacrifice and prayer, more than the product of natural causes. 12The Spirit of the Lord may carry you to some other place after I leave. His prayer was not long, for he used no vain repetitions, nor thought he should be heard for his much speaking; but it was very grave and composed, and showed his mind to be calm and sedate, and far from the heats and disorders that Baal's prophets were in, 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 18:37. In the book of Acts, we read a most interesting and revealing number. Let us see if he speed better. 1. When we read about the Israelites worshiping the god Baal in 1 Kings 18, we tend to think of them developing a preference for wooden idol images. 32Elijah used these stones to rebuild the altar in honor of the Lord. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. Yahweh took care of his own while the king who had turned to Baal because of his claim to bring home the economic bacon wandered the countryside hoping to find a bit of grass for the few horses and mules who hadnt died yet (see 1 Kings 18:45). i. The king and court were all for Baal; so was the body of the people. Had it been true that he was the troubler of Israel, Ahab, as king, would have been bound to animadvert upon him. His interview with Obadiah, one of Ahab's servants, by whom he sends notice to Ahab of his coming, 1 Kings 18:2-16. When they called on their god, nothing happened. 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? Based only on the sighting of a cloud that was as small as a mans hand, he knew a torrent was on the way. God reveals his secrets to his servants the prophets; and yet, without a revelation, we may foresee that when man's judgments run down like a river God's mercy will. Those halt between them that are unresolved under their convictions, unstable and unsteady in their purposes, promise fair, but do not perform, begin well, but do not hold on, that are inconsistent with themselves, or indifferent and lukewarm in that which is good. 23Bring two bulls. As for those who fall as victims to the fire of God's wrath, no water can shelter them from it, any more than briers or thorns, Isaiah 27:4; Isaiah 27:5. And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. No one who was present that day missed the point. 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. God never required his worshippers thus to honour him; but the service of the devil, though in some instances it pleases and pampers the body, yet in other things it is really cruel to it, as in envy and drunkenness. 1. 27At noon Elijah began to make fun of them. Jesus reminds us that when we try, we risk devoting ourselves to money and hating him (see Luke 16:13). Yet, bad as things were. This great good man used his power for the protection of God's prophets. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. ly. It does not appear that either the increase of the provision or the raising of the child had caused him to be taken notice of at Zarephath, for then Ahab would have discovered him; he would rather do good than be known to do it. 16So Obadiah went to Ahab and told him where Elijah was. April 2018. Meanwhile, in the midst of Baal country, God made oil and flour overflow for Elijah and his newfound friends (vv. 25:3146). 44The seventh time, the servant said, I see a small cloud, the size of a human fist, coming from the sea., Elijah told the servant, Go to Ahab and tell him to get his chariot ready and go home now. 17When he saw Elijah, he asked, Is it youthe biggest troublemaker in Israel?, 18Elijah answered, I have not made trouble in Israel. 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. He hid 100 of them in two caves, when the persecution was hot, and fed them with bread and water,1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:4. Hence we read of those that hide themselves in the top of Carmel,Amos 9:3. Elijah, in answer to him, [1.] 18During the third year without rain, the Lord spoke his word to Elijah: Go and meet King Ahab, and I will soon send rain. 2So Elijah went to meet Ahab. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts:--. There are those who trouble Israel by their wickedness, whom the conservators of the public peace are concerned to enquire after. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refusing them will have impact how our site functions. 24You prophets of Baal, pray to your god, and I will pray to the Lord. 33Elijah put the wood on the altar, cut the bull into pieces, and laid the pieces on the wood. Baal promised the rains, so God sent a drought at the word of his prophet (see 1 Kings 17:1). Excerpted from "Practicing the King's Economy: Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give," by Michael Rhodes, Robby Holt and Brian Fikkert. 2. (2.) Those that fear God need not go out of the world, bad as it is. 30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. What is the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal? 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. Having built his altar in the name of the Lord (1 Kings 18:32; 1 Kings 18:32), by direction from him and with an eye to him, and not for his own honour, he prepared his sacrifice, 1 Kings 18:33; 1 Kings 18:33. The particular Levitical institutions were so often dispensed with (as in the time of the Judges, Samuel's time, and now) that one would be tempted to think they were more designed for types to be fulfilled in the evangelical anti-types than for laws to be fulfilled in the strict observance of them. See 2 Kings 2:16. Practicing the King's Economy: Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 3. Compare Mark 9:38; Mark 9:39; Matthew 21:30. When we shall see the doctrine of the individual responsibility of each Christian fully felt and carried out into individual action. 3. For the nations around Israel, Baal was the rider of the clouds, who brought the rains and blessed the earth.When Baal showed up, the heavens rained oil, the rivers ran with honey, mothers gave birth to healthy children, and even the dead could be raised. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 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. He solicited their allegiance, work, and worshipfor himself and his kingdom. 5Ahab said to Obadiah, Lets check every spring and valley in the land. They thought to trim the matter, and play on both sides, as the Samaritans, 2 Kings 17:33. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. The higher the vote, the further up an answer is. 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. 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. Israel being thus far reformed that they had acknowledged the Lord to be God, and had consented to the execution of Baal's prophets, that they might not seduce them any more, though this was far short of a thorough reformation, yet it was so far accepted that God thereupon opened the bottles of heaven, and poured out blessings upon his land, that very evening (as it should seem) on which they did this good work, which should have confirmed them in their reformation; see Haggai 2:18; Haggai 2:19. And the people answered him not a word. All answers are REVIEWED and MODERATED. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. 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. They allow the proposal to be fair and unexceptionable "God has often answered by fire; if Baal cannot do so, let him be cast out for a usurper." 3. 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. Ahab had continued fasting all day, either religiously, it being a day of prayer, or for want of leisure, it being a day of great expectation; but now let him eat and rink for, though others perceive no sign of it, Elijah, by faith, hears the sound of abundance of rain,1 Kings 18:41; 1 Kings 18:41. Jesus knew all about gods such as Baal. Here are guidelines to help facilitate a meaningful learning experience for everyone. He is sure Ahab would be so enraged at the disappointment that he would put him to death for making a fool of him, or for not laying hands on Elijah himself, when he had him in his reach, 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Kings 18:12. 1 Kings 18:40. Please ensure your answer MEETS all our guidelines. Their heart is divided (Hosea 10:2), whereas God will have all or none. His interview with all Israel upon Mount Carmel, in order to a public trial of titles between the Lord and Baal; a most distinguished solemnity it was, in which, 1. Report 37Lord, answer my prayer so these people will know that you, Lord, are God and that you will change their minds., 38Then fire from the Lord came down and burned the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the ground around the altar. [2.] God's cause is so incontestably just that it needs not fear to have the evidences of its equity searched into and weighed. 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Let it for ever be looked upon as a point adjudged against all pretenders (for it was carried, upon a full hearing, against one of the most daring and threatening competitors that ever the God of Israel was affronted by) that Jehovah, he is God, God alone. Paul declares that greed is idolatry, that to be greedy is to worship other gods (see Col. 3:5; Eph. He put himself into a strange posture. The prophets kept shouting louder and louder, and they cut themselves with swords and knives until they were bleeding. See Luke 1:16; Luke 1:17. 4. Then let them put the meat on the wood, but they are not to set fire to it. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention. How did the prophets tithe and to whom? 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 priests of Baal would pray to their god, and Elijah would pray to his God. I. How importunate and noisy the prophets of Baal were in their applications to him. After Israel had gone more than three years without rain as a judgment for their idolatry, the prophet Elijah confronts the evil king Ahab and challenges him to a spiritual showdown. First, the Lord was the true God and men were to worship Him. 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. While Baal worshipers went hungry during the drought, God fed Elijah meat and bread delivered to him daily by carrier ravens (see v. 6). "In reconcilable differences (says bishop Hall) nothing more safe than indifferency both of practice and opinion; but, in cases of such necessary hostility as betwixt God and Baal, he that is not with God is against him." If we can find one that has more right to us, or will be a better master to us, than God, we may take him at our peril. (Obadiah was a true follower of the Lord. You and your fathers family have made all this trouble by not obeying the Lords commands. Then Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley, where he killed them. 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. (2.) God expressly forbade his worshippers to cut themselves, Deuteronomy 14:1. The long drought was over, and it was demonstrated that the prayers of Elijah both withheld the rain and then subsequently brought the rain. He maketh fire come down from heaven in the sight of men and so deceiveth them,Revelation 13:13; Revelation 13:14. 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. That word occurs again in verse 26b when the prophets of Baal are desperate trying to get their god to answer them: "'O Baal, answer us!' But there was no voice, and no one answered. For less than $5/mo. Our idols never stop consuming and destroying that which we hold most dear. God will provide himself fire. Money becomes a spiritual power that too often uses us rather than the other way around. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. "But there was no voice. 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. I. Elijah reproved the people for mixing the worship of God and the worship of Baal together. 10As surely as the Lord your God lives, the king has sent people to every country to search for you. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull and kill it and cut it into pieces. "Shout louder!" he said. But there was no voice. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Now Elijah shows them the absurdity of this. 1. Do you believe that? According to one ancient Canaanite myth, the father of Baal slashes his chest, arms, and back upon learning of his son's death. As such he tries to counterfeit the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because our material possessions so often seduce us into worshiping them like gods, they pose possibly the preeminent threat to worshiping Jesus. 2. Trust ye not in lying words, saying . (2.) Share 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. In Pauls opinion, love of money wounds the worshiper, woos them away from the faith, and wells up in all sorts of other evils. 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. Deserters must not look for God's favour till they return to their allegiance. We may well imagine what a terror the fire struck on guilty Ahab and all the worshippers of Baal, and how they fled from it as far and as fast as they could, saying, Lest it consume us also, alluding to Numbers 16:34. 28 And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them. Does the Bible encourage the practice of Lent? The Baalites are forced to give up their cause, and now it is Elijah's turn to produce his. "As long as God keeps bringing me stories that I can honor him with, to me, it doesn't matter what genre they . Community answers are sorted based on votes. Moses's altar and Solomon's were consecrated by the fire from heaven; but this was destroyed, because no more to be used. Ahab is the Achan, the troubler, who follows Baalim, those accursed things. Let us therefore never despise the day of small things, but hope and wait for great things from it. Choose a bull and prepare it. 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. 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. 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. And he said, Do it the third time. Start FREE. Then he dug a ditch around the altar that was big enough to hold about thirteen quarts of seed. [1.] " 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 . When we give, we reflect the image of our giving God. 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 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. Those fear God greatly that keep up the fear of him in bad times and places; thus Obadiah did. So Elijah issued a challenge. Note, 1. 29The afternoon passed, and the prophets continued to act like this until it was time for the evening sacrifice. 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. 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. He withdrew to a strange place, to the top of Carmel, which was very high and very private. Second, Baal was a false god and men were not to worship him. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. Thou employest me; Lord, make it appear that thou dost so;" see Numbers 16:28; Numbers 16:29. Vote Up Elijah was no priest, nor were his attendants Levites. Obadiah begs to be excused from carrying this message to Ahab, for it might prove as much as his life was worth. (1.) Worship, after all, is an economic issue. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. 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. Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or . 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