Episode #59: Elijah and the rise of Baal

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[00:04:18] You know, half the people had turned away and was following false gods like Baal and I forgot what the other god was.

[00:04:28] It's here in the scripture. But and then they had their own prophets for those false gods also.

[00:04:33] And there was a point there's a point here where there's a showdown and Elijah's like, well, let's see who's got is real.

[00:04:40] You know, you know, you hear from God on how to straighten this out.

[00:04:46] And so I think. You know, God is always straightening things out.

[00:04:52] We can't see a lot of things that are happening a lot of the times, but around election times and different world events like that and wars and things like that.

[00:05:03] We can't see a realignment of our futures and prophecy being fulfilled.

[00:05:11] And, you know, it just keeps things exciting.

[00:05:17] I mean, today, I think it's really interesting to note that a lot of world leaders today.

[00:05:26] He hasn't, you know, Trump hasn't even been sworn in as our U.S. president, but a lot of these leaders that are involved in world conflicts right now already preemptively called the U.S. and said, OK, we're going to stop.

[00:05:42] We're going to have to cease fire. We're going to stop these wars.

[00:05:45] And I'm like, I'm like, where was that?

[00:05:47] I mean, that's talking about in Revelation where there's going to be so many years of world peace.

[00:05:52] And I'm like, oh, you know, with the Antichrist also.

[00:05:55] So some things that really stuck out to me, I'm like, this is kind of unprecedented.

[00:06:00] I never thought everybody would just all of a sudden want to clean up and be like, OK, stand at attention.

[00:06:06] And let's see what America does the next year, you know.

[00:06:11] Yeah.

[00:06:13] Wild, man.

[00:06:14] Yeah.

[00:06:15] I heard about, you know, Hamas is now terrified, which as they should be.

[00:06:22] That's how it's supposed to be.

[00:06:23] So, yeah.

[00:06:29] Do you have any announcements for us this week or just anything going on?

[00:06:37] No, nothing.

[00:06:38] Nothing really important.

[00:06:42] You know, we were going to try to practice this weekend, but I don't know if it's going to come to pass.

[00:06:47] I think I was leaning kind of leaning towards I don't know if everybody thought the same way, but it's snowing so much around here.

[00:06:57] And Colorado is so unpredictable that we don't want a chance.

[00:07:00] You know, there's other days to practice, you know, rather than try to force ourselves down.

[00:07:06] And I've been driving in all week, man, back and forth.

[00:07:09] There has been a while.

[00:07:10] Just to plow it and stuff.

[00:07:11] So it's like, it's not going to hurt my feelings that much to, you know, actually take a break from being out there and stay safe, everybody.

[00:07:19] And so I think that's kind of where I was leaning towards, you know, more time to be with our own music, practicing and our own spiritual time and everything, too.

[00:07:35] Right.

[00:07:37] Yeah.

[00:07:38] I've been snowed in for pretty much three days or so up here.

[00:07:44] Oh, gosh.

[00:07:44] And yeah, just kind of run into the store real quick.

[00:07:49] But man, people I think it was like Tuesday night.

[00:07:53] I left an acting class and man, people were just all over the road and stuck.

[00:08:00] And yeah, we don't typically have snowstorms last this long, I feel like.

[00:08:06] Yeah.

[00:08:06] You know?

[00:08:07] Yeah.

[00:08:07] No.

[00:08:08] Yeah.

[00:08:08] I feel like usually it's like, oh, we'll have a bad storm.

[00:08:11] And then, you know, and then two days of sunshine afterwards.

[00:08:15] So it's been.

[00:08:17] That's the problem.

[00:08:17] Yeah.

[00:08:18] The sun hasn't touched the roads in two days.

[00:08:20] Yeah.

[00:08:21] So.

[00:08:21] Yeah.

[00:08:22] That's been.

[00:08:22] Recover.

[00:08:23] I mean, it's been very unlike Colorado.

[00:08:25] Like October was really hot.

[00:08:27] And then.

[00:08:27] And then we have this really long snowstorm.

[00:08:31] Yeah.

[00:08:32] Really juicy.

[00:08:33] Yeah.

[00:08:34] So it's been pretty crazy.

[00:08:37] But I wanted to.

[00:08:38] I wanted to announce our.

[00:08:40] Our TikTok account has been getting pretty.

[00:08:43] It's been growing, you know, day by day.

[00:08:45] And I feel like I just I don't know if people know we have a TikTok, but we are on there.

[00:08:51] And I keep getting, you know, comments and messages of people.

[00:08:56] And it seems like there's a lot more believers on that app than I thought there would be.

[00:09:00] So.

[00:09:01] Yeah.

[00:09:02] Go follow us on there.

[00:09:03] We're on there trying to grow that account.

[00:09:07] Yeah.

[00:09:07] Trying to be a light and share the gospel on a pretty, pretty demonic app.

[00:09:13] I feel like.

[00:09:14] So.

[00:09:16] Yeah.

[00:09:16] Like everything, you know.

[00:09:18] Yeah.

[00:09:18] So I just.

[00:09:19] Yeah.

[00:09:19] I just want to throw that out there.

[00:09:20] If you guys want to follow us on TikTok, we're on there at Finding Neverland Band.

[00:09:25] Come say hello.

[00:09:27] So.

[00:09:28] Yeah.

[00:09:29] I guess that's it for for all we got going on here in FN world.

[00:09:34] Thanks for joining us.

[00:09:36] Yeah.

[00:09:36] Thanks for joining us.

[00:09:40] I'm pretty happy that I finally have good Internet now.

[00:09:43] So I don't know.

[00:09:45] Oh, you got the new Internet.

[00:09:47] Yeah.

[00:09:47] I feel like I can tell.

[00:09:49] OK.

[00:09:50] Good.

[00:09:51] Hopefully it stays like that.

[00:09:52] Yeah.

[00:09:53] I hope so.

[00:09:54] So, yeah, I feel like we could see you good.

[00:09:56] No.

[00:09:58] Crazy in and outs.

[00:10:00] And it's no storm.

[00:10:01] Yeah.

[00:10:02] And it's no storm.

[00:10:03] So that's pretty.

[00:10:03] That's pretty good.

[00:10:06] Yeah.

[00:10:06] So tonight.

[00:10:07] I didn't really know.

[00:10:09] I didn't really have a passage I was going to.

[00:10:13] Focus on.

[00:10:14] But if anybody's listening, Elijah comes in on First Kings, Chapter 17.

[00:10:21] So we can kind of.

[00:10:24] Yeah.

[00:10:24] Chapter 17.

[00:10:26] I'm going to go there.

[00:10:28] Yeah.

[00:10:29] I was thinking.

[00:10:33] You know, I was thinking about.

[00:10:35] I don't know what you think, man.

[00:10:36] But I'm focusing on the.

[00:10:39] The part in Chapter 18 where.

[00:10:42] They have the.

[00:10:43] Fire come down from heaven.

[00:10:45] And then we read.

[00:10:46] To the end of that.

[00:10:47] All the way to.

[00:10:48] Where it ends before 19.

[00:10:51] Okay.

[00:10:51] Is that.

[00:10:52] So when that's when he's like in Mount.

[00:10:54] Mount Carmel or something.

[00:10:56] Mount Carmel.

[00:10:57] Yeah.

[00:10:57] I think we can start it.

[00:11:01] Verse 20.

[00:11:03] Or.

[00:11:04] Chapter 18.

[00:11:05] Verse 20.

[00:11:06] Maybe 16.

[00:11:08] Because like.

[00:11:08] 16.

[00:11:09] That's funny.

[00:11:09] He meets the king of Israel at the time.

[00:11:12] And right now.

[00:11:13] For context.

[00:11:14] I think Elijah is on the run.

[00:11:16] He's in.

[00:11:17] Hiding basically because.

[00:11:19] You know.

[00:11:20] They want to kill him.

[00:11:21] Because he's just telling them things.

[00:11:22] He's telling them to repent.

[00:11:24] And.

[00:11:24] The judgment is coming.

[00:11:26] And so.

[00:11:27] He's told to flee.

[00:11:28] And then.

[00:11:29] When he's on this other mountain.

[00:11:30] God tells him to go back.

[00:11:33] And meet this.

[00:11:34] King.

[00:11:35] And this is what he's.

[00:11:36] Ordering him to do.

[00:11:38] And so this is the context.

[00:11:39] Before.

[00:11:40] This passage.

[00:11:40] We're about to read.

[00:11:42] To the end here.

[00:11:43] Okay.

[00:11:46] Yeah.

[00:11:48] You.

[00:11:48] You want to.

[00:11:49] You want to start reading.

[00:11:50] Sure do.

[00:11:51] I'll go ahead.

[00:11:52] Yeah.

[00:11:52] So this is.

[00:11:53] This is.

[00:11:54] The book of first Kings.

[00:11:56] Chapter 18.

[00:11:58] Verse 16.

[00:12:00] All the way to.

[00:12:01] Verse 46.

[00:12:03] So.

[00:12:04] But what we can stop.

[00:12:05] Halfway through.

[00:12:06] Probably.

[00:12:07] I'll stop.

[00:12:08] So.

[00:12:10] It says.

[00:12:11] So.

[00:12:12] Verse 16.

[00:12:12] So.

[00:12:13] Obadiah went.

[00:12:15] Which is.

[00:12:16] Elijah's.

[00:12:17] Confidant.

[00:12:18] Went and found.

[00:12:20] Ahab.

[00:12:22] Which is the king.

[00:12:23] And told him.

[00:12:26] And.

[00:12:27] Ahab.

[00:12:28] Went to meet.

[00:12:29] Elijah.

[00:12:29] Sorry.

[00:12:30] My stuff is in Hebrew here.

[00:12:31] I'm like.

[00:12:32] Yeah.

[00:12:33] I was going to.

[00:12:34] I was going to read that version tonight.

[00:12:36] And then I started looking at it.

[00:12:37] And I was like.

[00:12:38] I think I'm going to do.

[00:12:39] New King James.

[00:12:40] Because.

[00:12:40] There's a lot of.

[00:12:41] There's a lot of names.

[00:12:42] I can't pronounce.

[00:12:43] It's pretty.

[00:12:44] It's pretty crazy.

[00:12:45] I can help you with that.

[00:12:46] And.

[00:12:47] I think I can.

[00:12:49] I think I can manage now.

[00:12:50] It's like.

[00:12:50] Okay.

[00:12:51] So.

[00:12:52] And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

[00:12:54] When Ahab saw Elijah.

[00:12:56] Ahab said to him.

[00:12:57] Is it really you?

[00:12:58] You troubler of Israel.

[00:13:00] He answered.

[00:13:01] I haven't troubled Israel.

[00:13:02] You have.

[00:13:03] You and your father's house.

[00:13:05] By abandoning Adonai.

[00:13:07] Mitzvot.

[00:13:08] At the Lord's command.

[00:13:10] And following.

[00:13:12] The ball.

[00:13:13] Balim.

[00:13:14] Or the.

[00:13:15] You know.

[00:13:15] The ball worshipers.

[00:13:16] Now order all Israel.

[00:13:18] To assemble them for me.

[00:13:19] On Mount Carmel.

[00:13:20] Along with the 450 prophets of Baal.

[00:13:23] And the 400 prophets of Asherah.

[00:13:26] Who eat.

[00:13:26] At Jezebel's table.

[00:13:30] Ahab sent word.

[00:13:31] To all the people of Israel.

[00:13:32] And assembled the prophets together.

[00:13:34] On Mount Carmel.

[00:13:35] Elijah stepped forward.

[00:13:37] Before all the people.

[00:13:38] And said.

[00:13:38] How long are you going to jump.

[00:13:40] Back and forth.

[00:13:41] Between two positions.

[00:13:43] If the Lord is God.

[00:13:45] Follow him.

[00:13:46] But if it's Baal.

[00:13:48] Follow him.

[00:13:49] The people answered him.

[00:13:51] Not a word.

[00:13:52] Then Elijah said to the people.

[00:13:54] I.

[00:13:55] I alone.

[00:13:56] Am the only prophet.

[00:13:58] Of the Lord.

[00:13:59] Who is left.

[00:14:00] While Baal's prophets.

[00:14:01] Number 450.

[00:14:03] Let them give us.

[00:14:05] Two young bulls.

[00:14:06] And they can choose.

[00:14:07] The bull they want.

[00:14:07] For themselves.

[00:14:09] Then let them cut it in pieces.

[00:14:11] And lay it on the wood.

[00:14:12] But put no fire under it.

[00:14:14] I will prepare the other bull.

[00:14:16] Lay it on the wood.

[00:14:17] And put it.

[00:14:17] Put no fire under it.

[00:14:19] Then you.

[00:14:20] Call on the name of your God.

[00:14:21] And I will call on the name of.

[00:14:23] The Lord.

[00:14:24] And the God who answers with fire.

[00:14:26] Let him be God.

[00:14:27] All the people answered.

[00:14:28] Good idea.

[00:14:29] Agreed.

[00:14:30] Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal.

[00:14:32] Choose one bull for yourselves.

[00:14:34] And prepare it first.

[00:14:35] Because there are many of you.

[00:14:37] Then call on the name of your God.

[00:14:38] But put no fire under it.

[00:14:39] They took the bull that was given to them.

[00:14:42] Prepared it.

[00:14:42] And called on the name of Baal.

[00:14:45] From morning till noon.

[00:14:46] Baal answer us.

[00:14:47] But no voice was heard.

[00:14:48] And no one answered.

[00:14:50] As they jumped around on the altar they had made.

[00:14:53] Around noon.

[00:14:54] Elijah began ridiculing them.

[00:14:56] Shout louder.

[00:14:58] After all.

[00:14:59] He's a God isn't he?

[00:15:00] Maybe he's daydreaming.

[00:15:02] Or he's on the toilet.

[00:15:05] Or he's away on a trip.

[00:15:07] Maybe he's asleep.

[00:15:08] And you have to wake him up.

[00:15:10] So they shouted louder.

[00:15:12] And slashed themselves with swords and knives.

[00:15:14] As their custom was.

[00:15:15] Until blood gushed out all over them.

[00:15:17] But now it was afternoon.

[00:15:20] Afternoon.

[00:15:21] And they went on ranting.

[00:15:22] And raving until it was time for the evening offering.

[00:15:25] But no voice came.

[00:15:27] No one answered.

[00:15:27] No one paid any attention.

[00:15:31] I'll go ahead and pause there.

[00:15:32] Yeah.

[00:15:34] This is awesome.

[00:15:35] Absolutely awesome.

[00:15:37] So the funny thing about this whole.

[00:15:41] About first of all is like the names.

[00:15:43] So like Elijah.

[00:15:46] His name actually means God is.

[00:15:48] The Lord.

[00:15:50] So it's so interesting to me.

[00:15:51] That God's using Elijah.

[00:15:53] To say that he is the actual.

[00:15:55] The only Lord.

[00:15:57] And yeah.

[00:16:01] So that part really is interesting to me.

[00:16:05] That God's using you know.

[00:16:07] That name.

[00:16:10] And you know.

[00:16:12] And so we're.

[00:16:13] He's also.

[00:16:16] Elijah is proving.

[00:16:18] Which one is Lord.

[00:16:20] By the.

[00:16:21] By you know.

[00:16:23] The ways of sacrificing.

[00:16:24] That was.

[00:16:25] That is.

[00:16:28] A good to.

[00:16:30] Yahweh.

[00:16:31] And they agree to it.

[00:16:33] So I think that's.

[00:16:33] That's really funny.

[00:16:34] Like yeah.

[00:16:35] Sure.

[00:16:35] Yeah.

[00:16:35] It's custom to Yahweh.

[00:16:36] Because.

[00:16:37] And that's what they.

[00:16:38] That's what they would do for.

[00:16:40] Yahweh.

[00:16:41] But you know.

[00:16:42] Instead they do it for their gods too.

[00:16:44] And it's like.

[00:16:45] Okay.

[00:16:46] You know.

[00:16:47] They're like yeah.

[00:16:48] This is going to work.

[00:16:49] You know.

[00:16:49] It's never done.

[00:16:50] It's never worked before.

[00:16:51] You know.

[00:16:51] But Elijah knows something.

[00:16:53] They don't know.

[00:16:54] And.

[00:16:57] I just.

[00:16:58] I just think it's interesting.

[00:17:00] How many prophets there are.

[00:17:02] Yeah.

[00:17:03] And the fact that he says.

[00:17:06] I am the only one.

[00:17:07] Left of the Lord.

[00:17:09] Because they killed the other prophets.

[00:17:11] Before him.

[00:17:12] You know.

[00:17:14] And yet they have so many.

[00:17:17] Prophets for those two gods.

[00:17:18] And he's kind of.

[00:17:19] Mocking them in essence also.

[00:17:21] And saying look.

[00:17:23] It's kind of like.

[00:17:24] It's such a correlation to our.

[00:17:26] Modern day society.

[00:17:28] Because.

[00:17:29] Yeah.

[00:17:29] You know.

[00:17:29] Everybody who's in power.

[00:17:31] Today.

[00:17:32] It's no different.

[00:17:33] And nothing is new under the sun.

[00:17:34] It's all an illusion.

[00:17:36] You know.

[00:17:36] We think that they.

[00:17:38] There's so many people above us.

[00:17:40] That.

[00:17:40] You know.

[00:17:41] But there's more people.

[00:17:42] Than.

[00:17:43] There's more people in the country.

[00:17:45] Than there are rulers.

[00:17:46] In the country.

[00:17:47] And it's like that.

[00:17:48] All over the entire planet.

[00:17:50] And it's always been like that.

[00:17:52] So there's more people of Israel.

[00:17:54] Than there are.

[00:17:55] Those prophets.

[00:17:56] But those prophets.

[00:17:57] Outnumber.

[00:17:59] Elijah.

[00:18:00] By a thousand.

[00:18:00] And fifty.

[00:18:02] Or eight hundred and fifty.

[00:18:04] In number.

[00:18:05] And so he's just.

[00:18:07] Yeah.

[00:18:07] Kind of mocking.

[00:18:08] Mocking them.

[00:18:08] And saying look.

[00:18:09] You're even trying to look good.

[00:18:11] Or look like this is something legitimate.

[00:18:14] And that's why everybody is deceived.

[00:18:15] Because.

[00:18:16] I mean.

[00:18:16] The devil is just cunning like that.

[00:18:18] I think.

[00:18:19] It's just.

[00:18:19] And a lot of people are like that now.

[00:18:21] They trust their governments.

[00:18:22] They trust.

[00:18:24] In the world.

[00:18:25] System.

[00:18:26] And.

[00:18:27] It's just.

[00:18:28] It's just always burned.

[00:18:30] Humanity.

[00:18:30] Every single time.

[00:18:32] And this.

[00:18:33] No pun intended here.

[00:18:35] But.

[00:18:36] This is.

[00:18:37] You know.

[00:18:37] The next half of this is where.

[00:18:40] The contest is held.

[00:18:42] You know.

[00:18:42] And.

[00:18:44] Elijah gets to.

[00:18:45] Show his.

[00:18:46] His God.

[00:18:47] Is real.

[00:18:48] You know.

[00:18:49] Yeah.

[00:18:50] And.

[00:18:50] The other.

[00:18:51] First.

[00:18:52] In.

[00:18:53] Where is it?

[00:18:54] Is that.

[00:18:55] Verse twenty one.

[00:18:57] This is so.

[00:18:59] Um.

[00:19:00] This is so relevant to our day too.

[00:19:02] Is.

[00:19:03] Elijah's calling them.

[00:19:05] To.

[00:19:06] Pick a side.

[00:19:07] How long will you waver between.

[00:19:09] How long will you.

[00:19:10] Waver between two opinions.

[00:19:12] Is.

[00:19:13] Is Lord God.

[00:19:14] Or is Baal God.

[00:19:14] God.

[00:19:15] And so it's.

[00:19:16] It's.

[00:19:17] Very interesting.

[00:19:18] How.

[00:19:22] You know.

[00:19:22] God is.

[00:19:23] Is.

[00:19:24] Being very exclusive here.

[00:19:25] And he's telling them.

[00:19:26] And you know.

[00:19:27] Elijah's.

[00:19:28] You know.

[00:19:28] Basically preaching them to repent.

[00:19:30] Are you gonna.

[00:19:31] Who are you gonna follow?

[00:19:33] Um.

[00:19:34] Yeah.

[00:19:34] As an ultimatum.

[00:19:35] Yeah.

[00:19:36] And I don't really think.

[00:19:37] And it's just like.

[00:19:38] They.

[00:19:38] They don't really believe in their.

[00:19:40] Their God.

[00:19:40] They're not really committed.

[00:19:42] Um.

[00:19:43] No.

[00:19:43] And that's just like.

[00:19:44] With any.

[00:19:44] Like any.

[00:19:45] Any person that I.

[00:19:46] That I've met.

[00:19:47] That says like.

[00:19:47] Oh.

[00:19:48] I'm a Satanist.

[00:19:48] It's like.

[00:19:49] You could just tell.

[00:19:49] It's like.

[00:19:50] You don't even believe that.

[00:19:51] You're just.

[00:19:51] You're just like.

[00:19:52] No.

[00:19:52] Saying that.

[00:19:54] Um.

[00:19:55] So.

[00:19:56] That's.

[00:19:56] That's why.

[00:19:57] I think it's so.

[00:19:58] Important.

[00:19:59] It notes.

[00:20:00] Uh.

[00:20:00] That no one said a word.

[00:20:02] You know.

[00:20:03] Yeah.

[00:20:03] When.

[00:20:03] When they.

[00:20:04] When he told them.

[00:20:06] Uh.

[00:20:06] You know.

[00:20:07] Uh.

[00:20:08] The people answered him.

[00:20:09] Not a word.

[00:20:10] Because they knew.

[00:20:11] They knew he was right.

[00:20:13] And uh.

[00:20:14] It was just.

[00:20:15] Gay quiet.

[00:20:16] You know.

[00:20:16] You could hear a mouse fart.

[00:20:18] Probably.

[00:20:18] You know.

[00:20:18] It's just.

[00:20:19] Yeah.

[00:20:19] Um.

[00:20:20] But.

[00:20:21] Um.

[00:20:21] They all knew.

[00:20:22] This is going.

[00:20:23] Going to either go really well.

[00:20:25] Or really bad.

[00:20:26] And.

[00:20:26] They probably.

[00:20:27] Were leaning towards the bad side.

[00:20:29] Because they.

[00:20:29] They knew.

[00:20:30] They knew their God.

[00:20:32] They had just forgotten their God.

[00:20:34] And.

[00:20:35] I think.

[00:20:35] That's a lot of our problems too.

[00:20:37] Is we know.

[00:20:38] There is a God.

[00:20:40] But whether or not.

[00:20:41] We choose to acknowledge it.

[00:20:43] Or.

[00:20:44] Uh.

[00:20:44] Uh.

[00:20:44] Pay any attention to him.

[00:20:46] Directly.

[00:20:47] Affects our.

[00:20:49] Our.

[00:20:49] Well-being.

[00:20:50] And our lives.

[00:20:50] And our relationship.

[00:20:52] Uh.

[00:20:53] With life.

[00:20:53] I think.

[00:20:54] In general.

[00:20:55] Um.

[00:20:56] So.

[00:20:57] It's.

[00:20:58] It's.

[00:20:58] It's a lot to take in.

[00:20:59] You know.

[00:21:00] You can pick it apart forever.

[00:21:01] But.

[00:21:03] Yeah.

[00:21:03] And.

[00:21:05] I love how Elijah mocks them.

[00:21:08] You know.

[00:21:09] Shout louder.

[00:21:10] Surely he is God.

[00:21:12] Perhaps he is deep in thought.

[00:21:14] You know.

[00:21:15] Busy or traveling.

[00:21:17] Yeah.

[00:21:17] And you have to.

[00:21:18] You have to.

[00:21:19] I think.

[00:21:20] And I think back to.

[00:21:21] Um.

[00:21:21] When they were in Egypt.

[00:21:23] How many gods that Egypt.

[00:21:25] Egyptians had.

[00:21:25] And they knew.

[00:21:27] How pagan.

[00:21:28] That was.

[00:21:28] And some of them probably.

[00:21:30] You know.

[00:21:31] Were involved in those gods also.

[00:21:33] Um.

[00:21:33] But then God.

[00:21:34] He humiliated every one of those gods.

[00:21:36] With the plagues.

[00:21:37] So.

[00:21:38] It's just.

[00:21:38] You know.

[00:21:38] History repeats itself.

[00:21:40] When.

[00:21:41] We're not.

[00:21:43] Staying.

[00:21:44] Mindful of the past.

[00:21:46] I think.

[00:21:46] Um.

[00:21:48] And.

[00:21:48] And.

[00:21:49] And just.

[00:21:50] Learning from it.

[00:21:51] I guess.

[00:21:51] You know.

[00:21:52] I guess you can make a mistake.

[00:21:53] But.

[00:21:54] If you do the same mistake.

[00:21:56] Over again.

[00:21:56] Then you just made two mistakes.

[00:21:59] Yeah.

[00:22:00] So.

[00:22:03] Awesome.

[00:22:04] Yeah.

[00:22:05] You want.

[00:22:05] You want to keep reading.

[00:22:06] You want.

[00:22:06] You want me to.

[00:22:07] Finish this.

[00:22:09] You can.

[00:22:09] You can finish.

[00:22:10] Do you want to.

[00:22:10] All right.

[00:22:11] We're.

[00:22:11] We're at 30.

[00:22:13] Yeah man.

[00:22:14] Uh.

[00:22:15] I said.

[00:22:15] Uh.

[00:22:15] Yeah.

[00:22:16] At 29.

[00:22:16] I said.

[00:22:17] But no boys came.

[00:22:18] No one answered.

[00:22:18] No one paid any attention.

[00:22:20] Right.

[00:22:21] So.

[00:22:22] Yeah.

[00:22:22] So these.

[00:22:23] These.

[00:22:24] Baal.

[00:22:25] Prophets.

[00:22:26] Just spent like.

[00:22:27] I don't know.

[00:22:28] Four.

[00:22:28] Like.

[00:22:30] Half a day.

[00:22:31] A day.

[00:22:32] A day and a half.

[00:22:33] I think.

[00:22:33] Because.

[00:22:33] A day and a half.

[00:22:34] Okay.

[00:22:35] It was evening.

[00:22:36] And then they were offering their sacrifices.

[00:22:38] And stuff.

[00:22:38] And then by noon.

[00:22:39] The next day.

[00:22:40] They were already cutting themselves.

[00:22:42] Because.

[00:22:42] And then it was at that point.

[00:22:44] Elijah was like.

[00:22:45] All right.

[00:22:45] That's enough.

[00:22:47] You know.

[00:22:48] He gave them a day.

[00:22:49] Like.

[00:22:49] All the way to noon.

[00:22:50] The next day.

[00:22:51] And so you can imagine.

[00:22:52] How deject.

[00:22:52] How dejected they were.

[00:22:54] At that point.

[00:22:55] And just realizing.

[00:22:56] Okay.

[00:22:58] You know.

[00:22:58] This is.

[00:23:00] Not going to.

[00:23:01] He's not going to answer us.

[00:23:02] You know.

[00:23:03] So.

[00:23:04] God was like.

[00:23:05] Go ahead.

[00:23:06] Keep going.

[00:23:06] You know.

[00:23:06] And then.

[00:23:07] Notice here in the next.

[00:23:09] When Elijah does it.

[00:23:10] It happens immediately.

[00:23:11] It's just.

[00:23:12] Yeah.

[00:23:12] Yeah.

[00:23:13] You know what I mean?

[00:23:14] That's just the contrast.

[00:23:15] It's just crazy.

[00:23:17] And yeah.

[00:23:17] So.

[00:23:18] Yeah.

[00:23:18] So the time that they spent.

[00:23:19] Prophets.

[00:23:20] Or.

[00:23:20] You know.

[00:23:21] Worshiping.

[00:23:22] And.

[00:23:23] And.

[00:23:24] Yeah.

[00:23:24] And then.

[00:23:25] And then they.

[00:23:26] They're slicing their body.

[00:23:28] Is that.

[00:23:28] So that was their custom.

[00:23:29] Was cutting themselves.

[00:23:30] And.

[00:23:32] Yeah.

[00:23:32] Which.

[00:23:33] Which is.

[00:23:33] Which is.

[00:23:34] You know.

[00:23:34] It's self-mutilation.

[00:23:35] For.

[00:23:36] Yeah.

[00:23:37] You know.

[00:23:37] To appease.

[00:23:39] Appease gods.

[00:23:40] And things.

[00:23:41] And pagan religions.

[00:23:42] And.

[00:23:44] Just.

[00:23:44] Just a lot of occult things.

[00:23:46] Blood.

[00:23:46] Blood.

[00:23:46] Was.

[00:23:47] Is always seen as something.

[00:23:49] Sacrificial.

[00:23:50] And that's.

[00:23:51] You know.

[00:23:51] In.

[00:23:52] In.

[00:23:52] A lot of religions.

[00:23:54] Human sacrifices.

[00:23:56] Things like that.

[00:23:57] But then.

[00:23:59] Lo and behold.

[00:24:00] You know.

[00:24:01] Jesus Christ's blood.

[00:24:02] Is the blood.

[00:24:02] That paid for everyone's.

[00:24:04] Sins.

[00:24:05] So it's like.

[00:24:05] Yeah.

[00:24:05] Blood is important.

[00:24:07] But they just.

[00:24:08] Were misusing it.

[00:24:09] I mean.

[00:24:09] The devil can only take.

[00:24:10] What God.

[00:24:11] Created.

[00:24:11] That is holy.

[00:24:12] And corrupted.

[00:24:13] You know.

[00:24:14] And try to.

[00:24:15] Dress it up.

[00:24:16] As something.

[00:24:16] That's effective.

[00:24:17] But you're really.

[00:24:18] You know.

[00:24:19] These people were so deceived.

[00:24:20] And mentally ill.

[00:24:22] And deceived.

[00:24:23] They were just.

[00:24:24] Hurting themselves.

[00:24:26] And.

[00:24:28] You know.

[00:24:29] The devil.

[00:24:29] Just.

[00:24:30] Just like.

[00:24:30] Yeah.

[00:24:30] I liked it.

[00:24:32] Gosh.

[00:24:32] Yeah.

[00:24:33] Nothing really is new.

[00:24:34] Under the sun.

[00:24:35] Man.

[00:24:35] It's very.

[00:24:37] It's eerie.

[00:24:38] I'll continue reading here.

[00:24:42] So.

[00:24:42] First Kings.

[00:24:44] Chapter 18.

[00:24:45] Verse.

[00:24:45] This is verse 30.

[00:24:47] Then Elijah said to all the people.

[00:24:48] Come near to me.

[00:24:50] So all the people came near to him.

[00:24:51] And he repaired the altar of the Lord.

[00:24:54] That was broken down.

[00:24:55] And Elijah took 12 stones.

[00:24:57] According to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob.

[00:25:00] To whom the word of the Lord had come.

[00:25:03] Saying Israel shall be your name.

[00:25:06] Then with.

[00:25:07] Then with the stones.

[00:25:08] He built an altar in the name of the Lord.

[00:25:10] And he made a trench around.

[00:25:13] The altar.

[00:25:14] Large enough to hold two.

[00:25:15] I don't know what that word is.

[00:25:17] Seas of seed.

[00:25:19] And.

[00:25:20] Verse 33.

[00:25:21] And he put the word in order.

[00:25:23] Cut the bull in pieces.

[00:25:24] And laid it on the wood.

[00:25:26] And said.

[00:25:27] Fill four water parts.

[00:25:28] Four water parts.

[00:25:29] With water.

[00:25:31] And pour it on the burnt sacrifice.

[00:25:33] And on the wood.

[00:25:35] Then he said.

[00:25:36] Do it a second time.

[00:25:37] And they did it a second time.

[00:25:39] And he said.

[00:25:40] Do it a third time.

[00:25:41] And they did it a third time.

[00:25:42] So the water ran all around the altar.

[00:25:45] And he also filled the trench with water.

[00:25:48] And it came to pass.

[00:25:49] At the time of the offering.

[00:25:50] Of the evening sacrifice.

[00:25:52] That Elijah the prophet came near.

[00:25:54] And said.

[00:25:55] Lord God of Abraham.

[00:25:56] Isaac.

[00:25:57] And Israel.

[00:25:57] Let it be known this day.

[00:25:59] That you are God.

[00:26:00] In Israel.

[00:26:01] And I am your servant.

[00:26:02] And that I have done all these things.

[00:26:04] At your word.

[00:26:06] Hear me oh Lord.

[00:26:07] Hear me that this people may know.

[00:26:09] That you are the Lord God.

[00:26:10] And that you have turned their hearts.

[00:26:12] Back to you again.

[00:26:15] Then the fire of the Lord.

[00:26:16] Fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice.

[00:26:18] And the wood and the stones.

[00:26:20] And the dust.

[00:26:21] And it licked up the water.

[00:26:22] And that was in the trench.

[00:26:25] Now when all the people saw it.

[00:26:27] They fell on their faces.

[00:26:28] And they said.

[00:26:29] The Lord.

[00:26:30] He is God.

[00:26:31] The Lord.

[00:26:31] He is God.

[00:26:33] And Elijah said to them.

[00:26:34] Seize the prophets of Baal.

[00:26:36] Do not let one of them escape.

[00:26:38] So they seized them.

[00:26:39] And Elijah brought them down to the.

[00:26:41] Brook Kishon.

[00:26:43] And executed them there.

[00:26:46] Verse 41.

[00:26:48] Then Elijah said to Ahab.

[00:26:50] Go up.

[00:26:51] Eat and drink.

[00:26:52] For there is the sound of abundance of rain.

[00:26:55] So Ahab went up to eat and drink.

[00:26:57] And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel.

[00:27:01] Then he bowed down on the ground.

[00:27:02] And put his face beneath.

[00:27:04] Between his knees.

[00:27:05] And said to his servant.

[00:27:07] Go up now.

[00:27:08] Look toward the sea.

[00:27:09] So he went up and looked.

[00:27:10] And said there is nothing.

[00:27:12] And seven times he said go again.

[00:27:14] Then it came to pass.

[00:27:16] The seventh time.

[00:27:17] That he said there is a cloud.

[00:27:19] As small as a man's hand.

[00:27:20] Rising out of the sea.

[00:27:22] So he said go up.

[00:27:23] Say to Ahab.

[00:27:25] Prepare your chariot.

[00:27:26] And go down before the rain stops you.

[00:27:28] Now it happened in the meantime.

[00:27:30] That the sky became black.

[00:27:32] With clouds and wind.

[00:27:33] And there was a heavy rain.

[00:27:35] So Ahab rode away.

[00:27:36] And went to Jezreel.

[00:27:39] Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah.

[00:27:42] And he girded up his loins.

[00:27:44] And ran ahead of Ahab.

[00:27:46] To the entrance of Jezreel.

[00:27:51] Nice.

[00:27:52] Yeah.

[00:27:52] That's a lot.

[00:27:54] That's a lot to read.

[00:27:55] I mean.

[00:27:55] Yeah.

[00:27:56] And it kind of like.

[00:27:57] Bounces around too.

[00:27:58] There's a lot of.

[00:27:59] There's a lot of like details in there.

[00:28:01] That repeats itself.

[00:28:02] And everything.

[00:28:03] In certain scriptures.

[00:28:04] Good job doing that.

[00:28:06] Well how many.

[00:28:07] I'm just.

[00:28:08] Going in my brain here.

[00:28:10] How many water pots did.

[00:28:12] Jesus change from.

[00:28:14] Water to wine.

[00:28:15] Was it four?

[00:28:17] I'm not sure if it.

[00:28:19] If they specified a number.

[00:28:21] Of pots.

[00:28:22] It was like.

[00:28:22] I was just.

[00:28:24] Reconnecting that with.

[00:28:25] Like maybe.

[00:28:25] I don't know.

[00:28:26] Some.

[00:28:26] Some kind of connection there.

[00:28:27] Is that.

[00:28:40] On the seventh time.

[00:28:42] Which we know is like.

[00:28:43] The number of completion.

[00:28:44] To God.

[00:28:45] Now we see a cloud.

[00:28:46] And.

[00:28:47] Up to this point.

[00:28:49] What is hilarious.

[00:28:51] I think.

[00:28:52] Is.

[00:28:53] You know.

[00:28:53] Elijah prophesies.

[00:28:54] That there's going to be a drought.

[00:28:55] And I think it's like.

[00:28:56] Three years at this point.

[00:28:57] Right.

[00:28:58] Mm-hmm.

[00:28:59] And it's just so.

[00:29:00] Hilarious.

[00:29:01] That.

[00:29:02] Baal.

[00:29:03] His name.

[00:29:03] They.

[00:29:04] They call him that.

[00:29:05] Because.

[00:29:05] I think they call him.

[00:29:06] The lord of rain.

[00:29:08] Which I was reading.

[00:29:10] Which.

[00:29:10] Oh my gosh.

[00:29:11] So that's hilarious.

[00:29:13] To me.

[00:29:13] That.

[00:29:14] Baal.

[00:29:14] They call him.

[00:29:16] The lord of rain.

[00:29:17] And for three years.

[00:29:18] He's not providing rain.

[00:29:19] And the only time.

[00:29:20] We see rain.

[00:29:21] Is because.

[00:29:22] Yahweh's completed this.

[00:29:23] And has proven himself.

[00:29:25] As God.

[00:29:26] And I think that's really.

[00:29:27] Interesting to me.

[00:29:28] That.

[00:29:28] Yahweh's proving to them.

[00:29:29] He's like.

[00:29:30] Okay.

[00:29:30] You're going to call him.

[00:29:31] The god of rain.

[00:29:31] I'm going to take away.

[00:29:32] Your rain.

[00:29:33] Three years.

[00:29:35] You know.

[00:29:35] So that's.

[00:29:36] Really.

[00:29:36] Really interesting to me.

[00:29:38] It's crazy man.

[00:29:40] Yeah.

[00:29:40] I love that.

[00:29:42] So I love that.

[00:29:43] God's.

[00:29:43] You know.

[00:29:43] Proving himself.

[00:29:44] By.

[00:29:45] You know.

[00:29:46] Make it.

[00:29:46] Creating a drought.

[00:29:47] And then.

[00:29:52] You know.

[00:29:52] Yeah.

[00:29:53] It's like.

[00:29:56] He has to do with us.

[00:29:56] It's like.

[00:29:57] Put us in the desert.

[00:29:59] You know.

[00:30:00] Give us a drought.

[00:30:01] And so when the rain.

[00:30:02] Finally does come.

[00:30:03] Then we.

[00:30:04] Are.

[00:30:05] You know.

[00:30:06] Reconciled to him.

[00:30:08] You know.

[00:30:08] And refreshed.

[00:30:09] From it.

[00:30:10] But.

[00:30:11] I think that.

[00:30:12] The interesting part.

[00:30:13] About the water.

[00:30:14] Being poured on the.

[00:30:15] On the altar.

[00:30:17] Not only is it.

[00:30:18] To douse the wood.

[00:30:20] And make it super wet.

[00:30:21] And make.

[00:30:22] Make the moat around it.

[00:30:23] Full of water.

[00:30:24] Just some big circle.

[00:30:26] Of water around it.

[00:30:27] So that.

[00:30:28] It's like.

[00:30:29] Okay.

[00:30:29] If I call down fire.

[00:30:31] This water is not going to let this burn.

[00:30:33] Right.

[00:30:33] It's not going to burn.

[00:30:34] Because it's saturated water.

[00:30:36] So.

[00:30:36] It's even more difficult.

[00:30:38] He's just making it more difficult.

[00:30:39] Wow.

[00:30:41] And stuff.

[00:30:41] But.

[00:30:42] But the.

[00:30:42] The craziest part is.

[00:30:44] They're in a drought.

[00:30:45] Wow.

[00:30:45] So this is water.

[00:30:47] That they need to drink.

[00:30:48] Yeah.

[00:30:49] You know.

[00:30:49] This is like.

[00:30:50] Their water.

[00:30:51] Like.

[00:30:52] Reserves.

[00:30:53] You know.

[00:30:53] Whatever they have left.

[00:30:55] Because there's no water to drink.

[00:30:57] And they're.

[00:30:57] And they're.

[00:30:58] Willingly pouring it on this altar.

[00:31:01] And wasting it.

[00:31:02] Honestly.

[00:31:02] You know.

[00:31:03] And it's like.

[00:31:03] God's like.

[00:31:04] Look.

[00:31:05] You're going to give me.

[00:31:06] The only water you have left.

[00:31:07] Also.

[00:31:08] As I do this.

[00:31:09] And then.

[00:31:10] The fact that.

[00:31:11] Of course.

[00:31:12] When the.

[00:31:12] When the fire does come down.

[00:31:14] And it says.

[00:31:15] It consumed.

[00:31:16] It consumed.

[00:31:17] The burnt offerings.

[00:31:19] Which is the.

[00:31:19] The cow.

[00:31:21] That was cut up on there.

[00:31:22] The wood.

[00:31:23] The stones of the altar.

[00:31:25] That he built.

[00:31:26] Which was the 12 stones.

[00:31:28] Representing the 12 tribes of Israel.

[00:31:31] Yeah.

[00:31:31] And.

[00:31:31] You know.

[00:31:32] And the dust.

[00:31:34] Which means.

[00:31:34] Whatever dust.

[00:31:35] Came out of it.

[00:31:37] Combusting.

[00:31:38] That disappeared.

[00:31:40] And it says.

[00:31:41] It lit up the water.

[00:31:42] In the trench also.

[00:31:43] So.

[00:31:45] You know.

[00:31:46] That's.

[00:31:46] That's heaven.

[00:31:47] Heaven fire.

[00:31:48] You know.

[00:31:49] It's like.

[00:31:49] It's.

[00:31:50] It's not just.

[00:31:51] The thing caught on fire.

[00:31:52] It was consumed.

[00:31:54] And there was nothing left.

[00:31:56] There was no molecules left.

[00:31:57] And so.

[00:31:58] No wonder.

[00:31:59] Everybody just fell to the ground.

[00:32:01] And was saying.

[00:32:02] The Lord is God.

[00:32:02] The Lord is God.

[00:32:03] And I imagine.

[00:32:05] All the prophets.

[00:32:07] Of Baal.

[00:32:07] And the other gods.

[00:32:08] Who did the same.

[00:32:09] Exact thing.

[00:32:11] I can imagine.

[00:32:12] Many of them were just.

[00:32:13] Like.

[00:32:15] Please.

[00:32:16] Don't kill.

[00:32:16] You know.

[00:32:16] Forgive me.

[00:32:17] And.

[00:32:18] You know.

[00:32:19] This is one thing.

[00:32:20] That I saw today.

[00:32:22] A point.

[00:32:23] That I didn't even.

[00:32:24] Really think about.

[00:32:25] But.

[00:32:25] Why.

[00:32:25] Did he only kill.

[00:32:26] The prophets of Baal.

[00:32:28] And not the 400 prophets.

[00:32:29] Of.

[00:32:31] Asherah.

[00:32:32] You know.

[00:32:32] Who's.

[00:32:33] Eating at Jezebel's table.

[00:32:35] So.

[00:32:35] It's like.

[00:32:36] He's leaving those.

[00:32:37] He's leaving those alive.

[00:32:39] I.

[00:32:40] Especially.

[00:32:41] Talk to them.

[00:32:41] Yeah.

[00:32:42] Especially.

[00:32:42] It seems like.

[00:32:43] You know.

[00:32:43] Yahweh commands.

[00:32:45] That Elijah kills.

[00:32:46] The ones that just.

[00:32:47] They practically just repented.

[00:32:49] Right.

[00:32:50] They're just repented.

[00:32:51] And saw that.

[00:32:52] Yahweh is God.

[00:32:53] Not Baal.

[00:32:54] Right.

[00:32:55] Yeah.

[00:32:56] Yahweh.

[00:32:56] But.

[00:32:57] But.

[00:32:57] It just doesn't.

[00:32:58] Doesn't speak about the other prophets.

[00:33:00] The other false prophets.

[00:33:01] You know.

[00:33:02] What their fate is.

[00:33:02] So they're allowed.

[00:33:03] They're allowed to continue living.

[00:33:05] Maybe.

[00:33:06] You know.

[00:33:06] But imagine going down.

[00:33:07] And executing 450 people.

[00:33:11] And actually.

[00:33:12] The king actually allowing that to happen too.

[00:33:14] And the people allowing that to happen.

[00:33:16] That tells you it actually was.

[00:33:18] A.

[00:33:19] A.

[00:33:20] Magnificent.

[00:33:22] Actual event.

[00:33:23] Because.

[00:33:23] Can you imagine that.

[00:33:24] Taking place.

[00:33:25] It means everybody.

[00:33:26] Rallied around that.

[00:33:27] And said yes.

[00:33:28] We're going to do this.

[00:33:28] You know.

[00:33:29] We have to.

[00:33:30] We have to like.

[00:33:32] Said we have to make.

[00:33:34] Amends.

[00:33:35] You know.

[00:33:36] And this is our.

[00:33:37] This is our amends right here.

[00:33:38] We're going to kill all of these.

[00:33:40] People who.

[00:33:41] Led us away from.

[00:33:42] From you God.

[00:33:43] And.

[00:33:45] They participated in that.

[00:33:46] Which is.

[00:33:47] Which is.

[00:33:48] Kind of boggling.

[00:33:50] Imagine if that happened here.

[00:33:51] You know.

[00:33:53] We're just.

[00:33:54] Executing our own people.

[00:33:55] People.

[00:33:56] Because they had.

[00:33:57] They had done us so badly.

[00:33:59] Or something.

[00:33:59] They were just.

[00:34:00] They were no good anymore.

[00:34:02] You know.

[00:34:02] But that's what God.

[00:34:03] You know.

[00:34:04] There are a lot of times.

[00:34:06] Where God.

[00:34:06] Commands.

[00:34:08] The Jewish people.

[00:34:09] And Israel.

[00:34:12] Wipe out entire nations.

[00:34:13] You know.

[00:34:14] And gives them the power to do so.

[00:34:16] But they had many.

[00:34:18] Many.

[00:34:18] Hundreds of years.

[00:34:19] To repent.

[00:34:19] And turn to the God.

[00:34:20] Life.

[00:34:21] Of the Jews.

[00:34:22] Before those things.

[00:34:23] Took place also.

[00:34:24] I don't think a lot of people.

[00:34:24] Understand that.

[00:34:26] It wasn't just flippantly.

[00:34:28] Okay.

[00:34:28] Everybody.

[00:34:29] But the Jewish people.

[00:34:30] You're gone.

[00:34:32] You know.

[00:34:32] You're gone.

[00:34:33] If you've taken your land.

[00:34:34] Now.

[00:34:34] You know.

[00:34:35] It was.

[00:34:36] It was a process.

[00:34:38] You know.

[00:34:38] It was God.

[00:34:39] Is so patient with us.

[00:34:41] And so patient with.

[00:34:42] Everyone.

[00:34:43] Throughout the scripture.

[00:34:44] It's just.

[00:34:45] Like.

[00:34:46] That's why I'm pointing out.

[00:34:47] That the other prophets.

[00:34:48] It doesn't even speak about their faith.

[00:34:49] So I don't even know.

[00:34:50] If they were.

[00:34:53] Even.

[00:34:53] Even messed with.

[00:34:54] Or reprimanded.

[00:34:55] But.

[00:34:55] Because the next thing.

[00:34:56] Elijah does.

[00:34:57] Is just go.

[00:34:58] Up the mountain.

[00:34:59] And have the king.

[00:35:00] Follow him up there also.

[00:35:01] So that he can.

[00:35:03] Usher in.

[00:35:04] That the rain is coming.

[00:35:05] And.

[00:35:06] You know.

[00:35:07] Imagine the king just.

[00:35:09] You know.

[00:35:10] After witnessing all this.

[00:35:11] He's probably like.

[00:35:12] Okay.

[00:35:12] I'm a dead man too.

[00:35:14] But then Elijah's like.

[00:35:15] Come.

[00:35:16] Come with me.

[00:35:16] You know.

[00:35:17] I'm going to show you.

[00:35:18] That God.

[00:35:19] Has now.

[00:35:20] You know.

[00:35:21] Accepted.

[00:35:22] The.

[00:35:23] Accepted this sacrifice.

[00:35:24] Of the prophets.

[00:35:25] And now go down.

[00:35:27] To your reign.

[00:35:28] And.

[00:35:29] Attend to your nation.

[00:35:30] Basically.

[00:35:31] Yeah.

[00:35:32] Um.

[00:35:33] But.

[00:35:33] So.

[00:35:34] I just think there's.

[00:35:36] A sense of forgiveness there.

[00:35:38] Uh.

[00:35:39] Wow.

[00:35:40] Yeah.

[00:35:40] That we see.

[00:35:40] In the Old Testament.

[00:35:42] Even.

[00:35:42] It's just.

[00:35:45] Mercy.

[00:35:46] Gosh.

[00:35:46] Yeah.

[00:35:46] God is merciful man.

[00:35:48] It's incredible.

[00:35:49] Um.

[00:35:51] Yeah.

[00:35:51] Again.

[00:35:52] Everything that's.

[00:35:53] You know.

[00:35:53] In this.

[00:35:54] In the Bible.

[00:35:54] Is just.

[00:35:55] Is God.

[00:35:56] Teaching us.

[00:35:58] First through the people of Israel.

[00:36:00] Israel.

[00:36:01] And then.

[00:36:02] You know.

[00:36:02] And then through.

[00:36:03] You know.

[00:36:04] The church.

[00:36:05] But God is just.

[00:36:06] Teaching.

[00:36:06] Like.

[00:36:06] If we read.

[00:36:07] The.

[00:36:07] The.

[00:36:08] The Bible.

[00:36:09] We just see.

[00:36:10] God's character.

[00:36:11] We.

[00:36:11] He's revealing.

[00:36:12] Who he is.

[00:36:13] And how he is.

[00:36:14] And I just keep seeing that.

[00:36:16] In these.

[00:36:17] Stories.

[00:36:18] Of just like.

[00:36:19] You're like.

[00:36:19] Man.

[00:36:19] I wouldn't be.

[00:36:20] I wouldn't have been merciful.

[00:36:22] In that situation.

[00:36:23] I wouldn't have given them.

[00:36:24] Grace.

[00:36:24] Like.

[00:36:25] Um.

[00:36:26] But over and over.

[00:36:28] We're learning.

[00:36:28] His character.

[00:36:29] And I think.

[00:36:30] That's.

[00:36:30] That's one of the.

[00:36:31] Amazing things.

[00:36:32] Of reading the Bible.

[00:36:33] Is we learn God's character.

[00:36:34] And then we lean on that.

[00:36:36] And we can lean on those promises.

[00:36:38] Of how he is.

[00:36:40] To get us through our daily lives.

[00:36:42] Um.

[00:36:45] Yeah.

[00:36:45] Yeah.

[00:36:46] So.

[00:36:46] It's really.

[00:36:47] Heavy stuff.

[00:36:48] Honestly.

[00:36:48] Um.

[00:36:49] Yeah.

[00:36:50] But.

[00:36:50] You know.

[00:36:51] I just.

[00:36:51] I just think about all of these stories.

[00:36:55] How every single one of them.

[00:36:57] You know.

[00:36:58] You know.

[00:36:59] You can kind of.

[00:36:59] Look at our world today.

[00:37:01] And see that.

[00:37:02] Things aren't the way.

[00:37:03] That they're supposed to be.

[00:37:04] And there's a lot of weird things.

[00:37:06] That we can't explain.

[00:37:08] In our current reality.

[00:37:10] And it's somehow.

[00:37:11] Matt.

[00:37:11] C.S.

[00:37:12] Lewis said it.

[00:37:12] The best way.

[00:37:14] I think.

[00:37:16] You know.

[00:37:16] There's a sort of queerness.

[00:37:18] To the world.

[00:37:19] That.

[00:37:20] You know.

[00:37:21] One can't.

[00:37:21] Really comprehend.

[00:37:23] But that same queerness.

[00:37:24] Is in the Bible.

[00:37:26] All throughout the scriptures.

[00:37:28] Like nothing is new under the sun.

[00:37:30] And so.

[00:37:31] You see.

[00:37:32] That all these weird things are happening.

[00:37:34] I think.

[00:37:35] That can happen.

[00:37:35] But then.

[00:37:36] We see things.

[00:37:37] Uh.

[00:37:37] Super naturally.

[00:37:39] Occur.

[00:37:40] Uh.

[00:37:40] On a daily basis.

[00:37:42] UFOs.

[00:37:43] Um.

[00:37:43] Things we can't explain.

[00:37:44] In the sky.

[00:37:45] Um.

[00:37:46] You know.

[00:37:47] Spiritual.

[00:37:48] Uh.

[00:37:48] Demonic possessions.

[00:37:50] Uh.

[00:37:51] Sorcery.

[00:37:52] Certain things.

[00:37:53] That we can't see.

[00:37:55] You know.

[00:37:55] There's a realm.

[00:37:56] That we.

[00:37:57] That you know.

[00:37:57] There's a spiritual war going on.

[00:37:59] Whether we want to believe it or not.

[00:38:01] It's happening.

[00:38:02] Um.

[00:38:04] And.

[00:38:04] And so.

[00:38:05] I don't know where I was going with that exactly.

[00:38:07] But.

[00:38:08] Yeah.

[00:38:09] You know.

[00:38:10] Just how.

[00:38:10] Just how.

[00:38:10] All these people witnessed this event.

[00:38:12] Take place.

[00:38:14] And.

[00:38:14] And it just.

[00:38:15] And the story.

[00:38:16] It just never ends.

[00:38:17] It just.

[00:38:17] It picks up from there.

[00:38:19] And it says.

[00:38:19] Now the.

[00:38:20] Now the people did this.

[00:38:21] And then they went back.

[00:38:22] Against God again.

[00:38:23] And it's just back and forth.

[00:38:24] Back and forth.

[00:38:25] You know.

[00:38:26] Until.

[00:38:27] Christ finally comes.

[00:38:28] And then it's like.

[00:38:28] Now you have your.

[00:38:30] Messiah.

[00:38:30] You know.

[00:38:31] You can finally.

[00:38:32] Uh.

[00:38:33] You know.

[00:38:34] Have life.

[00:38:35] Life.

[00:38:36] Real.

[00:38:36] A life.

[00:38:37] Without.

[00:38:39] Any limit to it.

[00:38:40] Um.

[00:38:41] Because even this was kind of like.

[00:38:42] You know.

[00:38:43] It was always just kind of like.

[00:38:44] A band-aid.

[00:38:45] It was like.

[00:38:46] A stay of.

[00:38:47] Uh.

[00:38:48] Order.

[00:38:49] You know.

[00:38:49] Just to be like.

[00:38:50] Okay.

[00:38:50] We're good.

[00:38:51] You know.

[00:38:51] You know.

[00:38:52] Until you mess it up again.

[00:38:54] Yeah.

[00:38:54] And I think that's interesting.

[00:38:57] Yeah.

[00:38:57] I.

[00:38:58] I think we talked about this.

[00:39:00] Last week too.

[00:39:02] Is.

[00:39:02] Our God.

[00:39:03] Is the only.

[00:39:04] God.

[00:39:04] That's.

[00:39:06] You know.

[00:39:06] Gives people a choice.

[00:39:08] To follow him.

[00:39:08] Like I.

[00:39:09] I love in 21.

[00:39:10] When it says.

[00:39:10] How long will you falter.

[00:39:12] Between two opinions.

[00:39:13] If the Lord is God.

[00:39:14] Follow him.

[00:39:14] If Baal is God.

[00:39:15] Follow him.

[00:39:16] You know.

[00:39:17] We see.

[00:39:18] And I'm probably.

[00:39:19] I'm sure in this time.

[00:39:20] You know.

[00:39:20] People were.

[00:39:21] Forced to.

[00:39:22] To.

[00:39:23] Worship.

[00:39:24] Baal.

[00:39:25] During that time.

[00:39:26] You know.

[00:39:26] And I.

[00:39:27] I just.

[00:39:27] I love that we see.

[00:39:29] That God is like.

[00:39:30] You have a choice.

[00:39:32] You know.

[00:39:33] We have a choice.

[00:39:34] To follow Jesus.

[00:39:35] And you know.

[00:39:36] Nobody's forced into it.

[00:39:40] So.

[00:39:41] Yeah.

[00:39:41] I found that.

[00:39:42] There is.

[00:39:43] Yeah.

[00:39:44] That is the biggest lie.

[00:39:45] Ever told.

[00:39:45] That you don't have a choice.

[00:39:47] Yeah.

[00:39:48] That you.

[00:39:48] That you have.

[00:39:50] You know.

[00:39:50] You have to live.

[00:39:52] In misery.

[00:39:53] And.

[00:39:54] Without God.

[00:39:55] Or without hope.

[00:39:56] For the future.

[00:39:57] Or.

[00:39:58] Eternity.

[00:40:00] You know.

[00:40:01] They were all just.

[00:40:02] Specks of dust.

[00:40:04] Haphazardly.

[00:40:05] Floating in the universe.

[00:40:06] And matter.

[00:40:08] And.

[00:40:09] That's the biggest lie.

[00:40:10] Ever told.

[00:40:11] And.

[00:40:12] It's just.

[00:40:13] You see this.

[00:40:15] This intimate.

[00:40:16] Like.

[00:40:17] Interaction here.

[00:40:18] Yeah.

[00:40:18] It's violent.

[00:40:19] You know.

[00:40:19] But history is violent.

[00:40:21] Ideals are peaceful.

[00:40:22] History is violent.

[00:40:23] I think.

[00:40:24] Winston Churchill said that.

[00:40:27] But.

[00:40:29] So.

[00:40:31] But.

[00:40:33] And.

[00:40:34] The thing about.

[00:40:35] The altar.

[00:40:35] Also.

[00:40:36] It says.

[00:40:36] The Hebrew.

[00:40:38] Repaired it.

[00:40:38] Meaning.

[00:40:39] That.

[00:40:39] This altar.

[00:40:40] Used to be here.

[00:40:41] And used to be.

[00:40:42] For.

[00:40:43] God.

[00:40:44] But they had.

[00:40:45] Dismantled it.

[00:40:46] You know.

[00:40:47] Kind of like.

[00:40:47] Tearing down the holy.

[00:40:49] Places.

[00:40:50] You know.

[00:40:51] Yeah.

[00:40:51] They desecrated.

[00:40:52] They desecrated it.

[00:40:53] And he put it.

[00:40:54] And he put it back together.

[00:40:55] Right in front of their eyes.

[00:40:56] He's like.

[00:40:57] Look.

[00:40:57] This is.

[00:40:58] Every little step.

[00:40:59] Was like.

[00:41:00] Okay.

[00:41:00] God saying.

[00:41:01] Okay.

[00:41:01] 12 stones.

[00:41:02] This is you.

[00:41:04] This is the 12 tribes.

[00:41:05] And then the fire coming down.

[00:41:07] And consuming it.

[00:41:08] Where it doesn't even exist.

[00:41:09] He's telling them.

[00:41:10] Look.

[00:41:11] I could have already done this to you.

[00:41:14] Yeah.

[00:41:14] I could have already.

[00:41:15] I could have already just.

[00:41:17] Eliminate.

[00:41:17] You know.

[00:41:19] Eliminated the problem.

[00:41:20] You know.

[00:41:21] And it wouldn't have been any skin off of his back.

[00:41:23] But.

[00:41:24] But.

[00:41:25] But.

[00:41:26] He's like.

[00:41:26] It's.

[00:41:27] It's not.

[00:41:29] In his character.

[00:41:30] It's not.

[00:41:31] Something.

[00:41:32] He wanted.

[00:41:32] He wanted the reconciliation.

[00:41:34] With those people.

[00:41:35] Yeah.

[00:41:36] He's incredibly patient.

[00:41:39] God is patient.

[00:41:43] Amazing.

[00:41:44] But there's.

[00:41:44] There's.

[00:41:45] There's a lot of that.

[00:41:45] In the prophecies of.

[00:41:47] Revelation.

[00:41:48] Also.

[00:41:48] When it talks about.

[00:41:49] You know.

[00:41:50] The nations.

[00:41:50] And.

[00:41:52] The horns.

[00:41:52] Of the goat.

[00:41:53] And stuff.

[00:41:54] And turning against.

[00:41:55] Israel.

[00:41:56] That everybody turns against.

[00:41:58] Israel.

[00:41:59] And.

[00:42:01] The fact that.

[00:42:07] I don't know where I was going with that dude.

[00:42:09] I totally just blanked out.

[00:42:10] I'm sorry.

[00:42:11] That's all right.

[00:42:11] Yeah.

[00:42:12] But it.

[00:42:12] But it's just.

[00:42:13] I guess the correlation.

[00:42:15] I was trying to make is.

[00:42:20] You know.

[00:42:20] God wants them to.

[00:42:21] To know the story.

[00:42:23] And be.

[00:42:24] And be involved.

[00:42:25] Yeah.

[00:42:26] So we get.

[00:42:27] We get kind of like.

[00:42:28] A future sight.

[00:42:30] On everything.

[00:42:31] And.

[00:42:32] You know.

[00:42:33] It just kind of.

[00:42:34] Makes me think.

[00:42:35] If 70 something percent.

[00:42:36] Of prophecy.

[00:42:37] Has already come to pass.

[00:42:39] And these things.

[00:42:40] Actually happened.

[00:42:42] You know.

[00:42:42] Then the next.

[00:42:43] 30 percent.

[00:42:44] Is.

[00:42:45] You know.

[00:42:46] Happening.

[00:42:46] Right before our eyes.

[00:42:47] And we don't even realize it.

[00:42:49] Or it's soon to happen.

[00:42:50] And how fast it will happen.

[00:42:52] Nobody knows.

[00:42:53] But.

[00:42:55] I just think.

[00:42:56] The rebuilding of the altar.

[00:42:58] You know.

[00:42:59] There's going to be a rebuilding.

[00:43:00] Of the temple.

[00:43:01] In Israel.

[00:43:02] Yeah.

[00:43:03] You know.

[00:43:03] Before the end.

[00:43:04] Of times.

[00:43:05] And things like that.

[00:43:06] So.

[00:43:07] God is really just.

[00:43:09] Piecing together.

[00:43:10] A story.

[00:43:11] It's like.

[00:43:11] You know.

[00:43:12] I guess it's called.

[00:43:13] Cross-referencing.

[00:43:14] The Old Testament.

[00:43:14] And New Testament.

[00:43:15] The cross-reference.

[00:43:17] Yeah.

[00:43:19] And that's why it's so important.

[00:43:20] To read this stuff.

[00:43:20] And.

[00:43:21] I kind of want to read.

[00:43:22] A little bit about.

[00:43:23] Jezebel.

[00:43:23] A lot of people.

[00:43:24] You know.

[00:43:25] I think a lot.

[00:43:25] I think this was why.

[00:43:27] This story has come up a lot.

[00:43:29] Is a lot of people claim.

[00:43:30] You know.

[00:43:31] You know.

[00:43:31] Kamala Harris.

[00:43:32] And a lot of our.

[00:43:33] Modern culture.

[00:43:34] Has a lot of similarities.

[00:43:37] With Jezebel.

[00:43:38] And.

[00:43:39] You know.

[00:43:40] It almost seems like.

[00:43:41] There's a spirit of Jezebel.

[00:43:43] That guides a lot of.

[00:43:45] Our modern culture today.

[00:43:47] And it's pretty much just.

[00:43:50] You know.

[00:43:51] A powerful woman.

[00:43:52] Who is.

[00:43:53] Pretty much using.

[00:43:55] A weak man.

[00:43:55] To get.

[00:43:56] To establish power.

[00:43:58] And to establish.

[00:44:00] You know.

[00:44:00] To get.

[00:44:03] You know.

[00:44:03] Deceive people.

[00:44:04] Essentially.

[00:44:05] Deceive people.

[00:44:06] Away from God.

[00:44:07] We saw it in Kamala Harris's.

[00:44:10] Campaign.

[00:44:11] You know.

[00:44:11] When people were screaming Jesus.

[00:44:12] At her.

[00:44:13] She's.

[00:44:13] I mean.

[00:44:13] She goes.

[00:44:14] You know.

[00:44:14] You guys are at the wrong campaign.

[00:44:16] And I really think.

[00:44:17] That harmed her.

[00:44:19] Her campaign.

[00:44:21] Like.

[00:44:22] She might have lost.

[00:44:24] The.

[00:44:24] The presidency right there.

[00:44:26] Yeah.

[00:44:27] You know.

[00:44:28] So.

[00:44:28] I find that very interesting.

[00:44:30] But.

[00:44:32] Yeah.

[00:44:32] So.

[00:44:33] Essentially.

[00:44:33] Next.

[00:44:33] In.

[00:44:34] In.

[00:44:34] In chapter 19.

[00:44:35] We see.

[00:44:39] So.

[00:44:39] The rain's coming.

[00:44:40] And we find.

[00:44:41] Like.

[00:44:41] Elijah.

[00:44:42] Pretty much.

[00:44:43] He's so human.

[00:44:44] Like.

[00:44:45] We.

[00:44:45] We.

[00:44:45] We find him.

[00:44:46] You know.

[00:44:46] In a state of.

[00:44:47] You know.

[00:44:48] Over.

[00:44:48] He's overwhelmed.

[00:44:49] He's.

[00:44:50] He's.

[00:44:51] Depressed.

[00:44:51] At some points.

[00:44:52] But it says.

[00:44:53] Let's see.

[00:44:54] Chapter 19.

[00:44:55] Verse 1.

[00:44:57] So.

[00:44:57] After all this happens.

[00:44:58] Ahab.

[00:45:00] Tells Jezebel.

[00:45:01] All that Elijah had done.

[00:45:04] Also.

[00:45:04] How he had executed.

[00:45:06] All the prophets.

[00:45:07] With the sword.

[00:45:08] Then Jezebel.

[00:45:09] Sent a messenger.

[00:45:10] To Elijah.

[00:45:10] Saying.

[00:45:11] So let the gods.

[00:45:12] Do to me.

[00:45:12] And more also.

[00:45:13] If I do not.

[00:45:14] Make your life.

[00:45:15] As the life of one of them.

[00:45:16] By tomorrow.

[00:45:17] About this time.

[00:45:20] So.

[00:45:21] Yeah.

[00:45:21] So Jezebel's.

[00:45:22] You know.

[00:45:23] Hearing about this miracle.

[00:45:25] And instead of.

[00:45:27] Turning to God.

[00:45:28] She goes the opposite direction.

[00:45:32] Yeah.

[00:45:33] So.

[00:45:34] Yeah.

[00:45:34] So verse 3 says.

[00:45:36] And when he saw that.

[00:45:37] He arose.

[00:45:38] He arose.

[00:45:39] And ran for his life.

[00:45:40] And went to.

[00:45:42] Beersheba.

[00:45:43] Which belongs to Judah.

[00:45:44] And left his servant there.

[00:45:46] But he himself.

[00:45:47] Went a day's journey.

[00:45:48] Into the wilderness.

[00:45:49] And came and sat down.

[00:45:50] Under a broom tree.

[00:45:52] And he prayed.

[00:45:53] That he might die.

[00:45:54] And said.

[00:45:54] It is enough.

[00:45:55] Now Lord.

[00:45:56] Take my life.

[00:45:57] For I am no better.

[00:45:58] Than my father's.

[00:46:00] Verse 5 says.

[00:46:01] Then as he.

[00:46:02] As he lay and slept.

[00:46:03] Under a broom tree.

[00:46:04] Suddenly an angel.

[00:46:05] Touched him.

[00:46:05] And said to him.

[00:46:06] Arise and eat.

[00:46:08] Then he looked.

[00:46:08] And there by his head.

[00:46:09] Was a cake.

[00:46:11] Baked on coals.

[00:46:12] And a jar of water.

[00:46:13] So he ate and drank.

[00:46:14] And laid down again.

[00:46:15] And the angel of the Lord.

[00:46:17] Came back.

[00:46:17] Back the second time.

[00:46:18] And touched him.

[00:46:18] And said arise and eat.

[00:46:19] Because the journey.

[00:46:20] Is too great for you.

[00:46:22] So he rose and ate.

[00:46:23] And drank.

[00:46:24] And he went into the strength.

[00:46:25] He went in the strength.

[00:46:26] Of that food.

[00:46:27] Forty days.

[00:46:28] And forty nights.

[00:46:29] As far as.

[00:46:30] For the mountain of God.

[00:46:33] And there he went.

[00:46:34] To a cave.

[00:46:34] And spent the night.

[00:46:35] In that place.

[00:46:35] And behold.

[00:46:36] The word of the Lord.

[00:46:37] Came to him.

[00:46:38] And he said to him.

[00:46:39] What are you doing here.

[00:46:39] Elijah.

[00:46:41] So he said.

[00:46:42] I have been very zealous.

[00:46:43] For the Lord God.

[00:46:44] A host.

[00:46:44] For the children of Israel.

[00:46:46] Have forsaken your covenant.

[00:46:48] Torn down your altars.

[00:46:49] And killed your prophets.

[00:46:50] With the sword.

[00:46:51] I alone am left.

[00:46:53] And they seek to take my life.

[00:46:56] Then he said.

[00:46:57] Go out and stand on the mountain.

[00:46:58] Before the Lord.

[00:46:59] And behold.

[00:47:00] The Lord passed by.

[00:47:01] And a great strong wind.

[00:47:02] Torn to the mountains.

[00:47:03] And broke the rocks in pieces.

[00:47:05] Before the Lord.

[00:47:06] But the Lord was not in the wind.

[00:47:08] And after the wind.

[00:47:09] An earthquake.

[00:47:10] But the Lord was not in the earthquake.

[00:47:11] And after the earthquake.

[00:47:13] A fire.

[00:47:13] But the Lord was not in the fire.

[00:47:15] And after the fire.

[00:47:16] A still small voice.

[00:47:18] So it was.

[00:47:19] When Elijah heard it.

[00:47:20] That he wrapped his face.

[00:47:21] In his mantle.

[00:47:22] And went out.

[00:47:22] And stood in the.

[00:47:23] Entrance of the cave.

[00:47:24] Suddenly a voice came to him.

[00:47:26] And said.

[00:47:26] What are you doing here.

[00:47:27] Elijah.

[00:47:29] And he said.

[00:47:29] I have been very zealous.

[00:47:30] For the Lord God of hosts.

[00:47:31] Because the children of Israel.

[00:47:33] Have forsaken your covenant.

[00:47:34] Torn down your altars.

[00:47:35] And killed your prophets.

[00:47:36] With the sword.

[00:47:37] I alone am left.

[00:47:38] And they seek to take my life.

[00:47:40] Then the Lord said to him.

[00:47:41] Go return on your way.

[00:47:42] To the wilderness of Damascus.

[00:47:44] And when you arrive.

[00:47:46] Anoint Haziel.

[00:47:48] As king over Syria.

[00:47:50] Also you should anoint.

[00:47:51] Jehu.

[00:47:52] The son of.

[00:47:53] Nemesha.

[00:47:54] Nemeshi.

[00:47:55] As king over Israel.

[00:47:57] And Elisha.

[00:47:58] The son of.

[00:48:01] Shaphat.

[00:48:02] Of Abel.

[00:48:04] Meholah.

[00:48:05] These names are crazy.

[00:48:07] You shall.

[00:48:07] You shall anoint.

[00:48:09] As prophet.

[00:48:10] In your place.

[00:48:11] It shall be that.

[00:48:12] Whoever escapes the sword of Haziel.

[00:48:13] Jehu will kill.

[00:48:14] And whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

[00:48:17] Elisha will kill.

[00:48:18] Yet I have reserved 7,000 in Israel.

[00:48:20] All those.

[00:48:21] All whose knees have not bowed to Baal.

[00:48:24] And every mouth that has not kissed him.

[00:48:27] So I'll stop there.

[00:48:28] Because this is before.

[00:48:31] He meets Elisha.

[00:48:32] Who pretty much takes over.

[00:48:34] For Elijah.

[00:48:36] Yeah.

[00:48:37] Once Elijah dies.

[00:48:39] But.

[00:48:41] Man.

[00:48:41] This.

[00:48:41] We could.

[00:48:42] We could do a whole other episode.

[00:48:43] On the rest of this.

[00:48:44] Like this is crazy.

[00:48:46] Well.

[00:48:47] That interesting thing is.

[00:48:48] Elijah doesn't die.

[00:48:49] Does he?

[00:48:50] No.

[00:48:52] He's.

[00:48:53] He's taken up into heaven.

[00:48:56] On a.

[00:48:56] On a fiery chariot.

[00:48:59] Yeah.

[00:49:00] Eventually.

[00:49:01] It's like.

[00:49:01] When his.

[00:49:02] When his business is done.

[00:49:03] But I think.

[00:49:04] So he.

[00:49:04] He's.

[00:49:05] One person in the Bible.

[00:49:06] That never died.

[00:49:08] That God just took him up.

[00:49:10] You know.

[00:49:11] While he was still living.

[00:49:13] And that's interesting to me.

[00:49:14] But.

[00:49:16] You know.

[00:49:16] He didn't want to be.

[00:49:17] Even experienced it.

[00:49:18] Nobody.

[00:49:18] Everybody else dies in the Bible.

[00:49:20] Pretty much.

[00:49:21] Right?

[00:49:21] Yeah.

[00:49:22] Oh yeah dude.

[00:49:22] And all the other prophets were killed.

[00:49:24] You know.

[00:49:25] Yeah.

[00:49:25] But.

[00:49:26] It was.

[00:49:27] It was.

[00:49:27] It was.

[00:49:28] It was at this point.

[00:49:28] Where it's like.

[00:49:29] Actually.

[00:49:30] They're not going to get that honor.

[00:49:33] And.

[00:49:34] You know.

[00:49:34] My glory is going to be seen.

[00:49:36] And the fact that you just disappear.

[00:49:37] And everybody sees you get caught up into the sky.

[00:49:41] And they know that you were my prophet.

[00:49:44] And it's.

[00:49:45] It's honoring you.

[00:49:46] It's honoring me.

[00:49:47] And it's like a big sign of like.

[00:49:50] You better listen to the next one.

[00:49:52] You know.

[00:49:53] And.

[00:49:54] Just.

[00:49:54] You know.

[00:49:55] It's kind of like.

[00:49:57] Yeah.

[00:49:57] God.

[00:49:57] He has never just.

[00:49:59] Resting on his laurels.

[00:50:00] I guess you could say.

[00:50:02] Like people think.

[00:50:03] It's just.

[00:50:05] He's continually like.

[00:50:06] Like.

[00:50:08] Working something.

[00:50:09] But.

[00:50:09] I think that was what.

[00:50:10] The point of it was.

[00:50:11] Was.

[00:50:11] He was going to be glorified.

[00:50:13] In the fact that.

[00:50:14] Everybody saw Elijah.

[00:50:17] You know.

[00:50:17] Just.

[00:50:18] Get.

[00:50:18] Caught up into the heavens.

[00:50:20] On a chariot.

[00:50:21] That came down and picked him up.

[00:50:22] And took him away.

[00:50:24] And they were just like.

[00:50:25] What is going on here?

[00:50:27] Yeah.

[00:50:28] It's like.

[00:50:28] It's like.

[00:50:29] We see this contrast of like.

[00:50:31] Elijah.

[00:50:31] Who's.

[00:50:32] Who's very human.

[00:50:33] But also God's proving.

[00:50:34] How great he is.

[00:50:35] But then also.

[00:50:37] We know that there's going to be.

[00:50:38] A greater Elisha.

[00:50:39] Eventually.

[00:50:40] Yeah.

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