Elijah

biblical person · 10 episodes

188A is for Alphabet, Artist, and Ahab 8 Apr 2024 24:18¶ 63 “And that’s something of what Elijah was about. He appears out of nowhere. He confronts Ahab and says, “It’s not going to rain until…” 26:18¶ 68 “Meanwhile back here, going into chapter 18, Elijah says, “We’re going to Mount Carmel and we’re going to have a contest there.” Now a…” 27:20¶ 70 “And then, just to make the thing interesting, he says, “And let’s douse the sacrifices with water.” Actually, no, he does that for himself.…”

124No Other Stream 27 Jun 2022 15:40¶ 53 “We skipped the story, but when it was time for Elijah to go to heaven, he crossed Jordan backwards. He came and it opened…” 15:58¶ 54 “Wait, this is the man who has the word of God. This is God’s fiery chariot of his word, of the Spirit, and he’s…” 16:20¶ 55 “It looks like it’s all over, but then Elijah goes to heaven, leaving his mantle behind. Elisha picks it up and crosses and he…”

122Eminent Domain 13 Jun 2022 31:49¶ 119 “There’s a little bit more that we may come to, or not. But notice that the prophet says, in so many words, “Thou art…” 32:10¶ 120 “Of course, there’s no one here to execute you, and God has not told me to do it, but someone’s going to do it.…” 33:58¶ 124 “If anyone has the willingness to get in the way of Ahab’s plans it’s Elijah.”

121Elijah's Job 6 Jun 2022 3:48¶ 12 “When he shows up there he has a very simple message for God that he’s worked really hard on, because he’s memorized it. He…” 4:17¶ 13 “God ignores all that and says, “Go stand in the mountain” and Elijah sees and experiences fire, tempest, and earthquake, and they are all…” 3:31¶ 11 “Well, Jezebel sends a message to Elijah that says, “You are so dead,” and Elijah goes from a mountaintop experience to bottom of the…”

120When the Fire Falls 30 May 2022 2:59¶ 12 “Rather than saying, “Well, she’s just sour grapes and she has no leverage and the people are with me,” Elijah concludes, “It’s all lost.…” 3:25¶ 13 “So partially in fear, largely in depression, he runs. He runs all the way through Israel the northern kingdom, all the way through Judah…” 5:35¶ 19 “It’s significant that it’s Sinai because he could have gone to the temple and talked to God. He’s going all the way back deliberately.…”

119When Nature Fails 23 May 2022 2:41¶ 10 “God has sent Elijah back to confront Ahab, and the strategy is a contest, a war of the gods. Elijah dictates the terms. He…” 5:45¶ 22 “Now, he’s not saying, “Your vote will turn God into existence.” He’s talking about covenant commitment. “Pick whom you’re going to serve. You’ve got…” 8:54¶ 34 “Some may say, “Well, this was a slip in his spirituality.” No, this was calling foolishness foolishness. This is completely appropriate under these circumstances.…”

118Elijah and Obadiah 16 May 2022 11:33¶ 40 “The thing I would like to talk about is how these two men might see each other. Here’s Elijah the fanatic, the rabble rouser,…” 10:53¶ 39 “He probably had to cut some corners and tell some fibs and allocate resources that may not exactly have been his to allocate, and…” 6:59¶ 27 “We skipped over this story, and I’m not sure why we skipped over it in the original articles I wrote, but in the story…”

117More Things Are Wrought By Prayer 9 May 2022 5:01¶ 15 “What 1 Kings didn’t tell us, we might have the impression that God simply appeared to Elijah and said, “Go tell them there’s not…” 5:15¶ 16 “He knew the law well enough. He knew Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28. The passages say basically that when God’s people go into idolatry,…” 3:04¶ 7 “In the midst of this, suddenly at Ahab’s court a man shows up. He is described elsewhere as hairy, probably a Nazirite, girded with…”

116Jezebel 2 May 2022 15:50¶ 49 “Although God with one hand opened this door and let Baal worship enter Israel, with the other he raised up one of the most…” 16:40¶ 50 “It turns out that there was more to the story than that. He confronts Ahab on Mount Carmel and thinks everything is great, and…” 36:53¶ 122 “But true Yahweh worship where the prophet comes and wags a finger in your face and says, “Thus saith the Lord, a famine is…”

83Baal and Astarte 13 Sep 2021 25:10¶ 93 “Elijah says, “Okay, we’re all going to get together at Mt. Carmel,” which is Phoenician territory, Canaanite territory. It’s a mountain, so it’s up…” 26:41¶ 97 “It’s like this, and they do it. They do it for a very long time. Then Elijah starts mocking them. “He’s a god. Surely…” 31:13¶ 114 “Well, what happens is at the time of evening sacrifice Elijah blows the whistle and these bloody, battered, absolutely failed people have to leave…”