SS2 CRS
3rd Term
1st Week
Stories of Elijah and
Obadiah (1kings 17:1-7; 11kings 18:1-16): Elijah said to Ahab that there
shall be no rain for 3 and half years. Then, the Lord warned him to go and hide
by the brook of Cherith, east of Jordan, so that he can drink from the brook,
for He had commanded ravens to take bread and meat to him there both morning
and evening. After a while, the brook dried up because there was no rain in the
land. Then, the Lord sent him to a widow of Zeraphath.
In the third year, God told Elijah to go and show himself to
king Ahab for He is about to send rain. Elijah went. By this time the famine
had become so severe that king Ahab and Obadiah had to take different paths in
search of grass across the land. Elijah met Obadiah in the course of this
search and told him to go and tell Ahab that he is here. Obadiah was a faithful
worshipper of God. He knew that the spirit of the Lord could take Elijah elsewhere
impromptu, and if that happened, Ahab might think that Obadiah lied, and then
kill him. But Elijah promised him that he would show himself to the king today.
With this assurance, Obadiah went to tell Ahab.
Elijah meets the king
and threw a challenge (1 kings 18:17-19): when Ahab saw Elijah, he asked
him, “is it you, the troubler of Israel?” Elijah answered him, “I have not
troubled Israel; but you have, and your father’s house, because you have
forsaken the commandments of the lord and followed the Baals. Now therefore
send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal and
Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.
The
contest on Mount Carmel (1 kings18:20-46; 1 Sam 5:1-12): When the people gathered at the mountain,
Elijah addressed them on how they have been wavering between God and Baal. He
told them to get two bull – one for him and one for the prophets of Baal. Each
party was to call on their god. The one that answers by fire is the one that
shall be God of the people. They agreed and the contest began. The prophets of
Baal did all their rituals but all to no avail. When it was getting to evening,
it was Elijah’s turn. As soon as he called on the Lord, God answered by sending
fire to consume the sacrifice. Then, the people believed in God. Elijah ordered
the people to seize the prophets of baal. They were taken down to the brook of
kishon where they were all slaughtered.
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