He Stood Up for True Worship/Elijah - A Long Struggle Reaches a Climax

 For much of his life, Elijah helplessly watched as the best thing about his homeland and his people was pushed aside and trampled underfoot. You see, Israel was in the grip of a long struggle, a war between pure religion and false, between the worship of Jehovah God and the idolatry of the surrounding nations.  In Elijah's day, that struggle had taken an especially ugly turn.

King Ahab had deeply offended Jehovah. He married Jezebel, the daughter of the king of Sidon.  Jezebel was determined  to spread  Baal worship in the land of Israel and to eradicate the worship of Jehovah. Ahab quickly fell under her influence.  He built a temple and an altar to Baal and took the lead in bowing down to this pagan god.  - 1 KINGS 16:30-33.

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