He Stood Up for Pure Worship/Elijah

 ELIJAH looked out over the crowd as they trudged up the slopes of Mount Carmel. Even of the dim of light of early morning, the poverty and want afflicting these people were plain to see.  The drought, three and half years long, had left its mark on them.

Among then strutted the 450 prophets of Baal, full of pride and burning hatred for Elijah, Jehovah's prophet.  Queen Jezebel had executed man servants of Jehovah, but this man still stood firm against Baal worship. Ah, for how long? Perhaps those priests reasoned that a lone man could never prevail against all of them.  (1 Kings 18:4, 19, 20) King Ahab  had also come riding in his royal chariot. He too bore no love for Elijah.

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