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WEEK 10
TOPIC: THE SUPREMACY OF GOD
CONTENT:
- The Stories of Elijah and Obadiah.
- Elijah meets King Ahab and throw challenge 1 Kings 19:17-19;
- The contest on Mount Carmel, 1 kings 18: 20-46; 1 Sam. 5: 1-12
SUB TOPIC 1: THE STORIES OF ELIJAH AND OBADIAH. 1 KINGS 16: 29-34; 17: 1-7; 18: 1-19; 19: 1-18
Ahab served as king in Israel who took over from Omri. The kingdom of Israel was made up of ten tribes. During Ahab’s reign, Elijah was the prophet of God. Ahab was thriving in his evil deed as the Bible recorded that he did evil more than all the kings that ever ruled before him. He worshipped graven images, erected and built house for Baal in Samaria, made grooves round Baal’s temple where evils were concealed.
In the midst of all these evils, there was a man serving under King Ahab but kept his faith in God and maintained his stand for God. His name was Obadiah.
Elijah went to the king and proclaimed a prophecy of draught in the land. Elijah was told by God to hide himself by the brook Cherith where he was fed by ravens until the brook dried up. Elijah proceeds to the widow at Zarephath who sustained him after the dried brook.
After three and half years, God told Elijah to show himself to Ahab, which coincided with the time Ahab and Obadiah parted ways to look for grass for horses and mules to eat.
Obadiah saw Elijah and immediately recognized him. Elijah then sent him to inform Ahab of his presence but Obadiah objected stating Elijah might disappear before his master arrives which may lead to his death. Elijah promised to show himself to the king. When they both met, Ahab asked Elijah rudely “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?” Elijah replied that he is not but Ahab and his father’s house.
Elijah then requests the king to gather the people of Israel at Mount Carmel, four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and four hundred prophets of Asherah to the mountain for a contest to prove who is to be worshipped, Yahweh or Baal.
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