The Battle on Mount Carmel from the Bible, did it really Happen - a podcast by Craig Rush

I love this story, it has some of the funniest lines in the bible. Its also a story of the underdog battling a bully and winning. However there is an underlying element that I think, yeah this is a great story, but did it happen. Did Elijah really do this or did he have some trickery/ some slight of hand.

there are 3 sides to this coin. I know what your saying how can a coin have 3 sides. That might seem confusing, but in essence this 3 sided coin is the main problem.

so let's go over some back story and then it will be easier to explain if it even happened

The first side of the coin and leading bullys are King Ahab and Queen Jezebel. King Ahab is one of the Kings of Israel. We have King David and his son King Solomon. After King Solomon died it got very game of thrones and the people were divided between the Kingdom of the North and the Kingdom of the South. King Ahab was the 7th in line of the North and has the reputation of being one of the most evil. This reputation is helped along by his Queen, Jezebel who even to this day her name is used as a derogatory term. Queen Jezebel wanted there to be just one side of the coin with Baal worship, so is having the Priests of the God of Israel put to death

Enter the second side of the coin and the underdog, Elijah. Elijah is a prophet and follower of God and his ways. 3 years previous he declared to King Ahab that there was going to be a drought because of his worshipping other gods and since then it has only been drought. King Ahab is now taking his live stock for the whole kingdom searching for a patch of ground that could feed them. I would even say that the drought is so severe that the King himself is doing this work and not just leaving it to his servants. Apart from war not much gets a King off his royal throne, but here he is doing the grunt work to save his Kingdom.

Which brings us to the 3rd side of the coin. There are the people that follow God and follow other gods like Baal or Ba al at the same time. King Ahab was one of those people. He should have been just worshipping God but he also let the worship of Baal happen as well.

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