JEZEBEL GETS too much credit for the evil in the world today. Jezebel spirit? She’s dead and her spirit is powerless. Award-winning Hollywood screenwriter Brian Godawa (www.godawa.com)is back to talk about his new novel, Jezebel: Harlot Queen of Israel, Book 1 in his Chronicles of the Watchers series.
Not only did Yahweh humiliate Baal on Mount Carmel, He did it with Baal’s weapon!Continue Reading
You’ve heard the story about Elijah and the prophets of Baal. But why did it happen on Mount Carmel? As with everything God does, there were reasons.Continue Reading
There wasn’t just one “Baal” in Old Testament times. God even condemned Israel for “whoring after baals” (Judges 8:33). So which Baal did Yahweh challenge on Mount Carmel?
IRON AGE history is a bloody business, and the history of the kings of Israel and Judah is no different. This week’s Old Testament study looks at transfers of power — somewhat less than peaceful — in the generation following Ahab and Jehoshaphat.Continue Reading
GOD HAS a council that carries out His commands, and this week we get one of the few glimpses into its workings recorded in the Bible. It’s the story of Ahab’s demise in battle against the Syrians at Ramoth-Gilead, where the king of Israel is enticed by lying spirits to go to his doom.Continue Reading
THE MOST famous confrontation between a prophet of the Lord and prophets of a fallen lesser elohim is at the center of today’s study. Of course we’re referring to the showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.Continue Reading
THE TALE of two kingdoms continues in our Old Testament study this week. We get the stories of the northern kings of Israel Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri, and the southern kings of Judah Abijah, Asa, and Jehoshaphat.Continue Reading
Elijah’s showdown on Mt Carmel more interesting than you thinkContinue Reading