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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
1 Kings 18:41–46, “And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.”
Even though the fire from heaven proved that the Lord God was far superior to Baal, Elijah had said that the drought would break. Fire from heaven wasn’t the same as rain. Elijah promised Ahab that he would see rain and the sky was clear so Elijah bowed down in prayer before the Lord and then asked his servant to look over the sea while he continued to pray. Six times Elijah sent his servant and six times and six times the sky was still clear but when the servant went the seventh time he saw a cloud out over the sea. Elijah told Ahab to prepare to go back to Samaria and the king mounted his chariot. As they headed back to Jezreel the sky blackened and a huge storm came. Elijah ran in front of Ahab’s chariot all the was to Jezreel, about 17 miles.
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