Elijah the word means my god is Jehovah. Elijah was a prophet of god he was born somewhere in Israel and his clan are the gad and he was the descendant of benjamite. Elijah opposed the false god Baal the deity of the queen jezebel wife of king Ahab king Ahab wanted to please his wife that he built altars to Baal and persecuted god's prophet so Elijah came to King Ahab and announced god's curse and he said the lord had given me the power to control r rain and he said there will be no rain unless I give order then Elijah fled to the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan River, where ravens brought him bread and meat and some other food. When the brook or the stream dried up, God sent Elijah to live with a widow in Zarephath. God performed another miracle there, blessing the woman's oil and flour so it did not run out. …show more content…
The conflicts between Elijah and the priests of Baal are struggling to see which is stronger.Elijah was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire. Jewish tradition has it, then, that Elijah is not really dead he continues to wander the earth and will reappear once again when it is time to announce the arrival of the Messiah. Elijah’s declaration not only challenges the false gods that Israel worshipped; it also challenges the false prophets of Baal and the Asherah. Are there 850 prophets in Israel, 450 who are prophets of Baal, and 400 of whom are prophets of Asherah? Elijah is the prophet of Yahweh, the God of Israel. Do these prophets claim to represent their gods, and to speak with authority on their behalf? Then let them prove it now. This challenge also put Elijah’s authority and credibility on the line. Before Elijah can call for repentance, he must first demonstrate that Yahweh is “in charge” and that he is His prophet.. Elijah is a wonderful prophet and that's
Elijah - a man who comes in from the countryside to be in town for the trial. He condemns evolution and sells Bibles, even though he does not know how to read or write.
Elijah Scott is a nineteen-year-old, Caucasian, male, from a First-Class family from New York City. He is currently attending Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and is in his first semester of his Sophomore year. Elijah is currently a Biology and Pre-Medicine student. After completing his first year of college, his GPA came out to be 2.75. With the results from his GPA he has been debating about switching his major to education. He thinks he would be happy and love to be a teacher, but he feels like if he switched his major, he would let his parents down, even though they expressed to him that even though they would like for him to be a doctor, they will support him with switching his major. Elijah parents are both doctors in New York,
Elijah Harper impacted the world in a positive way by standing up for indigenous rights and intercepting and ending the Meech Lake Accord. In 1990, Elijah Harper stood up in the Manitoba legislature with his eagle feather raised high and refused the Canadian constitutional amendment, known as the Meech Lake Accord. The accord had been negotiated without the consultation of First Nations and Harper's historic stance brought the Accord to a standstill. Following his actions, he is quoted saying “I stalled and killed it because I didn’t think it offered anything to the Aboriginal people”. His determined and strong stance, in the face of enormous pressure, is considered a turning point for Aboriginal people in Canada. Harper made news stories across
The first question we come to when studying religions based on the teachings of modern prophets is this: can modern prophets exist? Christianity, one of the three major religions followed today, says yes. “…The Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some of them they will persecute…’ ” (Holy Bible) This quote from Christianity’s great rule book also predicts that when prophets do come to the Earth, people will not accept them as such. This is fairly accurate in Christians’ reactions to religions that have their basis in Christianity but have diverged from the church into their own sects.
In Christianity God is simply called God although some people refer to him as Jehovah.
During the summer of 1976, the Vietnam War remains alive in the homes of many families. Eli the Good by Silas House is a novel about a young man named Eli Book who recollects of his experiences one summer in 1976 when he was ten-years-old. Eli’s father was one who suffered greatly after the war with post-traumatic stress. The story of young Eli and his family is set in a time period of significant American history. Involved in the story is a representation of what life was like during the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence, families who were affected by post-traumatic stress in veterans, and the many protest against the Vietnam War.
...ice his revulsion and gruesome plan of action to King Ahab. When King Ahab heard Elijah he began humbling himself and repenting by fasting and weeping (1 Kings 21: 27). Because of King Ahab’s drastic change, God showed mercy on him and delayed the repercussions of his reign for another generation (1 Kings 21:28-29). This passage also reveals the extreme jealousy and unreasonableness of God. He considered King Ahab to be one of the most evil rulers of Israel because he and his wife worshipped the gods that she had known all of her life. The descriptions of how the Lord would do abolish them (1 Kings 21:19-16), illustrate a god that should be feared. While God shows mercy on King Ahab because he repents, YHWH’s strong desire for justice is also withheld in this passage as the execution of His judgement was not eliminated but rather suspended for a generation to come.
Some prophets targeted Jewish monarchs as an idolatrous distraction which prevented the people from properly hearing the Word of God. Other prophets still maintained that Jews should continue to believe that God would not abandon his chosen people. Regardless of the specific message, it was clear that the overall prophetic approach to God’s covenant with the Jewish people was changing.
11 million people were killed during the Holocaust, 6 million of which were Jews. Night is Elie Wiesel’s autobiography that takes place during the Holocaust. In his book, Elie quickly loses faith in every aspect of his life during his harsh journey. He begins to lose all faith in himself, in mankind, and in God.
Every religion embodies a plethora of recognized rituals that are significant to its teachings. Customs exclusive to each religion can include acts such as: attending a weekly mass, praying five times a day at specified hours, celebrating the transition from childhood to manhood, along with endless others. The similarity shared amongst all religious rituals is that the follower of faith must believe whole-heartedly in what he/she is doing or saying. Dhikr, or the remembrance of God, is a ritual based in Islam that does not receive the attention it deserves from mainstream Muslims, and is highly under appreciated for its value (Robson 238). Its myriad versions allow it to be very personal, whereas other rituals are more structured, which is
In conclusion, the harsh words used to describe God was a driving factor as to how similar Jeremiah and Israel were; their predestined birth and faith with God. The descriptions of God and Israel in Jeremiah’s words is quite similar yet God was describe as a warrior and Israel as his enemy. However, Jeremiah and Israel are quiet similar in many ways yet their faith toward God is completely different. Both their birth were predestined by God and led to many journeys; at this point where Jeremiah laments, he still sees the holy and good in God and continues to praise him. In contrary, Israel mocked the prophet God has chosen, Jeremiah and even threaten to denounce him; their faith toward God declines causing God to send Jerusalem into exile in Babylon.
The prophet Nehemiah is known too much such an interesting character within the Bible; the meaning of Nehemiah is “The Lord comforts.” Not many people today know who Nehemiah is in the Bible. However for those who do know, they would say that Nehemiah was probably one of the most influential characters in the Bible. Many do not commonly know Nehemiah because he is not commonly mentioned throughout the Bible. In fact, he is only mentioned in the Old Testament and in the only book that bears his name ; with the exception of Ezra 2:2.