There Was This Noise

Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” 1 Kings 18:19

We sometimes wonder how it is that Israel could be so slow when it came to recognizing the message God sent through His prophets. Of course in studying the word we come to verses where we understand there was this noise going on in the land, a noise of 850 false prophets in this case. There were prophets of the Lord to be sure, but the queen, Jezebel, had silenced them through intimidation and murder, and those left alive were hidden in caves by Obadiah, an undercover operative for the Lord. Another wonder we may have in reading these stories comes in the form of a 'why not', as in why not silence the false prophets so the people can hear the true message? Well, the Lord tried that and He sent a big noise suppressor in the person of Elijah.

It is a big story, and if our Lord is willing, we will look at it tomorrow. The question to ponder is: did it work? Did Israel return to the Lord forever by this noise suppression?

Love to you in Christ our Lord,

Bucky