Bible Questions Answered:
“Elijah killed 450 prophets because
they worshiped Baal. We can differ in our views, but we don't kill
people. I think this was wrong, and not from God...”
John/ Portland, Oregon U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
I Kings 18:40 KJV (Read the
whole story I Kings 18:1-40/ See also Numbers 25.)
And Elijah said unto them, Take the
prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and
Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Baal-Peor (lord of the opening) was the
pagan idol god of the Moabites. Baal worship involved sexual
immorality and perversions, idol worship and the sacrificing of
infants to the fiery god Baal.
Though the Baal prophets cried aloud
and cut themselves, for 9 hours, their false god, did not, would not
answer them!
Note of warning to those
who, yes, even today, worship Baal-Peor! Satan, is Baal, and the
reward Satan will give someone who has faithfully served him all
their life-is pain and never ending torment in hell!
Satan is faithful to no one. Satan's
heart is not filled with “love,” but hate! And Satan hates God,
and all those who have been fashioned in His image!
Elijah's prayer to The Living God, was
answered immediately, not only that but....
*Fire came from heaven, and burnt up
the...
*Sacrifice
*Wood
*Stones
*Dust and
*Water
And all the people cried out saying
I Kings 18:39 KJV
And when all the people
saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The
Lord, He is the God; the Lord, He is the God.
Then we read:
I Kings 18:40 KJV
And Elijah said unto them, Take the
prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and
Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
Now it doesn't take very much
imagination, to realize that the prophet Elijah could hardly slay 450
men single handedly! They would all run for their lives.
But what is it that we read-
“And Elijah said unto them, Take the
prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they
took them:”
This was “not,” the sole action of
just one man! All of Israel, realized that they had sinned against
The Living God! “all the people
saw it, they fell on their faces:”
This was a community action.
The Israelites killed the prophets of Baal.
Now was this unjust? We will not take the time to reemphasize the
hellish sins of Baal worshipers, only to say, that they because of
their hellish ways, had sent many thousands of souls to hell!
“Where a people have no morals, they will live immorally!” Joseph
J. Reine
Now what about today.
Where is the state, or country where “the death sentence,” does
not exist?
Capital Punishment, exists around the world for the hell bent
being who, rapes, tortures or kills at will!
And it is safe to say, that it always
will.
Why? Because decent, men, women and
precious little children have every right to live, and that in
freedom from the very demons of hell.
And what of our world today? Our world
is doing its best to shake off any idea of morals. Morals are for
those who are not free (they would say).
Romans 6:16 NLT
Don’t you realize that you become
the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin,
which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to
righteous living.
Joel 3:14 KJV
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley
of decision: for the day of The Lord is near in the valley of
decision.
Psalm 95:6-11
NLT
6 Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before The Lord our maker,
7 for He is our God. We are the
people He watches over, the flock under His care. If only you would
listen to His voice today!
8 The Lord says, “Don’t harden
your hearts as Israel did at Meribah, as they did at Massah in the
wilderness.
9 For there your ancestors tested
and tried My patience, even though they saw everything I did.
10 For forty years I was angry with
them, and I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from
Me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’
11 So in My anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter My place of rest.’”
