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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in

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<v Speaker 1>practical ways. Good morning, good morning. We talked the whole

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<v Speaker 1>night through. Good morning, good morning to you and you. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>you started off with some really good rhythm there. Wow. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and then I lost it a little bit, but I

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<v Speaker 1>got back to wow. Yeah, that was super cool. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not a I'm not a drummer, although I've always

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to be one. You could have been. You played

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<v Speaker 1>drums for Christmas. For Christmas. Yeah yeah, for like two seconds,

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<v Speaker 1>You're like a rock star. Man. Yeah that was Everybody

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<v Speaker 1>was like wow, yeah, yeah, all I did was hit

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<v Speaker 1>four tom stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so we have a really interesting challenge today. We've

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<v Speaker 2>never done this, Momo. No, it's called the Wikipedia challenge.

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<v Speaker 1>According to Desert it is Yes, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>So this says that I me, Jeff, Jeff, I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to randomly select a Wikipedia page, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>read the first paragraph aloud to you, Chris, yes, without

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<v Speaker 2>telling you the subject, and then you have to guess

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<v Speaker 2>what the article is about based solely on that paragraph.

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<v Speaker 1>So the topics that I have to choose from the

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<v Speaker 1>category is literally the world.

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<v Speaker 2>The world, everything in Wikipedia to the sudden. Yes, everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So I narrowed it down to everything that ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, everything that's ever been put on the internet.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah right, yeah, thanks Dezree okay for narrowing it down

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<v Speaker 1>for me. Okay, so I'm going to give you a hint.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a person. Oh good, okay, So does it help

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<v Speaker 1>you that? Yeah? Sure, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>They were born February twenty second, eighteen ninety and died

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<v Speaker 2>May twenty seventh, nineteen forty nine. This person was an

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<v Speaker 2>American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist. Was known for creating

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<v Speaker 2>a popular newspaper panel series, television show, and radio show

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<v Speaker 2>which featured facts from around the world. Wow, that's the paragraph.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you can you read that again? Oh? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>need the dates? No? Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Ninety nine. Well, now you were thinking the wrong person.

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<v Speaker 2>Nineteen forty nine. This person was an amateur cartoonist, entrepreneur,

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<v Speaker 2>and amateur An American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist who

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<v Speaker 2>was known for creating a newspaper panel series, television show,

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<v Speaker 2>and radio show which featured odd facts from around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it ripley Yes? Robert Ripley there you go. Yeah, nice,

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<v Speaker 1>good job for me. Ripley's Believe It or Not? Did

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<v Speaker 1>you like Ripley Believe of course? Yeah, I loved it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and the host used to say with the pause, he'd say,

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<v Speaker 1>he'd say Ripley's Believe It or Not? That's what you

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<v Speaker 1>would say, yeah, and uh yeah, so that was really

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<v Speaker 1>popular in the eighties, right, that was Ripley Believe It

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<v Speaker 1>or Not?

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<v Speaker 2>Was popper in the eighties, Yeah, yeah, sure, but he

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<v Speaker 2>was popular.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I met the show, yes, this TV show, that

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<v Speaker 1>TV show. Yeah. And then have you ever been to

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<v Speaker 1>a Ripley's Believe You're Not a museum? Two of them? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Three of them? Three? Yea, yeah, yeah I have two

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<v Speaker 1>so yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So you always wonder who's the wirdo who pays

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<v Speaker 2>the money to go see all the yeah, all the things.

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<v Speaker 1>It's us.

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<v Speaker 2>We're the ones I had. I read a biography of

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<v Speaker 2>Robert Ripley. Yeah, I've got on my shelf. It's one

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<v Speaker 2>of the better books I've read. Very interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>Now did you life just think of him? Uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>just now? Yeah, Like when you looked it up, you

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<v Speaker 1>were like, I'm gonna look up Ripley.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I was gonna look up Barnum and then thought, no, no,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go Ripley.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's interesting. I'm glad I got it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, good job man, Thank you Grays. Fifty thousand points

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<v Speaker 2>for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, Holy Christmas.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, yeah, I'm feeling so magnanimous today. I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>gonna just fifty thousand.

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<v Speaker 1>Points for you, and for you, I am so happy

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<v Speaker 1>I can cry.

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<v Speaker 2>And our friend, the first listener that grabs it, you

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<v Speaker 2>can have fifty thousand as well. What there you go,

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<v Speaker 2>just gave I just willing, he gave fifty thousand point. No, no,

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<v Speaker 2>somebody else is oh good, yeah, just don't take mine. No,

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<v Speaker 2>you can have yours, because I'm glad I have them.

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<v Speaker 2>But I loved Ripley and so very interesting. Kind of

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<v Speaker 2>a rags to riches story. This kind of a guy

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<v Speaker 2>who never gave up, who had, you know, just outrageous

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<v Speaker 2>dreams for his life, found ways to fund it and

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<v Speaker 2>to make it happen, and hustled and then used his

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<v Speaker 2>wealth to compound his wealth, and he just kept reinvesting, reinvesting,

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<v Speaker 2>almost went bankrupt several times. Did I think go bankrupt?

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<v Speaker 2>At one point? Then was outrageously wealthy in his lifetime

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<v Speaker 2>and very very popular. Odd guy. You know, he had

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<v Speaker 2>really buck teeth and all.

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<v Speaker 1>That kind of stuff in order to have that fascination. Yeah, fact, But.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, so have you ever seen a picture of him?

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<v Speaker 1>No? Oh right, right, yeah, so he had some he

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<v Speaker 1>had some prominent teeth. That's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>He had money, yeah, yeah, and just really an interest.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Interesting person.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just was riveted by the book, Like I

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<v Speaker 2>think I read it in a day and a half.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just a I don't know why, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>always interested in people that can capture the general population's

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<v Speaker 2>attention like he did, and then capitalize on the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that he got some momentum and went because he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have the internet back then, how do you capture the

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<v Speaker 2>At one point he was one of the most famous

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<v Speaker 2>people in the entire world, and how do you with

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<v Speaker 2>all of the disadvantagies he had in his life, how

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<v Speaker 2>do you capture the attention of the whole world. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just really really phenomenal, really neat story. So he wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>the best human on the planet, but interesting story.

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<v Speaker 1>So there you go. Well, good job. I wasn't sure

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<v Speaker 1>you'd get ripped. Thank you, Robert, very proud of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Good for you. And speaking of believing or not today,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't even know if you're going to believe this story.

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<v Speaker 1>Right or not. That's great, great transition. Was that good strength,

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<v Speaker 1>pres Elijah believe it or not? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>So yesterday we established the fact that Elijah confronts Ahab

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<v Speaker 2>and says, you are the troublemaker.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. And I got an idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Once you get Jezebel's profits, the four hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>prophits of Bail, the four hundred prophets of it a sherah,

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<v Speaker 2>and meet me up on Mount Carmel.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where we picked off. Yeah, we're left off.

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<v Speaker 2>So then in First Kings, chapter eighteen, verse twenty, it says,

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<v Speaker 2>so Ahab summoned all the people of Israel and the

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<v Speaker 2>prophets to Mount Carmel. Then Elijah stood in front of

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<v Speaker 2>them and said, how much longer will you waver hobbling

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<v Speaker 2>between two opinions? If the Lord is good, God, follow him.

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<v Speaker 2>But if Bail is God, then follow him. But the

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<v Speaker 2>people were completely silent. Then Elijah said to them, I

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<v Speaker 2>am the only prophet of the Lord who's left. But

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<v Speaker 2>Bail has four hundred and fifty prophets. Now bring two bulls.

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<v Speaker 2>The prophets of Baiale may choose whichever one they wish,

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<v Speaker 2>and cut it into pieces and lay it on the

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<v Speaker 2>wood of their altar, but without setting fire to it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I will prepare the other bull and lay it

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<v Speaker 2>on the world wood, on the fire or on the altar,

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<v Speaker 2>but not set fire to it. Then call in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of your God, and I will call in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the Lord. The god who answers by setting

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<v Speaker 2>fire to the wood is the true God. And all

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<v Speaker 2>the people agreed. Then Elijah said to the prophets of Bail,

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<v Speaker 2>you go first, for there are many of you. Choose

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<v Speaker 2>one of the bulls and prepare it, and call in

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<v Speaker 2>the name of your God, but do not set fire

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<v Speaker 2>to the wood. So they prepared one of the bulls

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<v Speaker 2>and placed it on the altar. Then they called in

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<v Speaker 2>the name of Bail from morning until noontime, shouting, Oh, Bail,

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<v Speaker 2>answer us, But there was no reply of any kind.

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<v Speaker 2>Then they danced hobbling around the altar that they had made.

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<v Speaker 2>About noontime, Elijah began mocking them, You'll have to shout louder.

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<v Speaker 2>He scoffed, for surely he's a god. Perhaps he's daydreaming,

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<v Speaker 2>or maybe he's relieving himself, or maybe he's away on

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<v Speaker 2>So they shouted louder, and following the normal custom, they

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<v Speaker 2>cut themselves with knives and swords until the blood gushed out.

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<v Speaker 2>They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice,

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<v Speaker 2>but still there was no sound reply, no response. Then

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah called to the people, come over here. They all

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<v Speaker 2>crowded around him as he repaired the altar of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord that had been torn down. He took twelve stones,

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<v Speaker 2>one to represent each of the tribes of Israel, and

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<v Speaker 2>he used the stones to rebuild the altar in the

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<v Speaker 2>name of the Lord. Then he dug a trench around

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<v Speaker 2>the altar, large enough to hold about three gallons. He

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<v Speaker 2>piled wood on the altar, cut the bull into pieces,

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<v Speaker 2>laid the pieces on the wood, and then he said,

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<v Speaker 2>he said, do the same thing again. And when they

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<v Speaker 2>were finished, he said, now do it a third time.

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<v Speaker 2>So they did as he said, and the water ran

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<v Speaker 2>around the altar and even filled the trench. As the

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<v Speaker 2>at the usual time for the offering the evening sacrifice,

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah the Prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, O, Lord,

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<v Speaker 2>God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, prove today that you

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<v Speaker 2>are God in Israel and that I am your servant.

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<v Speaker 2>Prove that I have done all this at your command.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Lord, answer me, Answer me, so these people will

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<v Speaker 2>know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you

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<v Speaker 2>have brought them back to yourself. And immediately the fire

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord flashed down from heaven and burned up

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<v Speaker 2>the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the dust.

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<v Speaker 2>It even licked up all the water in the trench.

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<v Speaker 2>When all the people saw it, they fell face down

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<v Speaker 2>in the ground and cried out, the Lord, he is God, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord is God. Then Elijah command and sees all

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<v Speaker 2>the prophets of bail. Don't let a single one escape.

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<v Speaker 2>So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them

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<v Speaker 2>down to the Kishan Valley and killed them there. He

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<v Speaker 2>killed eight hundred and fifty prophets.

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<v Speaker 1>And at that time, at that time, nobody could really

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<v Speaker 1>stop them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, what are you gonna do, right, Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean you're called down fire from heaven. I'm guessing you

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<v Speaker 2>can pretty much do what you want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm guessing also. And so, first of all, just

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<v Speaker 1>an unbelievable believe it or not kind of a certain scenario.

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<v Speaker 1>Ripley's right, Yeah, I mean it's just incredible. And you

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<v Speaker 1>know what's so great about this is the symbolism of

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<v Speaker 1>like number one. Three years earlier, Elijah had predicted no rain,

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<v Speaker 1>which is attributed to bail. Right. It bails the one

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<v Speaker 1>who's in control of rain quote unquote right, So you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord God is the one in control of rain,

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<v Speaker 1>and he's about to Wait, you're supposed to read the

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<v Speaker 1>rain thing too, You're supposed to read all the way. Yeah, okay, well,

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<v Speaker 2>In verse forty one, it says then Elijah said, they

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<v Speaker 1>So Ahab went to eat and drink.

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<v Speaker 2>But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and

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<v Speaker 2>and then returned to Elijah and said, I didn't see anything.

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<v Speaker 2>Seven times Elijah told him to go look, and finally

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<v Speaker 2>the seventh time, as servant told him, I saw a

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<v Speaker 2>from the sea. Then Elijah shouted, hurry to Ahab and

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<v Speaker 2>tell him climb to you into your charet and go

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<v Speaker 2>Soon the sky was black with clouds. A heavy wind

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<v Speaker 2>brought a terrific rain storm, and the Haab left quickly

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<v Speaker 2>for Jezreel. Then the Lord gave special strength Elijah.

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<v Speaker 1>He tucked his.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, there it is okay. So the symbolism is,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's demonstrating that the Lord God is the

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<v Speaker 1>one who has control over the rain, not bail number two.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's by no accident that he sacrificed the bull,

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<v Speaker 1>and you just talked about bulls. Was sort of the

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<v Speaker 1>symbol of the reality and power. Yeah, and of bail

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't uncommon to offer sacrifice a bull. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>a bull is a common sacrifice. It wasn't an unusual animal. However,

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<v Speaker 1>the symbolism of the bull being slaughtered and how God

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<v Speaker 1>consumed the bull just like he was consuming all the

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<v Speaker 1>power of bail, the perceived power of bail. Right, So

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<v Speaker 1>it's just really symbolic. And then the third thing that

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<v Speaker 1>we can't overlook is the fact that that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>after three years of a drought, you and I would

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<v Speaker 1>probably have no understanding on how precious water would be,

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<v Speaker 1>right right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>And he says in this moment, because they've been in

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<v Speaker 1>Three years, three years, so he says, take water and

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<v Speaker 1>drench the offer, drench the wood. And he says, they

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<v Speaker 1>did it so much. They did it three times to

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<v Speaker 1>where it filled the trench and the trench was three

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<v Speaker 1>gallons and so and so, you know, just think about

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<v Speaker 1>think about this, how dry the wood would be after

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<v Speaker 1>three years of a drought. Right, So, you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's almost like geez, you could almost expect it to

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<v Speaker 1>spontaneously spark, right because of how dry it would be.

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<v Speaker 1>And he gave bail that opportunity. But just in case

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<v Speaker 1>anybody had any doubt, we're going to douse the wood

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<v Speaker 1>with water so that it's so that so that there

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<v Speaker 1>is unmistakably no doubt, and that credit has to be

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<v Speaker 1>given back to God because God has done this thing

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<v Speaker 1>that is just so miraculous. So it's just I love

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<v Speaker 1>the details that are that are placed in here, that

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<v Speaker 2>And again the you know I mentioned yesterday about how

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<v Speaker 2>rough around the edges he is. So he's the only

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<v Speaker 2>person in the entire Bible who makes a potty joke,

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<v Speaker 1>Right right.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he's in the bathroom, Yeah yeah, maybe he's himself,

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah exactly. So not only not only does he give

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<v Speaker 2>them the opportunity with you know, highly combustible drywood and

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<v Speaker 2>all this stuff. And there's there's eight hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>of you, there's only one of me, So you guys

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<v Speaker 2>go first. And the Bible says they raved.

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<v Speaker 1>For hours all day, all day, a full blown rave.

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<v Speaker 2>They're dancing, they're cutting themselves they're going crazy, and he

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<v Speaker 2>starts mocking them, mocking, not not mocking them, He's mocking

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<v Speaker 2>their God, that's what he's doing, right, But.

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<v Speaker 1>Still, it's just it's so funny. Hey, surely he's a

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<v Speaker 1>God speak louder. Maybe he's on vacation. Maybe maybe he's

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<v Speaker 1>just daydreaming. Yeah, maybe he's sleeping. Yeah, yeah, he needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be waking. And so it says, so they shouted louder,

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<v Speaker 1>right right, and God's taking a nap.

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<v Speaker 2>Such a funny, funny segment. That that whole thing I

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<v Speaker 2>just and you know, in the same way I mentioned before,

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<v Speaker 2>there were three miracles mentioned, and then his reputation was

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<v Speaker 2>so strong that Obadiah was afraid, well, if I go

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<v Speaker 2>tell aheb, you might disappear, God might take you. So

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<v Speaker 2>how many more miracles happened in Elijah's Elijah's life that

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<v Speaker 2>made Obadiah think, this guy, you just never know what

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<v Speaker 2>God's going to do. So it's kind of the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing that God gives you a few things to just

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<v Speaker 2>establish Elijah's a man with a tremendous amount of spiritual

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<v Speaker 2>power from God. So in this one too, you kind

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<v Speaker 2>of get this hint that it only mentions like five

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<v Speaker 2>things that he mocks, but they rave all day long,

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<v Speaker 2>So the trash talking had to have been going on

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<v Speaker 2>all day. It's not like he only said these four

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<v Speaker 2>or five things, right, It's that it's letting you know

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<v Speaker 2>the same way. It's just letting you know these are

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<v Speaker 2>some of the things he was doing. And so they

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<v Speaker 2>just get louder and they get more crazy with their worship,

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<v Speaker 2>and now they're dancing around, they're raving around the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Then they get out knives and swords and start cutting themselves,

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<v Speaker 2>sacrificing their own blood. And it's said, as was their customer, Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>to try to get this bail to answer their prayers.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And Elijah knows the whole time. He has complete confidence,

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<v Speaker 1>otherwise he wouldn't be mocking, right, And so he has

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<v Speaker 1>complete confidence that what's going to happen. And I love

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<v Speaker 1>how after he does pray that simple prayer, it says

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<v Speaker 1>immediately the fire came down immediately. As soon as he said, God,

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<v Speaker 1>show them that you're God. Boom, it happens immediately. And hey,

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<v Speaker 1>let's not overlook the fact that Elijah gets superpowers and

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<v Speaker 1>runs faster than a chariot. For I think it may

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<v Speaker 1>be hundreds of miles.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a long ways.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a long way.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not hundreds of miles, but it's it's miles.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, yeah, Well it looks like hundreds of miles.

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<v Speaker 1>Well I guess it does, and does it? Yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like it's maybe it doesn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>From from Galilee to Jerusalem's only like ninety miles. So

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<v Speaker 2>oh really yeah, So this distance here is we drove

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<v Speaker 2>it from from Mount Carmel over to Galilee and like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so it's ten miles or less probably probably, yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's not hundreds of miles south of the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>But still he out right, he outran well, he out

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<v Speaker 1>Chariot by the way, in a thunderstorm, right in a

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<v Speaker 1>raging thunderstorm. Because it actually said, what does it say?

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<v Speaker 1>It says that if you don't leave now, you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to get caught in the thunderstorm. And it said that

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<v Speaker 1>hang on, And he brought a heavy wind and brought

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<v Speaker 1>a terrific rainstorm. That's right. So here's Elijah. He tucks

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<v Speaker 1>his cloak into his belt and he starts running and

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<v Speaker 1>it says God gave special powers to Elijah and he's

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<v Speaker 1>running fast in a chariot in a rainstorm. That incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>And and by the way, the note on the Life

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<v Speaker 1>Application Study Bible said that one of the reasons that

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<v Speaker 1>Elijah could have run to Jezreel is because he wanted,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps to make sure that the story that was brought

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<v Speaker 1>back to the city was the right story, right and

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<v Speaker 1>then and then perhaps another reason was maybe even to

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<v Speaker 1>give Ahab his last chance to repent, right to get

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<v Speaker 1>there before him and just to say, okay, you know, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you know before you walk in there and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>go to go to queen Queen Jezebel. You know this

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<v Speaker 1>is this is you've seen the works of God, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And so either way, though, for some reason Elijah runs back.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't say why, by the way, you know, it

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<v Speaker 1>just says he runs there, and then we're about to

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<v Speaker 1>see Jezebel's reaction tomorrow, right, that's right. If we don't

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<v Speaker 1>read it, we're going to summarize it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So it's interesting to me if that's the reason

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<v Speaker 2>he ran to a have you know, hey, yeah, give

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<v Speaker 2>him another chance. It's interesting because he did the exact

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<v Speaker 2>same thing for all the people before this all happened.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, hey, you need to choose which God you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to follow, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, there's something about that as as followers of God,

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<v Speaker 2>it is not unreasonable to in a loving way, which

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that this is a loving thing that God

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<v Speaker 2>is trying to get the attention to the people of Israel,

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<v Speaker 2>and in a loving way, he says, hey, you need

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<v Speaker 2>to make a choice. A lot of people don't deal

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<v Speaker 2>with things of faith at all, and they feel like

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<v Speaker 2>by not making a you know, they feel like by

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<v Speaker 2>ignoring it, they're not making a choice. But in reality,

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<v Speaker 2>you're choosing against God until you choose for God, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, if you're not for me, you are against me.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like whenever you decide not to decide, you're still

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<v Speaker 1>deciding something. Right, you're deciding not to decide.

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<v Speaker 2>And so then he challenges them with their own gods

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<v Speaker 2>and these prophets, I mean, these these ones. The people

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<v Speaker 2>were pretty indifferent through the whole thing. It's not like

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<v Speaker 2>they're like.

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<v Speaker 1>No, our gods are real.

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<v Speaker 2>It just says the people are silent, right, That's what

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<v Speaker 2>it says. So they're like, whatever, you know, Well.

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<v Speaker 1>We know it's loving because it's three years in the making,

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<v Speaker 1>right right, it's it's it's it's God setting into motion,

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<v Speaker 1>demonstrating his power, so that when when this confrontation happens,

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<v Speaker 1>they have a chance to say, absolutely, I choose God.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, yes, so that but they don't. They don't really

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<v Speaker 2>respond at all. It just says after he challenges them,

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<v Speaker 2>it says, but if Bail is God, didn't follow him.

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<v Speaker 2>If the Lord is God, follow him. But the people

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<v Speaker 2>were completely silent. It wasn't that they made a choice.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't say, oh no, we like bail. They didn't

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<v Speaker 2>really believe bail either. It was just this this kind

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<v Speaker 2>of agnosticism, I think. And yeah, the prophets do their

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<v Speaker 2>thing and Jezebelts seems to take care of everybody, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's kind of a cool thing. It's a cultural thing

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<v Speaker 2>we do, right. A lot of people go to church culturally,

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<v Speaker 2>but they haven't could really placed their faith in Jesus whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>They were completely silent. They're not choosing bail in this moment.

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<v Speaker 2>They're just not choosing God. And so then Elijah goes, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>God has done whatever he can do to get your attention,

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<v Speaker 2>and God will you know, the difficult times, the famine,

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<v Speaker 2>all the drought, all this kind of stuff. God's doing

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<v Speaker 2>what he can do to get their attention. They don't respond,

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<v Speaker 2>and so then he he does this incredible miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>They're dancing around, they're shouting, they're screaming, they're doing everything

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<v Speaker 2>they can do, and their gods are completely silent. And

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<v Speaker 2>this is the beginning of the people going, Oh, my goodness, God,

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<v Speaker 2>is God right? Because and I've seen this many times

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<v Speaker 2>you have too. In our day in America, there aren't

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<v Speaker 2>many people who worship bulls, right, that's not right, worship right.

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<v Speaker 2>We worship pleasure. We worship our own intellect. Money, we

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<v Speaker 2>worship our own opinions. We worship money and what it

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<v Speaker 2>can get us our stuff. We worship our families. We

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<v Speaker 2>worship you know, our kids are politics, right, that's what

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<v Speaker 2>we worship. But it's interesting how often people will get

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<v Speaker 2>to the end of those things and when they're really desperate,

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<v Speaker 2>those things don't answer.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't answer.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't tell you how many wealthy people I've told

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<v Speaker 2>you say I've had tell me I just thought there

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<v Speaker 2>was going to be more.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought I would be more satisfied. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I've wasted my life.

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<v Speaker 2>I ignored my family, I risked everything, I got what

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted, and it's just leaving me empty.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's like the quote we did at Christmas from

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Carrey, the famous African comedian. He said, he goes

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<v Speaker 1>I would He said, I wish that everybody could become

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<v Speaker 1>rich and famous and do everything they've ever wanted, just

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<v Speaker 1>so they can discover it's not the answer. What a

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<v Speaker 1>great quote, right, right right. And by the way, what

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to say is so their gods didn't

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<v Speaker 1>answer them, is what I was saying. Yes, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know this reminds me of It reminds me of

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<v Speaker 1>what Jesus said in the New Testament, because it's interesting

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<v Speaker 1>because to your point, there's like an agnosticism there, there's

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<v Speaker 1>an indifference and then all of a sudden, when the

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<v Speaker 1>fire comes down, then they say whoa. Then they say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord is God, the Lord is God. And yet

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, it's almost a sad statement that

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<v Speaker 1>it had to come to this, that God had to

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<v Speaker 1>demonstrate himself in such a dramatic and one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most dramatic fashions in the whole Bible, you know, Red Sea, Parting, Elijahn,

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<v Speaker 1>Mount Carmel. I mean, it's up there, right, It's in

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<v Speaker 1>the top five. And so it's almost a sad statement

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<v Speaker 1>that the people would have to get to that point

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<v Speaker 1>in order to believe. But you know what Jesus said.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus said, you have seen and believed, But blessed is

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<v Speaker 1>he who does not see and yet still believe. That's right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's right, right, And so you know, I think that

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<v Speaker 1>all of us would say, gosh, if Jesus would just

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<v Speaker 1>appear in my living room, or if he would just

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<v Speaker 1>make himself known, why doesn't he just do that? Why

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't he just appear in a dramatic fashion so that

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<v Speaker 1>all of us can you know, set the record straight

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<v Speaker 1>in our lives. But that's not what God has done.

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<v Speaker 1>From the very beginning. God calls us to have faith.

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<v Speaker 1>God calls us to you know, basically believe and not

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<v Speaker 1>see at times because because God has seen in other

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<v Speaker 1>ways in our lives. Right there's would you say that

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<v Speaker 1>you have the undeniable evidence of God in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely yeah, And you could tell story after story after story,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet God never has appeared to you physically in

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<v Speaker 1>a dramatic fashion or ragin fire down probably to that degree.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, right, So God calls us to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>demonstrate our faith. And that's why it's called faith, because

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<v Speaker 1>if he appeared in a dramatic fashion, that's that's not

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<v Speaker 1>really faith. That's that's believing something that we know that

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<v Speaker 1>we can see. What are you looking up?

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<v Speaker 2>I was looking up here on Mount Carmel. Oh, there's

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<v Speaker 2>an old church there, and you look out across the valley,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a If you look far enough to the east,

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<v Speaker 2>there's Megiddo, which is Armageddon. That that space Megiddo.

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<v Speaker 1>There.

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<v Speaker 2>There's an air force base out in front of you,

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<v Speaker 2>out in this valley where the river is flowing, the

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<v Speaker 2>could run Valley river, and they have this statue here

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<v Speaker 2>and our people can't see it. There's a statue here

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<v Speaker 2>with Elijah with a sword over his head and one

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<v Speaker 2>of the prophits of bel Can you see it? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you can see it there, but well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's okay, we'll post it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have I ever post it.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's just one of those things that you're standing there,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was such an amazing, oh my goodness moment

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<v Speaker 2>when because you're like, oh, this is where Elijah did

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<v Speaker 2>the thing, and then you can the corner there's his

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<v Speaker 2>giant statue and the statue they decided to have of

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah's the sword over his head. And there's something to

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<v Speaker 2>be said when you finally do decide to make the

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<v Speaker 2>turn back to God, the people go, Okay, you're right.

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<v Speaker 2>God's God. He proved himself in this moment. Elijah purged

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<v Speaker 2>the nation of Israel of their prophets. He got rid

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<v Speaker 2>of all of the representation of that evil thing. And

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<v Speaker 2>there is something about that, right, this idea of saying, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I've turned the corner. I've decided God is my God,

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<v Speaker 2>so I'm going to eliminate everything that represents my old gods.

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<v Speaker 2>And he didn't go halfway. It's one of the things

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<v Speaker 2>I love about Elijah because even Joshua and the people,

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<v Speaker 2>David and Solomon, they made peace with the Phoenicians rather

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<v Speaker 2>than wiping them out. That was all still the Promised Land,

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<v Speaker 2>and they made peace with them. And so then all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden they have Mary's one of them, and

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<v Speaker 2>she brings the people back to the most comitted version

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<v Speaker 2>of their religion. Following bail she's funding eight hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty prophets. And when the people finally realize God is God,

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah said, well, the job's not done. Just because God

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<v Speaker 2>did this miracle, the job's not done. And he he

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<v Speaker 2>had to do. God didn't wipe them out. God sent

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<v Speaker 2>Elijah to wipe them out right, and so there was

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<v Speaker 2>still work to do to decide we are getting rid

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<v Speaker 2>of every vestige of this former religion.

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<v Speaker 1>And it took a lot of courage there.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when I saw that that a statue, I

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<v Speaker 2>think that was the first time I've ever really thought

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<v Speaker 2>about that, because there's a plaque there and it's got

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<v Speaker 2>a Bible versus where he wiped them all out. And

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<v Speaker 2>I remember thinking the great miracle was fire from heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>But God didn't wipe out the prophets. God said, no,

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<v Speaker 2>you have to wipe out the prophets, and you're the

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<v Speaker 2>one that has to purchase. And so God does miracles

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<v Speaker 2>in our life. And then still, you know where he

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<v Speaker 2>rescues us and he brings us to faith in him,

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<v Speaker 2>but he also expects us to do the work of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, getting rid of the things that we used

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<v Speaker 2>to worship.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that's great, Well, that is definitely our time and

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<v Speaker 1>so hopefully we will see you next time on the

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<v Speaker 1>Bible gush h