![]() ![]() He succeeded in doing so, and by right, these false religions should have collapsed after all their prophets were killed, and King Ahab and the nation of Israel should have turned back to God and worshiped the one true God. In 1 King 19:4 he is trying to compare himself with his ancestor, most likely referring to Moses, who had saved and brought The People of Israel out from Egypt.Įlijah must had thought that the best way to turn the nation of Israel back to God was to totally destroy these false religions by killing all their 850 (400 prophets of Asherah and 450 prophets of Baal) prophets. Anson Chong The intention of Elijah is to save the people of God and turn them back from worshiping false gods.
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