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Fire from

heaven

Mount Carmel - a must-visit for every person of faith

By Reuoven Doron

Mount Carmel. Photo: Manu Grinspan

A No question, the miracle of I-Kings 18 is one of Yahweh’s prophets by Queen Jezebel.

flash of fire fell from the sky upon the
evening sacrifice as the sun dropped into
of the Bible’s most dramatic and shocking
Elijah’s restored altar was a strong reminder
the Mediterranean Sea over the Carmel
to the Israelites of the true worship they
displays of God’s power and sovereignty
Mountain. Terrorized by the terrible
site, the observing multitudes watched
idolatry that plagued His people.
showdown between the One True God and
the supernatural flames strike precisely and confronting the spirit of compromise and had neglected, and a perfect setting for the
the Canaanite’s cult.
instantly with temperatures so intense that Remember that Elijah had to rebuild, or repair,
water turned to steam, slaughtered beef an existing (possibly abandoned) altar. This Elijah used twelve local stones, creating a
and wet wood were incinerated, and twelve altar had probably been built before the First direct historic link to the twelve tribes of Israel
large rocks that made up a simple altar were Temple had been constructed by Solomon, and to the altars that Moses erected in Sinai
vaporized before their eyes. yet it fell into disrepair during the persecution and Joshua by the Jordan River.
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