Someone on Mount Carmel

All Israel up on Mount Carmel today. Elijah asked us how long we’re going to sit on the fence. If the LORD is God, follow him. If it’s Baal, follow Baal. Nobody said a word. Not one.

Replying to @elijah.tishbite

Okay, that’s actually fair.

Baal’s prophets have been at it since morning. Baal, answer us! Dancing round their altar. Nothing. Not a sound.

Replying to @carmel.crowd

No because they kept at it all afternoon, right up to the time of the evening sacrifice. No answer. Nobody listening.

Replying to @carmel.watcher

Water. On the thing he wants to burn.

Fire fell from the LORD. It burned up the bull, the wood, the stones, the soil, and licked up the water in the trench. We were all on our faces.

People from all over Israel on Mount Carmel today. The king’s here. Hundreds of Baal’s prophets. And one man in a cloak.

Replying to @elijah.tishbite

Nobody said a word.

They’ve been shouting the same thing all morning. Baal, answer us! Baal, answer us!

Replying to @carmel.crowd

Not a sound back.

Noon. Nothing.

Afternoon now. They’re still going. Still shouting.

Replying to @carmel.watcher

Now he’s digging a trench round it. A big one.

Wood on. Bull cut up and laid on the wood. Now he wants water.

Replying to @carmel.watcher

Hang on. He wants it to catch fire, right?

Replying to @carmel.watcher

Three years without rain, and he’s pouring it away.

Fire. From the LORD. It’s burned up the bull. The wood. The stones. The dirt. It’s licked up the water in the trench.

Replying to @carmel.crowd

The stones. It burned the stones.

Well. That answers that.

Elijah@elijah.tishbite · Mount CarmelHow long are you going to keep limping between two sides? If the LORD is God, follow him. If Baal is, follow Baal.

Replying to @king.ahab

Rain? Where?

Replying to @elijahs.servant

A cloud.

The sky’s gone black. Wind. And rain. Proper, heavy rain.

Replying to @samaria.local

I was there. On my face with everyone else.