Elijah Prays

Elijah Prays

1. Another weird Bible story!
2. The larger story
   • Summarize in a nutshell: they tell us about the creation, rise, and fall of the Jewish Kingdom
     • They begin with the 12 tribes of Israel joining together
     • The nation rises under David
     • The kingdom reaches its highest point under Solomon
     • Solomon brings a crucial turning point for the nation
     • Solomon dies at the end of 1 Kings 11, and his son Rehoboam takes the throne
       • From this point forward, we have 2 Jewish nations: "Israel" in the north and "Judah" in the south.
     • The first kind of the northern kingdom, Israel, is Jeroboam
       1. One of his first actions is to create two new places of worship
       2. The lives of the kings of Israel and Judah, with special focus on whether they served God or worshipped idols.
   • First, the crucial turning point happens at 1 Kings 11-13
   • Second, after this point, an awkward "brotherly" relationship develops
3. Two prophets sharing lunch in 1 Kings 13
4. So What?
   • Choose good counselors
   • Recognize the dangers of compromise