Alexander Stewart “Elijah’s mission was to vindicate the supremacy of Jehovah, and to bring back the land of Israel to its former allegiance to him. His work indeed was proclaimed by his name for Elijah means Jehovah is God and to burn this one truth into the heart and …
Background: night and day change from 1 Kings 18 to chapter 19. The successes on Mt Carmel have not led to repentance in Israel. King Ahab and Jezebel in the town of Jezreel. Elijah is also in town.
The Characters and The Context
Background: Drought
We obey, straight away! Mark 1:16-18 immediate obedience
Obadiah – Feared the Lord greatly, protects the persecuted prophets
Ryken: God is the main character of this chapter; he is the hero, or protagonist. Thus the lessons to be learned from 1 Kings 17 are not about Elijah primarily…but they are really about the living God
