For November 10, 2026
The Battle Of The Gods: Elijah V by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
~ The LORD is in Our Every Battle ~
AFTER THE DEBACLE of the battle between the prophets of Baal and Asherah and Elijah, Ahab returns to his palace and his queen, Jezebel. “Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.” (1 Kings 19-1) Jezebel very much epitomizes the phrase ‘the power behind the throne.’ Elijah’s vanquishing of the eight hundred fifty prophets that she actively supported is a direct affront and a potentially dynasty-changing event that she takes very seriously; she clearly and correctly views this as a threat to her husband’s, and therefore her own, great powers. “So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, ‘May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.’” (1 Kings 19:2)