PPT-The Prophet Elijah

As a bagpiper I play many gigs Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man He had no family or friends  so the service was to be at a paupers cemetery in the Nova Scotia back country. RKQ573476DQGIRUG The Elijah Task brPage 2br Introduction RKQ573476DQGIRUG57347DQG57347KLV57347OLMDK57347RXVH57347PRYHPHQW KDYH 57347JUHDWO LPSDFWHG57347ZKDW 57347ZDV IRUPHUO57347NQRZQ57347DV57347WKH 57349FKDULVPDWLF57347FKXUFK5734957347LQ57347PHULFD Until -. Messengers . of the Mysteries.  . 1.  The righteous generation...psalms 14:. 5. 2.  The generation to seek His face. . . .  . Psalms 24. 3. .  The Latter rain Generation- . Joels. . Malachi 4:5-6. Matthew 11:11-13. Matthew 17:10-13. Malachi 4:5-6. 5 . “See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the . Lord. comes. . 6 . He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”. Everything You’ve Got. Shema. Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God. The Lord alone. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.. And Love your neighbor as yourself. . To describe key events in Elijah’s life. To learn from the attitude from Elijah and other characters for your own life. To evaluate how difficult it was for Elijah to be prophet. . King... And his wife Jezebel worshipped....This was wrong because.... Jordan River. Mikveh in Jerusalem. Machaerus. Winnowing Fork. Sandal. Josephus' Portrayal of John the Baptist . “But to some Jews the destruction of Herod's army seemed to be divine vengeance, and certainly a just vengeance, for his treatment of John, surnamed the Baptist. For Herod had put him to death, though he was a good man and had exhorted the Jews to lead righteous lives, to practice justice towards their fellows and piety towards God, and so doing to join in baptism. In his view this was a necessary preliminary if baptism was to be acceptable to God. They must not employ it to gain pardon for whatever sins they committed, but as a consecration of the body implying that the soul was already thoroughly cleansed by righteousness” (. 1 Kings 17:2-7. 1 Kings 17:2-7. Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the . Kerith. Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”   So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the . Preparation & future . work of. Class Structure. Elijah’s Preparation . – Unlikely Providers. Elijah’s . Preparation. . – Soul Searching. Elijah’s Future Work. – The Elijah Mission. Elijah’s Future Work . PART 2. I Kings 18:30-40. REVIEW. NO RAIN FOR 3 ½ YEARS!!. THE QUESTION: “HOW LONG WILL YOU LIVE UNDECIDED?. THE CHALLENGE: “IF THE LORD IS GOD – FOLLOW HIM….”. THE CONTEST: WHO IS GOD?. 1 Kings . 18:16-40. 1 Kings . 18:16-24 . NIV. 16. . So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. . 17. When he saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, you . troubler. Elijah. . Elijah. & Moses were at the transfiguration of Christ. The first person raised from the dead was through the hands of . Elijah. Elijah. James 5:17 “Elijah was a man with a . nature. What is prophet??. Famine took over the land of . gilead. …….wait what is famine ???. Is there any trees or plant?. Is there any food we can eat?. Is there . any rain?. That’s how dried land look like!!!. 1 Kings 19: 1-18. 19:1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 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.”. As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.  I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There  were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. .