True to life, Scripture says he panicked.Īfter several days on the run, Elijah collapses - exhausted, lonely, frightened, and feeling utterly defeated. Yet James 5:17 says that “Elijah was as human as we are.”Īfter running almost the length of a marathon, this great prophet entered the city of Jezreel just in time to hear wicked Queen Jezebel’s murderous threats. At Elijah’s word, kings trembled, the rains stopped, a jug of oil never ran dry, a boy was raised from the dead, fire fell from the sky, revival broke out, and hundreds of idolatrous prophets of Baal were executed. The prophet Elijah ranks right up there with Moses as one of the most dramatic prophets of the Lord.
It’s about time someone commissioned a new epic about one of the Old Testament’s other truly great heroes. Moses has his place in American cinema with The Ten Commandments and The Prince of Egypt. Appearing with Moses and Jesus ( Matthew 17:3-13 Mark 9:4-13 Luke 9:30-33). Prophesying that Jehoram would die a horrible death (2 Chronicles 21:12-15).