Hey, campers,
welcome to Bible Gems.
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Julie and I are
gathering firewood
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for our bonfire.
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Oh, hey, I got a sparking.
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Oh, Tiara, watch out!
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Julie.
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Let's start over,
here we go, here we go.
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I got it. Julie,
I got it working.
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Oh, that's fire.
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Julie, I'm gonna
have to start all over.
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Oh, sorry.
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Okay.
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Hey, Julie, I got it.
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I got it!
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Fire!
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Bible Gems is up next.
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Uncle Aaron, Uncle Aaron.
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Aunty Linda. Look what I found.
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Look what I found.
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I'm sorry. Excuse me.
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I'm so excited.
Look what I found.
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Ooh!
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I found a Bible
Gem, isn't that awesome?
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That's an amazing story.
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I can't wait to tell the
boys and girls all about it.
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Okay.
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Hi, boys and girls.
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Welcome to Bible Gems!
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You'll get to find out
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what our special
gem is today too.
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Oh, let me show Miss JoDee.
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I think maybe she would
have a song or something.
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Miss JoDee,
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do you think
you could sing that?
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Oh, I would love, Aunty Linda.
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Awesome.
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Can you boys and girls help her?
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Yeah!
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Hear me
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Oh Lord hear me
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That this people may know
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That you are the Lord God
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Hear me
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Oh Lord hear me
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1 Kings 18:37
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I think that is
connected to a special gem.
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That is a special gem.
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It is. This...
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Can you tell us
something about it?
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Yes, the special Bible Gem.
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The story we're gonna
be learning about today,
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boys and girls,
is gonna be Elijah
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and the Prophets of Baal.
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Whoa!
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So where the story
picks up is that Elijah
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was a prophet to
the nation of Israel.
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And there was a certain king
ruling during Elijah's time,
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who knows the king?
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He's one of the worst kings
in all of Israel's history.
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Let's see.
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Leah, can you
know what king it was?
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That's exactly right, King Ahab.
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Who knows who Ahab married?
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Let's see.
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Yeah, right here.
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Jezebel. Jezebel.
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Well, do you know any
friends named Jezebel?
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No.
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No, because she was
a villain in the Bible
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and so was King Ahab.
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Ahab and Jezebel together,
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they turned all of
Israel against the worship
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of the true God, Yahweh.
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And they turn them
to worship false gods
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like Baal, and Asherah,
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and all of these
false idols and gods.
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And God called Elijah
to go before King Ahab
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and speak boldly
to him, and say that
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because of the
apostasy of Israel
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and because of
all the false worship
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that God will bring a drought,
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a famine upon the land
for three and a half years.
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Do you think King
Ahab was happy about that?
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No. No.
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That took a lot of
courage for Elijah.
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He came in there
and he made that decree.
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And then Ahab said,
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"Well, ah, let's
go and kill him."
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But God preserved Elijah,
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and he ran into the wilderness
where he was protected.
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And while he was there,
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he did a few different miracles.
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He brought someone back to life.
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And there was a widow there
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that they multiplied the oil
and made bread, amazing things,
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but where our story is
headed, boys and girls,
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is that after
three and a half years,
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God told Elijah to
go back to King Ahab.
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And he went back to
King Ahab, and he said,
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"King Ahab, I have returned.
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And I want you to
call all of Israel together
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on a certain mountain."
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Who knows what mount
he told them to come to?
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Yeah.
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Mount Carmel.
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That's exactly right.
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He said, "Let's bring
them all to Mount Carmel."
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Now Carmel was there
in Israel, in Palestine.
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It was a tall mountain
where everyone could see
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to the top of it.
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This was a great gathering spot.
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So Ahab agreed,
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and he brought
all of Israel there,
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but Ahab also
brought some priests,
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some prophets,
some priests of Baal
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and some prophets of Asherah.
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And so there was
450 prophets of Baal
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and 400 prophets of Asherah,
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and so there was 850
false prophets that were there.
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Whoa!
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Elijah was the only
true prophet of God there.
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Was Elijah
outnumbered 1 to 850, huh?
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Way outnumbered.
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And so there they came,
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and Elijah stood up
and he said, "Okay."
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Speaking to the
children of Israel,
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he said, "How long?
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How long will you falter?
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How long will you
wave between two opinions?
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You guys, if Yahweh,
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the Lord God is the true
God, well, then serve him.
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But if Baal is
God, then serve him.
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You guys seem to be on
the fence and going well,
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whatever is most convenient."
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He called them
to make a decision
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that very day, come on decide.
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What did the people say?
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Nothing.
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They were dead silent.
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No one was
courageous enough to say,
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I'm a
worshipper of the true God,
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all of them just dead silent.
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Then Elijah, well,
the prophets of Baal
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seem to be
mocking at that point.
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But Elijah came
and he made a proposal,
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he made a suggestion.
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He had an idea and he said,
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"Guys, how about
in order to decide
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who the true God is?
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The prophets of Baal,
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you can build an
altar to your God,
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and I will build
an altar to Yahweh,
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to the one and
true God of Israel.
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And whichever
God rains fire down
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and has the
altar and the offering
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and the sacrifice
burn up with fire,
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that will be the true God."
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So King Ahab and the
other prophets of Baal,
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they agreed.
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And they said,
"Okay, well, we'll do that."
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So the prophets of Baal got up,
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and they went over and
they began to make their...
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They made their altar,
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and they began
to walk around it.
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And they were worshiping
and they were dancing,
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and they were
really doing all things,
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all kinds of
things with their body.
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And hours went by,
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hour after hour after hour
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until finally about noon,
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Elijah step
forward, and he said,
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"Hey, prophets, maybe Baal,
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maybe your god is taking a nap.
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Maybe he's sleeping
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because he's not hearing you.
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Maybe he's out walking his dog.
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Whatever he's doing,
he's not listening to you.
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But go ahead, keep going.
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Maybe if you try harder."
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And they kept going
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until they began to get tired.
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And the evening
approached and still no fire,
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no fire at all.
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Finally said, "Okay, fine.
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We give up."
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And they took a
rest, a well needed rest,
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and their altar remained
dry with no fire coming down.
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Then Elijah step forward,
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and he began to
rebuild the torn down altar
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to the true God of Israel.
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And he chose to pick out.
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Who knows how many stones?
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About 12. Twelve
stones. That's right.
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Those 12 stones to represent
the 12 tribes of Israel.
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And so he began
to get these stones.
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Can I have a few of
you come up and help me?
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And he built the altar.
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He put the stones down.
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I will keep that one for later.
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Yeah, he made it just
in the proper arrangement.
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Right.
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Good.
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Once it was put
all nice together,
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he then got...
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Thank you guys so much.
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He then got the wood
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and he brought it and
he put it right on top.
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Boys and girls, when he was done
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building the altar, was that it?
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Was there
anything else that he did?
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Who knows what he did?
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Let's see.
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Water pouring.
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That's exactly right.
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He poured water all over it.
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Can I have four boys and girls
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come and help me?
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We've got some
water pots over here.
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And so he called some people,
some servants to help him.
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And they filled
up the water pots
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and they came,
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and they poured
water all over it,
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all over it.
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But not just once they went back
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and they refilled their pots.
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He said, "We need more
water, we need more water."
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And the second
time they came back
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and they poured
water all over it.
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Oh, yeah, so much water.
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And then he said,
"Oh, that's not enough.
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A third time, a
third time get more water."
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And then they came back.
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Oh! That's a lot of water, huh?
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Some of the
Israelites looked and said,
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"Well, I can
take a swim in that."
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So much water they came.
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And that was it
just four times of water.
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And there was a moat.
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There was a trench all around it
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and it was just
soaked with water.
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And there was trench
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that was dug
apart full of water.
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Now trying to start a
fire is it a good idea?
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If you want to
start a fire to put water
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all over the thing
you want to burn up?
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No! No.
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Well, you'll
see, prophets of Baal.
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He poured over
it to make a point
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because Elijah
believed that his God
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could do the
seemingly impossible.
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So Elijah, after
all the preparations
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had been made,
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he came and in stark contrast
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to the prophets of Baal,
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dancing around and trying to do
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all this fancy filled
stuff to call their God.
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Elijah was calm.
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He was collected,
and he knelt down.
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He knelt down and prayed,
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"O Lord God, of Abraham,
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Isaac and Israel.
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Let it be known this day,
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that You are the God of Israel,
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and that I am your servant,
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and that I have
done all of this today
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because You have asked
me to follow Your word.
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Hear me, O Lord, hear me
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that this people may know
that You are the one true Lord,
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and that You may
turn their hearts back
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to You again."
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And after
Elijah was done praying
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that simple prayer.
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All of a sudden, fire
came down from heaven,
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and filled the altar,
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and all of the
Israelites were astonished.
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And they were dismayed and
they all cried out and say,
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"Whoa, Yahweh, the
Lord God, He is God."
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And they took
those prophets of Baal,
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and they no longer used
them in their worship anymore.
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Then there's one thing
left to do with this story.
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Elijah went to the
very top of Mount Carmel
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and he began to pray
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and ask God to
restore the water,
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the rain back to the land.
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And he prayed,
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and he got his
servant and he said,
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"Look, is there any rain yet?"
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He said, "No, not yet."
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And so he prayed
seven times he did this,
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and finally
after the seventh time,
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lo and behold,
out in the distance,
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a cloud began to come,
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and eventually the whole
sky was filled with clouds
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and it began to pour rain
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because the people
had turned their hearts
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back to God.
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Do you, boys and girls,
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want to turn your heart to God
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and worship the
true God of Israel?
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Yes! Yes.
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That's amazing.
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What a wonderful story!
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Our God is faithful and
He will come through for us
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if we stand for Him.
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Well, remember, boys and girls,
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to look in your Bibles
to find special Bible Gems.
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Until next time, goodbye.
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Bye! Bye!
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