(The Lord changed Jacob’s name to Israel.) 32 Elijah used these stones to rebuild the altar in honor of the Lord. Then he dug a ditch around the altar that was big enough to hold about thirteen quarts of seed.

Jan 4, 2022 · Elijah then challenged the prophets of Baal to prepare a bull as an offering for their god—Elijah would do the same—with this catch: they could light no fire on their altar. The God who answered with fire from the sky would be considered the true God (verses 22–25).

The god who answers by fire —he is God.” Then all the people said, “What you say is good.” 25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” 26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.

Elijah’s Prayer and God’s Answer by Fire - As the time for the evening offering arrived, Elijah the prophet approached and said, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you ...

Elijah builds his altar to the Lord and drenches it with water. Elijah prays to God. God sets the altar on fire. The fire consumes the altar, even the water in the trenches. All of the people declare that God is the one true king.

God sent fire to accept the sacrifice, the animal that Elijah had offered to God. However, God did even more than that. In that fire, God accepted everything, including the entire altar, the stone platform that Elijah made for the sacrifice. Elijah built that altar with 12 large stones.

31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Your name shall be Israel." 32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

Let the God who answers by fire be our God!” “That’s a good idea!” all the people shouted. 25 So Elijah told the prophets of Baal, “Choose an ox for yourselves and you prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but don’t set fire to the offering.”

41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. "Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench."

Dec 15, 2024 · The God of Elijah instructed him to make his altar an impossible place to be consumed by fire. He did this by pouring water on it, putting water trenches around it, etc. He was going to show His miraculous power and that HE alone was God.