Passage

1 Kings 17

• Glossary Term

  Chariot

  Standard term; chariots recur throughout the Kings narratives (battle, and later Elijah's ascension in 2 Kings).

  1KI.17.1

• Doctrine

  Divine Providence in Famine

  The drought is God's judgment on Baal worship (Baal being the storm/fertility god); God's provision through ravens and the widow's oil/flour demonstrates his power over exactly what Baal was believed to control.

  1KI.17.1-16

• Glossary Term

  Drought

  Standard term (1 Kings 17), the drought Elijah announces as judgment on Baal-worshiping Israel.

  1KI.17.1-16

• Doctrine

  Elijah's Prophetic Ministry

  Elijah must be clearly distinguished from a folk healer (curandero) or fortune-teller (adivino) common in Spanish-speaking folk religion -- he speaks God's actual word and confronts institutionalized false worship directly, not privately.

  1KI.17.1

• Glossary Term

  Prophet

  Must be clearly distinguished from a folk healer (curandero) or fortune-teller (adivino) -- a biblical prophet speaks God's actual word, not intuited guidance or herbal/spiritual remedies.

  1KI.17.1

• Glossary Term

  Provision

  God's provision through ravens and the widow's oil/flour (1 Kings 17).

  1KI.17.1-16