Violin Solo

Dramatic Stone Statue of Elijah Mukhraka (Arabic word for “a place of burning”)

Carmel Range, Israel

COVER: My Heavenly Father Watches over Me Medley

A few shekelim (plural for the Israeli shekel—about the size of

our dime, but worth about 25 cents), and we are on our way to the

unsurpassed panoramic view from the top of the Carmel Moun-

tains—the traditional site of the meeting between Elijah and the 450

Baal prophets! (I Kings 18) Imagine being able to see Mt. Hermon

to the east and the Mediterranean to the west on a clear day!

The people of Israel had been seduced by the pagan cults of

Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab (eighth King of Israel, 871-852 B.C.).

Both Elijah and the prophets of Baal erected altars on which were

placed meat offerings, to see whose God would send down fire. Al-

though Elijah drenched his altar with water, his God alone sent down

fire from heaven, and Elijah’s offering burst into flames! When all

the Israelites saw it, “they fell on their faces: and they said,

The Lord, He is the God! The Lord, He is the God.”