Elijah: Fire From Heaven

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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# 224 - Elijah: Fire From Heaven - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, When King Ahaziah falls and faces death, he seeks answers from a false god instead of the living God. In 2 Kings 1, Elijah delivers a fiery warning that exposes the danger of misplaced trust and the mercy hidden even in judgment.Episode 224 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 115:4–5,8, "Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them."Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:43) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:31) Elijah: Fire From Heaven(27:10) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the Chosen People
0:02.0	There is one man, Makaya, son of Imla
0:10.0	But I hate him
0:14.0	Hate him
0:16.0	He never prophesies good concerning me, only evil.
0:23.6	Very well.
0:26.0	Hear ye, hear ye.
0:31.3	I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep with no shepherd.
0:36.8	And log Yahweh himself did speak, saying these have no master. Let them return to their homes in peace.
0:40.3	What did I tell you, Jehoshaphat?
0:43.3	His proclamations are never good, always evil.
0:48.3	The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours.
0:57.5	Yahweh has decreed your ruined.
0:59.7	Insolent whelp!
1:06.0	Tell me, which way did the spirit of Yahweh go when he left me to speak to you? If you return in victory, God has not spoken through me.
1:14.6	Mark my words, the only one who will be victorious in this story is Yahweh, not you. Hold the line. It won't be long now before the dogs come.
1:30.6	I suppose I mourn him as one would a lost sandal.
1:35.2	Less sorrowful, more perturbed that now I have to find a new one.
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1:47.7	As a listener of the Chosen People podcast, you know the power of God's Word.
1:53.2	For Christians in more than 70 nations, access to the Bible is limited or even restricted.
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