God ordained droughts
English: Jezabel and Ahab Meeting Elijah in Naboth's Vineyard Giclee. Print by Sir Frank Dicksee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Elijah comes upon the stage of Israel ’s history like a crash of thunder. He disappears from it in a whirlwind. From beginning to end, whenever he appears, the lightning flashes, the thunder crashes, the fire flames, and there is a sound of a mighty wind. So wrote one commentator of this man in whom judgment and mercy were mingled, and whose words were capable of calling down fire from heaven. Elijah is thrust upon the stage of world history to announce before the king that for the next three years there would be neither dew nor rain in an already drought -stricken land. Only repentance from the epidemic spread of Baal worship would cause the heavens to part. Clearly the message of Elijah was that of judgment upon the land and the people for Israel’s unfaithfulness. As horrible as the drought was, it was worse than is usually understood. The absenc