The Old Testament reading this past week brought back a memory from several years ago, when someone muttered under his breath, “I wonder what it would take to break this drought?” The town where I then lived had gotten five inches of rain since October, and the usual was over fifteen. Water restriction were more common than fleas on a dog.
One of the church’s dowagers heard the mutter. She was…a Lady Of A Certain Age, petite, ferocious, known for correcting preachers if they tried to pronounce Hebrew with the local accent, among other things. Her sausage fetched more than top dollar at the annual fund-raising auction. She was not, I repeat NOT to be trifled with. Oh, and she had a wicked sense of humor.
So when she overheard the comment, she got a thoughtful look on her face, and said, “Well, start with four hundred priests of Baal…” Several of us almost choked, trying to stifle laughter.
Now, where one finds four hundred priests of Baal, or even four, these days, I’m not so sure. They seem to be one of the few things neither Amazon nor the dedicated religious supply houses stock.
[The link goes to 1 Kings, Chapter 18. The collision between Elijah and Baal’s priests starts at verse 18.]
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*SNORT*. It was a fun oratorio.
Begin with four Amazon employees or supervisors. A lot more than expecteday ne hiding in plain sight.
Next, find a Man of God capable of Mock 8 … the get uphill.
Oh, priests of Baal aren’t exactly all that difficult to find these days. They just don’t call themselves that.
Yes, I’m guessing finding Elijah would be the harder trick. I do like the part in the story where Elijah runs in front of the king’s chariot all the way back to … ?Jerusalem? … somewhere.
I heard a famous black singer doing the part of Elijah in Champaign/Urbana in the late 1970’s. It was a concert version of Mendelsohn’s Elijah but at the crucial moment, when Elijah is taunting the priests, he spun around and confronted the chorus, mocking them and singing “Call him [baal] louder!” That chorus fired up! An amazing memory, even though Baal still didn’t answer.
Not too hard. My cousin Jenn married an Elijah, and I know where they live. ;-p
Maybe he’s in the bathroom! Maybe he’s taking a nap! Call louder!
Yes, the part where people who are “in the Spirit” or have “the hand of the Lord” on them, can sometimes run supernaturally fast, or keep traveling longer than normal. 1 Kgs. 18:46 is what you’re thinking of. I think Acts 8:29-30 also refers to this.
I think the Democrat members of the House and Senate for a total of 261 would be a good start. Certainly, some from the other side of the aisle would join them as they are wont to do anyways, that ought to get us into the 300’s at least. Add in some looney governors a few DAs who no longer prosecute crime other than by Republican politicians and a few heads of various liberal think tanks and their funders and Voila! 400 Baal priest standins. I can say that many would look forward to the results in I Kings 18:40 🙂 (well not the standins mind you…) .
400 priests of Baal, lemme think a minute.
Maybe look at a few university and corporate DEI Departments.
John in Indy
Well, Baal was into killing babies, so try Planned Parenthood.
I thought that was Moloch. There might be some overlap.
I suggest that the agents of Hamas/Isis/Hezbollah are equivalent to priests of Baal based on their actions if not their rhetoric.
535, just sayin…
The “Hear and Answer” movementvwas so good, that Richard Wagner borrowed it from Mendelssohn. Later, Chuck Jones and Carl Stalling borrowed from Wagner, for “What’s Opera, Doc?”
“Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit'”
Try singing the movement with that lurking close by …