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There is a marked resemblance between our time and that of Elijah and Elisha. Theirs was a time of judgment; ours is as well. But there is a deeper resemblance. Their day was an age of syncretism, of radical compromise between the worship of the Lord and Baal in worship. The two had been blended together to make one religion, so that a refusal to see the necessity for uncompromising religion...

4. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Ps. 51:3–4) If the sin of Israel had been only the sin of Ahab and Jezebel, God’s judgment would have struck them alone. We know, of course, that judgment did come to Ahab’s house (1 Kings 20:20–43), in a fearful way (2 Kings 9:22–37), but eventually judgment and captivity also came to all of Israel. And, for the present, the drought was
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