Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
When the Lord says something, He means it; when He promises to "send" us "Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord," He intends to do it, and He will.
But wait a moment: He sent the blessing of Elijah the first time, but the leadership of Israel excited the people against him so that Satan succeeded in shutting away from the people, in a great measure, the special power of the Holy Spirit that God longed to impart to them in Elijah's ministry.
As is well known, it was God's design that Israel be a light to the world of that day, and God had sent Elijah as His agent to help Israel communicate it, but the light that was to lighten the whole earth of that day was resisted by the leadership of Israel, and was in a great degree kept away from the world.
If Satan succeeded through Ahab and Jezebel then in neutralizing Elijah's message and ministry in a great degree during the time of the terrible famine ("three years and six months," James 5:17), we can expect that the same enemy of Christ will do his best to neutralize the work of that "Elijah" whom the Lord will send today.
But those who believe the most precious message that the Lord will send through "Elijah" now must not despair even though Satan seeks everywhere to "kill Elijah" again. The prophecy of Malachi must meet fulfillment. Some human agent or agents will respond to the Holy Spirit as Elijah once did; self will be crucified with Christ. "Elijah" will again be willing to be a fool for Christ (cf. 2 Cor. 11:16, 23). He will honor the Lord as the prophet did long ago.
The new "Elijah" will have his "Brook Cherith" to hide by; he will have ravens to feed him, perhaps from "Ahab's" gourmet table; the Lord will provide a "widow of Zarephath" to sustain him in abject poverty until Mt. Carmel comes.
Let's be ready to stand with him boldly when he again challenges Israel at the new Mt. Carmel. It will be too late this time to stay with the silent 7000 in the crisis (1 Kings 18:21; 19:18), afraid to step out of the closet publicly.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 4, 2006.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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When the Lord says something, He means it; when He promises to "send" us "Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord," He intends to do it, and He will.
But wait a moment: He sent the blessing of Elijah the first time, but the leadership of Israel excited the people against him so that Satan succeeded in shutting away from the people, in a great measure, the special power of the Holy Spirit that God longed to impart to them in Elijah's ministry.
As is well known, it was God's design that Israel be a light to the world of that day, and God had sent Elijah as His agent to help Israel communicate it, but the light that was to lighten the whole earth of that day was resisted by the leadership of Israel, and was in a great degree kept away from the world.
If Satan succeeded through Ahab and Jezebel then in neutralizing Elijah's message and ministry in a great degree during the time of the terrible famine ("three years and six months," James 5:17), we can expect that the same enemy of Christ will do his best to neutralize the work of that "Elijah" whom the Lord will send today.
But those who believe the most precious message that the Lord will send through "Elijah" now must not despair even though Satan seeks everywhere to "kill Elijah" again. The prophecy of Malachi must meet fulfillment. Some human agent or agents will respond to the Holy Spirit as Elijah once did; self will be crucified with Christ. "Elijah" will again be willing to be a fool for Christ (cf. 2 Cor. 11:16, 23). He will honor the Lord as the prophet did long ago.
The new "Elijah" will have his "Brook Cherith" to hide by; he will have ravens to feed him, perhaps from "Ahab's" gourmet table; the Lord will provide a "widow of Zarephath" to sustain him in abject poverty until Mt. Carmel comes.
Let's be ready to stand with him boldly when he again challenges Israel at the new Mt. Carmel. It will be too late this time to stay with the silent 7000 in the crisis (1 Kings 18:21; 19:18), afraid to step out of the closet publicly.
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: May 4, 2006.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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Please forward these messages to your friends and encourage them to subscribe. The "Dial Daily Bread" Web site resides at: http://1888message.org/
To subscribe send an e-mail message with "subscribe" in the body of the message to: dailybread@1888message.org
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Robert J. Wieland's inspirational "Dial Daily Bread" messages are availalbe via e-mail to anyone who wishes to receive a daily portion of uplifting Good News. "Dial Daily Bread" is FREE. Due to travel or other circumstances, there may be intervals when "Dial Daily Bread" will not be sent.
