Malochi -
Malachi 4:5
*The Torah is Hebrew for the first five books
in the Word, being the Five Books of Moshe –
Malachi 4:5 states …
“Behold, I will send you Eliyahu -
Let’s be very clear at the outset, that
day has not come to date, however, it could be at anytime soon. It
is claimed by “christians” that Yochanan -
“And they asked him, ‘What then?
Are you
This makes it quite clear that Yochanan -
Eliyahu -
However, please understand this;
Eliyahu’s greatness was not Eliyahu the man, but his greatness was the
Spirit of Elohim working within this faithful servant. As we study the life of
Eliyahu, we are in fact looking at the greatness of our loving
The Word clearly states the following …
“Eliyahu was a man just like us”
This might sound perplexing, for obviously, we would see him as a great and a mighty prophet of Elohim, thus we might ask, who are we to compare ourselves to him in any way? Let me answer you in this way. “Was Eliyahu perfect”? No, he was not, for even though he had all the exceptional attributes as shown above, Eliyahu was also a man of great impatience, loneliness, and yes he was even a man of fear and anger. In this, we are able to see that Eliyahu was a man very much like us!
Therefore, if Eliyahu can be used by the Almighty with all of his shortcomings then, those who live in complete faith in the TRUTH of His Word and according to Yahushua’s will and in His Word, are acceptable unto YaHVaH Elohim, blessed be their Sanctified Names!
In Hebrew the name Eli-YAHu
means, “My Elohim is YaHVaH.” This clearly proves that
Eliyahu -
Thus, beloved, let us take glimpse into the time and the events leading up to the arrival of Eliyahu, before that most evil and sinful king, Achav – Ahab as we will read in 1 Melachim - 1 Kings 16:25-33.
“Omri did evil in the eyes of YHVH, and
did worse than all who were before him. For he walked in all the ways of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin by which he had made
The above reading contains a particular tragic statement;
“
The sad truth was that he was even worse than
his wicked and evil father Omri, whose sinful deeds are so well recorded.
However, it was
As the Word describes, she died in the same way she had lived her evil and rotten life, for in the end she was trampled to death by horses and she was then partially devoured by wild dogs, and her body was left to rot in the street. That is what happens to those who are so rotten and so evil, for they deserve no sympathy whatsoever!
Eliyahu prophesied this in 2 Melachim - 2 Kings 9:36-37.
“On the plot of ground at Yezreel dogs
shall eat the flesh of Yezebel and the corpse of Yezebel shall be as refuse
(dung) on the surface of the field, in the plot at Jezreel, so that they shall
not say, ‘here lies Yezebel.’”
Therefore,
As shown throughout the Tanach – Old Covenant, Elohim does not choose great men for His work. But He chooses a person out from the people of faith and those He knows who have the heart to become His earthly servant. Thus by Elohim’s choice, Eliyahu became one of the most unique and dramatic characters in Scriptural history. We know from the Word that Eliyahu was certainly not a man well dressed, for it is written that his appearance and clothing was, to say the least rather rugged.
2 Melachim – 2 Kings 1:8 says …
“He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins.”
Eliyahu -
But what follows is a mighty story of enormous
faith, of a man who lived during this evil generation. In the past,
Yet in spite of the great love that Elohim
bestowed on His people,
*That has been
true throughout all history and even today, for within the “Little
Flock” of believers in Messiah Yahushua
there are those who are from a Hebrew and others who were once Gentiles, but
we are neither Jew nor Greek, but “ONE in the Body”! The
faithful ones In Yahushua are sadly far too few, but the Word does tell us that
“the gate is narrow” – However, there is always room for
more! Our beloved Father has said “RETURN again to Me, and I will
Return to you.” Please believe in the real Name of Messiah
Yahushua, for that is “the Name above every name”
… “Salvation is found in no one else, for
there is no other Name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12.
Sadly beloved,
We thank our Heavenly Father that Hebrew’s and those who have come out of the Gentiles, who have accepted Yahushua as their Messiah, and have repented and been Immersed in Him, and they are now One in Messiah, One in the Body, neither “Jew nor Greek” for He (Yahushua) has broken the middle wall of partition between us - HalleluYAH! (Ephesians 2:14).
Have you thought about this scene? That is one of the most astounding and what we could call brave stands in all history, for technically Eliyahu should never have walked out of that Palace alive!
Those who have studied the Word and or history should know, when it comes to Royal Households, there is a set list of set Protocols that must be adhered to as commanded by the court. Here are just three of the protocols;
1: If anyone stands before the king, and speaks without consent, that person, according to Royal Protocol, must be automatically put to death!
2: Whilst in court, the king will raise the sceptre to give permission to approach him, and only then, the appointed person (who can only be there with prior arrangement) will be permitted to speak!
3: If the queen wishes to speak to her husband the king, she will have to seek permission to speak, whilst the king was in court. If she speaks without a request, she must die!
But, here we see Eliyahu who walks into the court without prior permission, he asks no questions and he speaks directly to the king. He then does something that completely disgraces the king with a declaration and then even worse still to conclude the complete humiliation of this evil king, he completely humiliates him in front of the entire court, turns his back on the king and just walks out, yet no one seems to stop Eliyahu. Now, that is what I call Chutzpah (impertinence)!
I will break the Eliyahu story up into four main scenes; You will find Scenes One and Two on this Study and Scenes Three and Four in Study Two.
“As YHVH, the Elohim of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will be no dew or rain for these years, until I say so.”
To fully understand what the implications of his statement, we must consider the following.
(1) “As YHVH Elohim of Israel lives, before whom I stand.”
Here we see that Eliyahu a simple man, yet he is giving his absolute authority, for he stands before the king in the Name of YHVH!
(2) “There shall be no dew or rain for these years”
Eliyahu now tells the king two things a fact and a prophecy as he threatens the king with a drought.
(3) “Until I say so” or “according to my word.”
“Until I say so” are Eliyahu’s concluding words, in those words we see his immeasurable faith. How did he possibly know that He would be able end the drought at the given time, through his word? But it is very obvious that Eliyahu was clearly being led by Elohim and He was speaking through His servant and ensured that all harm was kept away from His beloved servant, whom He then hid.
When Eliyahu said, “before whom I stand,” was a massive insult to the king for it contained the following implication.
“Hey king, you might be sitting there on your throne, but I am not standing before you, I am standing before YaHVaH Elohim.” (Paraphrased).
I firmly believe, as we read about
Eliyahu’s stand before king
Let me provide such an example, taken from my
book “Dutch Tzedakah” where faithful Dutch believers saved
countless Jews and others from the Holocaust! But, they did this at their peril
and the story of the Ten Boom family is well known, but in the book that can be
read on line, there is also a story about
A movie was made named “The Hiding Place” about the ten Boom family; it is about the father Casper ten Boon, his daughters Corrie and Betsie who rescued Jews from Nazi deportations. However, it was long before the Nazis were ever heard off, this faithful family had become involved in building a house of prayer for Israel, as Casper ten Boom’s father, Willem had loved and supported the Jewish people since 1884. His son and grand children continued to uphold this blessed duty and clearly showed their stand and their strength and conviction of their faith during World War II.
Just as they commenced hiding Dutch Jews from
the Nazis, an interesting event took pace in their home; a Jewish baby was
delivered to their house by the underground for safe keeping until safe passage
could be found to take the Baby to
Sadly, on February 28, 1944, the family was
betrayed by an evil traitor. The moment when Papa ten Boom was being loaded
into a truck, a soldier counted those who boarded, “one, two, three,
four, five, six - There are six
Indeed, in Eliyahu, we can see a great and a
blessed faith in action, a man of Elohim speaking with authority. We could ask
the question “did
“And it shall come to pass, if you will listen meticulously unto My commandments, which I command you this day, to love YHVH your Elohim, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your corn, and your wine, and your oil. And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and you shall eat and be satisfied. Take note of to yourselves, unless your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; and the anger of YHVH be kindled against you, and He shut up the heaven, so that there shall be no rain, and the ground shall not yield her fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which YHVH has given you.”
As Israel at large was now serving other god’s at this time, Eliyahu in prayer now claimed with authority the words of Elohim, that “The heaven be shut up and that there be no rain, and that the land would not yield her fruit.” Thus Eliyahu understood the Words Elohim had given Moshe in the wilderness.
Thus, a man in many ways like us, in faith and in prayer claimed words of the scriptures before the king and we know from the Word that the proclaimed drought lasted for a long three and a half years.
We now come to the end of the first Scene of Eliyahu’s life and actions. Each scene is full of thrilling panoramas, which I believe are excellent building blocks for us all. For we beloved in Yahushua our Saviour, need to be more like Eliyahu, we need to be a people of great faith, a people prepared to do Elohim’s blessed will as shown to us in His Word.
This, concludes Scene One, the unheralded arrival of the prophet Eliyahu in the throne room of the idolatrous king and his announcement of the drought, which was a punishment for idol worship.
1 Melachim - 1 Kings 17:2 to 6 will set this scene
“And the word of YHVH came to him,
saying: ‘Leave this place, and go eastward, and hide yourself by the
brook of Cherith that is before the
Just as the appearance of Eliyahu was sudden and dramatic, so was his disappearance, one moment he was there and the next he had totally vanished and the king and his evil wife Yezebel was not happy! With the removal of Eliyahu, the nation would not only have to suffer physically with a three and a half year drought, but now it would also suffer spiritually with the total removal of the Word of YaHVaH Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name. The prophet Amos spoke about such an event.
“Behold the days come, says YHVH Elohim, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor thirst for water, but of the hearing the Word of YHVH.” Amos 8:11.
In this case,
We might ask. “Why did
Therefore, Elohim said, “Get away from here and turn eastward, and HIDE by the Brook Cherith (or Kerith).”
Did you realise that throughout the Scriptures, the Almighty uses certain words and names that have very special meaning, which is often lost when studying the Word. It is in these wonderful words that we find pure treasures. Elohim uses the word, which is the name of a place “Cherith” or “Kerith,” but in Hebrew this word actually means to “Separate” and “Divorce.” In light of this, let me briefly look at another Scripture where this very same word occurs. Let us turn to Yirmyahu - Jeremiah 3:8.
“And I saw ... I had put her away, and given her a bill of DIVORCE.”
There we see that the word used for “divorce” is “Cherithuth” that literary means to “separate.” The scriptures also uses another word for “divorce” being the Hebrew word “Garash” and you will find that the meaning is very different to “Cherithuth”, for “Garash” means … “to be utterly removed - cut off, divorced forever,” much like a scab being dead tissue, when it falls off it can never be restored. Thus, “Garash,” - “divorce” means to be utterly removed and cast away forever!
Blessed be the Almighty, He does NOT use the word “Garash” in Jeremiah chapter 3, but “Cherithuth,” for YaHVaH Elohim, blessed be He, would never utterly cut off His people Israel, for He had made an everlasting covenant with Israel, as Tehillim – Psalm 108 so clearly declares,
He (YHVH) hath remembered His covenant forever (Hebrew: HaOlam = Eternally).” Tehillim - Psalm 105:8, and many other scriptures.
Thus, after Eliyahu had made his declaration to the king, Elohim commanded him to “Go to the brook of Cherith,” which is directly related and really the same word as the word Cherithuth.”
Thus, what a wonderful picture we see here.
Because of
In Yirmyahu - Jeremiah 3:8, Elohim gave
Beloved, I wish that pastors today would
preach “Repentance” for so many seem to have dumped the most
vital element. All so many of these modern Charismatic - Pentecostal’s
rave on, and all you hear there is “come to
Now we know the reason that Eliyahu had to go
and hide at the brook of Cherith! It would be there, and later at Zerapath that
Elohim would prepare this rugged and faithful man, for the task that laid ahead
of him at
YaHVaH Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name, prepared many prophets in this manner, the like of Avraham, Yitzchak - Isaac, Ya’akov - Jacob, Yoseph - Joseph and Moshe - Moses, each having spent time in the wilderness in preparation of a greater task ahead.
At this lonely brook, Eliyahu once again proves his great faith. Let’s be honest, to believe that ravens out of all the birds of the sky would be the ones to feed you morning and evening takes a great deal of faith! For ravens are well known to be thieves, for they rather steal from you than give. And of course Eliyahu knew this, yet he trusted Elohim for this miracle.
Everything is based on this truth, a truth that applies to the believer in Yahushua the Messiah! There are three important things to remember …
(1) Be where the Almighty wants you to be!
(2) Be at the right place, at the right time.
(3) Only at the right place, can miracles happen.
Eliyahu followed Elohim’s command; “Go to…” for only “there” would YaHVaH control the fowl of the air, in order that “ravens” would bring food to Eliyahu daily.
I believe that Eliyahu clearly understood the Words …
“Trust in YHVH and do good, so shall you live in the land, and surely you shall be fed.” Tehillim - Psalm 37:3.
Even in the receiving of this food, once again we see Eliyahu’s faithfulness.
(1) He remained until “the brook dried up,” and received the command to leave.
(2) Imagine eating the same food day in, day out?
We would get sick of it, just as
Some Hebrews might say, but ravens are not kosher (Scripturally fit to eat). True, however we should keep the following points in mind.
(1) Eliyahu was not commanded to eat the ravens, only the food they carried to Eliyahu.
(2) If Elohim commands you to accept food from the ravens, would you say no to our Heavenly Father, rather than thank Him for this provision during a great drought. Eliyahu was grateful to Elohim for this miraculous provision.
However, the greater test was yet to come, as we will discover in Scene 3, which is part of our next Study. What does the message of Eliyahu say to us …?
And what have we learnt so far? … YHVH
Elohim, blessed be His Sanctified Name, is able to take a man, a man just like
you and me into His service! If we feel in our heart that Elohim desires us to
go and proclaim His Word, in whatever place He chooses, you better go right
there and do as He has commanded! In addition, we know, from the Word regarding
Moshe and others that Elohim does not always take a person who is fit for the
job. No certainly not, for He takes ordinary men and He fits them for the
ministry that lay ahead of them. The Almighty commanded all the great
prophets of
This is the message we should learn today – Live in Elohim’s will!
Like Eliyahu, we must live in the will of Elohim according to the blessed Word He has given us, and learn the answer to this provocative question. “How will I know His will for my life, in this, or that situation?”
Use what I call “Elohim’s - Three Harbour Lights of Guidance.”
(1) Is it in accordance with the Word?
(2) Do you feel in your heart that it is right for you, and, are your family happy for you to do so?
(3) Is it the right time? Are the all the circumstances in line?
When a ship’s pilot is able to line up the three lights, and they appear as a single light, then he is on the right course and can safely enter the entry channel of the port. However, if the pilot sees two lights or three lights, disaster will surely follow. What do we learn from this? All lights, all circumstances must line up, or our venture will be doomed for disaster.
Like Eliyahu, we must … Live in the light of the Word … Like the pilot setting a course you should have the assurance that all the circumstances line up. Then, when you are in the appointed harbour, you know that you are at the right place, at the right time, be it physically or spiritually, for it will be there where the Almighty, blessed be He, will provide and bless you. Consider the woman who was at the well at Zerephah just as Elohim had told Eliyahu back at the brook of Cherith that she would be there. She was not at any well, but at this particular well, being the appointed well.
There is no doubt that Eliyahu was a man who
freely gave his life in the service of his Elohim, not living in the self, or
what I call “the I, me, and myself” as most did during his time,
and as people still do to today. Sadly this world is full of the self and sin,
let us, the faithful in Messiah Yahushua strive to uphold the love, and doing
the good deeds, going forth being a LIGHT unto the world just as our Saviour
Yahushua has told us to be! Let us be strong and stand up and make sure that in
this day we fully understand chapters such as Mattityahu -
We need to be strong like Eliyahu and make sure that the Word is first and foremost, and not what this author or what any pastor says, for if it does not agree with the blessed Word of Elohim than we need to stand up and take a stand, that is just what our blessed Saviour Yahushua did as well as His apostles!
Study Two of the Eliyahu study contains some remarkable details that will amaze you, for in reality, this has just been an introduction to Eliyahu’s remarkable ministry!
Enter Eliyahu -
His amazing time in
Zarephath
“Teach me Your way, O YHVH. I will walk in Your truth.
UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME!”
May YHVH Elohim bless and keep you in the palm of
His hand always, in Messiah Yahushua’s loving Name!
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