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Explain six effects of idolatry in Israel during the time of prophet Elijah

      

Explain six effects of idolatry in Israel during the time of prophet Elijah.

  

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Effects of idolatry in Israel during the time of Prophet Elijah.

(i) God raised prophets to bring Israel back to the covenant way of life.

(ii) There was persecution/hostility/towards Yahweh's people/prophets.

(iii) Bad prophets/prophetesses were brought to Israel.

(iv) There was corruption/social injustices/people rejected the covenant way of life.

(v) Israelites practised Semitism mixed the worship of Yahweh with Baal.

(vi) There was drought in Israel for three years as a divine curse on the nation.

(vii) Israel lost its identity as a nation of God’s people.

(viii) A contest was held at Mount Carmel to prove who was the true God.

(ix) Elijah ?ed the country/was sustained by God’s power during the period of the drought.
Symoh93 answered the question on February 5, 2018 at 17:51


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