Title idol is not responding
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The text is 1 Kings 18:25-29
The first stage-850:1 was numerically superior. The victor must have been more weighted on the magnificence of the 850 cries out, “Baal,” than on the strength of Elijah alone, standing in humility. But the gods Baal and Asherah, whom they thought were gods, did not respond.
In the second stage, the characteristics of full-fledged idolatry appear. Verse 26 “they leapt around the altar that they had built” Here, “they leapt” refers to a feat. For example, performing tricks that ordinary people would not dare to do, such as a three-stage mid-air rotation around the altar. Exodus 32:19 “He made a golden calf and saw him dancing” There are many strange tricks in idolatry. However, these are all false acts that increase the sense of mystery. Their god still did not respond.
So we go to the third step. They cut themselves with swords and spears. Imagine a scene where 850 people bleed as a group, not just one or two people. The crowd watching this scene must have thought something was about to explode from the sky. Blood fuels madness. Unfortunately, there was a riot on the ground, bleeding all the time, but there was only silence in the sky. It's no use past midnight,
Lord! Let the idols that lived on this earth crumble, the communist ideology that says there is no God, and let us become a missionary nation that does missions to all nations!