Elijah vs the Prophets of Baal

The most unhinged showdown in Scripture. Elijah challenged 450 prophets of Baal to a fire-from-heaven contest on Mount Carmel. They danced and cut themselves for hours — nothing. Elijah trash-talked them ('maybe your god is on the toilet??'), SOAKED his altar in water, prayed once, and God sent fire that vaporized everything. Then it rained for the first time in three years. Most iconic W in the Old Testament.

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