Then to Mount Carmel, where Elijah and his God had the famous showdown with Baal and his flunkies (that's Elijah with the knife, in case there's any confusion). I seem to recall Elijah saying something about toilets, but that was before Herod's time so we know that Baal did not use the one featured in the last post.
The challenge was made up on the mountain where a beautiful monastery now sits. "Let the competition begin!" Wow, to think it all happened, actually happened, right here. Kind of fitting, really since Mt Carmel overlooks the gorgeous, huge Jezreel Valley, the valley of Har Megiddo or Armageddon, where God's decisive end-time battle will be fought, and won.
As we are gazing on this awesome piece of real estate, F16s take off from a military runway we can see far in the distance. Our guide tells us that there are two in the air 24/7. Not that long ago the President of Iran was just north of here at the border with Lebanon, threatening again to push the jews into the sea.
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