In the News ... "Elijah still intrigues"

The Transfiguration of Jesus by Carl Bloch

• Legendary prophet’s ministry was relatively brief

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - The prophet Elijah’s deeds in First and Second Kings and his connection to John the Baptist in the New Testament make him one of the Bible’s more compelling figures.

The Revs. Roy Smith and Aubrey Jones, Rabbi Jordan Parr and Minister Taylor Robles say you can’t study Christian or Jewish theology without encountering Elijah, who lived in the Ninth Century B.C. during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel in the northern kingdom of Israel ...

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