Christian Religious Knowledge Questions and Answers

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The account of Jeremiah’s confrontation by God in the deepest zone of his being is given in the form of a dialogue. He did not receive his call to the prophetic ministry in the midst of a temple filled with brilliant light or surrounded by strange heavenly creatures. “The revelation came to him not from cloven skies, or out of the midst of the thunders of the heavens.”[39] Instead of the spectacular, Jeremiah describes the objects or events of common daily experience as the starting point for his perception of the divine truth.

If Jeremiah’s experience took the form of a vision, it was a “calm meditative vision” that was not accompanied by any spectacular phenomena. It was an experience with God on life’s way. God chose him, met him, spoke to him, touched his lips, and commissioned him as a prophet. see ''jeremiah 1 to the end''

In 1 Kings 18:41-45 (RSV), it describes how Elijah prayed for rain, and eventually, there was a heavy rainstorm:

"And Elijah said to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.' So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. And he said to his servant, 'Go up now, look toward the sea.' And he went up and looked, and said, 'There is nothing.' And he said, 'Go again seven times.' And at the seventh time he said, 'Behold, a little cloud like a man's hand is rising out of the sea.' And he said, 'Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.''' And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain."

The statement "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is anything too hard for me..." suggests that God is most powerful. This statement highlights the omnipotence of God and emphasises that nothing is too difficult or beyond His capability.

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