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(Sorry I lied about this chapter not taking so long. Stuff happens.)
At their next destination, Rose and the Doctor found themselves and Isaiah in a large crowd on top of a hill.
"Where are we now?" Rose asked.
"Mount Carmel in the northern region of the country of Israel." Isaiah told them.
"And what is the next part of our lesson?" the Doctor asked.
"The Power of God." was Isaiah's answer.
"How are we going to learn about it?" Rose questioned.
"Listen, for you are about to receive the answer to that very question." Isaiah told her.
Sure enough, after Isaiah said this, they could all hear a man begin a speech.
"How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." the man said.
"Who is that?" Rose asked, since no one answered the speaker's question.
"That is Elijah," Isaiah answered, "one of the most famous prophets of all time."
Elijah continued, "I alone am left a prophet of the Lord, but Baal's prophets are 450 men. Now let them give us two oxen; and let them choose one ox for themselves and cut it up, and place it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other ox and lay it on the wood, and I will not put a fire under it. Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, He is God."
This started a murmuring among the entire crowd, but the general consensus was in agreement. Then Elijah turned and addressed a large cluster of men wearing very ornate robes. Rose assumed these men were the "prophets of Baal".
"Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it." Elijah said to them.
Then, the group of prophets prepared their bull and began calling on the name of Baal to answer their cries and send fire to consume the sacrifice. Rose and the Doctor watched, somewhat fascinated, as the prophets spent the entire morning trying to call to Baal, using loud chants and bizarre dances. Around noon, Elijah began mocking the so far unsuccessful prophets.
"Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened." Elijah said to them.
After this, the prophets continued their loud chanting, even cutting themselves with swords and other weapons.
"That's horrible!" Rose whispered to the other two.
"They're desperate." the Doctor told her. "From the looks of it, their entire belief is on the line and their so-called god is letting them down."
"Very good, Doctor." Isaiah said.
"I try." the Doctor responded.
"But cutting themselves?" Rose persisted.
"They believe it is a sacrifice that pleases Baal." Isaiah told her.
The desperate cries and rituals continued until the early evening, before the prophets finally gave up, because no one was paying attention anymore. Then, Elijah called the crowd back together. As they watched, Elijah took twelve stones and began to construct an altar.
"Those twelve stones represent the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, who you know better as Jacob." Isaiah told the two.
"The same Jacob we saw earlier?" Rose inquired.
"Yes." Isaiah confirmed.
Elijah finished the altar, and then arranged the wood. He also cut the ox into pieces and placed the pieces onto the altar. He dug a trench around the altar. Then he called for a few people in the crowd to come forward.
"Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." he told them.
After they did this, Elijah had them repeat the process twice more. When they had finished, the altar, wood, and ox were all soaked and the trench was full of water.
"And now comes the power of God." Isaiah told Rose and the Doctor.
Elijah knelt before the altar and prayed aloud for all to hear.
"O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Lord, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again."
As soon as he finished, the sky lit up as fireballs fell from the heavens onto the altar. The entire set up was consumed by the blaze, and after it disappeared, they saw that the trench was empty too.
"The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God." the crowd chanted as they fell to the ground and worshipped God.
"Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape." Elijah told the crowd.
The crowd stood and swarmed the prophets of Baal and dragged them down to a brook.
"We do not need to be here for the next part." Isaiah told his two companions.
"Why?" the Doctor asked. "What happens?"
"Elijah leads the crowd in slaughtering the prophets of Baal." Isaiah told them, causing Rose's hand to fly to her mouth. "It is a horrible, but necessary event, for the prophets brought the Lord's wrath upon themselves."
"I think we should leave now." the Doctor suggested after seeing the sick look Rose had on her face.
"Not yet." Isaiah told him. "Before we continue, I need to tell you both something. Our journey together is almost at an end, however the last three lessons are quite possibly the most important lessons you will ever learn. Unfortunately, the next lesson will not be easy to see."
"What do you mean?" Rose asked as her stomach finally calmed down.
"Our next lesson involves the suffering and death of the most important man to ever walk this planet. Are you both sure that you are ready for this?" Isaiah inquired.
"We've come this far, and if these next three lessons are the most important, then we're not stopping now." Rose said.
"And you Doctor?"
"I'll be fine." the last Time Lord responded.
"Very well." Isaiah said. "Then let us be off."
A/N: There you have it: chapter 7. Sorry these chapters are so short, but these lessons aren't too lengthy. I'll bet you all know what's coming next in the first of the last 3 chapters! Let me know what you think of this chapter and of the story so far!