24 And he said, “Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, 26 and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, he went away. (Luke 4)
What a phrase: the days of Elijah. They are not "the good ole days". They were days when people - even those who were proclaiming to be the people of God, would not listen to Him. They did the same thing to Jesus. God does not stop speaking; He goes to those who will. May we be among those who will:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9LnzJnpjQ
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