GOD PRESERVES HIS OWN

(1 Kings 19:14-18 NKJ) "And he [Elijah] said, "I have been very zealous for the LORDGod of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn downYour altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek totake my life." 15 Then the LORD said to him: "Go, return on your way to theWilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 16"Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son ofShaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. 17 "It shall be thatwhoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever escapes the sword ofJehu, Elisha will kill. 18 "Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose kneeshave not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.""