The Seven Thousand Who Did Not Bow | Cozy Afternoon Walk: Romans (S1), Ep.40

Welcome to Cozy Afternoon Walk — a short pause in your day to sit with Scripture, one verse at a time.Today's passage: Romans 11:2-5"God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don't you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah — how he appealed to God against Israel: 'Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me'? And what was God's answer to him? 'I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.' So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace." (NIV)Elijah once stood on a mountain and watched fire fall from heaven. Days later, he was running for his life, certain he was the only believer left in the world. God's answer wasn't a lecture — it was a number no one had told him about. Paul reaches back for this old story to answer a question that was breaking his own heart: had God given up on His people? Today we sit with the discovery that standing firm was never something we managed alone in the first place.This episode is part of our season through Romans. New devotionals added regularly.This content was carefully selected and prepared by M.Div. students and faculty. To ensure accurate information delivery, an AI voice (ElevenLabs) was used for the video's narration.