mount carmel

Mandeville, LA - Mount Carmel is a mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on which the prophet Elias successfully challenged the 450 priests of Baal and won the people to the true God. In the Old Testament, Elias went to Mount Carmel to pray for an end to a drought that threatened the survival of the Israelites. On his seventh prayer, Elias saw a cloud rise from the Mediterranean which brought the […]