“Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.”
And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal." — The response from 1 Kings 19:18 reveals God's counterargument: Elijah was wrong in his despair. The seven thousand (symbolic completeness) represent the remnant—those reserved (perileipō, left behind, preserved) by God's intention, not destroyed. The hidden faithful exceed Elijah's awareness.
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