The toughest job in the Old Testament is a prophet.

Usually the message that the Lord gives them to speak is rejected by the hearers, and they also get a really hard time for saying it.

Today in chapter 13 of 1 Kings we meet a mysterious prophet who was sent to confront the godless king of Israel, Jeroboam.

The chapter begins with the king worshipping at a false altar when a “man of God from Judah” travels to Bethel to meet him there, verse 1.

And this prophet starts shouting, verse 2a: “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says…”