What does it mean that Yahuah speaks in a still small voice?
There is only one place in Scripture where Yahuah is said to speak in a “still small voice,” and it was to Eliyahu (Elijah) after his dramatic victory over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:20-40; 19:12). Told that Jezebel, the wife of Ahab, king of Yisrael, was seeking kill him, Eliyahu (Elijah) ran into the wilderness and collapsed in exhaustion. Yahuah sent an angel with food and water to strengthen him, told him to rest, and then sent him to Horeb. In a cave there, Eliyahu (Elijah) voices his complaint that all of Yahuah’s prophets had been killed by Jezebel and he alone had survived. Yahuah instructed him to stand on the mountain in His presence. Then Yahuah sent a mighty wind which broke the rocks in pieces; then He sent an earthquake and a fire, but His voice was in none of them. After all that, Yahuah spoke to Eliyahu (Elijah) in the still small voice, or “gentle whisper.”
The point of Yahuah speaking in the still small voice was to show Eliyahu (Elijah) that the work of Yahuah need not always be accompanied by dramatic revelation or manifestations. Divine silence does not necessarily mean divine inactivity. Zechariah 4:6 tells us that Yahuah’s work is “not by might nor by power, but by My Ruach (Spirit),” meaning that overt displays of power are not necessary for Yahuah to work.
Because He is Elohim, He is not confined to a single manner of communicating with His people. Elsewhere in Scripture, He is said to communicate through a whirlwind (Job 38:1), to announce His presence by an earthquake (Exodus 19:18), and to speak in a voice that sounds like thunder (1 Samuel 2:10; Job 37:2; Psalm 104:7; John 12:29). In Psalm 77:18 His voice is compared to both thunder and a whirlwind. And in Revelation 4:5, we’re told that lightning and thunder proceed from the throne in heaven.
Nor is Yahuah limited to natural phenomena when He speaks. All through Scripture, He speaks through His prophets over and over. The common thread in all the prophets is the phrase, “Thus says Yahuah.” He speaks through the writers of Scripture. Most graciously, however, He speaks through His Son, YAHUSHA HA’MASHIACH. The writer to the Hebrews opens his letter with this truth: “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, Yahuah spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world” (Hebrews 1:1–2).
It is less important how Yahuah speaks to us than what we do with what He says. Yahuah speaks most clearly to us in this day through His Word. The more we learn it, the more ready we will be to recognize His voice when He speaks, and the more likely we are to obey what we hear.
“He Who Has An Ear”
“To him who overcomes I shall give to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.” ’ Revelation of John 3:21-22 (ISR98)
A Still Small Voice.
And He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before YAHUAH.” And see, YAHUAH passed by, and a great and strong wind tearing the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before YAHUAH – YAHUAH was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake – YAHUAH was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire – YAHUAH was not in the fire, and after the fire a still small voice. I Kings 19:11-12 (ISR98)
What does it mean that Yahuah speaks in a still small voice?
Source:
https://www.gotquestions.org/still-small-voice.html
