Romans 11:2-5 (HCSB)

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with 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 take my life! But what was God's reply to him? I have left 7,000 men for Myself who have not bowed down to Ba'al.

In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.

Let's sift through these verses. Let's start with: Who is Ba'al?

Ba'al was a group of gods worshiped by the Canaanites and Phoenicians. In archeological finds, Ba'al is most often depicted as a bull or ram. Excavations date Ba'al worship to at least 2000 BC, but the ritual could have existed much earlier. Pig sacrifice was the hallmark of worshiping Ba'al; some think this may have been at least in part why God established the law against eating pork.

Scripture stands boldly against Ba'al and flat-out condemns Ba'al worship. Considered to be the god of fertility, Ba'al insisted on child sacrifice in exchange for earthly prosperity. Sacrifice of human babies by burning them alive - called 'walking them through fire' - was the most horrendous of the religious perversions during those days.

However, this ritualistic torture of children continues to this very day in human trafficking, pedophilia, the methodical injection of 28 shots of poison by one year of age, and the use of gene-altering injections of mRNA technologies.

When Elijah cried out to God that His people were being killed, I'm sure God simply shook His head and said, "Will they ever learn"?

Here is an example, from Judges 8:

After Gideon and his army killed more than 120,000 Midianites, the men of Israel petitioned Gideon to establish a monarchy and name himself to be their first king. Gideon refused and said, "The Lord will rule over you."

Through Gideon's guidance, the land was at peace for the next 40 years. But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelis committed spiritual adultery, re-engaged with the prostitutes of Baal and Baal-berith, the Canaanite god of the Covenant. They forgot the Lord their God who had delivered them from the enemies around them.

Yes, it seems humans throughout history have never learned. Reading the many stories in the Old Testament, no matter how great the victory, how strong the leader, or how peaceful the land after the people had been restored to God, the debase nature of humans quickly spiral back to their sinful ways...usually in just one generation (within 40 years).