How many people in Israel had not bowed to Baal in Elijah's day?
In Elijah's day, God told Elijah that 7,000 in Israel had not bowed the knee to Baal. That faithful remnant was a small minority compared to the five or six million people, showing that the majority is usually not right.
Les explains that Elijah thought the faithful were down to a minority of one, but God corrected him, saying there were 7,000 who had not bowed the knee to Baal. Compared to the five or six million people in Israel, this was just a small, small minority. Les uses this to illustrate that the majority is almost always wrong, just as in the days of the flood and in Jesus' analogy of the wide gate and broad way versus the narrow gate and narrow way that few find.