Bible study miracles of elijah and elisha
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The mighty acts of Elisha are told in rapid-fire succession in 4:1–6:7, much like Mark’s Gospel shows the mighty acts of Jesus ( Mark 4:35–5:43). Many Bible teachers treat chapter 3 by itself and group 4:1–6:7 together. But these chapters should make us love Jesus even more-our truth-speaking, bread-providing, compassion-showing, sickness-healing, death-defeating Savior. The Elisha narratives make us love this heroic prophet. We should go on to look to the greater Prophet-Savior, Jesus. Of course, Jesus’ ministry was much greater than Elisha’s ministry, so while we should look closely at the events recorded in 2 Kings, we shouldn’t stop there. Like Jesus, Elisha has compassion on those in need: a widow, a barren woman, a dead son, a hungry multitude, a leper, and those in difficulty ( 4:1–6:7). Wiersbe overstates it, but he points out the difference, saying that Elijah was “a prophet of fire,” but Elisha was a “pastor” and “minister to the people” (Wiersbe, Be Responsible, 329). In fact, Elisha’s ministry is closer to the ministry of Jesus than Elijah’s ministry was in some ways, particularly in the degree of compassion that he demonstrates (though Elijah too demonstrated compassion). Elisha’s ministry is a Messiah-like ministry. As the privileged readers of the Old and New Testaments, we also see how he foreshadows the ministry of Jesus. From these chapters we see how Elisha, like Elijah, was God’s special agent, sent to speak truth and to display God’s power.īut Elisha not only reminds us of his mentor. In the opening chapters of 2 Kings, the sons of the prophets affirmed Elisha’s ministry, and now Elisha will prove his ministry to Israel’s King Joram and others in 2 Kings 3–4. Elijah passed the prophetic mantle to him. It continues on, particularly through the life of his successor, Elisha. Nevertheless he is gone, but his ministry isn’t gone. He was taken up into heaven in a blaze of glory, and he reappears in the New Testament. The larger-than-life prophet died-well, sort of. We just finished the biography of Elijah in 2 Kings 2. They want to remember you.” We went on to talk about Lincoln’s presidency and how his influence continues to be remembered in America. He said, “People make a statue of you when you do something important. Now he’s a statue.” My drink came out of my nose! After cleaning myself up, I commended him for his reading and his confidence, but I tried to correct the last part of his lesson, reminding him that when you die, you don’t turn into a statue. With serious and childlike happiness, he said, “Papa, I’ve been reading about Abraham Lincoln. One evening Joshua was so excited to teach me about Abraham Lincoln. I love debriefing them after they finish each volume. Our kids have been reading several small biographies. II.Ğlisha Shows God’s Compassion (4:1-44).