THE ELISHA MIRACLES (2KI 2 KINGS 2:1; 2 KINGS 4:1 TO 2 KINGS 6:23), HIS PROPHETIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE VICTORY OVER MOAB (2 KINGS 3:1), AND FURTHER SUBSEQUENT EVENTS WHERE YHWH'S POWER THROUGH ELISHA IS REVEALED (2 KINGS 6:24 TO 2 KINGS 8:15). We move away in this section from the annals of the kings... [ Continue Reading ]
A. ELIJAH IS TAKEN AWAY BY YHWH INTO HEAVEN AND HIS SPIRIT COMES ON ELISHA WHO RE-ENTERS CANAAN (2 KINGS 2:1). In this remarkable account we have the first definite indication in Scripture that a man can be taken up into Heaven. Such conceptions were generally avoided in Israel because of polytheist... [ Continue Reading ]
SECTION 7. ELISHA ENTERS CANAAN TO TAKE POSSESSION OF IT FOR YHWH AND MOAB'S REBELLION AGAINST ISRAEL IS PUT DOWN WITH TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES (2 KINGS 2:1 TO 2 KINGS 3:27). In our view the entry of Elisha into Canaan by parting the Jordan and advancing on Jericho and Bethel (following Elijah's reverse... [ Continue Reading ]
B. THE ‘HEALING' OF JERICHO'S SPRING (2 KINGS 2:19). The new beginning for Israel resulting from Elisha' entry into the land over the Jordan results the men of Jericho asking him to ‘heal' a spring of water at Jericho, in a similar fashion to the way in which Moses, having crossed the Red Sea (Sea... [ Continue Reading ]
C. THE YOUNG MEN OF BETHEL GATHER TO MOCK THE PROPHET OF YHWH AND ARE RAVAGED BY BEARS (2 KINGS 2:23). As Elisha went up from Jericho to Bethel, continuing his symbolic journey, young men ‘came forth' from the city to ‘greet' him. This was in total contrast with his previous visit with Elijah when t... [ Continue Reading ]