Sunday, September 21, 2008

Soul Food - 9/21/8

From today's Reading: Obadiah 1, Psalm 82-83, 2 Kings 1-4

When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, "Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?"

"Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit," Elisha replied.

"You have asked a difficult thing," Elijah said, "yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise not."

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, "My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!" And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them apart.

- 2 Kings 2:9-11

Point of Interest:

The accounts of the miracles of Elijah and Elisha in 2 Kings 1-4 closely resemble the accounts of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels.

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