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Elisha son of Shaphat
God's Absolute Faithfulness Illustrated |
| Elisha | asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit (2 Kings 2:9) in answer to the great man's invitation – |
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"Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you."
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| To | 'double' the anointing of his ministry upon his
successor was not Elijah's to give. So, he conditioned it upon Elisha
seeing him in his departure – and he did! So driven was Elisha by his appreciation of the ministry of Elijah that God had agreed to his request. |
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Remember, Elijah had done seven miracles during his service for God. |
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God did exactly thirteen miracles through Elisha during his life time, and one through him – after his death!
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| This | unique post-mortem-miracle is a statement of the absolute of God's faithfulness to His promises – for those who trust Him more than they trust themselves!
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Therefore, to those who trust Him according to His word, His faithfulness is unfailing. |
The miracles of Elisha according to the record in 2 Kings |
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Dividing the Jordan river | 2:
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14 |
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Healing of the Jericho spring | 2:
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19-22 |
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Killing of the adolescent gang of mockers | 2:
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23-24 |
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Water in the desert for the allied armies and defeat of the Moabites | 3:
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4-27 |
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Widow's debt relief and welfare | 4:
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1-7 |
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Conception of the Shunammite's son. | 4:
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8-17 |
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Raising the Shunammite's son from the dead | 4:
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18-37 |
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Purifying the deadly stew | 4:
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38-41 |
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Multiplying the food | 4:
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42-44 |
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Healing of the Syrian General | 5:
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1-18 |
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Putting leprosy on Gehazi | 5:
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20-27 |
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Axe head floating | 6:
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1-7 |
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The blinding of the Syrian army | 6:
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18-23 |
Elisha becomes ill, dies, and sometime later . . . |
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The bones of Elisha's corpse raise a man from the dead: | 13: |
20-21 |
