Re: Fruit Of The Spirit : part two
Post date: 03-Dec-2012 15:00:45
Before we continue lets look at the wonders , miracles, prophecies, raising the dead, etc
Of Elija and Elisha (note double for Elisha) note : these are not in biblical order, but placed together
in their order of similarity
I'm going to have fun now :) scroll your mouse over each scripture (says kid with new toy)
ELIJA
1 Elija Caused the rain to cease for 3 1/2 years in 1 Kings 17:1
2 Caused it to rain 1 Kings 18:45
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3. The Miracle of the Jar of flour and the jug of oil 1 Kings 17:14
4 Widow's son Raised to life 1 Kings 17:22
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5 Eliha Calls the fire to fall from heaven on the altar 1 Kings 18:38
6. Calling fire from heaven on 50 soldiers 2 Kings 2:10
7. Calling fire from heaven on the second 50 soldiers 2 Kings 2:12
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8. Prophecy that Ahab's sons would all be destroyed 1 Kings 21:22
9. Prophecy that Jezebel would be eaten by dogs 1 Kings 21:23
10. Prophecy that Ahaziah would die of his illness 2 Kings 1:4
11. Prophecy that Elisha should have a double portion of his spirit 2 Kings 2:10
12. Parting of the Jordan 2 Kings 2:8
13. Being caught up to heaven in a whirlwind 2 Kings 2:11
ELISHA'S DOUBLE
1 Healing of the waters 2 Kings 2:21
2. Floating of the axe head 2 Kings 6:6
3 Filling of the valley with water 2 Kings 3:17
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4 Miracle of the vessels of oil 2 Kings 4:4
5 Resurrection of the Shunammite's son 2 Kings 4:34
6 Resurrection of the man touched by his bones 2 Kings 13:2
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7 Curse of the she bears 2 Kings 2:24
13 Cursing Gehazi with leprosy 2 Kings 5:27
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8 Deception of the Moabites with the valley of blood 2 Kings 3:22
9 Healing of the gourds 2 Kings 4:41
10 Miracle of the bread 2 Kings 4:43
11 Healing of Naaman 2 Kings 5:14
12 Perception of Gehazi's transgression 2 Kings 5:26
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14 Vision of the chariots 2 Kings 6:17
15 Smiting the Syrian army with blindness 2 Kings 6
16 Deception of the Syrians with the sound of chariots 2 Kings 7:6
17 Restoring the sight of the Syrian army 2 Kings 6:20
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18 Prophecy that the Shunammite woman would have a son 2 Kings 4:16
19 Prophecy of the Syrian battle plans 2 Kings 6:9
20 Prophecy of the end of the great famine 2 Kings 7:1
21 Prophecy that the scoffing nobleman would see, but not partake of, the abundance 2 Kings 7:2
22 Prophecy of the seven-year famine 2 Kings 8:1
23 Prophecy of Benhadad's untimely death 2 Kings 8:10
24 Prophecy of Hazael's cruelty to Israel 2 Kings 8:12
25 Prophecy that Jehu would smite the house of Ahab 2 Kings 9:7
26 Prophecy that Joash would smite the Syrians at Aphek 2 Kings 13:17
27 Prophecy that Joash would smite Syria thrice but not consume it 2 Kings 13:19
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28 Parting of the Jordan 2 Kings 2:14
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We are not going to go through every miracle of God obviously and some would not view all
these as "Acts Of God"
James 5:17
and so Elijah prayed for no rain ? why did he do this ? could this be the Lords will ?
The people under Ahab were worshipping baal and sending babies to their death in order to worship
a false god , this false god had behind it "hidden demons" and the odor of this sin had reached the
nostrils of our God ( an abomination)
This worship of demons could go on from generation to generation and many many generations could have
died as a result
Thus God acted and placed in the heart of Elijah an urge to end this insanity of humankind
Thus Elijah prayed to the Lord
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Here in Luke 4:25-29 we see the Lord Jesus Himself preaching on the sabbath day which was a saturday
in the Luke 4:25 in the Synagogue
Here the people drove out Jesus because they were furious, yet it was not the time for Jesus to be
thrown off a cliff and He walked straight through the crowd and continued on His way
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1 Kings 17:1 Elijah the Tishbite prayed for no rain and there was no rain for 3 and a half years
At this time 1 Kings 17:2 Elijah went to a brook where the ravens fed Him
And there was a famine ! why was there a famine ? because Elijah had prayed for no rain and
this corresponded with Gods will
Now we turn to the time when the famine had overtaken the land and people were starving and dying
O the starvation of people who worship other gods and send their children to the flames !
How many generations will suffer at the hands of mankind unless God intervenes ?
1 Kings 17:14 Now Elijah is ordered to go to Zarephath where a widow is told to supply Elijah with food
Now here in 1 Kings 17:1-24 The women does what The Lord God has ordered and prepared in advance
Here this lady is dying of starvation, in fact the whole land is dying of starvation
the crops and the live stock is dying and the woman here is going out to find the final sticks to
light the final fire for her last meal
And Elijah says :
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"Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of
bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your
son. 14For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and
the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord gives rain on the land.’
Noe after this the son became ill and Elijah lays upon the son as described above in this study, hand
to
hand and mouth to mouth and eye to eye and the son is brought back to life
Once more as we go forward in the story we see that again Elijah is challenged 1 Kings 18:38
When the real and Mighty God of Heaven sends down fire upon the altar
Here we see the gifts at work but also a continuous story of God and His acts through mankind
The gifting's of Elijah and Elisha 2 Kings 4:4
In this short and brief post we see the continuation of a relationship between Gods anointed
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This takes us once more back to the book of Job and Job 1:21
In one sense we see the taking away for some
In in another the the giving and multiplication for others