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and the lightnings His ministers.— Far rar. v. 12. My father, my father. This is the cry of orphanhood. In their brief intercourse Elijah had naturally taken the paternal place and Elisha had felt the comforting influence exercised upon him by the mighty prophet. We do not know the value of some ministries un til they are removed from us, but when the removal takes place and we look for the familiar face, the natural cry is, “ My father, my father,”— People’s Bible. v. 13. Bank of Jordan. The Jordan stands, in Christian experience, for the death of the self life. How difficult is the journey from Jericho (world) to Jordan. We may gladly give up the world and conquer at Jericho, but self dies hard. The believer who wants to go with God must go by way of the Jordan.—Neighbor. v. 14. Smote the waters. The mir aculous division of the waters was an evidence that the Lord God of Elijah was. with him and as this miracle was witnessed by the scholars from Jericho, they recognized the preeminence of Eli sha as now the prophet of Israel.— Faucett. v. 15. Spirit doth rest on Elisha. Compare Christ’s parting bequest to Hi3 disciples (Acts 1 :8 ).—Miller. .v. 16. Seek thy master. These young scholars could not accept the miraculous. In the schools of the prophets today there is much of the same rationalistic conception. The miraculous must be explained upon some reasonable and scientific basis. Schools are always searching the woods for some tangible basis for every mirac ulous act of God.—Riley. Lest perad- venture. The dry rot of the church is the Jericho theology. They ac cepted the fact of Elijah’s power on Elisha but questioned that his body was in heaven. The Christ of some theologians is only a ghost Christ, a, disembodied spirit.— Cook. The Jeri cho theologians became hindrances to the ministry of Elisha. They so pro tested against his declaration and so in sistently demanded a critical investiga tion that Elisha grew ashamed of his testimony and yielded to their clamor. The Jericho theologians today, with the incessant din of “ Scholarship is agreed,” and assumption of superior knowledge, so repudiate the resurrection of Christ and other miraculous happenings that the young minister is astonished, stun
Pictorial Questions
Who was Elijah? Who was Elisha? Where was Gilgal? Who were the Sons of the Prophets? Where did they live? LESSON Who went with Eli- QUESTIONS jah to Gilgal? W. H. Pike Where was Elijah going from Gilgal? What did Elijah ask Elisha to do? How did Elisha reply? Where did Elijah and Elisha go from Bethel? Where was Bethel? How far was it from Bethel to Jeri cho? See Bible map. What river ran near Jericho? . What did Elijah do when they came to the river? How large a company stood near and watched them? How wide is the Jordan at Jericho? (Note— “ The current of the river is so rapid near Jericho that the numerous pilgrims who go thither to bathe are always in danger, and not infrequently are swept away.”— Davis Bible Diet “ Opposite Jericho the river is one mile wide and 200 feet deep, but the usual width of the stream is only 30 yards,” says Henderson.) Where did they go beyond the river? What did Elijah say to Elisha after crossing the river? What did Elisha say in answer to Elijah?. What appeared to both of them? What parted Elijah and Elisha? Where did Elijah go? What did Elijah lose in his flight? What happened to Elisha at Elijah’s rapture?
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