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Mark 1:13 tells of Jesus in the wilderness forty days, ministered to by an angel, just as Elijah was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days, (1 Kings 19:5-7). Matthew and Luke follow the Old Testament story in a subtly different way, taking the angel out of the gospel story and instead having Jesus fast for forty days (in the company of Satan), just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him. On the other hand, John does not have Jesus go into the wilderness after his baptism.
The story of Elisha feeding the hundred men with only twenty loaves of bread not only prefigures Jesus' act of feeding the 5000, but is clearly outperformed by Jesus' miracle. In this instance, MacDonald suggests that the gospel author was influenced by Homer's epics.
Elisha healed a leper, Naaman, just as Jesus would later heal lepers.
When Samaritans stopped Jesus and his Galilean followers from entering a village (Luke 9:51-53), the disciples James and John said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" but Jesus said he would not do so. This is a reversal of Elijah calling down fire from heaven onto his opponents in 2 Kings chapter 1.
The Old Testament books say that both Elijah and Elisha could raise the dead, prefiguring the New Testament stories of Jesus raising the dead.
Elijah did not die, but was taken bodily up to heaven in a whirlwind, much as Jesus was taken bodily up into heaven (Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9).
The lives of Elijah and Elisha are reflected in all the gospels, but particularly so in Luke's accounts in the third gospel and Acts of the Apostles.
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Why did Elisha die and not Elijah?
It was stated: This is an unanswerable question, since nowhere in the record of both prophets are we told this, nor is it even hinted at. Elisha performed miracles, some of a seemingly greater or more spectacular nature than Elijah. Elijah was noted for his great zeal for the Lord of hosts. However, there is no suggestion that this earned him any kind of reward. Rather it would perhaps be simply said this is God's will and that He has not intended to tell us, nor deemed it necessary for us to know this.I don't agree this is unanswerable. Elijah and Moses had roles as establisher's of God's work and their successors were people who carried out the work done by what was established. The Law - Moses... the principle of repentance - Elijah. So Moses died and was placed into the ground but Elijah left bodily without dying. When Jesus spoke to the on the mount of Transfiguration Jesus was talking about his exit from earth. This would include a bodily death - Moses... and a physical bodily removal - Elijah. of course this was done by resurrection. So Elisha died, 'normally' because the whole idea of having a man bodily in heaven had already been established by Elijah. The fullness of this came when Jesus finished the work on Calvary and encapsulated both lives in his death and ascension.
Why were Elijah and Elisha excluded from the list of canonical prophets?
The lives of Elijah and Elisha are written in the books of 1 and 2 Kings. The major prophets is a classification of those prophets that wrote books in the Bible namely Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets are the names of prophets described in the last book of the Nevi'im, the second main division of the Jewish Tanakh. This book was broken each into separate books by the name of the Prophet in the Christian Old Testament. For this reason Elijah and Elisha are neither "major" prophets or "minor" prophets, which refer to the length of the books by the prophets name not the importance of the prophet or its message.
Who was Elisha associated with in the Bible?
A:The Second book of Kings describes Elisha as the disciple and successor to Elijah, prophet of Israel. The succession takes place when Elijah, alone among the prophets, was honoured by being taken up to heaven in a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11), rather than facing a normal death. Apparently Elisha was the only witness to this event, but it seems that for no other reason than to create a sense of theatre or perhaps to convince the reader that the whirlwind was of divine origin and not merely a natural phenomenon, a chariot of fire and horses of fire passed by before Elijah was taken up. It was in the gift of Elijah to grant his supernatural powers to his companion and protege, Elisha. There is no suggestion that either Elijah or Elisha thought of asking God whether this was to be, and Elisha soon demonstrated that he had these powers by becoming the third person, after Joshua and Elijah, to divide the waters of the Jordan.In an episode remarkably like one earlier attributed to Elijah, Elisha made a pot of oil into one that never emptied, no matter how much was poured from it (2 Kings 4:3-7). Later, just as the woman friend in whose home Elijah was staying had accused Elijah of bringing evil that caused the death of her son, so a woman friend in whose home Elisha often stayed, accused him of deceiving her, after her son had died. And just as Elijah lay on top of the son to revive him, so Elisha lay on top of the other son to revive him (2 Kings 4:28-35). These episodes seem to be a retelling, in a slightly different context, of the stories already told about Elijah. That retelling suggests either that Elisha never really existed, or that Elijah and Elisha began in Israelite tradition as the same person, only becoming two separate people in later tradition.Answer:Before I answer, it is highly recommended that all read the entire Book of 2 Kings to get the correct context and facts of the story in Scripture:Elisha had become Elijah's successor upon the great prophet being whirled away by a Chariot in the sky (heaven) to another land. He did not ascend into the 3rd heaven (Throne of God see John 3:13) as many assume and this is can be clearly read in 2 Chronicles 21:12 when Elijah writes a letter to then King Jeroham noting in verse 13 to King Jeroham of Judah of his killing his brother. He had to be alive and on Earth (probably his birth town) to do this at approximately 7 years post being taken away in the heaven (sky).Elisha's succession was symbolized by the passing of the mantle (2 Kings 2:13-14) and confirmed by the "double portion" of the power that God gave him through His Spirit, enabling him to perform mighty miracles, such as healing poisonous waters (verses 19-22.) It should be noted that the concept of a "double portion" in Scripture normally denoted a birthright inheritance of the firstborn son in a family. It appears that Elisha's request was similar. In any case, this was not a selfish request as Elisha had already been anointed to succeed Elijah as only God chooses who will do His work-and he knew that he would need more of God's help than anyone if he were to remotely fill Elijah's shoes.As there are several key miracles performed by Elisha, I will only mention this rare example of God's power being performed by His chosen messengers - the Prophets.There are only a few episodes in the Old Testament where we read of a dead person being brought back to life. Elijah had raised the son of the widow of Zarephath. And now we see Elisha performing a similar miracle for one with whom he had a friendship like the one Elijah had with the Zarephathite widow.The Shunammite woman's son, who had been miraculously conceived, suddenly died of an unexplained cause. The mother traveled to get Elisha and begged him to accompany her to her dead son, obviously fully believing that Elisha could bring him back to life - even using similar language Elisha used with Elijah - 'As the Lord lives.' Elisha, hearing these words went with the woman to her dead child and prayed to God who alone can grant life (Ps. 36:9), until the child awoke (2 Kings 4:33-35).We find that Christ often would touch people when He healed or resurrected them (see Luke 8:54-55), and His ministry (even today) is instructed to anoint a sick person with oil as a symbol of the Holy Spirit (James 5:14), and to lay their hands on the head of a sick person (Mark 16:18). This signifies the power of the Holy Spirit flowing from God through the agency of His human representative into the sick person to heal, again establishing the important truth that God alone, through His Spirit, has the power and ability to perform right and profitable miracles. Also, God shows who His human representatives are by working through them.
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