a widow was someone who's husband died but they had no kinsman redeemer either, so they couldn't remarry.
The main characters are Elijah, the widow, the widow's son and God
According to the old testament following the law of God is what makes a man happy.
God is not in heaven?That makes Him an alien?Or not?
In John 1:1- 2 the Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us..." According to this verse, God is the Word. Specifically, Jesus Christ is the Word of God since He is the one who "was made flesh and dwelt among us."
According to most of the Abrahamic faith, the Word of God.
"Let it be done unto me according to thy word."
Observing the laws of God is what makes a man happy according to the Old Testament.
Faith is inside of a person. According to Romans 10:17 (NKJV) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. This means that your faith will grow as you read the Word of God. God will guide you and teach you. He will help you to learn truth according to Him and separate it from things that others say and do that is not of God.
When you see that the Lord God and Jesus Christ is the Word, according to the first chapter of John, particularly vss. 1 & 14, you will surely Honour the Word as you honour God.
According to God's Word, his chosen kingdom is Israel, but with the caveat that they are only the highest kingdom as long as they are following God's word. If they are not, they are given the title of the lowest of kingdoms.
In the King James version the word "God" appears 4094 times according to the bible gateway bible search.
The widow believed the promise of God through Elijah that she would have sufficient food and not starve to death if she shared her remaining food with the prophet. Elijah had said to her (1 Kings 17:14-16): 14For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. She also showed faith by believing that God had used Elijah to raise her son back to life.