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Post by gkp on Mar 26, 2018 10:14:24 GMT -6
BrazenLaver Thank for these beautiful photos. Makes me so glad the sacrifice of lambs is not necessary now, do to the finished work of Christ.
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Post by gkp on Mar 27, 2018 13:12:55 GMT -6
Daniel Matson recently put up a post regarding Elijah and Elisha. He did not explain why or how this relates to us but it did get me to thinking about connections I had not made before. In 2 Kings 2 we read about the events leading up to Elijah's rapture. The scene starts with those two at Gilgal, then walking up to Bethel, then going to Jericho, and then to the Jordan River. Then we have Elijah parting the river and the two of them walking across on dry land. After some time of walking and talking, the whirlwind and chariot event happens and Elisha ended up alone but with Elijah's mantle. He goes back to the Jordan, calls out to God, and whacks the water just as Elijah had done earlier. The water parts and he passes back across. So, we have two significant crossings of the river probably right at the same place Joshua and the people had crossed hundreds of years earlier on Nisan 10. This connection is re-inforced with the mention of Gilgal and Jericho. So, the crossing of the river in this case is not a picture of the Rapture. The fiery chariot scene certainly covers that well. And what interests me is that Elisha crossed it in both directions on the same day!I feel that Elijah crossing it going toward the east is a symbol for his ministry being officially over. When Elisha picked up the mantle he gave the water a whack, and he crossed over to become the new spiritual leader of the people.
So perhaps this picture can shed some light on what Nisan 10 means to us. I am still thinking about this and have left out some significant details in the Bible account. Any one care to help me out? By the way, the spies of Jericho felt terror as they saw God part the water for all the children of Israel to cross. Could this crossing be, not as symbol of the rapture, but a graphic picture for all that God had given this land to these people and would work powerfully with them to take the land?
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Post by gkp on Mar 27, 2018 14:17:37 GMT -6
I am just thinking out loud here with no conclusions drawn. But.... what if Elijah is a symbol for the church. Our purpose in this age is about over. It is our time to get our affairs in order and be ready to go home. What if Elisha represents God's new leadership team for the time after the church departs? Perhaps the two witnesses - Elisha did receive a DOUBLE portion of the spirit of Elijah because he watched his mentor depart. Pehaps the sons of the prophets who met him after he crossed back over the river could relate to the 144,000. So many interesting possibilities!
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Post by hopeful on Mar 27, 2018 14:54:09 GMT -6
Definitely a lot of food for thought! gkp, speaking of food for thought, doesn't Bethel mean bread? |
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Post by gkp on Mar 27, 2018 15:05:25 GMT -6
Still thinking! Elisha connection to the two witnesses: remember the 42 lads and the bears? Seems like a connection to the time the two witness are given power. In Revelation when the two witnesses are challenged, the antagonists are met with fire. Elisha as God's witness took no mocking from that band of hooligans.
Also when John the Baptist and Jesus appeared on the scene publicly, there was talk about this relating to the return of Elijah. Perhaps this idea of Elijah's return is better understood in the double portion of Elijah's spirit manifesting itself during the time after our departure.
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Post by gkp on Mar 27, 2018 15:10:16 GMT -6
Shooting from the hip here- I think Bethlehem means house of Bread and Bethel means house of God. Will check later.
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Post by hopeful on Mar 27, 2018 17:13:04 GMT -6
gkp, thanks, Pop, for clarifying. I remember that about Bethlehem. There are so many aspects that could be studied, even to each place Elijah and Elisha stopped. Interesting stuff!
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