The Story-Line of Christian Miracle Rhetorolect LESSON 1: MIRACLE BEGINNINGS WITH ELIJAH AND ELISHA: FOOD

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The Story-Line of Christian Miracle Rhetorolect
LESSON 1 MIRACLE BEGINNINGS WITH ELIJAH AND
ELISHA FOOD

• The story-line of Christian miracle rhetorolect
  could begin with the emphasis in the New
  Testament on Moses performance of wonders and
  signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the
  wilderness for forty years (Acts 736).
• Except for the manna from heaven, however, these
  wonders and signs are internal to Christian
  apocalyptic, rather than miracle, rhetorolect
  (see Apocalyptic Story-Line Power Points).
• The story-line of Christian miracle rhetorolect
  focuses on human bodies, primarily with a
  concern for nourishing, healing, restoring, and
  protecting them.
• It also includes ascension of the miracle worker
  into heaven. This story-line begins with Elijah
  and Elisha.

• Click to read about food miracles by Elijah and
  his disciple Elisha.

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Hebrew Bible ResourceELIJAH AND ELISHA MULTIPLY
BREAD AND OIL

• While Moses fed the people of Israel in the
  wilderness with manna from heaven (Exodus 16
  Numbers 11), Elijah and Elisha multiply bread
  and oil.
• Aspects of all of these stories blend together
  as Christian miracle rhetorolect presents Jesus
  miraculously multiplying food for large numbers
  of people.
• Click for multiplication of food by Elijah.

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Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS WORD IN ELIJAH MULTIPLIES MEAL AND
OIL

• 1 Kings 178 The word of Adonai came to Elijah,
  saying,
• 179 Arise go to Zarephath, which belongs to
  Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a
  widow there to sustain you.
• 1712 She said, As the Lord your God lives, I
  dont have a cake, but a handful of meal in the
  jar, and a little oil in the jar. Behold, I am
  gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake
  it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and
  die.
• Click for continuation of Elijahs miracle with
  meal and oil.

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Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS WORD IN ELIJAH MULTIPLIES MEAL AND OIL
cont. (1)

• 1 Kings 1713 Elijah said to her, Dont be
  afraid. Go and do as you have said but make me
  of it a little cake, and bring it out to me, and
  afterward make something for you and for your
  son.
• 1714 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel,
  The jar of meal shall not empty and the jug of
  oil shall not fail until the day that the Lord
  sends rain on the earth.
• Click for continuation of Elijahs miracle with
  meal and oil.

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Hebrew Bible Resource
GODS WORD IN ELIJAH MULTIPLIES MEAL AND OIL
cont. (2)

• 1 Kings 1715 She went and did according to the
  saying of Elijah and she, and he, and her house,
  at many days.
• 1716 The jar of meal didnt empty, neither did
  the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the
  Lord, which he spoke by Elijah.
• Cf. Elijahs disciple Elisha multiplying oil 2
  Kings 41-7
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  bread.

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Hebrew Bible Resource
ELIJAHS DISCIPLE ELISHA FEEDS 100 MEN WITH 20
LOAVES AND SOME EARS OF GRAIN

• 2 Kings 442 A man from Baal-shalishah came, and
  brought the man of God bread of the first fruits,
  twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain
  in his sack. He said, Give to the people, that
  they may eat.
• 443 His servant said, What, should I set this
  before a hundred men?
• But he said, Give the people, that they may eat,
  for thus says the Lord, They will eat and have
  some left over.
• 444 So he set it before them, and they ate, and
  had some of it left, according to the word of the
  Lord.
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• CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT IN ALL NEW
  TESTAMENT GOSPELS PRESENTS JESUS FEEDING 5,000
  PEOPLE WITH FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH

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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect JESUS FEEDS 5,000
PEOPLE WITH FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH

• Luke 912 The day began to wear away and the
  twelve came, and said to him, Send the
  multitudes away, that they may go into the
  surrounding villages and farms , and lodge, and
  get food, for we are here in a deserted place.
• 913 But he said to them, You give them
  something to eat.
• They said, We have no more than five loaves and
  two fish, unless we should go and buy food for
  all these people.
• 14a For they were about five thousand men.
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  5,000.

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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect JESUS FEEDS 5,000
PEOPLE WITH FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISH cont.

• Luke 914b He said to his disciples, Make them
  sit down in groups of about fifty each.
• 915 They did so and made them all sit down.
• 916 He took the five loaves and the two fish,
  and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and
  broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set
  before the multitude.
• 917 They ate, and were all filled. They gathered
  up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left
  over.
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• IN ADDITION, CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT IN
  MATTHEW AND MARK PRESENTS JESUS FEEDING 4,000
  PEOPLE WITH SEVEN LOAVES AND A FEW FISH

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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect JESUS FEEDS 4,000
PEOPLE IN MATTHEW AND MARK

• Matthew 1532 Jesus summoned his disciples and
  said, I have compassion on the multitude,
  because they continue with me now three days and
  have nothing to eat.
• I do not want to send them away fasting, for they
  might faint on the way.
• 1533 The disciples said to him, Where should we
  get so many loaves in a deserted place to satisfy
  so great a multitude?
• 1534 Jesus said to them, How many loaves do you
  have? They said, Seven, and a few small fish.
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  4,000.

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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect JESUS FEEDS 4,000
PEOPLE IN MATTHEW AND MARK cont.

• Matthew 1535 He commanded the multitude to sit
  down on the ground
• 1536 and he took the seven loaves and the fish.
  He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the
  disciples, and the disciples gave them to the
  multitudes.
• 1537 They all ate, and were filled. They took up
  seven baskets full of the broken pieces that
  were left over.
• 1538 Those who ate were four thousand men,
  besides women and children.
• Cf. Mark 81-10
• Click for Jesus changing of water into wine.

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• CHRISTIAN MIRACLE RHETOROLECT IN THE GOSPEL OF
  JOHN PRESENTS JESUS CHANGING WATER INTO WINE,
  CALLING THE TRANSFORMATION A SIGN

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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect JESUS CHANGES
WATER INTO WINE IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

• John 21 The third day there was a marriage in
  Cana of Galilee. Jesus mother was there.
• 22 Jesus was also invited, with his disciples,
  to the marriage.
• 23 When the wine ran out, Jesus mother said to
  him, They have no wine.
• 24 Jesus said to her, Woman, what does that
  have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet
  come.
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  water into wine.

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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect JESUS CHANGES
WATER INTO WINE IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN cont. (1)

• John 25 His mother said to the servants,
  Whatever he says to you, do it.
• 26 Now there were six water pots of stone set
  there after the Jews way of purifying,
  containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece.
• 27 Jesus said to them, Fill the water pots with
  water. And they filled them up to the brim.
• 28 He said to them, Now draw some out, and take
  it to the ruler of the feast. So they took it.
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  water into wine.

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Christian Miracle Rhetorolect JESUS CHANGES
WATER INTO WINE IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN cont. (2)

• John 29 When the ruler of the feast tasted the
  water now become wine, and didnt know where it
  came from (but the servants who had drawn the
  water knew), the ruler of the feast called the
  bridegroom
• 210 and said to him, Everyone serves the good
  wine first, and when the guests have drunk
  freely, then that which is worse. You have kept
  the good wine until now!
• 211 This beginning of his signs Jesus did in
  Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory and his
  disciples believed in him.
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Good Work!

In this lesson you have learned that One of
the focuses of Christian miracle rhetorolect is
on multiplication of food. In the Gospel of
John, this also features the changing of water
into wine. Moses feeding of the people of
Israel in the wilderness, and Elijahs and
Elishas multiplication of meal, bread, and oil
blend together as early Christian rhetorolect
reconfigures Hebrew Bible stories that focus on
the miraculous production of food for people in
need. Click to continue.

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Congratulations!!!!

THIS WAS THE FIRST LESSON on the Christian
Miracle Story-Line. Every good wish as you
continue with Lesson 2.