The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha

• 1 Kings 17 2 Kings 9

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha

• Background on Baalism
• Elijah and Elisha and the miracles they performed
• Restoration of Yahweh as life-giving God of all
  the Earth

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Baal

• Believed by some to be the god of life,
  fertility, and fruitfulness
• one god of a polytheistic cult
• The chief of all the gods was El however the
  younger god Baal became in cult and practice the
  most important god in the Ugaritic Pantheon

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha

• In 1929 and some years later two tablets were
  unearthed at Ras shamra, offering a great deal of
  information about the character of Baal, and the
  role he played in Ugaritic of gods

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Baalism

• Embedded in process of creation
• Able to be controlled by humans, therefore, it
  was often abused and exploited
• Lacked ethical and moral traits
• Hand-in-hand with injustice and crime

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Ahab and Jezebel

• Worshipers of Baal
• As king, Ahab responsible for providing for his
  subjects
• Reliance on Baal, the rainmaker, made him an
  ineffective leader
• 1 Kings 1818
• It is not I who disturb Israel, he Elijah
  answered, but you and your family, by forsaking
  the commands of the Lord and following the
  Baals.

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Miracles of Fire

• 1 Kings 1821-40the contest between Elijah and
  the prophets of Baal

• 2 Kings 19-12the death of the two captains

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Miracles of Rain and Water

• 1 Kings 1841-46Elijah predicts rain to end the
  drought
• 2 Kings 317-19Elisha promises creeks filled
  with water for the kings
• 2 Kings 219-22Elisha purifies the water with
  salt

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Miracles of Oil and Corn

• 1 Kings 171-6Elijah fed by the ravens and
  drinking of the stream
• 1 Kings 1710-16Elijah providing oil and flour
  for the widow of Sidon
• 2 Kings 41-7Elisha fills jars of oil for widow
  in debt

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Miracles of Oil and Corn

• 2 Kings 438-41Elisha cleanses the poisoned stew
• 2 Kings 442-44Elisha multiplies the loaves for
  the man from Baal-shalishah

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Miracle of Child giving

• 2 Kings 412-17Elisha promises a son to woman
  and elderly husband

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Miracles of Healing

• 2 Kings 51-4, 9-15Elisha cures Naamans leprosy
• 2 Kings 13-6Elijah refuses to heal Ahaziah

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Miracles of Resurrection

• 1 Kings 1717-24Elijah gives the boy back to the
  Woman of Zarephath
• 2 Kings 431-37 Elisha gives life once again to
  the boy of Shunem
• 2 Kings 1320-21 Dead man comes back to life
  after touching the bones of Elisha

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Miracles at the Jordan River

• 2 Kings 28 Elijah parting the water of the
  River Jordan
• 2 Kings 214 Elisha parting the River Jordan

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The Miracles of Elijah and Elisha
Ascent on the Fiery Chariot

• 2 Kings 29-12 Elijah ascends to heaven in the
  fiery chariot

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