Elisha's Bones
by Wayne Blank
"Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness
whereof he died ... And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the
Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as
they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast
the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and
touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet" (2 Kings 13:14, 20-21 KJV)
Elijah
and Elisha
Elijah,
and Elisha who
succeeded him when Elijah was taken away in a "chariot
of fire" were two of the most powerful Prophets of
God in Bible History.
They
did everything from calling down fire from heaven (1 Kings
18:37-38) to raising the dead (2 Kings
4:18-37), but as true prophets of God, their
great power was of, and from, God.
As
even Jesus Christ said of
Himself Elijah and Elisha could do nothing of themselves, or for themselves (John 5:19,30.)
As
the opening paragraph makes plain, when Elisha's natural time to die came, he
suffered and died just like any other human - even though during his lifetime the
Holy Spirit healed
the sick and raised the dead through
him.
It
was the Holy Spirit of God that made it possible.
Elijah
was an ordinary human being, who knew hunger (1 Kings 19:6),
weariness (1
Kings 19:5), and fear (1 Kings
19:2-3), just like any other.
After
being threatened by the wicked Jezebel,
he "went a day's journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for
himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my
life; for I am not better than my fathers" (1 Kings 19:4
KJV).
Neither
was Elisha, or any other human before or since.
The
Holy Spirit Remained
In
the miracle of Elisha's bones, for however long it lasted, a measure of the
Holy Spirit actually remained for some time with Elisha's body, since all that
was left was his bones. (There is only one recorded miracle from Elisha's bones.)
This
is the only way that the miracle of reviving that dead man could have happened (back
to physical life from which he would again have died later).
(This
is unlike the widespread fraudulent religious
industry of "miraculous relics of saints" that has been operating for
centuries, right to the present day.)
Fact
Finder: True
believers are "sealed" with the Holy Spirit until they receive their
inheritance, i.e. eternal life, which will begin at their future resurrection.
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