Elisha then delivered the boy, alive again, to his grateful mother (verses 36–37). Elisha would always have to find a place to stay when he went to a new town. But such an attitude ignores some basic truth: (1) This world is not Eden nor the millennium. He had compassion for her hurt. But such an attitude is usually void of developing any real relationship with God wherein God alone becomes the sole source of strength and joy. As James tells us in James 5:15, it is the prayer of faith that restores the sick. Of course, and you will feel like this again. } Resurrection occurs three times in the Torah. He was dead. By this title, he showed he had a true knowledge of God and stood in a covenant relationship with Him. the belief in postmortem resurrection was an important part of Rabbinic Judaism. Putting it all together, as a prophet of God with the revelation gift of a prophet (a gift I am convinced we do not have today with the completed Canon of the Bible), Elijah knew or believed this is what God wanted him to do. The storm is over. Now the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. In 1 Kings 17:17-24 the prophet Elijah asks God to resurrect the recently deceased son of the widow with whom he is staying. Your suffering may not be directly mine, but God has called us to be ready to minister and be there for one another. He is committed to transforming our lives into the image and likeness of His Son (Rom. Characters). (a) The physical body must be rejuvinated even to the point of recreation as when the body has decayed. Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the Lord and said, 'O Lord my God, I pray You, let this child's life return to him.' His question, “Hast Thou also brought calamity . Instead, into this woman’s life comes t… Miracle. The widow’s son is taken sick and actually dies--with the prophet of the living God living right in her home! This concept proved problematic as Jews emigrated outside Israel and an increasing number of them consequently died in other parts of the world. . Image ID: ksjas0207. And the man touched the bones. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. We should never expect from life in a fallen world what it simply cannot give and is not designed to give. The God that Christians serve is full of wonders. One evening I received a call from an old friend. Phillips Brooks once said, “O, do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men! Can you imagine what her thoughts were? Let’s look at what happens next to see what we can learn! if (typeof newsletter_check !== "function") { And touched the bones of Elisha, he revived. Yes, sometimes suffering is discipline or because we have broken the principles of Scripture. Learn more at * www.JamesTaiwo.com. (3) We treat the tests of life as something foreign and strange. God knows all the situations and trials of life and has from all eternity. This woman was a widow, not just poor, but destitute, and probably without a real knowledge of the Lord. "Jewish Views of the Afterlife" by Simcha Raphael. [CDATA[ For even in his death Elisha brought life to others—his tomb was in fact a place of resurrection. It suggests three problems with her thinking and her faith or her relationship with God that needed to be transformed. In fact, He has decreed to bring them to pass or to allow them. 4:19). For our resurrected body of the future, the Apostle calls this the transformation of the body of our humble state, this earthly and perishable body, into conformity with the body of his glory, a glorified resurrection body like the Lord’s.