I was reading in the Old Testament about one of the kings in Israel during the time of Elisha. It is so interesting that we know more about Elijah then Elisha. There is really only one large miracle that most people know and that is the healing of Naaman, the Syrian. But I came across another one. Actually he was a busy guy.
It was not really a miracle in one sense. We usually assume that people do miracles and not unseen angels. But it is the angels that can transcend time and place. They have the power to help us out as needed. We do the praying to God and He sends his helpers.
I have heard of one angel, who also drives an pick up with extra tires helping out stranded women who comes after the car breaks down.
So it is no statue nor dead person can actually do any miracles but rather angels. And no needs to go to anywhere or touch anything to be healed. The angels do the traveling!
14 So the king sent horses and chariots there with a strong army. They came at night and surrounded the city. 15 Elisha’s
servant got up early and went out. He saw an army with horses and
chariots surrounding the city. His servant said to Elisha, “Oh, no!
Master, what will we do?”16 “Don’t be afraid,” Elisha said, “because there are more of us than there are of them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed, “Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and fiery chariots surrounding Elisha.
25 The
siege lasted so long that there was a great famine in Samaria. A
donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter kab of
doves’ dung for five shekels. 26 Israel’s king was passing by on the city wall when a woman appealed to him, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
27 The king said, “No! May the Lord help you! Where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?” 28 But then the king asked her, “What’s troubling you?”
She answered, “A woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we can eat him today; we’ll eat my son tomorrow.’ 29 So we cooked and ate my son. The next day I said to her, ‘Hand over your son so we can eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
30 When the king heard the woman’s story, he ripped his clothes. And as he passed by along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing mourning clothes underneath.
The siege is broken 2Kings 8:3-15
3 Now there were four men with skin disease[b] at the entrance to the city. They said to each other, “What are we doing sitting here until we die? 4 If we decide, ‘Let’s go into the city,’ the famine is there, and we’ll die in the city. But if we stay here, we’ll die just the same. So let’s go and surrender to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we’ll live. If they kill us, we’ll die.” 5 So they set out in the evening to the Aramean camp, and they came to the edge of the camp. But there was no one there because 6 the Lord had made the Aramean camp hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a strong army. They had said to each other, “Listen! Israel’s king has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to come against us!” 7 So they had got up and fled in the evening, leaving their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp exactly as it was and ran for their lives.
8 So these men with skin disease came to the edge of the camp. They entered a tent where they ate and drank. They carried off some silver, gold, and garments, and they hid them. Then they returned and went into another tent. They took more things from there, went away, and hid them. 9 But then they said to each other, “What we’re doing isn’t right. Today is a day of good news, but we’re keeping quiet about it. If we wait until dawn, something bad will happen to us. Come on! Let’s go and tell the palace.” 10 So they went and called out to the gatekeepers, telling them, “We went to the Aramean camp, and listen to this: No one was there, not even the sound of anyone! The only things there were tied-up horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.” 11 The gatekeepers shouted out the news, and it was reported within the palace.
12 The king got up in the night. He said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans are doing to us. They know we are starving, so they’ve left the camp to hide in the fields. They are thinking, The Israelites will come out from the city, and then we’ll capture them alive and invade the city.”
13 But one of his servants answered, “Please let some men take five of the horses that are left, and let’s send them out to see what happens. They are in the same situation as the large number of Israelites who are left here; they are no better off than the large number of Israelites who’ve already perished.”[c] 14 So they chose two chariots with their horses.
The king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see!” 15 So they went after the Arameans as far as the Jordan River. The road was filled the whole way with garments and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their rush. The messengers returned and reported this to the king.
I find this a very interesting story. Mainly because the people within the city felt that God did not care and so they had to become as cannibals and eat their children, including the king. Meanwhile God had already answered their cry. How could Jehovah not care about his chosen people? Did Elisha really have any more power then us?
And it was 4 desperate beggars who ventured out to see if the enemy would be more generous to them then the hungry people inside the walls. How long where the four beggars hungry? Funny how the despised where the "heroes" of this story. The King was afraid. The noble citizens were also afraid.
The power that Elisha had is now ours- as Christians. We have a power that is not limited to what we see. The power of Holy Spirit is within us and around us. The angels await our words. But often we will eat our children before we look beyond ourselves and our four walls to see what God has already provided due to our limited eye sight.
It was not really a miracle in one sense. We usually assume that people do miracles and not unseen angels. But it is the angels that can transcend time and place. They have the power to help us out as needed. We do the praying to God and He sends his helpers.
I have heard of one angel, who also drives an pick up with extra tires helping out stranded women who comes after the car breaks down.
So it is no statue nor dead person can actually do any miracles but rather angels. And no needs to go to anywhere or touch anything to be healed. The angels do the traveling!
2 Kings 6:14-18
14 So the king sent horses and chariots there with a strong army. They came at night and surrounded the city. 15 Elisha’s
servant got up early and went out. He saw an army with horses and
chariots surrounding the city. His servant said to Elisha, “Oh, no!
Master, what will we do?”16 “Don’t be afraid,” Elisha said, “because there are more of us than there are of them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed, “Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he saw that the mountain was full of horses and fiery chariots surrounding Elisha.2 Kings 6:25-30
27 The king said, “No! May the Lord help you! Where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?” 28 But then the king asked her, “What’s troubling you?”
She answered, “A woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we can eat him today; we’ll eat my son tomorrow.’ 29 So we cooked and ate my son. The next day I said to her, ‘Hand over your son so we can eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”
30 When the king heard the woman’s story, he ripped his clothes. And as he passed by along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing mourning clothes underneath.
The siege is broken 2Kings 8:3-15
3 Now there were four men with skin disease[b] at the entrance to the city. They said to each other, “What are we doing sitting here until we die? 4 If we decide, ‘Let’s go into the city,’ the famine is there, and we’ll die in the city. But if we stay here, we’ll die just the same. So let’s go and surrender to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we’ll live. If they kill us, we’ll die.” 5 So they set out in the evening to the Aramean camp, and they came to the edge of the camp. But there was no one there because 6 the Lord had made the Aramean camp hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a strong army. They had said to each other, “Listen! Israel’s king has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to come against us!” 7 So they had got up and fled in the evening, leaving their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp exactly as it was and ran for their lives.
8 So these men with skin disease came to the edge of the camp. They entered a tent where they ate and drank. They carried off some silver, gold, and garments, and they hid them. Then they returned and went into another tent. They took more things from there, went away, and hid them. 9 But then they said to each other, “What we’re doing isn’t right. Today is a day of good news, but we’re keeping quiet about it. If we wait until dawn, something bad will happen to us. Come on! Let’s go and tell the palace.” 10 So they went and called out to the gatekeepers, telling them, “We went to the Aramean camp, and listen to this: No one was there, not even the sound of anyone! The only things there were tied-up horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.” 11 The gatekeepers shouted out the news, and it was reported within the palace.
12 The king got up in the night. He said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans are doing to us. They know we are starving, so they’ve left the camp to hide in the fields. They are thinking, The Israelites will come out from the city, and then we’ll capture them alive and invade the city.”
13 But one of his servants answered, “Please let some men take five of the horses that are left, and let’s send them out to see what happens. They are in the same situation as the large number of Israelites who are left here; they are no better off than the large number of Israelites who’ve already perished.”[c] 14 So they chose two chariots with their horses.
The king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see!” 15 So they went after the Arameans as far as the Jordan River. The road was filled the whole way with garments and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their rush. The messengers returned and reported this to the king.
I find this a very interesting story. Mainly because the people within the city felt that God did not care and so they had to become as cannibals and eat their children, including the king. Meanwhile God had already answered their cry. How could Jehovah not care about his chosen people? Did Elisha really have any more power then us?
And it was 4 desperate beggars who ventured out to see if the enemy would be more generous to them then the hungry people inside the walls. How long where the four beggars hungry? Funny how the despised where the "heroes" of this story. The King was afraid. The noble citizens were also afraid.
The power that Elisha had is now ours- as Christians. We have a power that is not limited to what we see. The power of Holy Spirit is within us and around us. The angels await our words. But often we will eat our children before we look beyond ourselves and our four walls to see what God has already provided due to our limited eye sight.
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