![]() At once they threw the man into Elisha’s burial place and went off. We read: “As were burying a man, why, here they saw marauding band. How was Elisha involved in a miracle even after his death?ĥ Even after Elisha’s death and burial, God made his bones powerful by holy spirit. ( 2 Kings 4:8-37 8:1-6) But how much happier they will be when raised to life on earth in the “better resurrection”-one that sets before them the possibility of never having to die again! What a cause for thankfulness to the loving God of resurrection, Jehovah!- Hebrews 11:35.ĥ. After Elisha prayed and took certain steps, “gradually the child’s flesh grew warm.” He “began to sneeze as many as seven times, after which the boy opened his eyes.” This resurrection undoubtedly brought great joy to both the mother and her son. Several years later, however, she summoned the prophet, who found the boy dead in her home. The wife of an aged man, she showed kindness to the prophet Elisha and his attendant. What miracle did Elisha perform in Shunem?Ĥ Another woman who received her dead by resurrection lived in the town of Shunem. ( 1 Kings 17:8-24) Imagine that widow’s joy as her faith was rewarded by the first recorded resurrection-that of her own dear son!Ĥ. When the child later died, Elijah laid him on a couch, prayed, stretched himself upon the boy three times, and pleaded: “O Jehovah my God, please, cause the soul of this child to come back within him.” God did cause the soul, or life, to come back within the boy. Because she was hospitable to God’s prophet Elijah, her flour and oil were miraculously sustained during a famine that would have claimed her life and that of her son. What was Elijah empowered to do when the son of a widow in Zarephath died?ģ In a thrilling review of the faith displayed by Jehovah’s pre-Christian witnesses, the apostle Paul wrote: “Women received their dead by resurrection.” ( Hebrews 11:35 12:1) One of those women was a poor widow in the Phoenician town of Zarephath. All these miracles were accomplished through power from the Sovereign Lord Jehovah.ģ. Likely, our resurrection hope will be strengthened as we consider restorations to life recorded in the Bible. The sureness of the resurrection hope can also help us to maintain integrity to our heavenly Father even to the point of death. How can the resurrection hope benefit us?Ģ Faith in God’s provision for raising the dead by means of his Son, Jesus Christ, can sustain us in times of stress. ( Isaiah 55:11 Luke 18:27) In fact, God has already shown his power to raise the dead.Ģ. ![]() And his purpose regarding those asleep in death is sure to be fulfilled. We have his word that the dead will rise, standing up again to life. JEHOVAH has given us sound reasons for hope in the resurrection. that there is going to be a resurrection.”- ACTS 24:15.
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