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The story of the miraculous healing of Naaman the leper through Elisha is one that is fairly well known among Jesus followers. But perhaps we don't understand the typological relevance it offers. Is this the story of God's incorporation of Gentiles into His divine plan? Is it a story that includes baptism and new creation? And what about this entering into the house of a foreign god and YHWH being ok with it?

The story of the miraculous healing of Naaman the leper through Elisha is one that is fairly well known among Jesus followers. But perhaps we don't understand the typological relevance it offers. Is this the story of God's incorporation of Gentiles into His divine plan? Is it a story that includes baptism and new creation? And what about this entering into the house of a foreign god and YHWH being ok with it?

Today we talk about two stories about Elisha's ministry that have an interesting connection: bread (during a famine). Does this bread speak more about spiritual things than about physical things? Why is "wild food" deadly prior to Elisha's miracle? What story does the second vignette remind us of from the New Testament and why?

Today we talk about two stories about Elisha's ministry that have an interesting connection: bread (during a famine). Does this bread speak more about spiritual things than about physical things? Why is "wild food" deadly prior to Elisha's miracle? What story does the second vignette remind us of from the New Testament and why?

We continue the story of Elisha and the Shunnamite woman in 2 Kings 4. The child that the woman was miraculously blessed with has died! (This sounds strikingly similar to the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 17.) Elisha will be used to raise the child miraculously in a very similar fashion to that of his predecessor. But what does this mean for the typological connections to the New Testament?

We continue the story of Elisha and the Shunnamite woman in 2 Kings 4. The child that the woman was miraculously blessed with has died! (This sounds strikingly similar to the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 17.) Elisha will be used to raise the child miraculously in a very similar fashion to that of his predecessor. But what does this mean for the typological connections to the New Testament?

Elisha is doing some very Elijah-like things in this section of Scripture, including meeting widows in their time of need and causing jars of oil to not run out. But there are some distinct differences in the way each prophet's ministry is playing out in their respective time periods. What are these differences telling us as we continue to see all the Scriptures as being about Jesus and His ministry both pre- and post-resurrection?

Elisha is doing some very Elijah-like things in this section of Scripture, including meeting widows in their time of need and causing jars of oil to not run out. But there are some distinct differences in the way each prophet's ministry is playing out in their respective time periods. What are these differences telling us as we continue to see all the Scriptures as being about Jesus and His ministry both pre- and post-resurrection?

We explore a weird story that includes Elisha but does not center on him. Jehoram, who is Ahab's second son, has come to the throne in Israel. He is not quite as bad as his mom and dad in his desire to follow other gods, and yet his idolatry is disturbingly similar to what the reader has seen throughout Kings. With multiple references to Egypt, the wilderness, and the conquest, this story seems to lead the reader to make connections between Israel and oppressive regimes like the Egypt they were led out of in the Exodus.