2 Kings 5-6 present several vignettes in the career of Elisha. Two of these, the healing of Naaman and the blinding of the Syrian army, have to do with the relationship between Israel and Syria. When Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army is healed, he acknowledges the primacy of YHVH as well as his gratitude to Elisha. In a subsequent scene, the whole Syrian army is trying to hunt down and eliminate Elisha.

At the age of 17, Joseph was doted upon by his father and given dreams of dominion over his brothers. At that stage of his life, Joseph would not have been at all suitable to be viceroy of Egypt. God undertook a program to season the young man by a series of events which got his self worth into perspective. So too does God want us to get our natural, prideful hearts into subjection. In this, He will also bring us under His discipline.

Trumpets announce the arrival of the King. The seven trumpets mirror the conquest of Jericho in the Book of Joshua. Similarly, the censer of incense hurled to the earth echos Korah's rebellion in the Book of Numbers.

After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel. Jehoram and Jehoshaphat joined forces to bring them back under tribute. When the army ran out of water, the kings consulted Elisha as to how to proceed. After that, Elisha provided oil for a prophet's widow and raised a boy from the dead.

Biblically, God has been on a 6,000 year project to improve the human heart - Moses call it 'circumcision of the heart.' Like any program of character development, the methods God uses, trials, chastening and suffering, are unpleasant at the time. But Scripture says that their result are well worth it.

The sealing of the 144,000. What is the Scriptural background for their choice, who are they and what is their mission?

Ahab dies in battle and is succeeded by his son Ahaziah who then dies falling from an upper chamber. With that, Elijah passes on his mantle to Elisha and is taken up to heaven.

The vitriolic divisions between left and right today can be abstracted to what each side means when it uses certain word. A case in point is 'insanity.' The left sees the right as 'nutjobs' where the right sees the left as 'unhinged.' While the specific issues are many, they all involve the definition of reality - what is real vs. what is wishful thinking. Inspired by an article by Doug Wilson 'The Bottom of the Empathy Hole'

As the Lamb opens the scroll's first six seals, events happen on the Earth. Where are we in the sequence of seals and what are the events that are yet to come?

After defeating the prophets of Baal, Jezebel threatened Elijah and he fled to Mt. Horeb for an encounter with God. The result of that encounter was that God directed him to pass on his office to Elisha. Jezebel later used her governmental position to murder an innocent man and steal his vineyard on behalf of her husband.