The Elisha stories are amongst the most difficult material found in the Bible. Compared to the Elijah stories, many of them are very difficult to interpret because of their strange nature. However these very characteristics force us to interpret the Elisha stories against the broader context of God’s covenant plan and the way it was being advanced through the prophet whose name means ‘God saves’.
(This series was in two parts: the first in July 2018 and the second in October 2018.)
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