Yesterday we heard two more chapters containing fascinating miracles performed by Elisha. The one about Gahazi getting the gifts from Naaman, and the vision about the chariots of fire both have interesting spiritual significance to ponder.
We come back to the story from chapter 7 where the Aramean army is surrounding Samaria. The famine is severe. The king has sent an executioner to kill Elijah. And then:
32Elisha was sitting in his house with the elders of Israel when the king sent a messenger to summon him. But before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “A murderer has sent a man to cut off my head. When he arrives, shut the door and keep him out. We will soon hear his master’s steps following him.”
33While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the kingb said, “All this misery is from the LORD! Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/2ki.7.nlt
Laughter, joy, and tears are in this often quoted psalm.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/psa.126
In yesterday's reading, Jesus worked his biggest miracle yet— the raising of Lazarus, and the Jewish leaders became even firmer in their plans to kill Him.
Translation notes:
4But Judas [, the man from the village of Carioth// Iscariot], the disciple who would soon betray him, said,
28[Rather, I pray,] Father, bring glory to your name.”
Then a voice spoke from heaven, saying, “I have already brought glory to my name, and I will do so again.”
39But the people couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah [reported the Lord’s words//also said],
40“[I have//The Lord has] blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts—
so that their eyes cannot see,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and have me heal them.”o
41Isaiah[‘s prophecy] was referring to Jesus when he said this, because he saw the future and spoke of the Messiah’s glory.
42Many people did believe in him, however, including some of the Jewish leaders. But they wouldn’t admit it for fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue[s].
44Jesus shouted to the crowds, “If you [believe in/trust] me, you are [not just believing in//trusting not only] me, but also God who sent me.
47I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world [,//and] not to judge it.
https://www.bible.com/bible/68/jhn.12
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