Tricks and Treats

Saturday, October 31, 2015

We Christians should be familiar with Elijah's encounter with the widow of Zarephath. (1 Kings 17:8-16). Elijah, the only prophet who is recorded as directly go to heaven without dying, met this widow with a son. Elijah instructs the woman to bring him a morsel of bread, but the woman said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die." Elijah promises her that she'll have plenty left over, and she does what he asked and she does have plenty left. Then, her son becomes ill and dies, and she blames Elijah. He prays over her son who returns to life after being dead. The woman exclaims, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth."

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