3185.- Elisha by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 12, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 27.

3185.— Elisha

By Editor

Please explain 2 Kings 13:21. Did Elisha really live after that, do you think? H. G.

The thought is not that Elisha revived, but that the man revived. As soon as he had touched the bones of Elisha, it was the dead man who revived and stood up on his feet. The idea is not that Elisha lived at all; neither should we get the idea from it that the Lord designs that relics of holy men should have healing power. Evidently the Lord healed by that method to show that all the prophecies that Elisha had given in that kingdom would prove true. It was God's witness to the truthfulness of the messages which His servant had borne.