1KI 17:17-24 ESV
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!” And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed. And he cried to the Lord , “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?” Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord , “O Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again.” And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.” And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
I seem to forget about this miracle of the old testament. I tend to let myself believe that all of the “bringing back from the dead” happens in the new testament and after Jesus is born. But here is Elijah raising the dead. Well. Here is God raising the dead through and for Elijah. That is the point. God is the only one with the power to raise the dead. He is the same yesterday and today. He never changes. I love that God raises the dead in the old testament as it reminds me that the God of old testament is not a different God but the same. This is clear evidence to me that Jesus is truly the Son of God himself. Jesus raises the dead as only God can do. Jesus empowers his disciples to do miracles after he has gone. It was Jesus who had the authority to empower them. He is the Son of God. His word is perfect and everlasting. All hail King Jesus!
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