BRAGADAYJAH 1098
Miracle at Elisha’s Tomb
And it came to pass that as they were burying a man they saw a band of
men coming and they threw the body of the man in the sepulcher of Elisha; and
when the man was let down and touched the bones of Eisha, he revived and stood
upon his feet. In the meantime Hazael, king of Syria continued to oppress
Israel all through the reign of Jehoahaz. And the Lord was gracious unto Israel
and had regard for them because of His covenant with Abraham, and with Isaac
and with Jacob, and would not destroy them nor cast them away from His presence
as yet. So at last Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in
his stead. And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of
Benhadad the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of
Jehoahaz his father by war after warring with him three times, defeating him
each of the three times. We note that this miracle is often ascribed to Elisha
as performing the last of his many miracles even after his death. But we also see this as indicating that all
miracles performed through the agency of man, are in fact the works of the
Almighty God. We also note that many of God’s miracles, example that of Jonah
and the whale, often stir up much debate and disbelief by the very nature of
the high degree of what appears to the human psyche as impossible. But it is
submitted that the very fact that the act called miracle transcends human
understanding and comprehension is what makes the supernatural act of God a
miracle.
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