After a while God told Elijah that He was going to take him home to heaven. But before that happened Elijah had some more things to do for God. One of them was to anoint (prepare) another man to serve in his place. The name of the man who would take Elijah’s place was Elisha.
Elisha followed Elijah until they came to the river Jordan. There Elijah struck the waters with his mantle (cloak) and the waters parted and allowed them to pass over. After this a very wonderful thing happened. Elisha saw a chariot and horses of fire which separated him from Elijah. A whirlwind caught up Elijah into heaven and Elisha saw him no more.
When Elisha returned to Jordan he took Elijah’s mantle and struck the waters. They parted just as they had when Elijah had done this. This was God’s sign that He had chosen Elisha to carry on Elijah’s work.
Before we learn more of Elisha, we will stop and rest on our journey while you find the following verses:
1. After Jesus was baptized in Jordan, the people heard a voice from ____________ saying something about the Lord Jesus. Matt. 3:___
And
2. What had Peter given up in order to ____________ the Lord Jesus?
Mark 10:___
Then
3. Peter stood with the men who had taken the Lord Jesus to crucify Him, and when they made a ____________ he stood there to get warm with them. Luke 22:___
And
4. The Jews asked Jesus for a ____________ to prove that what He had told them about Himself was true. John 6:___
They
5. The Lord Jesus was not able to do very many wonderful ____________ in His own country because the people did not believe in Him. Mark 6:___
And