"He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord. And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes." 2 Kings 4:33-3533He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord. 34And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. (2 Kings 4:33‑35).
The picture before us is resurrection, but in the sense in which it typifies the Church. When raised in that day, everyone in the assembly will be just like Christ. Oh, the power of resurrection life! What a change!
Elisha went up, just what the Spirit of God wants us to do, rise in our souls, with only one path for us-up.
In the Old Testament we read that Aaron had a coat, and his sons had little coats just like his, the outward side of the blessing. Physically we shall be just like Christ, His companions there in the glory In Elisha and the child we have a picture of what God will do in the day of resurrection. We shall be changed into the physical likeness of Christ.
In the first creation the Lord God breathed on Adam, and he became a living soul. Here the child sneezed seven times.
This is the more abundant life, eternal life, not life in the first man, Adam, for in Adam all die. If you do not have this life, you have nothing but eternal separation from God and all that is good.
Seven speaks of spiritual perfection, or life in the Spirit, a life that is of the same character as Christ's.
It was not an inheritance down here that the great woman was seeking, but in the language of Hebrews, "For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath prepared for them a city." Heb. 11:14-1614For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. (Hebrews 11:14‑16).
We are looking forward to a heavenly inheritance with Christ in glory "And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out." 2 Kings 4:36,3736And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. 37Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. (2 Kings 4:36‑37).