Elisha, the Spiritual Summit Who Enjoyed the Double Portion of the Spirit (2 Kings 2:7-14)
The Field of Answers of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC: 2/28/2021
Elisha, the Spiritual Summit Who Enjoyed the Double Portion of the Spirit (2 Kings 2:7-14)
There is no hope but despair for the world’s future. Endless calamities and suffering will continue (mutated virus, higher prices, inflation, threats of war). This was not caused by God. They are rightful works as a result of man’s greed and corruption. They are necessary works to judge all human’s evilness and Satan behind those works. It is said that God’s judgment will come after all these events. That judgment is not the end either. After God ends all of this, there is absolute work of God to create a new heaven and earth. We are waiting for Christ to return for this reason. What do we really need during these last days where suffering and despair continue? That is the blessing of the spiritual summit. We are those who have been delivered from all calamities and judgment and will be victorious. We go forth with the covenant that will save the world (covenant journey). Therefore, there is a separate answer and blessing we who hold onto the covenant will enjoy. That is the blessing of the 237, healing and summit. God needs to make our everything into evidence in these last days for this (Acts 1:8). We will examine Elisha, another witness from the old testament who enjoyed and was used for this blessing. There was only one thing that he requested from Elijah who anointed and led him. It was the double portion of the Spirit that Elijah enjoyed.
- Why was this blessing so important?
It is the mystery to survive, be victorious and live as a witness in this age that is growing more evil. The age of Elisha was much more difficult compared to Elijah’s. People died from the ceaseless war with Aram and there were events where children were being eaten due to starvation in Samaria where the King resided (2 Kings 6:28-29).
1) God sent Christ who is the absolute answer in the last days (Hebrews 1:2).
Hold onto the conclusion that Christ had finished all problems (John 19:30). Only look upon Christ (Hebrews 12:1-2). Experience how Christ takes responsibility, guide and work with our lives (Ephesians 3:19-21). Save the 237, church, and posterity with that blessing.
2) Christ sent the Holy Spirit to fulfill this blessing (John 14:16-18).
This is the blessing of the double portion of the Spirit that Elisha enjoyed. This work of the Holy Spirit was upon special people only temporarily in the Old Testament. After Christ came, that Holy Spirit is with all those who believe eternally. This is the event of the Passover in Mark’s Upper Room. He promised the five powers (spiritual power, intellectual power, physical power, financial power, manpower) to save me, the church, age, and posterity (future).
3) Seek this blessing of the filling of the Holy Spirit in every moment, scheduled worship, and scheduled prayer (Ephesians 5:15-21).
He needed to receive God’s wisdom because evil days will continue. Drunkenness only leads to debauchery so seek the filling of the Holy Spirit. That is when praise, thanksgiving, and true love to serve each other are formed. The blessing of the throne and works that transcend time and space will take place and the answers of 237, healing, and summit will come when one enjoys the filling of the Holy Spirit.
- How did God have him enjoy this blessing?
He had Elisha follow Elijah until the moment he was called by God. Then, God had Elisha enjoy that answer from Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho, and lastly the Jordan river. We must hold onto three spiritual meanings.
1) The relationship with a spiritual leader. You must make them into those who really bless you.
Why has God raised servants of the Lord and church officers? He blessed the believers through them. What did Elisha call out to Elijah who was leaving? He called out twice, “My father!” and “The chariots and horseman of Israel” (verse 12). He acknowledged him as the closest and most precious to him.
2) This was why he went through Gilgal, Bethel, and Jericho. Discard what must be discarded. It is a fight with three obsessions.
Gilgal is the place where the Israelites were circumcised and ended the reproach of Egypt (Joshua 5:9). It is an obsession with the world. Bethel is the place where Jacob resolved to end all greed and humanism (Genesis 35:7). It is the obsession with my old self. Jericho was the strongest city among the Canaanites. Jericho was destroyed through Joshua and those who rebuilt this city would perish by generation (Joshua 6:26). It is the obsession with Satan’s wall(deceptions) that lead our lives into failure.
3) He let us know what we needed to concentrate on instead of our obsession.
Only Christ, only the kingdom of God, and only the power of the Holy Spirit are within the phrase “double portion of the Spirit.” Make time where you can absolutely concentrate (scheduled prayer). It can be only 10 minutes a day. That will connect to 24, 25, and eternity.
- What works did God do through Elisha? He fulfilled the works of 237, healing and summit of that age.
1) He even saved the nation of Aram who brought that much difficulty to Israel. That is the mystery to save the 237 nations.
① All of Aram’s military strategies to destroy Israel failed. God had Elisha to know ahead and prepare.
They would no longer be able to invade Israel as long as Elisha was there (2 Kings 6:23).
② That is the blessing of the watchman who enjoys the blessing of the throne. Angel armies move when we pray (Isaiah 62:6-7, Revelations 8:1-3).
Spiritual prayer is praying with knowing this. We must train and experience what this spiritual prayer is.
2)He healed Israel who was in despair within continuous wars and even healed the leprosy of commander Naaman of Aram.
① He didn’t have him do anything special. Elisha had him remove his clothes and bathe in the Jordan River. It meant to lay down everything that cannot be done with my strength and stand before God. That is the gospel. Then, he had him follow the word.
② This is why Jesus shared the gospel with his disciples and had them share the word (Mark 16:17-20).
They became spiritual doctors who heal empty, abandoned, and crumbling lives when they shared Christ and the word.
3) Many spiritual summits arose through Elisha.
① Numerous servants of the Lord and workers to save the age arose in Elisha’s age. That is the Dothan movement.
Elisha opened the spiritual eyes of the servant who was afraid of the Aram army through prayer at Dothan. (2 Kings 6:17).
② This is the prayer and ministry that all parents, pastors, and church officers should do for their children and remnants (mission, internship, forum).
The mission lets us know the “why” (reason to study, make money, succeed, Matthew 28:18-20). An internship is training together (2 Timothy 2:1-4). It is helping them with what I have while training together. Forum is receiving important answers and blessings and leading them to confess that everything was by His grace (1 Corinthians 15:10).
Conclusion – God promised us to enjoy the blessing of “the summit who enjoyed the double portion of the Spirit” that Elisha enjoyed in this age.