So we come to his last journey and God directs him to travel to four specific places which I believe represent spiritual truths that need to be learned. And the way that he is caught up to heaven is a great picture and type of the rapture as we shall see. It is a radical event that is going to happen in the life of this prophet. Yes, because of that failure there was a judgement that came upon him because God said to him 'Listen, you are going to have to train Elisha because he is going to take your place.' However, despite the weaknesses and failings of Elijah, God still uses him during these five years and his end is an absolutely glorious one. It is so encouraging to me that even though a man may fail, God can still use him. If God had granted this prayer, then we wouldn't have the five years between then and now. You may remember that Elijah had earlier run from Jezebel and asked God to take his life.

In this study we are in 2 nd Kings Chapter 2 and it is Elijah's last journey. However, he did all that he could to escape the coming judgement upon him, even disguising himself and asking King Jehoshaphat to pretend to be him in battle! But then the Bible says that a man drew a bow at random and fired a shot into the air - not really knowing where he was firing, and it killed Ahab! Last time we looked at the death of Ahab and how he partially repented of his wicked deeds after Elijah spoke the words of God to him. We are going to continue with our study of Elijah.

Bible study series on elijah