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Transfer Of Responsibility-From Elijah To Elisha & The Implications
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Feb 20, 2025
Elijah’s story takes center stage in the first book of Kings, an era in which the kingdom of Israel is led by one of its worst leaders, King Ahab. As Elijah’s ministry is coming to an end, 2 Kings 2:1-22 gives us an interesting story between his assistant ( Elisha) and him. I spent about a couple of months mediating on this passage and I still don’t think I fully understand the picture the Lord is painting for us in there. However, I wanted to share with you what I think the Holy spirit has disclosed to me as I pondered over the words on this chapter. Scripture References: Joshua 5:9 Genesis 35:2 Ephesians 2:1-6 1 Kings 19:3-4 1 Kings 19:16 Deuteronomy 21:17 ( Double portion)
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hey guys on this Easter I began this
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morning and I've been off a little while
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now um my first is a presentation is
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concerned but I've been like studying
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second book of Kings on the chart down
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on the second chapter and he's taking me
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like almost like a couple of months to
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finally get I don't say get it right
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that's not a good time to use yet but
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I've studied scripture and he's taking
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me like a whole lot of time to really
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grasp what the Lord is trying to teach
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us here so this morning I decided to uh
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and give you this presentation and the
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title is Elijah to Elijah this transfer
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of responsibilities and the implications
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now a larger story takes center stage in
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in a second book of in the first book of
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kings and in the second book is like
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passing on his responsibilities to
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Elijah ah the new prophet all right and
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and this is what I'm gonna be studying
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this morning second book and second
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Kings 2-1 to 17 this is where Elijah's
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gonna read to be taken up and then him
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and Elijah is a system at a time they go
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through this series of events and I
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looked at it years ago I mean I read
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that chapter and didn't really mean much
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to me but lately I mean like a few
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months ago I started reading it and Wow
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I was like wow that's a lot of things
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here that I don't fully understand and I
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still don't think I fully grasped it but
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um I just want to sure I share with you
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what I felt like the Holy Spirit again
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has revealed Isis paint are a couple of
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months on it you know it's we that's
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what we have to do really invest our
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time in really understanding what God is
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trying to teach this is digest stuff
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that's is therefore for us to just look
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at it and just you don't like just
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quickly glance over and just know you
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say meditate on it spend time on it
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allow this beautiful Ike enlightening
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you on it all right and this is why
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we're gonna study this morning
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what I do quickly is I read the chapter
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and I will give you the portions that
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I've studied and then we're gonna come
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up with our conclusion okay so this is
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second Kings 2-1 to 17 I'm using the ESV
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so now when the Lord was about to take a
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larger up to heaven by a worldwide
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Elijah and Elisha were on their way from
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Gilligan Gilligan all right
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when Elijah said to Elisha please stay
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here for the Lord has sent me as far as
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battle but Elijah said I asked the Lord
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lives and as you yourself leave I would
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not leave you so they went down to
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Bethel and the sons our prophet where we
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went better came out to Elisha and said
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whom do you know that today the Lord
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would take away your master from over
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you and he said yes I know it keep quiet
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and Elisha said to him Elijah please
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stay here for the Lord has sent me to
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Jericho what he said us the Lord leaves
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and I see yourself Lee I would not leave
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you so they came to Jericho the sons of
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prophet Jericho drew near to Elisha and
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said home do you know that today the
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Lord will take away your massa from over
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you and he answered yes I know keep
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quiet then Elisha said to him please
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stay here for the Lord has sent me to
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Jordan - Jordan what he said
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as the Lord lives and I see yourself
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leave I would not leave you so two of
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them went on fifty men of the sons of
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the Prophet also went and stood at some
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distance from them as they both were
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standing by the Jordan then I just took
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his cloak and rolled it up and struck
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the water and the water was parted to
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one side and to the other till the two
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of them could go over on dry ground when
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they had crossed
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Elijah said to Elisha ask what I shall
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do for you before I'm taken from from
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you and I should say please let that be
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a double portion of your spirit on me
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and you say you have asked a hard thing
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yet if you see me as I'm being taken
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from you it shall be so for you but if
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you do not see me shall not be so and I
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still went on and talked behold chariots
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of fire and horses of fire separated
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separated the two of them and like I
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went up by a whirlwind into heaven and
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Elisha saw it and he cried my father my
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father the shares of Israel in his horse
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pain and he saw him no more
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then he took hold of his own clothes and
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taught him in two pieces and he took up
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the cloak of Elisha that had fallen from
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him and he went back and stood on the
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bank of the Jordan then he took the
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cloak of
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fallen from him and struck the water
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saying where is the love the Lord the
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God of Elijah and when he has struck the
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water the water was parted to one side
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and to the other and Elijah went on over
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now when the sons are a prophet
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Jericho Psalm opposite them they said
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the spirit of Elijah pressed on Elijah
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and they came to him bowed to the ground
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before him and they said to him behold
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now there are with your servant 50
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strong men please let them go and seek
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your master and he made beat at the
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speed of the waters korimako and cosmic
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on some mountain or into some valley and
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he said you shall not st. but when they
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urge him until he was ashamed he said
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st. the center for fifty men and for
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three days I saw them but did not find
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him
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now I read a whole bunch of stuff here
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and it's like a lot of things in here
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somewhere some of it is repetitive but
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we'll figure it out and we'll study it
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and we'll know why it's there for our
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sake all right so now I have my
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powerpoint presentation here and I'm
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gonna go to it now the first thing they
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did was he went from gilga to Bethel to
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Jericho and the Jordan so what happened
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in Gilgal is what we want to know right
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the first thing was to understand this
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passage we have to know why he went from
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Gilligan to Bethel and to Jericho and
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through the Jordan right now in Joshua 5
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now this is recorded I don't ie which is
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God said to Joshua today I've rolled off
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from knew the stigma of Egypt
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this is why the take the place has been
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called Gil car rolling ever since which
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implies the taking away of reproach sins
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forgiveness and washing right so in
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Joshua 5 9 God is saying to Joshua today
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I have taken away your sins I've taken
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away your reproach I've taken away and
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I've forgiven you and I'm washing you
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right now keep that in mind so now what
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happened in Bethel God gave Jacob a new
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name in Bethel this is at the idea of
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identity and he called him Israel that's
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where God called Jacob Israel so right
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there he reiterated his promise and
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that's recorded in Genesis 35 I think
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the second chapter and God said whom
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your name is Jacob no
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we shall your name be called Jacob or
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Israel shall be your name so he called
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his name Israel and God said to him I'm
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God Almighty be fruitful and multiply a
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nation and a company of nations or come
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from you and king shall come from your
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own body now that's the promise that God
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gives to Jacob right there
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so now keep that in mind Elijah and
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Elijah they went from Gilgal to Bethel
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and from Bethel they are going out to
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Jericho right now let's see what happen
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in Jericho
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this is continued here Joshua Joshua is
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preparing to attack Jericho and his
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memory commander of the Lord's army the
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commander of the Lord army right
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and when Joshua was by Jericho he lifted
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up his eyes and looked and behold a man
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was standing before him with his drawn
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sword in his hand and Joshua went to him
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and say Tom are you for us of our
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adversaries and he said no but I'm the
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commander of the army of the Lord now
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I've come and Joshua fell on his face to
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the earth and worshiped and said home
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what does my lord said to a servant and
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the commander of the Lord's army said to
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Joshua take off your sandals from your
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feet for the place where you are
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standing is holy and Joshua did so the
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implications God is basically telling
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him this is my battle it has nothing to
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do with you it's all about me that's why
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he said no but I'm a command I'm the
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commander of the army after all so he's
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basically telling Joshua look this is
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not about you this is my fight so that
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has nothing to do with you so I'm not
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here playing side and stuff yes he was
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still gonna give the problems to Georgia
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but he was telling Josh that this is
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about my purposes this is about me this
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is my battle and this is the Battle of
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the Lord basically this is what is is
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him he's implying they're all right and
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the commander of the Lord's army that
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we'll get to at some point this is
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basically
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Jesus coming at a time and talking to
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Georgia at the time the commander of the
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Lord's army right now next they receive
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another promise now Elisha saying that
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he wanted a double portion of the spirit
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of Elijah was essentially saying that he
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wanted he wanted the reward of the
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firstborn
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right now if you look at the errata me
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let's go there real quick 21:17 now we
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look at the context here then when he
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comes time for him to pass his
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inheritance on to his sons he may not
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give the inheritance do due to the first
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one to the son of the Lord wife in place
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or the son of the unload one was in fact
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at first born no he must acknowledge as
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first born the son of the own law of
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wife by giving him a double portion of
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everything he owns for he is the first
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fruit of his manhood and the right of
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the first one is his now check this out
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all right keep that in mind and we're
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gonna go back to this now so Ally Elijah
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is basically asking Elijah I want a
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double portion of your spirit now Elijah
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says don't look I can't give you that he
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can give it to him because why Elijah
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does not own this spirit that was upon
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himself God the Father is the father of
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our spirit and the scripture says that
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he's the father of a spirit and I think
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that's why Elijah said you're asking for
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a hard thing and only God has the
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authority to do that
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Elijah couldn't give him the only God
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owns the speeder he has given us and
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Jesus Raider is the point when he
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mentioned the fact that among those born
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of men there hasn't been anyone greater
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than John but at least person in the
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kingdom of God is greater than him now
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we have been born of God if you have
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been born again of the Spirit of God and
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I've been seated in the heavenly realms
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and our co-heirs with Christ Ephesians
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2:1 6 talks about you can always go back
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and look at it yourself right now this
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is this is the again David I promise so
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this is well I just Elijah is asking
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Elijah is asking Elijah I want a double
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portion basically he's saying I want to
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reward off the firstborn and Elijah
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tells me I can give you there this is up
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to God to give it to you right now
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before we get to the last portion let's
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look at the sons of the Prophet the
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disciples or the Prophet why did he keep
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saying to Elijah do you know that your
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master will be taken from you today
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right let's look at it now this is what
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I'm thinking I'm suspecting that they
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were auditioning for the job it seems to
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me as if they were telling Elijah we
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have received a revelation you don't
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know about
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gasps fixed was basically this is what
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they were telling him they were kind of
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like ah this is how I interpret it maybe
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they were trying to rub it in his face
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saying I look and large it's gonna be
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taken away from you and we know how how
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Elijah was one of the greatest prophet
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in the Old Testament right I mean like I
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say maybe do a Robin in his face so we
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don't know and Ally Elijah says to them
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yes I know don't talk about it
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so maybe why Elijah was trying to tell
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him is this hey guys
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I've also been given the same revelation
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you've been given I know exactly what
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you're talking about so don't don't talk
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about it I know as it's interesting
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because before they even come to in the
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first time Elijah had order you tried to
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leave Elijah behind and he wouldn't turn
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away you know why because God's call is
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effective the effective god call of God
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right so now God's call we're gonna look
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at it now largely had his servant before
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Elijah became his servant but his
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servant deserted him when Jezebel was
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after him if you look at first King
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19:24 we're gonna look at real quick
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right first Kings 19 I hope you're
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following this it's a lot of things here
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that's what I'm saying like it's a lot
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like Elijah is being Elijah at a time
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he's being chased by um yes but then he
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was afraid and he arose and ran for his
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life and came to Beersheba
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which belongs to Judah and left he
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servant there well he himself went a
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day's journey into the wilderness and
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came sat down on their broom tree right
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so Elijah Hardy serving at a time and
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technically die guy would have been the
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new prophet right well I he I guess the
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he's former servant he didn't want to
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follow a ladder all the way he stopped
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so basically Elijah went into the desert
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alone and ask God for death but God had
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other plans and one of the plans was the
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call of Elijah
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now if you look at first Kings 19 6
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let's look at a real quick remember and
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he looked and behold I was at its head a
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cake
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actually let me let me go a little bit
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further down I I don't even know where
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460 1616 oh man
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I apologize and delay who the son of
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nimshi usual I'm going to be king over
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Israel and elisha the son of shaphat of
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a bellman hula you shall anoint to be
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prophet in your place the God himself
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had called Elijah though he said he will
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be prophet in his place right
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the God's call doesn't eliminate testing
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and faith without works is dead
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and light is still needed to make sure
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Elijah was ready for the work of a
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prophet God's call is effective he is
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the one who justifies us now keep that
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in mind God Himself I already called
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Elijah so why was the lightest tells
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testing Elijah he wanted to make sure
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this is really God's called so God does
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not eliminate testing all right so
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Elijah request an Elijah respond so now
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we're gonna go back and look at the
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request again now Elijah request I want
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a double portion I wanted reward off the
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firstborn the Holy Spirit because again
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the ostrich was moving to Elijah and
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Elijah tells about I want a double
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portion of that so we've all been given
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free fullness of Christ and we have his
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fullness dwelling in us that's what
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Jesus says among those born of man there
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has not been any one greater than John
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but the lease and the kingdom of God is
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greater than him why because we received
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the fullness of Christ we have the
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fullness of Christ to aluminous so a
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larger response and he said you have
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asked a hard thing yet if you see me as
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I'm being taken from you it shall be so
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for you but if you do not see me it
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shall not be so now let's look at her
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let's really analyze that and this is
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one talking about the implications the
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only other person that was allowed to
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see Elijah being taken his God the
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Chariots of Fire was sent by God and no
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one was given that privilege of seeing
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such greater vision beside the Sun
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Ephesians 2 say is we have been seated
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in the heavenly realms of Christ Jesus
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and we are co-heirs with Christ so it's
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not by accident that Jesus says the
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least in the kingdom of God is greater
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than John because we have been blessed
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with the fullness of Christ the first
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born to the first born was the only one
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at a time who could actually see
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and I just being taken away and any
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light and I just tells it like if you
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see me or somebody taken away from you
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then you receive your request basically
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you have been granted access to this the
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heavenly realms and you are seated with
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Christ so therefore you are receiving
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the reward of the firstborn because the
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firstborn dwells in here that's exactly
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where I like they were standing in a
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lighter right now Elijah distressed
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Elijah distressed enjoy now Elijah tells
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his clothes and happened at work where
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the god of a lighter but it's like oh
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did I miss it did I miss it maybe at the
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time he wasn't shot without his request
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was granted but let's remember God is
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the one who called him and as he picks
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up Elijah's mantle the Holy Spirit he
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hits the water and he gets parted and he
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works through it and all this is taking
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place right before the eyes of the
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Prophet on Jericho we say the spirit of
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Elijah does rest on Elijah yeah they are
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requesting an extra kind of pauses me a
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bit right now Jericho is prophet
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question the question that whether
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Elijah had been taken on a mountain and
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lavery peer pressure Elijah into giving
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in to their demands all that tells me is
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this that they didn't see the chariots
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of fire they did not see what was taking
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place
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they were sitting there watching this
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and tactic unfolding right before their
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eyes but they did they did they did
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acknowledge that he was the new prophet
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but they were still in disbelief that he
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had been chosen unless he was scripture
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say but Elijah's respond to them in
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verse 17 we are being told when they
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urge him until he was ashamed
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he said st. I put that in red because I
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thought about I was ashamed ashamed of
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what the way I interpret this is that he
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was embarrassed because of their
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unbelief right how many time was just
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embarrassed in his scriptures because of
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his peers unbelief because they did not
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believe remember they said whom do you
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know that today the Lord would take away
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your matter from over you so Elijah knew
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that is they certainly hadn't seen the
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Chariots of Fire
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because they were the one in the
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beginning saying you know right it's
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gonna be taken away from you basically
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saying we have a revelation that you
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don't have yet when it came down to the
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transfer
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responsibility Elijah was the one chosen
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because the Spirit of God was fully
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dwelling in him and those out of Prophet
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did not see what he saw
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you see weighing why Jesus says among
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those born of man there has not been
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anyone greater than John but at least
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personally the kingdom of heaven is
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greater than he is not about being
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better it's about having the fullness of
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Christ dwelling in you that's what this
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is all about and this is a picture of
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our salvation first they went from
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Gilgal to where better right God takes
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away our sins
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after all the way you're approached
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right and then he gives us a new
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identity he's saying you no longer gonna
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be called Jacob or Israel so basically
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he takes away our sins gives us a new
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identity in Christ and then he will read
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his promised was creation as his desire
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and guess what he fights the battle on
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our behalf through the power of the Holy
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Spirit that he freely has pour upon us
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for he sits us in the heavenly realms
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with Christ our Lord the firstborn to
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this entire thing that's taking place
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between Elijah and Elijah it is
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basically a picture of our salvation a
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picture of what takes place because we
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have been forgiven we've been given a
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new identity and we received the promise
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of the firstborn and God was with us he
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fight for us through the Holy Spirit our
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heels fully given us so we have
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everything remember Peter say his divine
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power has given us everything we need
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for life and godliness to our knowledge
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of Jesus who called us by his own glory
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and mercy and through this right here's
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this given us his gracious promises that
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so that through them we might escape the
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corruption of the world called by evil
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desires
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so basically Elijah is a picture of
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Christ fully
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dwelling in us and and this pastor just
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blown my mind I mean I looked at him
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like wow so how can I deny how can I
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deny that these descriptions are so
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filled with the truth you see what
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saying now hopefully this helped you
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maybe I was hours all over the places
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but I hope you've learned a couple of
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things this morning and and and and I
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hope this helped all right
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have a nice day and this is time from
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now and say how's the kicks because this
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is uh you can always go back on my
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website and look at more stuff ok thanks
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for watching and we're gonna in our
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study this morning