Ok, Elisha might not have headed off to heaven in a fiery chariot like Elijah. But in death, he did bring another back to life. Pretty cool and messianic, wouldn't you say? And a real thrill, I would imagine, for the Israelites doing the burying of what they thought was and would remain a dead body. In their haste to avoid a group of Moabite raiders, the burial crew throw the mans body they were burying into Elisha's tomb. When the man's body touches Elisha's bones, he comes back to life. The story ends there leaving one to wonder what about the Moabite raiders? Did they witness the miracle, too, and hightail it in fear? Did the resurrected dead man take up a sword and help his brothers fight the Moabite raiders? Did he get killed a second time in the battle and the other Israelites shrug and bury him again? This time in another hole? And so no one believed their story when they got home? Did others try to bring their loved ones back to life by touching the bones of Elisha? Does this count as another Elisha miracle?
Lord knows...I would have loved to have been there to see how everyone reacted when they threw the body in the tomb...only to have it walk out and tap them on the shoulder.
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