Elijah and Elisha

Elijah and Elisha were prophets who opposed the Baal in Israel. Before Israel’s exile, Israel was divided into two kingdoms, in which Elijah and his successor, Elisha represented the last of the great spiritual heroes. Their movement in northern Israel working against King Ahab and Jezebel helped diminish the growing evil that was filling Israel. This allowed Elijah and Elisha to become Israel’s miracle workers instead of leaders, before the end of Israel. Both great prophets in the Old Testament., Elijah and Elisha had many similarities, there were also many differences that set them apart from each other. Both Elijah and Elisha were empowered by God in ways a normal every day person would not be allowed to; extraordinary ways. Elijah and Elisha both had their ministries in which miracles were the most important key in their role. Elijah and Elisha predicted rain in the time of drought. In 1 Kings 17:1, Elijah declared a drought and then disappeared, since God told him to go east of the Jordan, where Ravens would feed him. He was away from public view, and it as if it’s Elijah’s way of announcing the curse to pass, since God had declared sin in the nation to be answered by drought. After a few years had passed, God tells Elijah “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land” (I Kings 18:1). In the same aspect, but a different circumstance, Elisha had a weather prediction as well. Elisha did not approach a king, but rather three kings came to visit him. The three kings requested Elisha seeks the Lord on their behalf. He took a positive response, because not only would the kings get their way, but the Lord’s water would overflow. Another almost too similar to be considered an accident was both their miracles with oil. Both Elijah and Elisha had events with a widow. In both events the widow had a small pot of olive oil, and in both events the widow was able to keep pouring the oil to solve her dilemma. The only difference was in Elijah’s case,