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Bible Reading Plan | October 6, 2024


 

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE


The prophet Elijah was succeeded by the prophet Elisha, the latter performed even more miracles than the former. The reason may be the request he made before Elijah was taken up into heaven. Elijah had been faithful to the Lord. Now, Elisha asked for a double portion of that faithful spirit. So as you read today, follow the Lord and the example of faithful people who have gone before. Do so, and you cannot go wrong.

 

(2 Kings 2:8-14) 8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground. 9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied. 10 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise, it will not.”

 

11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.

 

13 Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

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