Reformingstudent
Puritan Board Junior
Here is something I wondered about. In 1 Kings 19:4 Elijah
is in such despair that he begs God to take his life:
And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.
Does this verse here: (1Ki 19:16 And you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.) mean that God answered his prayer for death and was having him get his affairs in order so Elisha
would take his place as God's prophet? I know James 5:17 says that he was a man of like passions as we are and that God answered his prayer that it may not rain in Israel and it didn't for three years and six months. If he was such a great man of prayer and faith is it possible than that God heard his prayer that he die and answered it? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks.
is in such despair that he begs God to take his life:
And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.
Does this verse here: (1Ki 19:16 And you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.) mean that God answered his prayer for death and was having him get his affairs in order so Elisha
would take his place as God's prophet? I know James 5:17 says that he was a man of like passions as we are and that God answered his prayer that it may not rain in Israel and it didn't for three years and six months. If he was such a great man of prayer and faith is it possible than that God heard his prayer that he die and answered it? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks.