Just before Elijah was to be taken up into heaven, by a whirlwind, he gave Elisha (his successor) a parting wish; asking, “What shall I do for thee, before I be taken away from thee?” And Elisha said: “I pray thee, let a 'double portion' of thy spirit be upon me.” [2 Ki 2:9]
Then Elijah made a prophetic statement, when he said: “If thou see me when I am taken away from thee, it shall be so unto thee.” [2 Ki 2:10] Doesn't this look and sound familiar? cf [Acts 2:2-9] “While (the disciples) beheld, (Christ) was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”
Before He was caught up into heaven, Jesus “commanded” His disciples not to leave Jerusalem (but to “wait”) until they “received” the “promise” of the Father's “power.” [Acts 2:4]
In another instance, Jesus told His disciples that “the Spirit” of truth, who had been “with” them, would also ultimately be “in” them; and therein is the “new covenant” “double portion” of the Spirit; prefigured in the Old Testament, and fulfulled in the New Testament... which is God “with” us and “in” us; as the inner source of our “power,” to do His will. [Jn 14:17]
ThenSingsMySoul:
COME, HOLY SPIRIT, WE NEED YOU,
COME, HOLY SPIRIT, WE PRAY,
COME WITH YOUR STRENGTH AND YOUR POWER,
COME, IN YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY!
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