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Faith in the Face of Apostasy: The Gospel according to Elijah & Elisha is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this helpful volume, Raymond B. Dillard explains the stories of Elijah and Elisha in the context of redemptive history. As prophets of God, Elijah and Elisha sought to restore God’s covenant with his wayward people. They pointed forward to a better prophet to come who would satisfy the terms of the covenant despite Israel’s covenant breaking. In the power and spirit of Elijah, John the Baptist...

Moses, God had provided food and water for Israel during her forty years in the wilderness (Ex. 17; Num. 11; 20), and now he provides Elijah with food and water that will carry him for forty days (1 Kings 19:8). Moses had encountered God at Mount Sinai, and now God leads Elijah to that same place. There Elijah, like Moses, would experience the presence of God in the wind, earthquake, and fire (Ex. 19:16–19). The cave where Elijah took refuge (1 Kings 19:9) reminds us of the cleft in the rock that
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