Transcript Elijah is Taken up to Heaven - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of

Elijah is Taken up to
Heaven
Elijah’s Time
• God told Elijah that he
would soon be with Him
in Heaven.
• Elijah was really happy
but he was afraid that
Elisha, his disciple,
would be sad that Elijah
was leaving him.
• So Elijah wanted to go
away for a while.
• Elijah: My son, I am going on a journey...stay
here.
• Elisha: Where to?
• Elijah: To Bethel.
• Elisha: let me come with you. I cannot leave
you.
• Elisha was so insistent that he agreed to let
Elisha come with him.
• On the way: Elijah said: Take care of your
service and be honest till death.
• When they got to Bethel,
some prophets came up
to Elisha and asked him,
“ do you know that the
Lord is going to take
Elijah away from you
today?”
• Elisha told them not to
keep bringing it up
because it would just
increase his grief! 
Road trip!
• Elijah told Elisha that he was going to go on another
trip, this time he was going to go to Jericho.
• Same thing happened, Elisha would not let Elijah go
without him!
• Elijah and Elisha were traveling and they came
across the Jordan river…They wanted to cross it, but
how?
Parting of the Jordan!?
• Elijah remembered the splitting of the Red Sea
in the times of Moses. So he took his cloak off,
and struck the water with it.
• The water divided and he and Elisha crossed the
Jordan easily.
• Elijah laid his hand on Elisha’s shoulder and
advised him as what he should do in his service
then he tested him by saying: What do you want
me to do for you before I am taken away?
• Elisha said: Let me inherit a double share of your
spirit as in receiving this I will be successful in
performing my message.
• Elijah said to him: If you see me as I am being
taken from you, it shall be so for you.
Elijah is taken up
• Suddenly, a chariot of fire came
down being pulled by horses, it
came between Elijah and Elisha
and took Elijah away but his cloak
fell from him onto Elisha.
• In grief, Elisha went back, wept
and prayed saying, “O Lord, I
have lost a precious thing…losing
an army could be endured but
losing Elijah could not be
endured”.
• But God comforted him by telling
him that He would be with him
just as He was with Elijah
Conclusion
• Elisha was a very good disciple of Elijah and he
was very obedient to his teacher. Therefore,
God gave Elisha double the spirit of his teacher
and was with him as He was with Elijah.
Memory Verse
• “Praise the Lord. Praise
the Lord in His sanctuary.
Praise Him in his mighty
firmament”
(Psalm150:1)