WHAT ELIJAH’S MANTLE MAY SIGNIFY “We answer; we believe that the peoples of earth, the public in general, are to be judged by the truth. The people are represented by waters. It would seem that in some way the people are to be judged and tested; and that a division of public sentiment is to be caused, in connection with the truth. Waters are to be separated from waters, people from people, and the truth being received by some and…
It is expected that by this time (i.e. during the Hour of Trial) that the great signs and miraculous wonders first begun in the Church of England (the two horned beast which came up out of the earth, Rev 13:11, 13) would have spread throughout all of Christendom and that the False Prophet would be the chief or prominent figure in the propagation and operation of these deceiving wonders. Now understand this false prophet is known only as such by…
The “*sons of the prophets” (theologians) will disbelieve that the Elijah, the true Church has been taken; but upon the class who shall see (the Elisha class who believe it to be so), a double portion of the Elijah spirit comes. No wonder if this class becomes awake to the grandeur and importance of their work, when they realize the establishment of the kingdom–the glorifying of the Elijah class. And this is shown in type. Elisha received the double portion…
Before translating Elijah, the Lord arranged that he should prepare and instruct his successor, and sent him to Elisha as such. (1 Kings 19:16). So, if we have found Elijah to represent the over-comers, the “Bride” or “Body” of Christ, we might reasonably infer that Elisha is the representative of those who shall succeed the over-comers, as the Lords mouth-piece on earth; hence our interest in his career. From the time of his call to be the successor, Elisha followed…