Elijah Rapture Archetype

Are we willing to give the little bit that we are depending on sustaining us to God?  Are we willing to risk what little we have for all that he has prepared for us?

Elijah:  God

Widow:  Holy Spirit

Son:  man-child of Revelation 12

Notice it is in chapter 17 the number for ordinal completion (10) + (7) spiritual perfection, and has 24 verses, the number for heavenly government.

1 Kings 17

 1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

 2And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

 3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

 4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

 5So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

 6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

Spiritual feeding must come first before a significant happening in God’s plan.

 7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

This is a signal for a time to move.  God is merciful in showing us the way.  Jacob sent his sons and then went up to Egypt during a famine.

 8And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

 9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

 10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

Bringing water a symbol of faithfulness, and obedience to God’s word.  Similar to Rebecca who watered the camels, which is also a Bride/Rapture model.

 11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

 12And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

Two sticks = cross, bearing the cross of Christ.  During a drought desperate spiritual times.

 13And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

 14For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

God is saying, if you trust what little you have into my hands, I will sustain you until the day I come for you/send rain, which is spiritual rain upon the land.  The meal is for our physical sustenance and the oil is representative of the Holy Spirit for our spiritual nourishment.

 15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

 16And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

 17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

This son is a model of the man-child in Revelation and it is the breath of life that God gives us.  He breathes life into us.  At the time of the end the breath of the son will nearly pass away.  This ties in directly with the Royal Official’s son Rapture Archetype when Jesus raised his son (see Royal Official and Samaritan teaching).

 18And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

The Holy Spirit intercedes for us.  The Holy Spirit asks God and reminds him to forget our sins that are covered in his son’s blood.  This is why this woman who is representative of the Holy Spirit is described as a widow.  Jesus has died, and so the woman is a widow and reminds God that the son need not be slain since Jesus has already paid the price.

 19And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, (pregnancy reference) and carried him up into a loft, (caught up, Rapture reference) where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

Just as the scripture in Revelation regarding the woman and the man-child birth and Rapture:

Revelation 12

 1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

 5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

 20And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

 21And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

 22And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

Notice his soul is revived and returns in the upper room and then Elijah takes him down to his mother and says “thy son liveth”.

 23And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

 24And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

Blessings,

Tony