1. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES

2. Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over. 2 Kings 2:2:13-14

3. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES 1. Both were appointed by Elijah

4. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. Malachi 4:5

5. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist. Matthew 17:13

6. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES 1. Both were appointed by Elijah 2. Both were anointed at the Jordan 3. Both were miracle workers 4. Both saw the true battle

7. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven… Luke 10:18

8. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES 1. Both were appointed by Elijah 2. Both were anointed at the Jordan 3. Both were miracle workers 4. Both saw the true battle 5. Both ministered to gentiles 6. Both lived among men

9. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us… John 1:14

10. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES 1. Both were appointed by Elijah 2. Both were anointed at the Jordan 3. Both were miracle workers 4. Both saw the true battle 5. Both ministered to gentiles 6. Both lived among men 7. Both brought life from their death

11. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES Elisha died and was buried. Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet. 2 Kings 13:20-21

12. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES 1. Both were appointed by Elijah - We are appointed by Jesus (John 20:21) 2. Both were anointed at the Jordan - We have the Spirit without measure (John 3:34) 3. Both were miracle workers - We can do greater things than these (John 14:12) 4. Both saw the true battle - We know where the true battle is (Ephesians 6:12)

13. PRIESTS, PROPHETS & PROTEGES 5. Both ministered to gentiles - We’re called to the nations (Luke 24:47) 6. Both lived among men - We’re in the world but not of it (1 Peter 2:9) 7. Both brought life from their death - We can bring life from death (2 Corinthians 4:11)