{"id":11465,"date":"2023-06-16T09:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=11465"},"modified":"2023-06-16T09:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T13:48:23","slug":"elijah-forshadows-christ","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/elijah-forshadows-christ","title":{"rendered":"ELIJAH FORSHADOWS CHRIST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<cite>\u201cThen the Lord said to Elijah, \u201cGo and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.\u201d\u201d (1 Kings 17:8-9 NLT).<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>After Elijah warned King Ahab about the coming drought in Israel, he fled to the wilderness. Eventually, the Lord sent Elijah out of Israel to the land of Sidon, where God had commanded a widow to provide for his needs. In this way, God both protected Elijah from Ahab and provided for his needs during the drought and resulting famine. It also showed the Lord\u2019s care for the widow and her son. For even though they were not Israelites, God used Elijah to meet their physical needs and to impact their faith in Him. For though Israel was chosen to be God\u2019s very own people, they were chosen in order that God might bless all the nations of the world. For God promised Abraham that \u201cin your Seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed\u201d (Gen. 22:18).<br \/><br \/>And that \u201cSeed\u201d is Jesus. For Jesus is the fulfillment of the promise that Elijah\u2019s ministry foreshadowed. That Jesus would be the mediator of God\u2019s blessing to the Jew first and then to the Greek. <br \/><br \/>PRAYER: Dear Father, thank You for Your provision and protection, but most of all thank You for Jesus. Yet, Your desire for the nations continues. We feel the passion of Your Spirit in us for carrying the gospel to the ends of the earth. Strengthen us this day to accomplish this great commission You have given us through Jesus, Your Son. In His name we pray, amen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThen the Lord said to Elijah, \u201cGo and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.\u201d\u201d (1 Kings 17:8-9 NLT). After Elijah warned King Ahab about the coming drought in Israel, he fled to the wilderness. Eventually, the Lord sent Elijah out of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1278],"scripture-chapter":[1350],"oyb_day":[1694],"location":[],"class_list":["post-11465","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-1-kings","scripture-chapter-1350","oyb_day-june-16"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/11465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11465"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=11465"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=11465"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=11465"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=11465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}