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A Real Chariot of Fire Better than Any 80’s Movie!

Comic books and cartoons entertain our children and dazzle their minds, but are we teaching our children the marvels of the Almighty God that are found in Scripture?  Everything in the comic books, cartoons and video games is “make believe,” but everything in the Bible is real! It really happened!  Every single detail occurred exactly as the Bible says it did!

Do your children know the amazing things that they can read in the Old and New Testaments?  Have they had their imaginations peaked by the awesome events described in the Bible—the very book which is sitting on the shelf right there in their room?

Sit down and read the second chapter of Second Kings, “when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind” (2:1).  Read about the prophets in Bethel and Jericho intensifying the scene, as they forewarned Elisha, “Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today?” (2:3, 5).  Read as the passage escalates and Elisha reiterates to Elijah (three separate times), “I will not leave you!” (2:2, 4, 6).  Picture the fifty prophets watching from a distance, longing to catch a glimpse of the coming occurrence.  Watch as Elijah takes his cloak, rolls its up and snaps the water of the Jordan River (2:8).  Wait a minute!  Where is the water going?  It’s rolling back in both directions, just like in the days of Joshua!  What did Elijah just say to Elisha about seeing him when he is taken away (2:10)?

As if all that was not striking enough, Hollywood can only dream about replicating the actual wonder that happened next.  “Suddenly!”  It came that swift and unexpected!  “A chariot of fire appeared” right between Elijah and Elisha (2:11).  What is a chariot of fire?  What does it look like?  It’s not made of wood, metal or fiberglass!  It’s composed of…fire!  How big was it?  Was anyone in it?  The fiery chariot appeared “with horses of fire”!  These horses were not “on fire”—they were fire.  How many horses were there?  Did they make “horse noises”?  Elijah and Elisha were walking and talking, and then boom!  A chariot of fire with horses of fire came right between them!

And, without any other details at all (God wants you to use your imagination), “Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” (2:11).  Did the chariot and horses create the whirlwind?  Were they the whirlwind?  Was Elijah in the chariot?  Could they see him?  Was he waving?  What did it sound like?  What did it smell like?  What did it look like?

Our God did some amazing things in these Bible stories!  And rather than pictures on a glossy paper or a flatscreen TV, God lets you use the canvas of your imagination to paint the scenes.  Do your children know these real events in Bible history?  Do you?  Our God is an awesome God!