Title: Miracles of the Old and New Testaments
Topic: Trinity
Summary: We ponder the divine omnipotence as it manifests in Old and New Testament miracles. Elijah has 102 people consumed with fire and Paul strikes someone blind, but Jesus' miracles are almost never harsh. Why?
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
2 Kings 6:4-7; 5:14; 1:9-12; 2:23; 19:35; 6:18
Mark 11:12-14, 20; 5:1-end
John 14
Acts of the Apostles 5:1; 6:8; 8:5-8; 9:9; 13:4
2 Thessalonians 1:7
#135 Miracles of Jesus vs. Miracles of the Old Testament
Door Jonathan S. Rose
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 4/10/2013. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
2 Kings 1:9-12
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Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'"
10
Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
11
Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down quickly!'"
12
Elijah answered them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
