Christians why was Elijah taken up in a Chariot of Fire and never tasted death?
THE BATTLE AXE: Of Sure Hope and Certainty (09/05/2013)—(4.) In contrast to having goals (planned actions with their desired outcomes and results), to have hope is to be aware that possibilities exist that are not yet present, or visible. Hope may be understood as an emotional, fanciful and informal awareness of potential and possibility. What we are hoping for as Christian believers should not contradict or undermine our spiritual beliefs and convictions. Like those who label strong ambition, covetousness, or desire for goods and social recognition as godliness, those rebelling against GOD are those pursuing vain hope. In general, vain hope centers upon acquiring things made through human effort, and attaining selfish goals. Vain hope does not provide spiritual comfort, does not edify, further or reinforce spiritual belief and understanding, and does not move and urge others to fruitful spiritual action. Believers experience hope as a product of the interaction among the inseparable aspects of their own divine content such as faith, holiness, love, truth and wisdom as well as through well-defined sacred operations that include forgiveness, judgment, holy matrimony, rebirth, and repentance. Because the hopes of a Christian believer are communal, detailed, hallowed and specific, hope is indispensable to Christian belief. Hope is a duty, an obligation, and a seal upon the believer that further sanctifies and sets the believer apart for sacred service. See Proverbs 16: 25, Numbers 23: 19, Psalms 127: 1-2 and Hebrews 11: 1-6, KJV.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. (Isaiah 64: 1-9, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Recognizing True Prophets (05/02/2013); Jesus, A Party Animal? (05/03/2013); Why A “Spokesperson”? (01/14/2013); No Contradictions? (01/15/2013); Life and Death (09/26/2012); Mob Rule and Violence (09/27/2012); Nostradamus (09/10/2012); Unanswered Prayers? (09/11/2012)
Carl, here are a few points I may share as a Christian believer:
(1.) Elijah taken up by a chariot of fire is a prophetic demonstration, a peculiar event or set of actions that depict alternative paths for outcomes among the people of GOD (i.e., supply warning), and that proclaim divine intent using visual cues instead of words. The prophet who was challenged to publicly eat cow dung is often identified as the greatest example of this device used by GOD (see Ezekiel 4: 1-17, KJV). However, along with spoken declarations, instructions, proclamations and promises, most of the prophets are seen employing and relying upon some form of demonstration. Included are the baptism of John the Baptist, and Agabus giving caution to the Apostle Paul in the New Testament (see John 1: 6-34, and Acts 21: 10-11, KJV).
(2.) Like Moses called to the top of Mt. Sinai (Deuteronomy 4: 5-20, KJV), Jesus cursing the fig tree (Mark 11: 12-26, KJV), and the accounts of fire being called from heaven (2 Kings 1: 1-18 and Luke 9: 51-56, KJV), the chariot of fire depicts final judgment. Mature believers are not depressed or frightened by these prophesies for they correctly receive them as evidence that there absolutely will be divine mercy and righteousness in judgment.
There is far more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually understood. For example, (3.) Enoch in the Book of Genesis was the first reported mortal who did not die after living under the sentence of death that had been passed upon Adam and all his descendants. Enoch was translated (see Hebrews 11: 5, KJV). Final judgment also signals the end of death and mortality; mankind will be transformed to exist as immortal and incorruptible.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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