Today's story is called the chariot fire you mean something like a burning chariot
is that it wow sounds exciting let's hear the story first and see what it is all about
yes yes go on with the story great elijah was an obedient servant of god he was very pleased
with elijah's service towards him so god decided to take him to heaven without him having to die
another man named elisha traveled along with elijah learning from him how to serve god
one day elijah asked elisha to stay where they were while he went to bethel as god had
called him there no i will not be separated from you elisha said i want to go with you
so they both went to Bethel together elijah and elisha reached bethel there a few prophets came
up to elisha and said did you know that god is going to take your master away from you today
yes i know but i do not want to talk about it elisha shouted elijah once again asked elisha to
stay in bethel while he would go to jericho as god called him there elisha refused to stay back so
elijah took him along to jericho in jericho elisha met a few prophets who said
did you know that god is going to take away your master from you today yes i know he answered
elijah then came to elijah and said stay here elisha while i go to jordan river where the lord
has asked me to go once again elisha refused to go without his master
so they went together to the jordan river along with 50 prophets
elisha and the prophets watched elijah take off his robe and slab it on the waters of the jordan
river the prophets saw the river water divide and the two men walked through the dry ground
when they got to the other side elijah asked what can i do for you elisha before i am taken away
please make me your successor elisha answered that's a hard thing for me to do
elijah answered but if you see me while i'm being taken away then your wish will be granted
and if you don't then your wish will be unfulfilled suddenly a chariot of fire
pulled by horses of fire swooped down from heaven the chariot stopped right in between the two men
and carried away elijah to heaven elisha saw this entirely he picked up elijah's robe and returned
to jordan river he struck the water with it like elijah had done the water parted and he walked
through the dry ground when the prophets saw this they shouted elisha is the successor of elijah
they all ran to meet him while they sent men to look for elijah elisha told them not to
search for elijah but they sent the men anyway fifty men searched for elijah for three days
but couldn't find him when they returned to elisha and told him about it he said i told you so wow
a fire chariot pulled by horses of fire wow holy tales today's story is about how david honored his
promise made to his friend jonathan when jonathan and david declared their lifelong friendship
jonathan asked an important favor from david he knew that one day david would become the king and
when that happened he would show kindness to any member of jonathan's family who were still around
after jonathan's death david remembered the promise he made to his friend but he was not
sure if any family members of saul's or jonathan's were still alive he called for a man named siba
who had once been a loyal servant to king saul david asked zeba is there anyone still alive
from king saul's family if yes then i would like to show god's kindness to the person
zeba replied i know that one of jonathan's son is still alive his name is mephibosheth
david immediately sent for him mephibosheth came in front of david but was terrified he
knew his grandfather king saul tried many a times to kill david and he thought david wanted to kill
him for saul's actions don't be afraid david assured him i mean no harm i want to help you
i had made a promise to your father that i will always be kind to his family and i would like to
honor that promise i would return you all the land that once belonged to your grandfather however i
would like if you live here in the palace with me mephibosheth was overcome with gratefulness
he fell to the ground crying as he thanked david for showing such kindness towards him
david called for zeba once again and informed him that he had returned all the land to mephibosheth
which once belonged to king saul david said to ziva i would like you
your sons and your men to farm the land for his family so that they have enough food
however mephibosheth will live in the palace here with me since then ziva his sons
and his servants farmed the land for mephibosheth while methibashad lived in the palace with david
like his own son tubby gumbo i honor to keep all promises i made to both of you
and i declare you both as my lifelong friends the holy tales today i'm going to tell you a
story about how god gave back life to a widow's son after he died well that sounds interesting
god took good care of elijah even when the carrot ravine dried up he asked elijah to go to zarephath
and seek help from a widowed woman he said he had instructed her to provide elijah with food
and water elijah entered the village of zerefat and immediately saw a woman picking up sticks
he asked the woman to bring him some water as the woman went in he called for some bread too
she said i do not have a single piece of bread in my house i only have some flour
and a little cooking oil left i was picking up these sticks to make the last loaf of bread
after which my son and i will die starving elijah assured her not to be afraid go ahead and make
your last meal for you and your son but before that make a small loaf of bread for me and you'll
see that you still have enough food for you and your son until god sends rain for the crops again
the widow did exactly what elijah asked her to do after that every time she needed to make bread she
had enough flour and oil left in the jars no matter how much she used she always had some
left over to feed herself and her son just as god promised a little while later the widow's
son fell very ill his health worsened every single day and finally he died the widow was heartbroken
she sent for elijah and said to him why did you keep us alive only to let my son die now
elijah carried the boy's body to his own room and laid the body on his bed he prayed to god
oh god why have you brought such pain on this woman who took such good care of me
please god let the child's life return god answered elijah's prayers and gave back
life to the child elijah then took the child to his mother she said now i know
that you are a man of god and he speaks through you that was an amazing story holy i loved it
i am glad now let's see how much you kids have paid attention the question for today is
what was the name of the place where god asked elijah to go after the carrot ravine dried up
is it Zerafat did i pronounce it correctly yes you did tubby these kids surely have a lot of fun
and i hope you do too we'll be back with a new story from the bible soon until next time