2 Kings 2:12
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What does 2 Kings 2:12 mean?
And Elisha saw it
The ascension of Elijah to heaven, the manner of it, and all
relative to it, as the disciples saw the ascension of Christ,
between which and this there is a great agreement, see ( Acts 1:9 Acts 1:10 ) , and so
Elisha had the token by which he might expect to have the double
portion, as the disciples after the ascension of Christ had an
extraordinary effusion of the Spirit and gifts upon them:
and he cried, my father, my father;
or my master, my master, as the Targum; Elijah being a father to
Elisha, and the rest of the prophets, in the same sense as
disciples of the prophets are called sons:
the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof;
who was a greater defence to Israel, and was of more service to
them by his instructions and prayers, than an army consisting of
chariots and horsemen; so the Targum,
``he was better to Israel by his prayers than chariots and horsemen:''and he saw him no more;
he was carried up in the above manner into the heaven of heavens, out of the sight of mortals, and never seen more, but at the transfiguration of Christ on the mount:
and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two
pieces;
not on account of Elijah's case and circumstances, who was now in
a most happy and glorious state and condition, but as lamenting
his own loss, and the loss of the public.
