Biblical Prophets - Bible Study Online
We find that the Gilgal Prophet Academy was enjoying a time of increase when it came to their enrollment of new students. Their numbers in young prophets had grown to the point, to where they needed to expand. The size of their rooms were becoming to strait for them to live in. It shouldn't surprise us, with all of the miracles that Elisha was performing it wouldn't be hard to see how he attracted many who would want to learn under him. To be able to have immediate and personal access to a prophet like Elisha was definitely an honor and privilege. If the students needed teaching, counseling, or intercessory prayer? Elisha was available for these young prophets to meet with whenever they needed him to. Because of their great teaching that they were receiving form Elisha, we find that the students had very humble spirits. Instead of them going out and requesting special and expensive materials for their expansion, they were willing to go out as a team and do the work themselves. Besides, it would had been very hard for them to go to their government for aid with Ahab's youngest son Jehoram sitting on throne consulting with his mother Jezebel who was still operating behind the scenes. Although poor, they were still industrious hard working men who refused to be idle. "Look the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Let us go to the river Jordan where each of us can get a pole, and let us build a place there for us to live," the students would ask their master. After Elisha had given them permission to go and build them a new place, we would find that they wanted instruction and guidance from their master Elisha. "Won't you please come with your servants?" as they pleaded with the prophet. "I will," Elisha told them as they all got up and headed out towards the river Jordan. A short while later after the prophets arrived at the river Jordan; we find that they began to cut down trees. Then all of a sudden while one student was chopping down his tree, the iron axhead he was using had become loose and flew off into the river. We find that on top of being hard working, industrious, and humble men of little means. They were honest men as well, for the young prophet wasn't concern with losing the axhead, but since the cutting tool was borrowed and not his, he was more concern with not being able to return the axhead back to the original owner. "Oh, my lord it was borrowed!" the young prophet would cry out to his master. "Where did the axhead fall?" Elisha would ask him. When the young prophet had showed him where the iron axhead had fell in the river Jordan, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the river Jordan in the place where the iron axhead had fallen. Immediately the iron axhead began to float on the top of the water, "Lift it out," Elisha would tell the young prophet. So he reached out and took hold of it while it was floating on top of the river. Start at the Beginning: Elijah the Fire Prophet 13) Elijah and the Chariot of Fire 15) Elisha - She Bears Attacking 17) The Blood Water 19) Shunammite's Son Raised From The Dead 20) Elisha and the Pot of Death 22) <-CURRENT PAGE-> 24) The Siege of the Dark Famine 26) The Shunammite's Divine Provision 27) Hazael Anointed Syrian King 29) Jehu Is Anointed King of Israel 30) The Demise of Jehoram & Ahaziah 
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