CLEAN- podcast 20, Widow of Zarephath & Son

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/clean-podcast-20-widow-of-zarephath-son/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><ul><li>Reanimation = back from the dead.</li><li>Why this is important will be explained more fully in the 10th reanimation podcast.</li><li>How does this tie in with the theme of purity? Keep in mind that in Jewish thought, death is associated with uncleanness.</li><li>Some positive feedback: <i>"I'm enjoying CLEAN in '17. Very needed lessons. I've often wondered if impurity is like a story I once heard about a dirty river. The teller of the story said that once pollutants stopped being poured in the river, the river over time 'got pure' again, which is such a hope of mine, as I've struggled to live purely during my whole Christian life. Thank you again. Life giving-rebukes these are!"</i></li></ul><p><strong>Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-24; 2 Kings 4:34-35; Luke 16:29-31; Luke 4:25-26 </strong></p><ul><li>This miracle and the next are very similar: children of older parents being brought back to life. There are multiple parallels between the lives and miracles of Elijah and his protégé and successor, Elisha.</li><li>Sidon (v.9) is in modern Lebanon, well north of the land of Israel.</li><li>Elijah asks for water, then bread. It seems she fears he may soon ask her for something she doesn’t have.</li><li>Notice the defeatist attitude of the widow (v.12).</li><li>Elijah requests food (v.13). Often the Lord asks us to take action – to do something specific – before he grants our wish.</li><li>The supply of flour and oil  -- essentially, the basic stuff of mealtime – will not run out, as long as it is needed (v.14). God is not a stingy giver.</li><li>Some time later there is another problem: The woman’s son is dying (v.17). The brain and heart may still be working, but every outward indication is that he has given up the ghost.</li><li>Or not. He may already be dead.</li><li>This is a triple tragedy:<