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Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire by Giuseppe Angeli, c. 1740 Elijah's chariot in the whirlwind. Fresco, Anagni Cathedral, c. 1250. According to 2 Kings 2:3–9, Elisha (Eliseus) and "the sons of the prophets" knew beforehand that Elijah would one day be assumed into heaven. Elisha asked Elijah to "let a double portion" of Elijah's "spirit ...
Elijah, in company with Elisha, approaches the Jordan River. He rolls up his mantle and strikes the water. The water immediately divides and Elijah and Elisha cross on dry land. Suddenly, a chariot of fire appears and Elijah is lifted up to heaven in a whirlwind. As Elijah is lifted up, his mantle falls to the ground and Elisha picks it up.
The Christian Old Testament, which is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible, follows the Jewish narrative and mentions that Enoch was "taken" by God, and that Elijah was bodily assumed into Heaven on a chariot of fire. [5] [6] Jesus is considered by the vast majority of Christians to have died before being resurrected and ascending to heaven.
The line from the poem "Bring me my Chariot of fire!" draws on the story of 2 Kings 2:11 , where the Old Testament prophet Elijah is taken directly to heaven: "And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a ...
The National Gallery of Art in Washington has an oil painting made for San Giorgio in Alga, Venice, of Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire among its Samuel H. Kress Collection pictures. [ 4 ] References
The noun merkavah "thing to ride in, cart" is derived from the consonantal root רכב r-k-b with the general meaning "to ride". The word "chariot" is found 44 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible—most of them referring to normal chariots on earth, [5] and although the concept of the Merkabah is associated with Ezekiel's vision (), the word is not explicitly written in Ezekiel 1.
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