Don’t Lose Your Focus – Part 2

2 Kings 2:1 KJV

1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

GILGAL:

1. The manna ceased
2. The cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night departed
3. It is also a placed where the Israelites who came out of Egypt who were not circumcised had to be circumcised.
4. It is known as a place of rolling away of the flesh.
5. It is also a place of new beginnings.
6. Gilgal is a place of pain and learning to walk by faith and not by sight.
7. It is also a place of healing.
8. This is a place where they had to learn to sow and work the soil and reap their own harvest.

2 Kings 2:2-3 KJV

2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Beth–el. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth–el.

3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth–el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

BETHEL:

1. Means house of God
2. A place of surrender
3. This is the place where Jacob had a visitation from God on his way to Laban’s house as he ran from his twin brother Esau. He saw angels ascending and descending to heaven and back to the earth. Genesis 28:10-22

2 Kings 2:4 KJV

4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

JERICHO:

1. The two spies were sent to Jericho to spy out the land
2. THEY BROUGHT BACK GOOD NEWS FROM JERICHO

Joshua 2:9-16,22-24 KJV

9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.

10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:

13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.

15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.

3. The entrance of the Promised Land
4. The place where Joshua met the Captain of the Lord’s host
5. Supernatural strategies that lead to great victories are given here
6. The place of warfare – This is the beginning of your battles with giants
7. The place where demonic walls come tumbling down
8. Jericho is also a place of testing. Achan failed at Jericho and stolen dedicated things that belonged to the Lord.
9. Achan has to go.
10. Blind Bartimaeus received his sight at Jericho

2 Kings 2:5-6 KJV

5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.

Jordan:

1. The place where God showed that as he was with Moses he will be with you
2. The Jordan dried up for Joshua and they marched over on dry land.
3. The place where the double portion anointing is received
4. John saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Jesus
5. God’s voice also came out of heaven here
6. Jesus was baptized here
7. A place of transition
8. A place of new beginnings
9. A place of new vision My father my father the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof.
10. Elisha tore his mantle here.

2 Kings 2:7-15 KJV

7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.

10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.

11 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 whirlwind into heaven.

12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.