1. The meaning and significance of “the ______________ of ____________” (vv. 1-2).
2. Observe the _____________ removed and paradise restored (v 3)!
3. Rejoice in the _________________ of the vision of God and His illuminating _________________ (vv. 4-5)!
The series opens in the aftermath of Elijah’s ascension, read as a signpost toward the heavenly kingdom against the existentialist’s flat despair. Elisha’s cleansing of the poisoned spring becomes, in this light, a picture of the living water John sees flowing from the throne in Revelation 22.