Raising Of Jarius'son Essay

In the case of the raising of the widow’s son by Elijah began with the woman and her family receiving the incredible and miraculous provisions of God since the visit of the prophet Elijah. Each day, their flour and oil was sufficient for them showing the continual miracle of God on their behalf. But then suddenly a change occurred. The happy days of provision was soon met with darkness, a sickness and death of the son. By loosing her son, not only did the widow loose her only son but also any hope of a future. The son would grow and would provide for her in her old age, but now the son has died. After the death of her son, it seems as though the widow blamed Elijah but more specifically she was in guilt over some sin in her life or her past. Elijah would meet

Through pray and laying his body on the child three times, God heard Elijah’s prayer and the child was raised from the dead. The woman responded in faith to God, knowing that Elijah’s words were truth and from God. The raising of Jarius’ daughter presents the same human need and love but from a different person in social ranking. Jarius was a respected leader, he was one of the rulers of the synagogue. In the case of Elijah, the woman was a widow not holding the same social rankings. Jarius still came to Jesus in desperation believing that Jesus had the power and ability to help. He believed that Jesus had to be there in person to heal his daughter, this is very different from the Roman centurion who believed that Jesus could heal by his word alone and did not need to be present. Jarius is specifically asking Jesus to heal his daughter; it would seem in Elijah’s example that he took the initiative to heal the son of the widow. Though Jarius was an important person in his community, he humbled himself at the feet of Jesus asking him for help. After Jesus healed the women with a blood flow on the way, thus delaying his arrival at Jarius’ house, word came