In my reading through the year with C. S. Lewis, several days centered on the Resurrection, Jesus’ Changed Body, and the Ascension. These days of reflections came from his book Miracles.

I wrote Analogy to express my long-held thoughts that if it is in the Gospels and/or the rest of the New Testament, it may have been introduced in the First Testament. This study is me putting that idea into print. Is this an exhaustive study on the subject, no. I decided to not include types and shadows of baptism, which could fit in well in this study.

Here are my thoughts on the types and shadows of the Resurrection, Changed Bodies, and the Ascension.

• Resurrection   
• Elijah was used to raise a boy from the dead in 1 Kings 17.
• Elisha was used to raise two people from the dead: A dead boy in 2 Kings 4:8 and a dead man/body that touched his bones in 2 Kings 13:21.

There are legends as to who these two boys became, you get to do the research. I do have to marvel at God’s wisdom to not include the names of these three in Holy Cannon; the focus is Jesus, not them.

These two prophets/servants/witnesses, Elijah and Elisha, have many special notes in the Song that God has sung. I consider the duo a type of John the Baptist and Jesus. They do not have Books with their name on them, yet their parts in the Song are still being sung. They did many outstanding miracles.  

• Changed Body
• Abraham and Sarah had their bodies restored and were able to produce Issac after the Lord appeared to them in Genesis 18. Abraham went on to take a third wife and produced children with her; he was old.
• Moses would spend time in the presence of God and had to wear a veil because he was glowing. He was described as “his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone” at 120 years of age. Deuteronomy 34:7 NIV

A thought, Abraham and Sarah represent the faith-life and Moses represents the Law. No, these do not compare with walking through walls, but it is a start.

• Ascension
• Enoch walked with God and God took him away. Genesis 5:24
• Elijah was taken into heaven alive by a chariot and horses of fire. 2 Kings 2

These two are special: Enoch was pre-flood and Elijah was post-flood. You may take that thought wherever you would like to go with it. There is a fair amount of debate if these men are the Two Witnesses in Revelation because they never died.

Renewal, Regeneration, and Born Again

Born Again, Born Anew, Born from Above

An Analogy