1.2 The Widow Of Zarephath

To begin with, she pointed out examples of how women are treated unfairly in society. She began to point out several double standards. The wife states, “about accused Lamech’s bigamy? Abraham was a holy man I know, And as I understand it Jacob also; And each of them had wives now, more than one, as many other holy men have done.” (61-65) Here, she shows that there is truly a double standard for women who behave in an exact manner as men.

His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of Hesham had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Donʼt despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.

Tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the

to the dead and she had asked her to speak to her dead babies and out

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.”

The pastor wanted all of the children to come up and be saved by Jesus. Hughes´ was hesitant and watched all the other children go up to be saved. His aunt told him that Jesus would come to him and he would be able to feel and see Jesus. He says in his essay,”She said you could see and hear and feel Jesus in your soul¨(Hughes 947). I was asked at 12 years old if I wanted to be baptized and give all of my sins to Jesus.

It also follows the story of Nicodemus who came to Jesus in the night and was taught about being born again. Nicodemus was a Pharisee and was referred to as “a ruler of the Jews”(he was a member of the Sanhedrin). Whereas, the woman was just that, a woman, without a husband and a Samaritan––who were even more despised by the Jews. She went to get water at the well in the middle of the day when it was the hottest because that’s when no one else would be there. She met Jesus when it was light, whereas, Nicodemus came in the night. Both were alone with Jesus, but Nicodemus went in the night to hide because he was ashamed of being seen with Jesus. The woman had no intention of hiding, in fact she didn’t even know who Jesus was.

“The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come down to you, and God’s power will come over you. So your child will be called the holy son of God” (Luke 1:35) (International Bible Society, 1984)

It was nothing to her, that an innocent man was to die for the sins of his

He replied that how much time the God will put up with the people who do not have any faith in him. After say so he asked for the boy to be brought to him. The people standing around the Jesus went to bring the boy. When the boy with the spirit inside him saw the Jesus the spirit reacted immediately by acting violently, the spirit took the boy down on the ground where he rolled and streamed with pain at his lips.

The illness that afflicted the nobleman’s son shows us how weak, frail and mortal we are. Jesus’ healing of the man’s son shows us that we can be healed of our sins but only through Him are we saved. He shows that we can have eternal life through Him.

This myth is often stated that on her way to the guillotine, forced by a mob of starving French peasants, she exasperatedly said “let them eat cake!” Another version says that when she heard the people were starving from lack of bread, she suggested, “let them eat cake.” There are numerous problems with both of these versions of the tail, but we’ll just stick with the “let them eat cake” part.

I believe that human nature once a person is succeeding in God’s work tends to focus on how good they are doing and forgets it is not by their own power. Once a person starts to feel successful they may think they are doing it on their own and do not need help from God. When the thought creeps into our mind, a Christian may be less likely to listen and seek God’s voice and plan. I belief Elijah started to trust his own might and knew he could not stay safe from the queen and her power. Elijah forgot about the power of God in this moment of fear. When Elijah started to feel busy he thought he didn’t have time to wait for God’s direction. A Christian a person must save time to listen to the Lord’s voice and His direction. Elijah was so focused on what was happening around him and the threats on His life he ran away instead of asking God for His protection and guidance.

“...a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow... When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her... And he said, ‘Young man, I say to you, rise!’ The dead man sat up and began to speak” (Luke 7:12-15).

Elizabeth was the spouse of Zachariah, the mother of John the Baptist and a relative of Mary the mother of Jesus. Elizabeth's name signifies 'God is my pledge' or 'my God is my fortune'.