The gift of prophecy: ´You will see it with your own eyes,´ answered Elisha, ´but you will not eat any of it!´

The Second Book of Kings tells us of an extraordinary action of the Prophet Elisha during the reign of Jehoram, King of Israel. The King of Aram, Ben-Hadad, had invaded Samaria, which had caused first a food shortage and as a consequence a great famine, and the situation for the king of Israel was desperate, the Bible tells us that even the dung of some animals was sold at a great price; and it was then that the King of Israel went to consult the prophet Elisha so that the man of God would communicate the word of the Lord to the King. Elisha responded with a prophecy, the end of the siege was soon and the people would be saved with a miraculous situation; the people, according to the words of the prophet, should stand firm with the king, and wait.
The Bible tells us the prophecy of Elisha:
"The king said, ´This disaster is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?´
Elisha replied, ´Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.´
The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, ´Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?´
´You will see it with your own eyes,´ answered Elisha, ´but you will not eat any of it!´" 2 Kings 6:33-7:2.
One of the persons who heard the prophecy made fun of it and found it impossible, but it is important to note that when talking about the gift of prophecy, the prophet cannot change the future, the prophet can only communicate what he perceives with his mind. The first task of the prophet when he communicates a prophecy is to explain what is immovable in the future; in the case of Elisha, his prophecy is an expression of the divine providence. The prophecies, when they are true, are the map of the space-time.
The prophecy of Elisha finally came true because the Lord confused the minds of the Arameans who, in panic, abandoned their camp.

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