Elijah and Elisha—The Baptist and Christ

The relation that Elijah sustained to Elisha was similar to that sustained by John the Baptist to Christ. What Christ said of John in comparison with himself can be said of Elijah in comparison with Elisha. Said Christ, "For John came neither eating nor drinking. . . The son of man came eating and drinking. . ." (Matt. 11:18, 19). So, too, Elijah and Elisha; the former came neither eating nor drinking. The latter came eating and drinking. He came neither eating nor drinking, did John. The...