Topic: Stretched himself upon him

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Stretched himself upon him

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September 7, 2016 at 8:23 am #2463

spencel
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2 Kings 4:35 “Then he(Elisha)… went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.”

500 WATCHING POINTS by Gilbert Congden Carpenter, C.S.B.
“Elisha’s throwing himself on the child, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, etc., calls to mind the way a fire is put out with a blanket. The blanket completely cuts off the supply of oxygen that enables it to keep burning. A blanket or “embodiment” treatment, therefore would appear to be one that did more than attempt to destroy the one error from which the patient is suffering. It must symbolize the effort to spiritualize the entire picture, by releasing the patient from the sense of matter, or the belief in a material mind.” Watch number 328

September 7, 2016 at 12:18 pm #2470

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That is a wonderful explanation. Thank you!
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