Toward the Mark - 1973 - 4 by T. Austin-Sparks

Author:T. Austin-Sparks [Austin-Sparks, T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

2. The Widow's Oil

We pass on to the next incident which is described in 2 Kings 4:1-7, which treats of an experience of a widow of one of the sons of the prophets. Inasmuch as these sons of the prophets were representative of those who took responsibility for the Lord's interests, even though they lacked experience, we may find help from the spiritual interpretation of what happened. The widow was in a state of serious impoverishment, and in that she represents the condition in which God's people sometimes are where they are unable to meet their spiritual and moral obligations. "Thy servant my husband is dead: and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen". She could not face the creditor; she was not in a position to meet his demands; her two sons were to be taken into bondage. Typically this suggests the forfeiting of the fruit of life to alien rule, as though the Church had been taken possession of by the world and was being forced to lose the values of its activities.

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