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THE WIDOW'S DIARY (Part 15)

Hello and welcome back to Bible study with the widow series 3! Today we shall dig deeper into the instructions that was given to me by the Prophet Elisha.  Firstly, Prophet Elisha asked me what I had in my hand. Thankfully, I had a jar of oil left and he instructed me to do the following: "...  Then come home and lock the door behind you, you and your sons. Pour oil into each container; when each is full, set it aside.”   2 Kings 4:4 MSG     https://bible.com/bible/97/2ki.4.4.MSG Prophet Elisha told me that after the jars have been collected, my sons and I should go into our house to shut, bolt, lock, put an iron or metal behind the door to prevent entry.  Why go through the hassle of going up and down , looking up for jars? Also, we did not quite understand why we had to be alone to pour the oil, personally I just thought that it was to prevent our neighbors from seeing what we were doing with their barrels. It was in the process of pouring oil into t...