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Modern Satanic Forms of Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Jehu Takes the Kingship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Elisha Called to Succeed Elijah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
A Young Man Who Rejected Christ’s Call to Service . . . . . . 104
The Great Results of Elijah’s Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Many Will Be Translated Without Tasting Death . . . . . . . . . 108
The Healing of the Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The Lord Still Heals the Bitter Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Elisha, Gentle Prophet of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
A Family’s Hospitality Is Rewarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
The Poisoned Stew Made Edible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Captain Naaman Healed of Leprosy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
A Captive Girl Encourages Naaman to Seek Healing . . . . . . 117
Elisha’s Servant Has the Spirit of Judas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Elisha’s Closing Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
God Honors Elisha’s Prophecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Elisha’s Message Reached the Honest in Heart . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Talk Courage and Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Elisha’s Last Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Elisha Faithful to the End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Jonah, the Prophet Who Ran Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Jonah Cast Overboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Jonah’s Day, and Ours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
The Decline and Fall of Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Hosea’s Gracious Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Judgments Held Back for a Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Swiftly the End Came . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
A Nation “Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Israel to Be “Wanderers Among the Nations” . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Prophet With a Message of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Isaiah Sent When God’s Plans Seemed to Be Failing . . . . . . 141
Final Success Assured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Isaiah’s Message: “Behold Your God!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
The Gospel to All the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
God Will Accept Unworthy Sinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
The Lord Will Receive You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ahaz Almost Ruins the Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Great Peril for the Chosen Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149