Elisha and the Children

I recently heard a sermon on the closing verses of 2 Kings Chapter 2 wherein Elisha is cursed by mocking children. He in turn curses them in the name of Jehovah. This results in two she-bears emerging from the woods and forty-two deaths result.

New Covenant Hermeneutics: Psalm 2

Psalm 2 is a favourite among Postmillennialists. It speaks of the kings of the Earth setting themselves up in opposition to God and His Anointed – a clear anticipation of the coming Christ.

Their nations are given to Christ as His inheritance and He will break them with a rod of iron. The nations are consequently warned and instructed to kiss the Son, in other words to submit to and reverence Him.