![]() ![]() Having fallen through a lattice, he had been injured badly enough to question whether he would recover. II Kings 1:2-16 tells the story of King Ahaziah and his literal and metaphorical fall. Ahaziah was an evil king-a Baal-worshipper who provoked God to anger and reigned only for two years ( I Kings 22:51-53). The Bible presents only one occurrence of 153 people, which exposes the spiritually derelict state of the nation, particularly in the person of Ahaziah, the king of Israel. In this way, the 153 fish represent God's judgment in bringing about His perfect spiritual order. In the Bible, the number nine signifies divine judgment, and seventeen indicates the perfection of spiritual order. However, one relevant observation is that 153 is the product of nine and seventeen. Why did Jesus provide precisely 153 fish? What about this unusual number impressed the apostle John enough to remember it decades later?įew commentaries suggest any explanation for the number, and fewer still advance a theory of any substance. ![]() The good fish are stored, and the bad are thrown away ( Matthew 13:47-50). Similarly, in the Parable of the Dragnet, a net is cast, and all kinds of fish are drawn in. As a symbol, fish typically represent people, such as when Jesus initially called some of His disciples, promising to make them "fishers of men" ( Matthew 4:19 Mark 1:17). The eighth sign of Christ's Messiahship in John's gospel contains the curious feature of 153 fish, which Jesus miraculously provided. It is through the discipleship relationship that we will be able to tailor our work with you to meet your unique needs in Christ.Printer-Friendly | Share This Why 153 Fish? (Part Three) So, take a look around, check out our offerings and get in touch with us if you are interested in entering into a discipleship relationship. If you are interested in taking your place in Christ’s Body, know that we are pleased to help you. That same diversity should be seen in His Body today. The way the men and women of the Bible that we all esteem were used by the Lord and their presentations to the world differed remarkably. Each discipleship relationship is unique because every person and the work the Lord calls them to do is unique. The way God trains His ministers to take their place in His Body is through discipleship. ![]() There are no pew warmers in the Kingdom of God. Just as every member of your body performs some useful function, so every believer is called to minister (i.e. ![]() The purpose of ESFTP is to teach believers God’s ways that they may take their place in the Body of Christ and walk in that calling that Christ has for them. For that reason, we have organized the great wealth of materials (in written, audio and video form) that we have and are making them freely available to all that anyone interested in understanding God’s rightly divided Word can do so free of charge and at their own pace. The same was true of His ministers from the days of Abraham through the entire recorded history of His dealings with man through both the Old and New Testaments. What distinguished Jesus’ doctrine from the other religious leaders in the Jewish Church of His day was that His doctrine was with power of the Holy Ghost. Our methods closely follow what Jesus and His disciples did in the early church as recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts, as expanded upon in the Epistles. By our name, we honor that which the Prophets Elijah and his disciple Elisha set up during a time of great apostasy (or departing from the faith) in ancient Israel. Welcome to the Elijah School for the Prophets or ESFTP for short. ![]()
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