EVERY DREAM HAS A RIGHT TO LIVEGLOBAL BIBLE STUDY LESSON
2 Kings 6:1-7NOTE: This DREAM is not yours, but the Father’s ORIGINAL
DREAM for humankind and for you—HIS will, desire, and plan!
2 Kings 6:1-7, NIV The company of the prophets said to Elisha,
“Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Let
us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us
build a place there for us to live.” And he said, “Go.” Then one
of them said, “Won't you please come with your servants?” “I
will,” Elisha replied. And he went with them. They went to the
Jordan and began to cut down trees.As one of them wascutting
down a tree,the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh, my
lord,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!” The man of God asked,
“Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a
stick and threw it there, and made the iron float. “Lift it out,” he
said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.
INTRODUCTION:
Hebrews 6:1-2 KJV Therefore leaving the principles of the
doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto PERFECTION (teliotes – the
One who is perfect, the PERFECT ONE; only elsewhere translated
(KJV) as “FINISHER” in Heb. 12:2); not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward
God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and
of RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, and of eternal judgment.
(
2 Kg. 1-7) is first of all a PICTURE of how
that HUMANKIND (through ADAM) fell into JORDAN (death) and
was RETRIEVED, REDEEMED, RESURRECTED, and RESTORED
because of the piece of WOOD—the “STICK” of verse 6 points to
Calvary’s CROSS. There are truths here also for the RESTORATION
of the ANOINTING (or any aspect of the Christian walk).
From the standpoint of CHURCH GOVERNMENT—
fathers and SONS—this story reveals these principles:
(1) IRON– fetters and afflictions;
(2) AXE – war; and
(3) HEAD – the mind.
Every SON has a DREAM, and every DREAM has a right to
LIVE! Dreams DIE when SONS bring AFFLICTION upon themselves
because of the “double-mindedness” of their DUALITY
(
Jas. 1:8), the civil WAR that rages in the MIND (Rom. 7) between
TWO natures (in ignorance of the FINISHED WORK of Rom. 8).
Only a genuine FATHER ministry (like ELISHA) can
RESURRECT that anointing, causing the lost DREAM to rise
from the murky waters of DEATH, rise to the top, and live again!
2 Kings 6:1, KJV And the SONS of the PROPHETS said unto
ELISHA, Behold now, the PLACE (spot, locality; condition)
where we DWELL (sit down, abide, remain, marry) WITH THEE
(sit before thee as a FATHER – in the SPIRIT) is TOO STRAIT for
US (the SCHOOL had grown because of Elisha’s INFLUENCE).
NOTE: “STRAIT” = “narrow, tight place; crowded; press,
compress or distress, restraint” (“too limited for us” – NAS;
“our dormitory is too small” – TLB).
2 Kings 6:2 LET US GO, we PRAY thee, unto (the heavily
WOODED banks of) JORDAN (descender; compare
2:6-13; 5:10-
14), and TAKE (lay hold of, seize) THENCE (from THERE – this
BEAM can only be gotten at JORDAN, the place of DEATH to
self) EVERY MAN ('iysh) A BEAM, and LET US MAKE (fashion)
US (a CORPORATE purpose) A PLACE there, where WE may
DWELL (same as
verse 1; Ex. 25:8). And he answered, GO YE.
NOTE: The WAY out of the PRESSURES of LIMITATION is to go
to JORDAN, the place of DEATH.
2 Kings 6:4-5 So he WENT with them. And when they came to
JORDAN, THEY (the prophets) CUT DOWN (with their AXES, the
SHARP INSTRUMENT—the WORD of the Lord, as in
Eph. 6:17;
Heb. 4:12; Rev. 1:16) WOOD (logs – a many-membered
HUMANITY).
5 But as ONE was FELLING a BEAM (operating his ministry;
“cutting down a tree” – NKJ), the AXE HEAD FELL (the HEAD
came off the HANDLE because it was too DRY – not enough
WATER, or HOLY GHOST) into the WATER (Jordan): and he
CRIED (out in distress or grief; shriek), and said, ALAS (used to
exclaim PAIN), MASTER (lord – Elisha)! for it was BORROWED.
NOTE: “AXE HEAD” = “iron” (the root word means, “to cut off”).
The “AXE HEAD” symbolizes the ANOINTED WORD or the
ANOINTING. The AXE was used as an agricultural tool or a
weapon of war. These IRON CHOPPING TOOLS were used to
clear forests, to cut wood, and to cut and shape stone. As a
WEAPON, battle axes (the axe mace or war club) or hatchets
could pierce armor. The SCEPTER, a symbol of AUTHORITY
used by KINGS (
Rev. 1:6; 5:10), had its origin in the war mace.
PRINCIPLE: JESUS CHRIST is the anointed Word; Messiah, the
Anointed One (
Lk. 4:18; Acts 10:38). Our “HEAD,” Heaven's
"BATTLE AXE,” was connected (joined) to the WOOD of His
HUMANITY. He destroyed every foe and is now the One who tills
and shapes the lives of men. His is a SCEPTER of righteousness
(
Heb. 1:8). As KINGS and PRIESTS (
Rev. 1:5; 5:10), we
submit our lives (our land) to the cutting edge of the Word of
God. We stay SHARP through prayer and our study of the Word
of God, lest we have to BORROW someone else’s ANOINTING!
NOTE: The word “BORROWED” (
6:5) means, “to request, ask or
seek for; to enquire; begged, to practice beggary.” Too many
preachers in the FAST LANE of ministry ever emphasize
NICKELS, NOSES, and NAMES (name-dropping)—they are
PARROTS, not PROPHETS; they are an ECHO, not a VOICE.
COPY-CAT BEGGARS are ever BORROWING sermons, song
lyrics, ideas, concepts, plans, and even people—rather than paying
the price of PRAYER and STUDY in the WORD OF GOD to
hear for themselves the VOICE of the ORIGINATOR of all things!
POINT TO TEXT
2 Kings 6:6 And the MAN OF GOD said, WHERE FELL IT? And
he SHEWED him the PLACE (demonstrating true HUMILITY and
CONFESSION). And he CUT DOWN a STICK (the prophet had
his OWN sharp instrument), and CAST IT IN thither (throw, hurl,
fling); and the IRON did SWIM (“the axehead rose to the surface
and floated!” – TLB; “the axe swam on the surface” – Sept).
This pictures a RECOVERED and RESURRECTED ANOINTING!
PRINCIPLE: “WHERE FELL IT?” – WHERE did you let it FALL?
WHERE did you LOSE the ANOINTING? WHERE did your
DREAM die? WHERE in TIME? WHERE, in which AREA, of your
life? Be mature, be honest—show your MASTER that particular
PLACE and let Him restore you and your DREAM.
Isaiah 53:8, KJV HE (Messiah) was taken from prison and from
judgment: and who shall declare His generation? for He was
CUT OFF out of the land of the living: for the transgression of
my people was He STRICKEN (inflicted with blows, wounded;
metaphorical of DISEASE; also the mark of leprosy—SIN).
Isaiah 53:8, TLB From prison and trial they led Him away to His
DEATH. But who among the people of that day realized it was
their SINS that He was dying for—that He was suffering their
punishment?
Luke 19:10, KJV For the Son of man is come to seek and to save
THAT which was LOST (put out of the way).
1 Samuel 30:18-20, KJV And DAVID (King Jesus) RECOVERED
ALL (naw-tsal’ – snatch away, strip, plunder; deliver) that the
AMALEKITES (Esau – the flesh – ADAM) had carried away: and
David RESCUED (same word) his TWO WIVES (both Jew and
Greek in one Body by the cross, as in
Eph. 2:11-22).
19 And there was NOTHING LACKING to them, neither small
nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any
thing that they had taken to them: DAVID RECOVERED ALL.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they
drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s SPOIL.
NOTE: “CUT DOWN” (
6:6) – This is kaw-tsab’, a different word
than verse 4, and it means, “to clip or chop; to cut off, to shear;
to cut evenly; SHAPE or SIZE EVENLY,” and is translated as
“even shorn” in Song 4:2, KJV. JESUS was the AXE HANDLE,
the PATTERN SON who was SHAPED and FORMED by the
FATHER—ATTACH yourself, JOIN yourself, to HIM!
PRINCIPLE: “(Elisha) cut down a STICK” (
6:6) – This pictures
JESUS CHRIST the MESSIAH, the little “STICK” (the little BABY
of Bethlehem’s manger in the INCARNATION of His HUMANITY),
who, by the PROPHETIC WORD, was “CUT DOWN” at the Cross
and “CAST” (hurled) into the midst of the “WATERS” of DEATH,
and an unregenerate humanity tossed in SIN (
Isa. 57:20-21).
Jesus alone has RECOVERED and RESURRECTED the
ANOINTING (the DREAM of DOMINION) LOST in the Garden by
the first Adam (
Gal. 3:13-14)! This “STICK” that was evenly
shaped and sized by the prophet was a new HANDLE for the
AXE HEAD. The iron SWAM by attaching itself to this HANDLE!
King JESUS—Handel’s MESSIAH—can HANDLE your situation!
Revelation - Point
2 Kings 6:7 Therefore said he, TAKE IT UP (raise or lift) to THEE
(make it personal). And he PUT OUT (sent out, stretched out – an
APOSTOLIC recovery) his HAND (
Eph. 4:11), and TOOK it.
PRINCIPLE: The young man put out his HAND (an operation of
the fivefold ministry, as in
Eph. 4:11), and TOOK (same word as
in
verse 2) the RESTORED AXE HEAD (the principle of a
RESTORED LIFE or MINISTRY). Each of us must take full hold
of this MIRACLE of RESTORATION and RECOVERY that the
Lord has provided! Every LOST DREAM has a right to LIVE! It’s
a NEW DAY in this place—take hold of your LOST DREAM again!
APPLICATION: BINDING and LOOSING is THREE-dimensional
APPLICATION: BINDING and LOOSING is THREE-dimensional:
1. Outer Court – NO binding and loosing (no Holy Ghost)!
2. Holy Ghost – the NEGATIVE (
Psa. 149:5-9) – STILL in effect!
3. Most Holy Place (Third Day) – the POSITIVE; to “BIND” (deo)
is a COVENANTAL operation. We AGREE with the HEAVENS
and that which God has ALREADY BOUND (every PROMISE)!
NOTES AND STUDY MATERIAL FROM THE LATE DR. KELLEY VARNER http://www.kelleyvarner.org/Kingdom Tabernacle Ministry Internationalhttp://www.ktmiglobal.tk/ & http://www.asministries.tk/ Prophet Antonio Schroeder
