2 Kings 2

This passage does not prove a lot of the things that people think it does.  It says nothing about where someone goes when he dies. Elijah did not die that day.  A number of the incidents of this passage have not been repeated with other prophets.  It seems to focus more on the succession of Elisha as a prophet than anything else.  Perhaps the point was that God had a limit to Elijah’s ministry, and both he and Elisha had to cooperate with God’s will.

LORD, make us willing to follow your plan, even if it means just getting out of the way.