In the Bible, the smallest details are often the most important and can sometimes lead to life-changing discoveries. This is particularly true in the Old Testament, where entire stories can sometimes be told in just a few verses and details are often scarce.
While studying the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lesson a few months ago, I stumbled upon a detail from a story about Elisha. The story is told in just seven verses and has very few details, but one of the specific things that it mentions is a door.
The story of Elisha and the vessels of oil is probably familiar to most people who love the Bible. See Second Kings 4:1–7 . When a poor widow woman finds herself deep in debt, the creditor threatens to take her two sons and force them to work off the debt. The woman seeks help from Elisha, who tells her to gather vessels from her neighbors, go into her house, shut the door, and pour oil from her small pot into the vessels she gathered. Miraculously, the vessels fill with oil. The woman sells the oil and gains enough money to pay off the debt and live on the remaining money.
