Here, word-for-word, is an actual news report from The Daily Mail, a British national daily newspaper, dated May 25, 2011. First the heading of the article:
Boy, 8, Gets Sucked Into 200 mph Alabama Tornado, Survives
“An 8-year-old boy was sucked into one of Alabama’s tornadoes early Wednesday when it tore through his home, leaving him only with cuts and bruises after being carried almost 30 feet off the ground.
“Reginald Jr. Epps, known as RJ was at his home in Coaling, Alabama with his father Reginald, 35, mother Danielle, 36, and brothers James and Joel, ages 6 and 4, when the 200 mph tornado swept through.
The senior Epps told The Daily Mail the family was watching television when they heard the tornado coming.
‘I had just got some flashlights for me and my wife and we were all in the kitchen when we heard the wind pick up. Then the windows at the back of the house blew out, it was like they popped,’ Epps said.
‘I shouted at RJ to get up and come with us to the bedroom, but when we made it in this roar started. I looked up and the walls and the roof came away and RJ flew off with them.’
The storm passed on after around 30 seconds, but not before leaving the Epps’ home destroyed. After it settled Epps said he saw RJ walking over from a distance.
‘When it settled down I could see this dark silhouette walking toward us and I realized it was RJ,’ Epps said. ‘I couldn’t believe it.’
RJ, his brother James and their father were all taken to the hospital, and the children were released that day with only cuts and bruises.
Meanwhile, the boys’ father is being treated for a punctured lung, three fractured ribs and cuts and bruises. His wife Danielle says RJ is traumatized and is not sleeping.”
Now I assure you when God Almighty has a hand in directing a tornado to pick up one of His faithful servants and transport him from one place to another, that servant will not be traumatized and will not suffer a single cut or the tiniest bruise. THAT is exactly what happened to Elijah. He didn’t board a fiery chariot that ran from earth to heaven with Elijah as the sole passenger. The fiery chariot mentioned in the account in 2 Kings Chapter 2 in its splendor and glory passed in between Elisha and Elijah, amazing and startling Elisha as his eyes fixed on this supernatural scene. He cried out to Elijah, “Look, look,” as it were, not realizing that a one-of-a-kind whirlwind had picked up Elijah on the other side of this chariot and carried him away. When the fiery chariot disappeared, Elijah tore his clothes in despair and frustration. His colleague was gone and he did not see the event. He then knew he would not be receiving a double-portion of Elijah’s spirit as Elijah had told him “if you see me when I am taken from you only then will you have what you ask.”
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley