"We have the story in the bible of Elijah and Elisha. You can read about it in 2nd Kings chapter two.
In this story God is about to take Elijah off the scene. He’s about to be caught up by a chariot of fire into the heavens.
So he and Elisha are walking. They’re at the Jordan and Elijah says to Elisha,
“Ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee.” And Elisha said, “I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.”
Elisha is asking for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit.
The disciples of Elijah are standing on the banks and they’re watching this event unfold when suddenly chariots of fire come down out of the heavens to catch Elijah up to the heavens.
The disciples of Elijah go on to follow Elisha.
There’s a transition of power from Elijah to Elisha at the Jordan.
You see, just as there was a transition of power from Elijah to Elisha at the Jordan, so there was a transition of power from John the Baptist to Jesus at the Jordan.
And just as Elijah was more powerful than Elisha, remember, John the Baptist himself said,
“I must decrease that he may increase,” speaking of Jesus.
Just as Elijah was taken off the scene after this transition of power, so John the Baptist was taken off the scene after their transition of power.
You’ll remember that the disciples of Elijah went on to follow Elisha, just as the disciples of John the Baptist went on to follow Jesus.
In fact, the Bible tells us that Jesus himself said of John the Baptist that he was Elijah. In Matthew 11 Jesus actually likened John the Baptist to Elijah."
Ivor Meyers