Reader’s Guide: “The Word for Today” Wednesday, May 8, 2013 Read – 2 Kings 2:1-12 Our reading for today is of the ascension of Elijah into heaven in a chariot of fire. I have suggested the Luke wants us to be thinking of Moses and Elijah as he tells us of the two men who appeared to the followers of Jesus as Jesus was lifted up to heaven in a cloud. We begin to see how a story from of old shapes the telling of a new story.