Another biblical example of "until"

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I hadn’t run across this particular example, where “until” doesn’t mean “after which, the situation changed”. From today’s 1st reading (1 Kings 17:14)

For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, until the day when the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’"

Now obviously the woman’s flour and oil did not go empty and run dry after the Lord sent rain upon the earth.
 
Voci Mike,

With all respect, I would be careful with this one. It might be interpreted that the flour and oil did indeed go empty and dry when the rains came, the idea being that with the rain the widow would be able to find a different source of food.
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Voci Mike,

With all respect, I would be careful with this one. It might be interpreted that the flour and oil did indeed go empty and dry when the rains came, the idea being that with the rain the widow would be able to find a different source of food.
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I can’t see that. The woman said that when she had used the last flour and oil then she and her son would die. That was the clear connection. So based on that connection, it is hardly likely that God would have let them die when the rains finally came. Remember too, that food does not spring up overnight after the first rain. It takes months for crops to come in. So in reality, if she only had flour and oil until the day when the rains came, they would still have starved. And that is hardly the intended meaning of the story.
 
by the flour and oil never running dry,the woman could had made a living selling bread and saving some money in the process.it could have been a way for her to make a living…just a thought
 
VociMike said:
I hadn’t run across this particular example, where “until” doesn’t mean “after which, the situation changed”. From today’s 1st reading (1 Kings 17:14)

For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, 'The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, until the day when the LORD sends rain upon the earth.’"

Now obviously the woman’s flour and oil did not go empty and run dry after the Lord sent rain upon the earth.
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