But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

 (iv) Here is the first mention of the kingdom of God in Luke's gospel. Jesus came preaching the kingdom of God ( Mark 1:15). That was the essence of his message. What did he mean by the kingdom of God? For Jesus the kingdom was three things at the same time. 