Now, back to my
serious question of "which Elijah" is it, that is to fulfill
Malachi 4:5-6.
I now refer you to Jesus Himself and His own words. From there, you be the judge, as to who it is that is lying. Is it Christ himself, or is it the doctrines of the tares of "church-ianity"?
Within the following several verses, is an
enormous amount of information, reaching from
Matthew to the book of Revelation.
Once the truth is revealed,
many are NOT willing to readjust or overhaul their thinking, and would much rather be comfortable and stay with what they have been taught for doctrine.
Unfortunately, it is to their loss and extreme misdirection, for continual confusion.
Look brother, I knew the answer to this the whole time. I also knew it would make you scratch your head and say why didn't I ever see this. You can go back through all of my posts and I have answered this somewhere recently, before you ever asked it. But I will answer it again. So, I had already answered this, and you were like you can't answer it, and I thought it was quite humorous, so I let it ride a while.
The Matthew Gospel has to be cross referenced with Luke chapter 1. This is why we have to adhere to Isaiah 28:10 “For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:”
Luke 1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear
thee a son, and
thou shalt call his name John.
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And
he shall go before him(Jesus) in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
19 And the angel answering said unto him,
I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
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No man is born but once, then the judgment, men do not get reborn my friend. The Anti-Christ is not going to be some past king being reborn, that is just coming from people who do not understand the bible who say that stuff. So, this man is born of a human father and human mother, thus he's
not MORE in the sense that he is Elijah born again, he is more in the sense of
HIS GREAT CALLING................Watch how the MORE is explained in the very next verse brother. People over analyze and overemphasize mere words at times.
Matt. 11:9 But what went ye out for to see?
A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
(how so? see below)
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For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
So, you are thinking this MORE is a hint that John is Elijah the Prophet reborn, it does not mean that at all. John is MORE than just a Prophet because he was the one man born to make the path of the Lamb of God straight,
he was the Jerry Reed to Burt Reynolds:), he took the heat off of Jesus, remember King Herod was looking for this baby king to come and tried to kill him at birth, John not only prepared the way, but he was the guy sent to take all of the heat away from Jesus. He would catch all of King Herod's flak so to speak.
So, he was indeed MORE than just a prophet, he prepared the way for the Lamb of God, no Prophet but him had that privilege. So, you are taking that one word out of context by not reading the very next verse
which describes why he is seen by Jesus as MORE than just a Prophet, yes, he was the one that prepared the way of the Lamb of God indeed he was MORE than just a prophet, but he was not Elijah.
He came in the SPIRIT and POWER of Elijah as Gabriel told us, and what is that spiritual essence? The spiritual essence is that John was sent to call his nation unto repentance, and we know Israel never repented as a nation, but we see in Malachi 4:5-6 they will repent when Elijah shows up. So, Jesus who is in sorrow about John's death or imprisonment and soon to be death, told his disciples, some of whom used to follow John, that John was as great a man that ever lived, he after all paved the pathway for the Lamb of God, what a privilege, and Jesus wants his disciples to know that John did not fail at his calling, he did the exact same thing that Elijah will do when he is eventually SENT BACK with a Glorious body (not reborn) and preaches repentance, except Israel would not repent at that time (during the 1st Century), but they will at this future point in time when Elijah is sent back, but John did come in the Spirit of Elijah, meaning he preached the exact same message of repentance, and some people did indeed repent, like the Disciples, but as a Nation Israel refused to repent and thus never understood that Jesus was the Messiah which was to come.
So, Jesus wanted his Disciples to understand John was a great man, chosen to make the path straight for the Lamb of God. Thus he told them that if they can receive it, John was Elijah come again. He didn't mean John was Elijah, he meant he accomplished the exact same thing Elijah would have accomplished if he had been sent back at that time, thus Elijah was not sent back at that time,
Elijah will only be sent back when Israel is READY to repent. Just before the coming Day of the Lord God's Wrath.
Jesus used an axiom of sorts, telling them that John did the same job Elijah will do when he comes, no more or no less, but the people refused to repent because Israel was still in the state of revolt against God. During the 70th week, when Elijah is sent back with Moses (I think its Moses, the Law giver and the Spirit man) they will have Glorious body's, and Israel will see what is going on and finally repent, just before he Day of the Lord.
These kind of misunderstandings is what leads people to NOT UNDDERSTAND that the 70th week is future.
We know the Day of the Lord is God's Wrath, so in Malachi 4:5-6 why is it not understood that Elijah the Prophet will be sent back at the very end times? Because people confuse an Axiom told unto Matthew by Jesus, who may not have written it very well, or who may not have been translated to English very well, which is why we have four gospels, where we can cross reference all of them. Some people say, look at the four Gospels, they each have a different take on Jesus' death, but that is because it was from four different peoples perspectives, which proves they are true, Hoaxers would have written four almost identical Gospels. Elijah was not John the Baptist, Gabriel tells us John came in the Spirit of Elijah
(Repent now) he was not Elijah. Jesus wanted his disciples to know John was not a failure, and that he was a great man, he prepared the way of Jesus, by dying he took the heat off of Jesus, he preached the exact same message of repentance that Elijah will preach, but Israel as a nation was not ready to repent at that time. So, Jesus is merely saying John was Elijah come again, for all intents and purposes. In other words, he accomplished the same thing Elijah will do, he preached repentance, and Israel rejected that calling to repent. The only difference is Elijah is going to be sent back unto a nation READY to repent because of her perilous situation during the tribulation period to come during the 70th week.