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1 | When Jesus died, did dead people really | John 11:43 | Reformer Joe | 48770 | ||
John was not Elijah himself: 'But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John. You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."' --Luke 1:13-17 And, yes, John would still have doubts. How many times had God made His presence clearly known to the people of Israel, only to be subsequently doubted and even rejected? The Pharisees had ringside seats to the miracles of Jesus, and they too doubted his words. Peter denied Christ, faltering in what he had seen for several years to be the truth. You seem to want to ascribe to us a lot more steadfastness than we as human beings often exhibit. --Joe! |
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2 | When Jesus died, did dead people really | John 11:43 | Jaknik | 48781 | ||
Your "note": John the Baptist was not Elijah, himself... Matthew 11:14 "...if you are willing to understand what I mean, he (John) is Elijah.... This from Jesus to his disciples. How else can this be construed? |
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3 | When Jesus died, did dead people really | John 11:43 | Reformer Joe | 48782 | ||
By looking at the angel's further explanation in the Luke passage I cited for you before. Not to mention John's own denial that he was Elijah himself: 'This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?" He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."' --John 1:19-23 Therefore, Jesus was not saying that John was the reincarnation (or whatever) of Elijah, but someone who had come in the spirit and power of Elijah, acting in his role as Elijah had done centuries before, as the heavenly messenger told John's father. --Joe! |
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