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1 | Was John the Baptist really Elijah? | Matthew | JCrichton | 108785 | ||
Hi, Emmaus! How do you reconcile Matthew 11:13-14, 17:10-13 and Malachi 3:23-24 (4:5-6) to your statements. Clearly the prophet Malachi has the word of God and there's no coming as, in the essence of, in the spirit of, similar to, lineage of... How can John the Baptist be crystal clear about who he is not (though he contradicts himself with his additional statements: John 1:23--which reflects back to Malichi's) and Jesus be confused about how to express John's identity?: Because it was towards John that all the prophecies of the prophets and of the Law were leading; and he, if you will believe me, is the Elijah who was to return. (Mt 11:13-14) And the disciples put this question to him, ‘Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?’ He replied, ‘Elijah is indeed coming, and he will set everything right again; however, I tell you that Elijah has come already and they did not recognise him but treated him as they pleased; and the Son of man will suffer similarly at their hands.’ Then the disciples understood that he was speaking of John the Baptist. (Matthew 17:10-13) Jesus' staments closely reflects God's words: ‘Look, I shall send you the prophet Elijah before the great and awesome Day of Yahweh comes. He will reconcile parents to their children and children to their parents, to forestall my putting the country under the curse of destruction.’ (Malachi 3:23-24 (4:5-6)) How can we understand this other than what is being said? God's Way is not our ways! God Bless! |
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2 | Was John the Baptist really Elijah? | Matthew | Emmaus | 108794 | ||
JCrichton, You say: "there's no coming as, in the essence of, in the spirit of, similar to, lineage of..." It was the angel of the Lord,in Luke 1:17 who spoke for the Lord and said that John was coming "in the spirit and power of Elijah", not me. I think that is the best passage to reconcile and apparent conflicts. Luke 1:17 "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." Emmaus |
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3 | Was John the Baptist really Elijah? | Matthew | JCrichton | 108895 | ||
Hi, Emmaus! You've missed my point totally: while you quote John the Baptist and the angel of the Lord, I quote Jesus (the Lord) and Yahweh (the original source); the problem is not that Yahweh is contradicting his angel, nor that Jesus is contradicting John the Baptist, but man's interpretation errs due to our misguided efforts to decipher God's intent. How do you reconcile the following: 'Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way bedore me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way, says Yahweh Sabaoth. (Malachi 3:1) and: he is the one of whom scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to prepare your way before you. (Matthew 11:10) If we interpret these passages in a simplistic way we can end up with reasoning resembling the following: a) Yahweh or Jesus is lying. b) Yahweh supports the Jehovah Witnesses theory that Christ is a creature (an angel). c) Jesus is hiding something. d) Jesus is changing scripture. But we cannot interpret Biblical passages in a simplistic clinical manner. All Biblical passages are contingent upon each other: we cannot grab Malachi 3:1 and say: "see Jesus is an angel," because John 1:1 would refute that statement. And if anybody finds John 1:1 not clear enough to believe in Jesus' Divinity, Yahweh Himself gives profound testimony that Jesus is God: Hebrews 1:8! So when reading the Bible and offering our interpretation of its passages we must not succumb to worldly wisdom and claim it Law! God Bless! |
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4 | Was John the Baptist really Elijah? | Matthew | Emmaus | 108896 | ||
JCrichton, I explained how I reconciled the passages. You obviously do not agree. So, do you believe John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah? If not, what is your interpretation? Emmaus |
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5 | Was John the Baptist really Elijah? | Matthew | JCrichton | 108900 | ||
Hi, Emmaus! I do not believe in reincarnation! I do believe that there are many Biblical matters that are not fully developed or sufficiently explained for us to jump at an interpretation just because our minds cannot conceive God's design: i.e.: Enoch -- why him and not other people? Where's the rest of the story? Jude talks about a battle between the Archangel Michael and Satan--where does Jude find reference to that battle since there are no writings on it? Jacob fighting Yahweh and holding his own against the Mighty One--how can a simple farmer defeat Yahweh? Satan walking to anf fro on the earth and showing up at an assembly presided by God--he was no longer Lucifer, why would God tolerate his presence? There are many other questions such as these... I posed them not because I have doubts, but as an example that I acknowledge God's hidden (unrevealed) truths/design (Jesus hidden years: 12 through 30) and that I do not need to interpret every single passage of the Bible in order to believe (John 20:29; Romans 8:24-25). How can John the Baptist and Elijah be one and the same? How can a virgin give birth? How can God choose one person over another at conception? How did Lazarus regained life?... As Gabriel, God's messenger told Mary: for nothing is impossible to God.' (Luke 1:37) God Bless! |
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