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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 | 108795 | ||
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 any 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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