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NASB | Matthew 17:12 but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 17:12 but I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him as they wished. The Son of Man is also going to suffer at their hands." |
Subject: Matt. 17:11-13 Elijah to John the Bapt.? |
Bible Note: Hi there, Andre... Thank you for taking the time to reply. I find this speculation in at least one scholarly dispensational camps, but nothing in the more orthodox circles (past or present). Not that that, in itself, invalidates the argument. If I were more of a dispensationalist myself, I'd probably suggest it would be "easier" to suppose that Enoch would be one of the two witnesses. I tend, however, to lean a bit more toward the neo-covenantal theologies. Also -- and brother Tim is going to laugh at me over this -- there are a lot of dots that are being connected in this argument. There are other possible branches along the way that are equally plausible. Inferences are valuable, but the must be indisputable based on other certain premises. Furthermore, the more of them we make going down a particular path, the harder it is to be sure we've ended up at the truth. Remember, we follow inferences, we do not use them to get where we want to go. I've never really studied much eschatology. That's mostly because it seemed like a waste of time when there was so much other stuff to study. (Sorry, just what it seems like to me.) I also tend to have a bit of bias towards it since it seems so popular among those who do not otherwise take time to know the Scriptures. I have supreme confidence that my God is working out His eternal purpose, without deviation, and perfectly on schedule. You've obviously spent some time on this. I don't mean to be disagreable or discouraging in any way. I am heartened to find another person in the forum who takes time to reflect on things. I thought, however, that it was more polite to send this rambling reply than just a simple "Ah." :-) In Him, Doc PS By the way, where I saw this theory expressed (but without the thorough explanation that you provided) was in Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Here is what they wrote, "Satan, as having the power of death, opposed the raising of it again, on the ground of Moses' sin at Meribah, and his murder of the Egyptian. That Moses' body was raised, appears from his presence with Elijah and Jesus (who were in the body) at the Transfiguration: the sample and earnest of the coming resurrection kingdom, to be ushered in by Michael's standing up for God's people. Thus in each dispensation a sample and pledge of the future resurrection was given: Enoch in the patriarchal dispensation, Moses in the Levitical, Elijah in the prophetical." |