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NASB | 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." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 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 [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]--in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for the Lord." [Is 40:3; Mal 4:5, 6] |
Subject: John the baptist and Elijah |
Bible Note: Hi, Bruce7! In the Old Testament the angel or Angel of the Lord is revealed as Yahweh or Yahweh's working power, the Holy Spirit... it is also revealed as just a messenger: ergo, angel. In Luke 1:11 we find that same terminogy; a terminology which could be interpreted as we please (if that were the type of book that the Bible is)... but, if we follow the logical line of the revelation, we find that the angel identifies himself to Zachary as Gabriel (Luke 1:19); for us to interprete the Bible as saying that Jesus is the angel Gabriel would be usurping God's authority and defiling Christ's Divinity. Please reread the passage (Luke 1:5-22) and view it in light of Luke 1:26-38; John 1:1-18; Isaiah 9:6, 7:14, 43:10, 42:8; and Revelation 22:3, 12-16). God Bless! Angel |