tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20930767.post8692967355118321287..comments2023-06-01T14:08:49.977+00:00Comments on Confessions of a Doubting Thomas: Elijah and John the BaptistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20930767.post-78444777099478813502013-12-20T00:30:59.804+00:002013-12-20T00:30:59.804+00:00Rick,
You should relax. The mystery of Scripture...Rick, <br /><br />You should relax. The mystery of Scripture is that one must be born again of water (breaking water) and Spirit to see the coming Kingdom of Heaven. If your are willing to receive it, John was Elijah because the flesh profits little...the spirit within is what makes us who we are. Was John Elijah? No, not in name, body, or life. Was John the prophet Elijah? Yes, the spirit was Elijah. Did John come before the day of the Lord? Yes, the first coming Day of the Lord. Is all this all that Malachi implies? No, because there is a second coming and Day of the Lord. Thus, as the Messiah must come again, so must Elijah prepare His way again. You wrote of Isaiah's passage on Elijah, but the first part of the passage was admitted, where Elijah is told to "comfort" Jerusalem because the city already received "double" for her sins. John did not comfort Jews or Jerusalem, but warned that the axe was at the root of the tree. Jerusalem and the Temple were destroyed after John by Rome's 10th legion, which was the second time- the first major destruction for Jews was by Babylon. Therefore, the Jews wait a comforter for their trials who will turn back their hearts to the fathers of the faith, and the born again fathers to the offspring. Christ sent a sword of the Word to divide families, but prophecy leaving room for a unification by Elijah before the King Messiah is revealed.<br /><br />It really is that simple. Teachings of reincarnation were allowed by the Roman Catholic Church in the 4th century, and thus the mystery appears irreconcilable. Only if Elijah did not come and accomplish his mission before the arrival of the Christ King can the prophecies fail. For more on this, you should study the two witnesses in Revelation, who are clearly Moses and Elijah. It is fine to doubt, but you should be sure you understand the unity of Scripture before causing others to stumble.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com