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Matthew 11:
11 “Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater
than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence,
and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.
15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Luke 1:17 He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah,
‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Understanding that if no forerunner had come before Him, the leadership
would have justification to reject Jesus as Messiah. This is why He pressed
them to acknowledge the baptism of John, which they had rejected.
Elijah himself will come in power before "the great and terrible day."
Malachi 4:
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
6 And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Mark 9:
9 Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should
tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.
11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things.
And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things
and be treated with contempt?
13 But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished,
as it is written of him.”
Acts 3:
18 But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets,
that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things,
which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
Elijah comes first!
Acts 1:
9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up,
and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel,
11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,
will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
You will know Him when you see Him!
Luke 17:24 For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines
to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
11 “Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater
than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence,
and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.
15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
Luke 1:17 He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah,
‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Understanding that if no forerunner had come before Him, the leadership
would have justification to reject Jesus as Messiah. This is why He pressed
them to acknowledge the baptism of John, which they had rejected.
Elijah himself will come in power before "the great and terrible day."
Malachi 4:
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
6 And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
Mark 9:
9 Now as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should
tell no one the things they had seen, till the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.
11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things.
And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things
and be treated with contempt?
13 But I say to you that Elijah has also come, and they did to him whatever they wished,
as it is written of him.”
Acts 3:
18 But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets,
that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before,
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things,
which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
Elijah comes first!
Acts 1:
9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up,
and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel,
11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?
This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven,
will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
You will know Him when you see Him!
Luke 17:24 For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines
to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day.
