Malachi 4:5–6 offers an intriguing prophecy: “See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse” (ESV). To this day, Jewish seders include an empty chair at the table in anticipation ...
As the metaphorical Elijah who is to come, John the Baptist was a forerunner to Jesus, tasked with preparing Israel for the day of the Lord. Numerous biblical scholars believe that Malachi’s prophecies may also refer to a future, literal Elijah who is anticipated to appear in the end times as one of the two witnesses described in Revelation 11.
What does “he is Elijah who is to come” mean (Matthew 11:14)?
Besides, Elijah did not die; he was taken to heaven in a whirlwind as he rode in a chariot of fire (2 Kings 2:11). Arguing for a reincarnation (or a resurrection) of Elijah misses that point. If anything, the prophecy of the Elijah “to come” would have been viewed as Elijah’s physical return to earth from heaven.
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