How did John the Baptist have the "spirit and power of Elijah"?
2013年2月6日 · A major characteristic of the spirit of Elijah is to bring back to God his people. This is what Elijah did (1 kings 17,18), this is what JOHN did, turning the people back to God, …
Was John the Baptist Elijah? - Christianity Stack Exchange
Before John’s birth, he was designated as the one who would minister in the “spirit and power of Elijah” (Luke 1:17), thereby fulfilling Malachi’s prophecy. Crossway Bibles: The ESV Study …
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The closing words of Malachi are a prophecy regarding the work that should be done preparatory to the first and the second advent of Christ. Those who are to prepare the way for the second …
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Elijah was the greatest of the prophets (even if his disciple Elisha inherited a double portion of his spirit). All of the prophets that followed came in the name and spirit of Elijah, in the same way …
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By Spirit of Elijah, I mean God's spirit anointing a man to bring a message, in the same way that the first Elijah was anointed (a straight shooter, hard hitter, come out of the wilderness, etc). …
Malachi 4:6 vs Matthew 10:35: did Jesus come to reconcile parents …
2017年4月2日 · This scripture in Malachi 4:5-6 refers to John the Baptist, not Jesus. Luke 1:17 "And he [John the Baptist] will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn …
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2024年2月1日 · John completes the cycle of prophets begun by Elijah.95 He proclaims the imminence of the consolation of Israel; he is the “voice” of the Consoler who is coming.96 As …
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2023年2月2日 · “As therefore,” I say, “while Moses was still among men, God took of the spirit which was in Moses and put it on Joshua, even so God was able to cause [the spirit] of Elijah …
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2012年6月27日 · As I understand it, the body of Moses (not Elijah since he never died) should still have been in the grave at the time of the Transfiguration of Jesus--and would be pretty …
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2024年3月28日 · Elijah (the spirit of) presented before Christ in the person of John the Baptist. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of …