Christ’s Forerunner, Elias (Elijah)

Christ’s Forerunner, Elias (Elijah)

By Al Stoner

Behold, He (the Lord Jesus Christ) Shall Come!  But before He comes, He shall send His forerunner before His face to prepare His way before Him.  This was true regarding the Lord's first coming into the world, and it shall also be fulfilled just prior to His second (His final) coming at the end of the world.

With regard to the coming of the Lord, there are many things that we have been given to know of a surety.  “I will come again!”

1. “And when He had spoken these things, while they beheld, He was taken up; and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:9-11).
2. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is” (I Jn. 3:2).
3. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (Heb. 9:27-28).
4. “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (Jn. 14:1-3).

Siehe, ich sende meinen Boten, daß er den Weg bereite vor mir her. Und plötzlich wird zu seinem Tempel kommen der Herr, den ihr suchet; und der Engel des Bundes, den ihr begehret: siehe, er kommt, spricht Jahwe der Heerscharen.

Вот, Я посылаю Ангела Моего, и он приготовит путь предо Мною, и внезапно придет в храм Свой Господь, Которого вы ищете, и Ангел завета, Которого вы желаете; вот, Он идет, говорит Господь Саваоф.