Prophecy For Today by Edward Connor

Author:Edward Connor [Connor, Edward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TAN Books
Published: 2015-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Return of Henoch and Elias

In the prophecy of Malachias in the Old Testament we read: "Behold I will send you Elias the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." (Mal. 4:5).

Many of the Jews believed that this prophecy referred to the first coming of the Messiah. This is why the apostles asked Our Lord, "Why then do the Scribes say that Elias must come first?" (Matt. 17:10). Our Lord answered, "Elias indeed is to come and will restore all things. But I say to you that Elias has come already, and they did not know him, but did to him whatever they wished . . . Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them of John the Baptist." (Matt. 17:11-13).

Thus Saint John the Baptist was the "Elias" whose preaching preceded the first coming of Christ, but Elias himself will appear before the Second Coming.

In regard to Henoch, we find in the book of Ecclesiasticus: "Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise that he may give repentance to the nations." (Ecclus. 44:16).

In the Apocalypse (11:3-12) mention is made of "two witnesses" who shall appear before the Second Coming of Christ. From the earliest times it has been believed that these witnesses will be Elias and Henoch preaching repentance to the nations, opposing the Antichrist, and working for the conversion of the Jews.2

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