John 1:19-21
1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith,
I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
2 kings 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and
Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of Man which is from heaven.
The passing of the mantle from Elijah (Christ) to Elisha (John the Baptist) at the Jordan River:-
2 kings 2:9-15
2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: [nevertheless], if thou see me [when I am] taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be [so].
2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, [there appeared] a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2:12 And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2:13
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where [is] the "I AM" God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted here and there: and Elisha went over.
2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which [were] to view at Jericho saw him, they said,
The SPIRIT OF Elijah (
John 14:17-18)
doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
And the passing of the mantle back from Elisha (John the Baptist) to Christ (Elijah) at the same exact spot at the Jordan River, to fulfill all righteousness:-
Matthew 3:11-17
3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and [with] fire*:
3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable Fire.
3:13
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him.
3:14 But John (Elias - Elisha -
17:12-13) forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?
3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him,
Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the
SPIRIT OF God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him (the returning of the mantle -
2 kings 2:13):
3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
This is My beloved Son (the immortal spiritual-Being Prince Michael/Christ Who is not of this world, incarnated inside of Jesus, the son of the virgin Mary)
, in whom I am well pleased.
*
Note well: Elijah was the only Prophet to call down fire from heaven, just as Christ/Elijah will do on the Last Day
Malachi 4
4:1 For, behold, the Day cometh, that shall burn like an oven; and
all the proud, yea, and
all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the "I AM" Lord of hosts, that it shall leave of them neither
root nor
branch (nothing).
4:2 But unto you that fear My name shall
the Sun of Righteousness arise (
Matt. 24:27)
with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
4:3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be
ashes under the soles of your feet in The Day that I shall do [this], saith the "I AM" Lord of hosts.
4:4
Remember ye and return to The Law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for
all Israel, [with] the Statutes and Judgments.
4:5
Behold, I will send you EliJAH the Prophet* before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the "I AM" (
Sura 43:61):
4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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