JESUS THE WAY

Mat 11:14-15 “And if you are willing to receive it, he (John the Baptist) is Elijah who is to come.  He who has ears to HEAR let him HEAR!”

I was listening to a preacher on TV the other day.  He made a statement that really bothered me.  He said something to the effect that Elijah the prophet is coming and will call fire down from Heaven again.  This really worried me.   First, we should pay very close attention to the words of Jesus in Mathew 11:14-15.  Jesus said “if you have ears to hear, let them hear!” Jesus wants you to hear these words that He spoke; that John the baptist is the coming again of Elijah.

I have heard a few preachers, and I have even said it myself in my ignorance, that Elijah is going to be one of the two witnesses at the end.  I think this is what the preacher was saying as well.   After thinking about this for awhile, I believe Jesus helped me to learn some things.  First, the book of Revelation says that the 2 witnesses have FIRE that COMES OUT of their MOUTH – not from HEAVEN.    People have only guessed at who the two witnesses will be; the bible does not say elijah or enoch will be them.  People generally say this because they did not die.   As someone said the bible rule is “it is appointed once to die, then the judgement.”  However, in the rapture people do not die, nor do the  144,000 in Revelation.

The Jewish people today have tradition that expects Elijah to be coming to visit them.  They are still looking for the prophecy of Malachi to be fulfilled still.  The problem is that Jesus is their Messiah, and they reject Him still; therefore, they have not received Jesus’ words.  May God bless them with truth and deliver them from evil!  Don’t forget that the endtimes are called the “Time of Jacob’s trouble.”  Jeremiah 30:4-7  ”And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.”

John the Baptist fulfilled the scripture about Elijah coming before the great and dreadful day of the Lord…which was when Jesus came the first time.  The city of Jerusalem(Yah’rushaliam) was destroyed, and the Temple destroyed because  they rejected their Messiah and the Word of GOD.  There was darkness over the Earth when they killed Jesus, fulfilling the day of darkness prophecy.   It was a day of gloom because many people were lost because they rejected  Messiah Jesus (Yahushua).  It was a dark day for the people who would not listen and hear the WORDS of GOD.

Please re-examine your doctrine so people are not deceived by the false prophet!

Elijah the Prophet already came again in John the Baptist. The only person to call FIRE down from HEAVEN next will be the FALSE Prophet of the book of Revelation – that person will be promoting the anti-messiah (antichrist)     I do not know the identity of the two prophet in Revelation, and I guess it is possible that Elijah could be one of them.  We should be looking for the coming of Jesus the Messiah, not the prophet.  If we are ready now, we have no need of a prophet.  Jesus already gave us His words – which is the Word of God.  We should be practicing and acting upon Jesus’ words.  Jesus is coming from Heaven in Power and Great Glory and every eye shall see HIM coming from the HEAVEN.  He will NOT be reincarnated or anything like that.  HE is alive now in Heaven and will be returning with Holy angels and saints.

WAKE UP!!!

Matthew 11 (New King James Version)

Matthew 11

John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus

¹ Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.
² And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of^[a] his disciples ³ and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: ⁵ The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. ⁶ And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”
⁷ As they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. ⁹ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he of whom it is written:

‘ Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’^[b]

¹¹ “Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. ¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
¹⁶ “But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, ¹⁷ and saying:

‘ We played the flute for you,
And you did not dance;
We mourned to you,
And you did not lament.’
¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ ¹⁹ The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”^[c]

Woe to the Impenitent Cities

²⁰ Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent: ²¹ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be^[d] brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴ But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”

Jesus Gives True Rest
²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. ²⁶ Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. ²⁷ All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. ²⁸ Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”