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How are Elijah and John the Baptist different from the messiah?
Jesus is God. John the baptist and Elijah are not.
Was Elijah born into John the Baptist?
Yes
Should we believe Jesus Christ if He said that Prophet Elijah was reincarnated as John the Baptist?
AnswerThe answer is in the following: In the gospels, Jesus did not actually say John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah - we should not hypothesise about words not credited to JesusAccording to the gospels, Jesus met Elijah at his Transfiguration - there is no suggestion that the person he was meeting was also John the Baptist.
Was John the Baptist seen as the new Isaiah?
He was seen as the new Elijah.
Who was Eli to John the Baptist?
Some religious scholars say John was Elijah (Eli). Other scholars say John was not Elijah. You will have to read the Bible and figure it out for yourself.
How much time elapsed between moses and John the Baptist?
About 1500 years.
Is Sun Myung Moon LDS?
No, he is not. His theology and LDS theology differ in many areas. According to LDS, people pre-exist in the spiritual realm before being born into the physical realm. LDS also believe in the possibility of being re-incarnated. There is a passage in the Bible refering to John the Baptist as Elijah by Jesus, and they claim this indicates he was the re-incarnation of Elijah. Sun Myung Moon teaches that John the Baptist had the same mission as Elijah and that Elijah was cooperating with him from the spiritual side...John the Baptist was Elijah in the sense of inheriting his mission. There are other theological differences.
Why did John the Baptist have such an odd taste in clothes?
A:By describing John the Baptist's clothing in this way, the gospel author was consciously comparing John to the Old Testament prophet, Elijah: (2 Kings 1:8) "And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite."
Is Elijah Isaiah and John the Baptist all the same bibicial people?
No, all are separate people in the Bible.
Who represented john the baptist at the transfiguration?
John the evangelist and his brother James with Peter.
What happened during the four hundred years of Malachi's prophecy and the appearance of John the Baptist?
The 400 years of silence refers to the time between the Old Testament and New Testaments, during which God did not speak to the Jewish people. The 400 years of silence began with the warning that closed the Old Testament: "Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. In fact, he [Elijah] already has come, but he wasn't recognized, and was badly mistreated by many... Then the disciples realized he was speaking of John the Baptist."-Matthew 17:10-13.
Where in the Old Testament is John the Baptist mentioned?
John the Baptist is mentioned in the John 1:23, which quotes this passage from Isaiah. It is accepted by Christians that this Old Testament passage refers to none other than John the Baptist.Isaiah 40:3"The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God."
