Yes
Jesus is God. John the baptist and Elijah are not.
There are approximately 800 to 1,000 years between Elijah and John the Baptist. Elijah was a prophet in the 9th century BCE, while John the Baptist is believed to have lived in the early 1st century CE. This timeline suggests that there were several centuries separating their ministries.
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.
He was seen as the new Elijah.
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.
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.
John Evans - Baptist - was born in 1767.
John Baptist Butt was born in 1826.
John Baptist Grano was born in 1692.
John Baptist Hogan was born in 1829.
John Baptist Pitaval was born in 1858.
John Baptist Y was born in 1800.