Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: 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 (Mal. 4:5, 6).
Think of the great work of Elijah in a time of apostasy in Israel--his conflict with Ahab and Jezebel, his being fed by ravens at the brook Cherith, his victory over the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel, his flight to the mountain of God, his conviction that he alone was left of the worshipers of Jehovah, his surprise that there were 7,000 others who had not bowed the knee to Baal and were true to God!
It was Elijah's work to turn Israel back to the commandments of God. He seems to be a type of the church in the wilderness (Rev. 12:6, 14). During three and a half years of terrible famine he kept the light of truth burning in desolate places while Jezebel, through her husband, Ahab, ruled the land and persecuted the prophets of God, just as the ecclesiastical power ruled in the Dark Ages and persecuted all dissenters.
Elijah was a type of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the first advent of our Savior (Matt. 11:11, 14; 17:10-12). John the Baptist was not Elijah in person, reincarnated (John 1:21), but he came "in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17).
Elijah is also a type of God's people and their work in the days of apostasy just before the second coming of our Lord. In such a time families should be drawn closer together. Let us seek the salvation of our loved ones in this time of the Elijah message.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?" (Ps. 85:6).
Think of the great work of Elijah in a time of apostasy in Israel--his conflict with Ahab and Jezebel, his being fed by ravens at the brook Cherith, his victory over the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel, his flight to the mountain of God, his conviction that he alone was left of the worshipers of Jehovah, his surprise that there were 7,000 others who had not bowed the knee to Baal and were true to God!
It was Elijah's work to turn Israel back to the commandments of God. He seems to be a type of the church in the wilderness (Rev. 12:6, 14). During three and a half years of terrible famine he kept the light of truth burning in desolate places while Jezebel, through her husband, Ahab, ruled the land and persecuted the prophets of God, just as the ecclesiastical power ruled in the Dark Ages and persecuted all dissenters.
Elijah was a type of John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the first advent of our Savior (Matt. 11:11, 14; 17:10-12). John the Baptist was not Elijah in person, reincarnated (John 1:21), but he came "in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17).
Elijah is also a type of God's people and their work in the days of apostasy just before the second coming of our Lord. In such a time families should be drawn closer together. Let us seek the salvation of our loved ones in this time of the Elijah message.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?" (Ps. 85:6).
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