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In the book of Malachi we read:
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.
From this we see that in the end times Elijah's
work must be completed. What was Elijah's
work?
Elijah was a prophet to the House of Israel
(The Northern Kingdom also known as the
Lost Ten Tribes) He spent his life trying to
turn the House of Israel away from idolatry
and back to God.
Remember, when he confronted the prophets of Baal
on Mount Carmel, he was confronting his
fellow ISRAELITES and not pagans from a
neighboring nation.
All of the prophets point to an end time when
the House of Israel returns from exile.
Messiah will arrive after the House of
Israel returns. This will happen when
the Lost Tribes repent of their idolatry.
The hearts of the fathers (the House of Judah)
must turn to the children (the House of Israel)
Judah must be willing to teach Israel as she
returns. And the House of Israel must be willing
to be taught.
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