Who is Elijah in the Bible?

Question

And in what books(s) is he spoken of?

Answer 1

Elijah the Tishbite, expected by the church to return again to call people of earth to repentance before judgement day. He is one of two men who never died(the other being Enoch from the second generation of Adam), who was taken up by God into heaven.

About 2,800 years ago there lived in the mountains of Gilead, east of Jordan, a man of faith and prayer whose fearless ministry was destined to check the rapid spread of apostasy in Israel. This man was Elijah the Tishbite. The word of faith and power was upon his lips, and his whole life was devoted to the work of reform. His was the voice of one crying in the wilderness to rebuke sin and press back the tide of evil. When all of Israel was in apostasy worshiping Baal, a Babylonian god, he stood alone as the messenger of God, calling the people to repentance and obedience to God’s commandments.

In the second last verse, in the last chapter, in the last book of the Old Testament we find a rather unusual prophecy.
Malachi 4:5
"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." .

This is the Elijah that this prophecy in Malachi refers to.

2 Kings 13 : "But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?

Now therefore thus says Yahweh, You shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die. Elijah departed."

Years later, Jesus calls John the Baptist a new Elijah, a voice of one crying out in the wilderness, calling men to repentance.

In Matthew 17 the disciples come to Christ with a question. The reason they had this question is because they had began preaching that the Messiah had come, but the Israelites, especially the Scribes and Pharisees, did not believe them. They said that the Messiah could not be here because Elijah had not come yet.

Matthew 17:10-13
"And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist." .

The scribes put this question to John the Baptist before jesus revealed him as a kind of Elijah.

"And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias." John 1:19-23.

John the Baptist said that he was not Elijah, but that he had the same message as Elijah. John was also the voice crying in the wilderness, calling the people to repentance from sins and obedience to God’s laws. In Matthew 11 and Luke 1 we find more texts that say the same thing.

"For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
And IF YE WILL RECEIVE IT, THIS IS ELIAS, which was for to come." Matthew 11:13, 14.

"And he shall go before him 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.

In this last text we find that the angel Gabriel REPEATS THE VERY WORDS of MALACHI’s PROPHECY when telling Zacharias what his son will do. John’s message was one of reformation, of preparation, that heralded the first advent of Christ to the world.

Therefore the Elijah message of reformation is to be repeated before the second coming of Jesus Christ. In the last days we are to look for a message in the power of Elijah. A plain, pointed, powerful message that is fearless, uncompromising, and yet convincing. We need to look for a message that will stir our hearts, pointing out our defects and preparing men and women to meet their God.

The Revelation of St John talks of two "olive trees" that stand before God, purported to be Enoch and Elijah by the church, calling people to repentance again with a powerful and convincing message that many will not want to hear, leading them to kill these two.

Revelation 11:3 : I will commission my two witnesses to prophesy for those twelve hundred and sixty days, wearing sackcloth."

These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone wanting to harm them is sure to be slain.

They have the power to close up the sky so that no rain can fall during the time of their prophesying. They also have power to turn water into blood and to afflict the earth with any plague as often as they wish.

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will wage war against them and conquer them and kill them.

Their corpses will lie in the main street of the great city, which has the symbolic names "Sodom" and "Egypt," where indeed their Lord was crucified. "

Answer 2

Elijah From The Bible

Answer 3

Who Is Elijah

Answer 4

the elijah on the transfiguration replaced into the prophet elijah of the old testomony john had the spirit of elijah no longer that he replaced into the reborn prophet elijah of the old testomony Luke a million:17 And he shall bypass in the previous him interior the spirit and ability of Elias, to tutor the hearts of the fathers to the youngsters, and the disobedient to the awareness of the in basic terms; to make waiting a human beings arranged for the Lord. john the baptist will bypass in the previous jesus and function the comparable variety of spirit of ability elijah the prophet had

Answer 5

Elijah is a prophet who like Moses saved the religion of Yahweh, Muhammad, Elijah. He is mentioned in many Books. Mathew is one of them.

Answer 6

John the Baptist was just like Elijah in his mission and Fidelity

Answer 7

Elijah is the bald headed guy in Kings that rode off to heaven in a chariot.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

elijah is a bald guy..there's a story about a group of kids making fun of his bald head and all got slashed by a grizzly bear...yeaps

Answer 10

"Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees. "Go and look toward The Sea," he told his servant. And he went up and looked. "There is nothing there," he said. Seven times Elijah said, "Go back." The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea." So Elijah said, Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your Chariot and go down before the rain stops you.' Meanwhile the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain came on and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. The power of The Lord came upon Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel." (1 Kings 18:42-46)
The incident described above occurred on Mount Carmel, near the modern-day city of Haifa. Elijah was sent to confront King Ahab of Israel (see Kings of Israel and Judah) and his infamously-wicked wife Jezebel. Together, the royal couple had corrupted the land with the pagan worship of Baal.

The view from the top of Mount Carmel From that vantage point, Elijah could easily look down on the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The photo shows the view in the inland direction, toward the valley of Armageddon.

Elijah was one of the most intense and enigmatic people of The Bible. His story makes for a fascinating study.


Elijah the Tishbite is first mentioned in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to King Ahab - "As The Lord, The God of Israel lives, Whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word."

After completing the message to Ahab, Elijah went, according to God's direction, to "the Kerith Ravine, east of The Jordan, and stayed there. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook." (1 Kings 17:5-6)

When the prophesied drought dried up the brook, God sent him to live with a widow in Zarephath of Sidon, where he remained for over two years. During his time there, he miraculously provided a food supply during the famine, and raised her son, who had died from an illness, Back From The Dead (1 Kings 17:7-24). The time was apparently used by Elijah to study and prepare for his mission.

During the third year of the drought, The Lord sent Elijah back to appear before Ahab. The series of events that followed ended a with confrontation on Mount Carmel between Elijah and hundreds of pagan prophets of Baal and Asherah. The supernatural demonstration of the powers of the True God against the powerless frauds led the people to abandon their idolatry and turn back to The Lord (1 Kings 18:1-40). The end of the punishing drought then immediately came (1 Kings 18:41-46).

After Jezebel discovered that all of her beloved pagan priests of Baal had been killed in the confrontation with Elijah, she attempted to have him killed (1 Kings 19:1-13). Elijah fled south to Beersheba where he hid in despair (1 Kings 19:3-5). An Angel appeared to him twice for strength, and brought him food (1 Kings 19:5-8). He then journeyed for 40 days to Horeb, where God Himself appeared to him (1 Kings 19:9-18). The Lord then sent Elijah back north to Damascus to anoint Hazael king over Syria, and Jehu king over Israel (1 Kings 19:15-18). It was during that journey that Elijah found and commissioned his successor, Elisha, as directed by God (1 Kings 19:16-21).

One of the most controversial events of Elijah's life occurred at the end of his ministry when he was transported away on a "chariot of fire" (2 Kings 2:11). (see Aircraft In The Bible?) Elisha was then promoted from being Elijah's assistant, to Elijah's successor (2 Kings 2:15).

Elijah was a type of John The Baptist, in manner and appearance. John was the Elijah that "must first come" (Matthew 11:11, 14), the forerunner of The Savior as prophesied by Malachi (Malachi 4:5).

Elijah appeared with Moses in the transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-13)

James spoke of Elijah as an example of the power of prayer (James (5:17).