#1 Elijah never died, so how could he be reincarnated?
And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2:11 2# "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name
John. 14"And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15"For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine or liquor; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, while yet in his mother’s womb. 16"And he will turn back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. 17"
And it is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous; so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord," (
Luke 1:13-17). John the Baptist is the New Testament forerunner who points the way to the arrival of the Lord, just as Elijah filled that role in the Old Testament. That’s what Jesus meant when he said he was Elijah. #3 John himself denied being Elijah, are you saying that a Prophet of God and the man that baptized Jesus was lying? Jfl.
Old Testament
Malachi 3:1/4:5 King James Version (KJV)
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
Isaiah 40:3 King James Version (KJV)
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.
New Testament
John 1:22-23 King James Version (KJV)
1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
1:23 He said,
I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias (Isaiah)
Mark 1:2-8 King James Version (KJV)
2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Luke 1:76 King James Version (KJV)
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Matthew 11:13-15 King James Version (KJV)
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias (Elijah), which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
#1 - Jesus is returning again, just because you go to heaven doesn't mean you can't return back down to this shit hole. There is the physical body death, the soul does not die with the body, that's the second death.
Revelation 21:8 King James Version (KJV)
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
#3 - Maybe John didn't see himself as the fulfillment of Malachi However, Jesus did, Jesus is higher ranked and wins.
Gnosticism denies the teachings of Jesus and instead teaches that you must have “secret knowledge” to gain salvation. The same foundation of most occult mystery religions, including Buddhism. Most scholars believe that Gnosticism originated from Babylonia religions, such as Kabbalism.
Copy pasting what you've heard other people say. Read through some of the Nag Hammadi texts, Jesus if continually called the Savior in the texts. The idea of secret knowledge for salvation, not much different than only those with ears to hear - Jesus came to impart knowledge and to follow him
Matthew 11:12
King James Bible
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee,
O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
