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IN OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE ONLY TWO NEVER TASTED DEATH AND ELIJAH WAS ONE
"Behold, I will send you Elijah, the prophet, before the great and terrible day of the LORD;...(Mal.4:5).
He was God's witness in his time. He was an Israelite in a Judaic civilization whose King, Ahab, worshiped the satanic
god of his wife, Jezebel, Baal (1Ki.Chap 17-19).
Elijah was known as a mighty prophet. Among other God empowered miracles he challenged 850 priests of Baal and other
false gods to a contest to encourage his people to repent and turn away from false god's and to the true God and God of their
father's. God empowers him to call down fire from heaven (1Ki.18:38; 2Ki.1:10).
Through the power of The Spirit of God He raised the dead (1Ki.17:21-22). He parted
the Jordan River, could make food materialize and start and stop the rain. He never tasted death.
God took him home bodily in a flaming chariot in the presence of onlookers (2Ki.2:11). He
even appeared at the transfiguration of our Lord (Lk.9:30). He will return to complete his
ministry before the Lord Jesus comes to the earth on that terrible day. Elijah will be a mighty figure to wake up his brethren,
and in so doing may very well face the anti-christ of The Tribulation (Rev.11:3-7,11-12).
There will be no mistaking when Elijah is on planet earth. I expect him right after the Great Tribulation begins.
He will be a great voice of his people. He WILL convict them of their sin. He will finish his ministry and the lost will
hate him. Most likely he is one of two anointed witnesses in Rev.Chap 11.
Elijah is a model for us. Didn't Jesus say that if our faith is present we can do great things for God as mighty
as the Lord or greater? (Heb.4:16; Mk.16:17-18; Lk.10:17,19; 1Jn.5:4; Rom.8:37-39).
Will we ask for the full anointing of the Holy Spirit to do God's will? Like Jesus said: "Thy will be done". Do we have Elijah faith? Are we ready ? Are we looking up for that blessed hope who is Christ
Jesus? Listening for His almighty voice? Do we have that armor on yet? (Eph.6:13-17). In
Him we are victorious and free (Rev.21:7; Jn.8:31-33). Be strong in Christ. He keeps
his word!
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