The Coming of Elijah
Rev. Angus Stewart examines Malachi 4:5-6's prophecy of Elijah's coming, demonstrating through New Testament exegesis that John the Baptist fulfilled this role in his office as forerunner to Christ rather than as a literal return of the Old Testament prophet. Stewart employs Reformed hermeneutical principles to show how Old Testament prophecy speaks of offices and functions that can be fulfilled by successors acting in the spirit of their predecessors.
Rev. Angus Stewart “The Coming of Elijah” was delivered as the introductory address at the 2004 British Reformed Fellowship Family Conference. 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). I. Who Is This Elijah? Elijah in our text is John the Baptist, not the literal...