Elijah
Elijah is a prophet of the Old Testament who strongly calls back the people of Israel to the Law of God. In the New Testament, John the Baptist spiritually possesses the spirit of Elijah, because he is endowed with "the spirit and [the] power of Elijah" (Luke 1:17). Elijah also appears with Moses beside Jesus during the The Transfiguration of the Lord.
In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me"[edit | edit source]
The Transfiguration[edit | edit source]
- Elijah is described as he appears:
"One is older, with a piercing and severe look and a long beard split in two. From his forehead come horns of light that show me it is Moses. The other is younger, thin, bearded and hairy, roughly like the Baptist, to whom I would say he resembles in height, thinness, build, and severity. While Moses' light is a brilliant whiteness like that of Jesus, especially from the rays of the forehead, that which emanates from Elijah resembles the vivid flame of the sun."[1]
- His return is announced and assimilated to the Baptist:
"Elijah has returned once. He will return a second time when the last times are near to prepare the last for God. But now he has come to prepare the first for the Christ."[2]
The retreat at Cherith[edit | edit source]
- In the valley of Cherith, Jesus with his Apostles makes a retreat preparing for new and increasingly fierce Struggles. Like Elijah nourished by the ravens, it is thieves who provide for the apostolic group[3].
In fundamental Christian texts[edit | edit source]
In the Bible[edit | edit source]
- See the Book of Kings.[4]