HALF-truth time; Resty??
10. And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
11. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.
12. 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.
Well, well, welll.....a mormon tells a "half-truth"....seems like I've heard that term before!
HALF-truth time; Resty??
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Really
Not all of Christendom is as ignorant as this group many know that Elijah never died and will appear again to prepare the way for the second comming!
from an Trinity Chirstian site.
Yet another reason for this theory is that when Elijah comes back, it is believed that he must die so that he can be judged by God (Hebrews 9:27).
It is argued that since Elijah never died, he will have to return to the natural realm and suffer death to fulfill Hebrews 9:27 which says, “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”
Since Elijah’s physical body was taken up into heaven, having never seen death (2 Kings 2:9-12), he must come back to earth and die. Since the two witnesses are shown to have been killed and then resurrected (Revelation 11:7-12), it seems like this would be the perfect place for the fulfillment of Scripture: Elijah would have come again, and he would finally see death so that he might be judged.3
The weakness of this last argument is found in the fact that multitudes of saints will be glorified at the coming of the Lord, never to see death (1 Corinthians 15:51-55; 1Thessalonians 4:14-18), and yet they will be judged at the judgment seat of Christ. While judgment necessarily follows death, death is not necessary for judgment.
We see, then, that Elijah, and not John the Baptist is the one to come again. Elijah’s coming has not yet occurred, but is yet to take place during the tribulation period.
http://www.apostolic.net/biblicalstudies/elijahcome.htm