The third call

An adjunct to biblical teaching about the third Elijah Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” And he said to them, “Elijah is indeed coming first, and will restore all things. How then does it say in the Scriptures that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be treated with contempt? Mark 9:11-12 The man prophesied by Christ is still not widely known. In that sense, Elijah has not yet come. We know this because not everything has been restored yet. We cannot apply this prophecy to anyone who has not restored everything as the original prophet Elijah did in Israel. Then it was clear who was with the Lord and who was not. What kind of man is this Elijah? Our purely human assumption would be that he must be a person of exceptional qualities of faithfulness. Jesus revealed a different reality here. It is true, He says, Elijah will indeed perform a great work of final reformation before His second coming. However, Christ will suffer much from this man and for a certain tim...

That God's work on Earth can never be lost was clear to a prisoner after many sufferings he endured during his imprisonment. The day came when he was to be burned at the stake, and just before that, in his cell, he wrote the following words: "Today you will burn a goose, but after a hundred years, you will hear the song of a swan; you will not be able to burn him. You will have to listen to him." Martin Luther recognized himself as the fulfillment of this prophecy: "Jan Hus prophesied for me when he wrote from his cell, 'Now you will roast the goose (for Hus means goose in Czech), but after a hundred years, you will hear the swan sing. You will have to endure him.' And so it will go on, if it pleases God." In the same land that heard the words of these two witnesses of God, where tin swans adorn the tops of many church towers, another, an Australian, stated in the presence of his colleagues: "There should be a total of three calls to Adv...

  For justice of faith is written: Because it is worth more than a pearl. Her husband's heart relies on her, and there will be no lack of gain. Do him good, not evil, all his life. He seeks wool and linen, and works as he pleases with his hands. She is like a merchant ship, bringing her food from far away. He opens his hand to the poor, and stretches out his hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her family, because all her family have two dresses each. Her husband is known at the door when he sits with the elders of the earth. Virtue and beauty are her clothes, and she smiles at the passing time. She opens her mouth wisely and on her tongue is gentle knowledge. He watches over the rule of his flock, and does not eat bread in laziness. Her sons rise up and bless her; her husband also praises her. Give her from the fruit of her hands! In Revelation is described as Woman clothed in sun, and moon under feet her, and on head her wreath of twelve stars. At this are traitors r...