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The Elijah Message Today

When did the prophecy say Elijah was to come? BR-ASI9 241.6

“Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.” Malachi 4:5. BR-ASI9 241.7

How is this great and dreadful day described? BR-ASI9 241.8

“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.” Malachi 4:1. BR-ASI9 241.9

Note.—This day is yet future. Therefore, the work done by John the Baptist at Christ’s first advent cannot be all that was contemplated in the prophecy concerning the sending of Elijah the prophet. There must be another and greater fulfillment of it, to precede Christ’s Second Advent, and to prepare, or “make ready,” a people for that great event. BR-ASI9 241.10

What is the threefold message of Revelation 14:6-10? BR-ASI9 241.11

“Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. . . . Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. . . . If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation.” Revelation 14:7-10. BR-ASI9 241.12

Note.—Like the messages of Elijah and John, this is a call to repentance and reform—to forsake false, idolatrous worship and return to God, and worship Him alone. The first part of this threefold message points out the true God, the Creator, in language similar to that in the fourth, or Sabbath, commandment. This message now due the world, is today being proclaimed to the world. Those who proclaim these messages constitute the Elijah for this time, as John did at the time of Christ’s first coming. BR-ASI9 242.1