(July 10, 2012 at 7:33 pm)Godschild Wrote: Malachi 4:5 is about the day that Christ returns and this will mark the end.Correct. It also explicitly says that on this day Elijah will be sent. You can't get past the fact that it's another reference to Elijah. It's there in black and white.
Quote: You are trying to pick verses that do not apply to the ministry of Christ.This is the irony of the entire Christian faith. Can't you see I'm not doing the picking? The 'picking' has already been done by Mark from the OT. Later people that read this (Matthew, Luke) got confused and thought it must have been literal history and therefore the misunderstanding that Christ was a person was born.
The biggest religion in the world was sparked by an allegory.
Quote:Mark 1:6 and 2Kings 1:8 shows that these two men serving God wore the same type of clothing, clothing commonly worn by many men.
Within the first 6 verses of Mark there are 3 references to the OT. Two of these are directly linked to Elijah. Coincidence? I don't think so.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
