I will send you Elijah the prophet. Could this be true?

One of the most profound expressions by God is found in the book of Malachi. It is the last two verses in the Old Testament of the Bible. Malachi 4:5-6. This is how God closes His message to man, before He goes silent for over 400 years. It is one of the hugest, biggest, blockbuster statements ever made. It is the capstone remark, to cap off God’s words from the Garden of Eden, to this conclusion in Malachi. It is so mind blowing; what God says in two verses, it has caused men to wonder, and even fear, since its inception, in various ways. It has caused men to look for an end time Elijah who will come and pretty much save the world. God pretty much says that if he, (Elijah), doesn’t come and do what verse 6 says, then God is going to destroy planet earth; and it is implied that it is not worth saving, that it is a failed project to be scrapped, with all life on it. A full reading of Malachi, with understanding, helps us to understand why God expresses such a seemingly harsh final statement. Men have been watching with anticipation, and searching for the one who would fulfill this prophecy since its been written. Numerous false Elijah’s have already come and gone. There are some self proclaimed Elijah’s out there right now. There is a lot of deception out there regarding this subject. The scriptures of Malachi 4:5-6, are accepted in the circles of the Judaeo-Christian community. Everybody basically agrees that what it says is what it means. There are no bible translations that say it dramatically different from each other. They pretty much all agree. This article is going to shock this status quo, and turn upside down the mutual understanding of this statement. This article is going to present an alternative interpretation of God’s final statement to men that is found in Malachi 4:5-6, and declare that we have misunderstood its meaning, of what God said and intended. This article is not a breakdown of the book of Malachi, but focuses only on Malachi 4:5-6. This article will show that we have a proclivity to misunderstand, and declare that we are, by nature, prone to err. We are prone to get it wrong, not get it right. And I’m not only talking about this section of scripture, I mean on a host of things, (actually, just about everything). God knew this in the garden. He created us as learning beings, with the capability to learn right or learn wrong, and we all know what happened in the garden. Men talk about designing learning computers, and other man made learning things such as robotics. Can we not see the similarity, and see that God is a great designer, and designed us just like that. Oh if we would only look in the mirror. Before I begin, I would like to pose a question to any readers of this article. Considering how profound the statement by God is, would these scriptures not be a prime target of satan the devil? If he could, would he not try and twist the truthful meaning of this message? Let’s ask, has he twisted the truth elsewhere in the Bible? Has he not twisted numerous truths, either by making men see or hear things in a certain way; an altered way? Is it possible that he has even inspired translators to put a twist on God’s words, or inspired supposed interpreters to teach doctrines and concepts in a certain way; an altered way? We should all be able to say, (if we’re dedicated bible students), that we know of examples of this. Add to this that some translations of the bible are too liberal, others are too severe in their rendering, or too literal, or too figurative etc. Or, perhaps we are the type who thinks that God has totally protected His word from all defilement by men or satan. Maybe we take Proverbs 30:5, “every word of God is pure”, and conclude that every single word in the bible is from God and is therefore pure. I don’t question that every word of God is pure, that’s an absolute truth. But the Bible is not only composed of God’s words, it has some of satan’s words in it also, and some of mens as well, and neither of these sources of words and views are pure.

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