Elijah to israel
The restoration of everything (Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 17:11; Mark 9-11-12) delivers the house of Israel to the faith.
Hear ye, hear ye! According to the Lord Jesus Christ, ‘all [things] restored’ by Elijah (Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 17:11; Mark 9:12) that precedes the Parousia (“the great and dreadful day of the Lord”) is not consistent with the house of Israel being hostile toward their Messiah (as in the case of his first advent). Most likely the Tishbite is in view, at which time he will yield up also to death that debt, which by his prolonged life he has delayed to render. For certain, the fulfillment by William Branham (or any other Gentile) in relation to the church is ruled out.
Mark 9:11 They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12 And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? [Matthew 16:21; Mark 9:31]
Theophylact: “Now the Lord puts this forward to oppose the notion of the Pharisees, who held that Elias [the Tishbite] was the forerunner of the first advent, shewing that it led them to a false conclusion; wherefore he subjoins, "And how it is written of the Son of man, that He must suffer many things, and be set at nought." As if He had said, When Elias the Tishbite cometh, he will pacify the Jews, and will bring them to the faith, and thus be the forerunner of the second advent. [Mal. 4:5-6]
If then Elias is the forerunner of the first advent, how is it written that the Son of man must suffer? One of these two things therefore will follow; either that Elias is not the forerunner of the first advent, and thus the Scripture will be true; or that he is the forerunner of the first advent, and then the Scripture will not be true, which say that Christ must suffer; for Elias must restore all things, in which case there will not be an unbelieving Jew, but all, whosoever hear him, must believe on his preaching.”
Hear ye, hear ye! According to the Lord Jesus Christ, ‘all [things] restored’ by Elijah (Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 17:11; Mark 9:12) that precedes the Parousia (“the great and dreadful day of the Lord”) is not consistent with the house of Israel being hostile toward their Messiah (as in the case of his first advent). Most likely the Tishbite is in view, at which time he will yield up also to death that debt, which by his prolonged life he has delayed to render. For certain, the fulfillment by William Branham (or any other Gentile) in relation to the church is ruled out.
Mark 9:11 They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” 12 And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? [Matthew 16:21; Mark 9:31]
Theophylact: “Now the Lord puts this forward to oppose the notion of the Pharisees, who held that Elias [the Tishbite] was the forerunner of the first advent, shewing that it led them to a false conclusion; wherefore he subjoins, "And how it is written of the Son of man, that He must suffer many things, and be set at nought." As if He had said, When Elias the Tishbite cometh, he will pacify the Jews, and will bring them to the faith, and thus be the forerunner of the second advent. [Mal. 4:5-6]
If then Elias is the forerunner of the first advent, how is it written that the Son of man must suffer? One of these two things therefore will follow; either that Elias is not the forerunner of the first advent, and thus the Scripture will be true; or that he is the forerunner of the first advent, and then the Scripture will not be true, which say that Christ must suffer; for Elias must restore all things, in which case there will not be an unbelieving Jew, but all, whosoever hear him, must believe on his preaching.”