Jesus will judge the nations and Muslims and unbelievers?
Yes.
Moreover, Jesus is God.
And Jesus showed His face of deity to His disciples.
How does His face look like?
Like the sun because God is LIGHT.
Jesus existed always with His Father.
He is the Word of God and he created the universe.
Let�s look at Jesus by reading the Holy Scripture saying about the Transfiguration of Jesus.
Now imagine disciples of Jesus: Peter, James, and John on the mountaintop. He was transfigured before them. Jesus' appearance was transformed so that His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as light. Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus" (Matthew 17:2�3). Jesus gave Peter, James, and John a glimpse of His glory showing them who He is- God. He was the God of Israel who lived inside His human body. For a moment, they saw Jesus for who He really was. He was God incarnate, walking among us. Never at any moment did He cease to be God. He veiled His deity, but He never voided it. At the transfiguration, Jesus allowed Peter, James, and John and even you Muslims to get a glimpse of who He really was.
As they went back down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." Matthew 17:9
We sometimes think that when we die and go to heaven, we will be given a new body and identity to the extent that we are almost different people. However, after Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to His disciples, He said, "It is I Myself. Handle Me and see . . . " (Luke 24:39). You still will be you in heaven, although you will be a perfect version of you. The blueprint for your glorified body is in the body you now possess. But in heaven, your body will be like His, because the Bible says, "Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him (Jesus), for we shall see Him as He is" (1 John 3:2).
We will be the same people we were on Earth. We will have the same thoughts, feelings, and desires, but all perfected. What will our new bodies be like? You will have a new body in heaven, but it will not be in the same state as now. The Bible says, �Our earthly bodies, which die and decay, will be different when they are resurrected, for they will never die. Our bodies now disappoint us, but when they are raised, they will be full of glory. They are weak now, but when they are raised, they will be full of power� (1 Corinthians 15:42-43 NLT).
Jesus never Jesus cease to be God. His deity�which means His divine Lordship, the fact that He was God�was pre-human, pre-earthly, pre-Bethlehem, and pre-Mary. In the incarnation, in that moment when Jesus came to this earth and was born of the Virgin Mary, He didn't lay aside His deity. He was God before He was born, and He remained God after He became a Man.
So, the Bible says His face shined like the sun. He was radiant.
Why Moses and Elijah did come to talk to Jesus? God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai, and Elijah was the greatest of the wonder-working prophets.
Moses and Elijah appeared and spoke with Jesus about His upcoming trials...the Judgment and death.
Let�s read these words said by Jesus about the prophet Elijah:
Jesus answered and said to them,
�Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.
But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him
but did to him whatever they wished.
Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.�
Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist. Matthew 17:11-13
Did Jesus say that John the Baptist is Elijah reincarnated?
Wow. Let�s consider that.
Who was the prophet Elijah?
In Islam, the Qur�an describes Elijah as a great and righteous prophet of God, and one who powerfully preached against the worship of the false god Baal.
In Matthew 11:7-14 we read about the John the Baptist:
�As John's disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: �What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings' palaces. Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: "I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.� I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.�"
Was Jesus saying here about the John the Baptist?
Why then He called him Elijah???
Why do you think Jesus said that Elijah has come already but they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished/killed?
Yes, John the Baptist was killed. But Elijah no!!!!
Why Jesus called him Elijah???
When did Elijah come?
The Scripture says that Elijah must come first. God said in this prophecy below that Elijah should really come back before the dreadful day of the Lord.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.�
Malachi 4:5-6
Malachi 4
The Great Day of God
1 �For behold, the day is coming,
Burning like an oven,
And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble.
And the day which is coming shall burn them up,�
Says the LORD of hosts,
� That will leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
3 You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,�
Says the LORD of hosts.
4 � Remember the Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
With the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
6 And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.�
Jesus also said about John the Baptist:
Matthew 11:14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
Again the question:
When did Elijah came?
Did Jesus lie?
In fact, Elijah came during the Transfiguration of Jesus. Jesus did not lie.
John the Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah preparing the way for the Messiah (Mal. 3:1-2). He was not Elijah in the flesh. But during the Transfiguration Elijah met Jesus in the flesh before the dreadful day of His death.
John the Baptist's ministry was carried out in the spirit of Elijah's.
When we compare Scripture with Scripture we see that John the Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah and was not Elijah, and that Jesus was obviously talking symbolically (As He often did) when He said John the Baptist was Elijah.
John 1:17: The asked him (John the Baptist) "Are you Elijah?" John answered, "NO".
Luke 1:17: The angel said to him (Zechariah-John the Baptist's father), he (John the Baptist) will come in the spirit and power of Elijah."
Malachi 3
The Coming Messenger
1 �Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,�
Says the LORD of hosts.
2 � But who can endure the day of His coming?
And who can stand when He appears?
For He is like a refiner�s fire
And like launderers� soap.
3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver,
That they may offer to the LORD
An offering in righteousness.
4 � Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem
Will be pleasant to the LORD,
As in the days of old,
As in former years.
5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
Against perjurers,
Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien�
Because they do not fear Me,�
Says the LORD of hosts.
6 � For I am the LORD, I do not change;
Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.
7 Yet from the days of your fathers
You have gone away from My ordinances
And have not kept them.
Return to Me, and I will return to you,�
Says the LORD of hosts.
� But you said,
� In what way shall we return?�
The mission of John the Baptist should be preparation of the way to God in the hearts of people. He called them to repentance and baptized them that they would REPENT.
That's why John the Baptist is this messenger mentioned in this prophecy said by God over 1,000 years before the birth of Jesus and John the Baptist:
�Behold, I send My messenger,
And he will prepare the way before Me (Jesus).
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple (God!!!!),
Even the Messenger of the covenant (Jesus),
In whom you delight.
Behold, He is coming,�
Says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:1
Actually Elijah's and John the Baptist's mission is the preparation of the Way before Jesus.
That's why Jesus united these two prophecy.
God told us what we all should do:
REPENT and CONFORM our life to the High God's standards through our FAITH in God and His Son Jesus.
Because His Son is COMING BACK to JUDGE us for our crimes/sins....
WHO WILL BE GOD'S TWO WITNESSES {REV 11:3} OR MEN {REV 11:6} OR PROPHETS {REV 11:10} DURING THE 1260-DAY GREAT TRIBULATION??
Zechariah 4:11,14: "Then I asked the angel, 'What are these *TWO* OLIVE TREES {See Rev 11:4 below} on the right and left of the lamp stand?'... the angel said, 'These are the TWO who are anointed to serve the Lord of the earth!'" Rev 11:3-6: {God said to John} "I will give power to My *TWO* witnesses and they will prophesy for 1260 days clothed in sackcloth! These are the *TWO OLIVE TREES {See Zech 4:11,14 above} and the 2 lamp stands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to harm them, fire will come from their mouths to destroy their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die {See 2 Kings 1:9-12; Num 16:31-35}. These *MEN* will have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying {See 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17}; and they will have power to turn the waters into blood {See Exodus 7:15-23} and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish."
Moses and Elijah witnessed to 3 Apostles on the mount of Transfiguration when Moses & Elijah spoke to Jesus about his departure or Ascension, which Jesus was to bring to fulfillment in Jerusalem 40 days after His resurrection. Luke 9:30,31: �TWO MEN Moses and Elijah, appeared in GLORIOUS SPLENDOR talking with Jesus. They spoke about His Departure {Or Ascension} which He was about to bring to fulfillment in Jerusalem." Moses and Elijah were most assuredly the *TWO MEN* dressed in white who witnessed at the Departure or Ascension of Jesus in Acts 1:10,11: "They looked up into the sky as He {Jesus} was going when suddenly *TWO MEN* dressed in WHITE stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into Heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into Heaven!"
And then in Luke 24:2b-6b we read: They did not find the body of Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly *TWO MEN*... stood beside them... And the *MEN* said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? HE IS NOT HERE; HE HAS RISEN!!" Jesus says in John 8:17b: "The testimony of *TWO MEN IS VALID* and of course the testimony of Moses and Elijah is just about as valid as you can get. And so the coming of God's *TWO MEN* or witnesses to prophesy for 1260 days {See Rev 11:3-7} will be their FOURTH appearance as God's 2 witnesses or MEN. And the reason that their names are not mentioned in Luke 24:3 and Acts 1:10 and Rev 11:3-12 is that the Father, Moses and Elijah want us to glorify *NO ONE ELSE BUT JESUS*!!:applause:
Moses and Elijah will most likely witness miraculously to people in the uttermost parts of the earth in all 6,000 languages. Presently the Bible has been translated into about 2,000 languages from the inspired Greek and Hebrew manuscripts and faith comes from hearing or reading the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God. The Bible still has not been translated into about 4,000 languages and Rev 5:9b and Rev 7:9,13,14 must be completely fulfilled. Surely the courageous tribulation saints will help Moses and Elijah spread God's Word. They will do a fantastic job since according to Rev 7:9,14 there will be a great multitude from EVERY TRIBE AND LANGUAGE who will be �washed in the Blood of the Lamb�.
Moses & Elijah will be dressed in SACKCLOTH which is appropriate since the Tribulation saints will be very poor, for they will not be able to buy or sell anything as per Rev 13:17. Moses and Elijah will certainly speak the Word of God with great power and love. They will not add or take words away from the Prophetic Words of God {See Rev 22:18,19}; and they will encourage God's courageous saints to adhere to *ALL* of the NT commandments {See Rev 12:13b; 14:12b; Matt 28:20a; John 14:15,21,23; I John 2:2-5} with love {See Matt 5:39-48 & Rom 12:17-21} in the face of severe and hostile persecution.
Moses and Elijah will begin their 1260-day testimony {Rev 11:3} 3 � days before the coming of 666 & the 1260-day Great Tribulation and 1263 � days before the Last Day. {*THE FIRST END-TIME EVENT*} Moses and Elijah will warn us of the coming of 666 & his False Prophet. It seems very appropriate that God will send His TWO PROPHETS {See Rev 11:10b} to warn and prepare His saints for the coming of Satan, 666 and the Great Tribulation for in Amos 3:7 we read: "Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the PROPHETS!" GOD'S PROPHETS are mentioned 8 times in Revelation: Revelation 10:7; 11:10; 11:18; 16:6; 18:20,24; 22:6 & 22:9. Whereas; preachers, pastors and evangelists are not even mentioned once in Revelation! God will allow 666 to martyr Moses and Elijah {See Rev 11:7,8} right where their Lord was crucified. {At the new *HOLY PLACE* where Jesus shed his blood for our sins} 3 � days later Moses and Elijah will rise to heaven just hours before the 7th angel sounds the 7th Trump at the 2nd coming of Jesus.{See Rev 11:11-18}
Mark 13:14: Jesus says, �When you see 666 standing where he does not belong {At the New Holy Place}....then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.� {See Rev 11:7,8 & Rev 16:15} John 2:19: Jesus said, �Destroy this TEMPLE and I will raise it again in 3 days.� This HOLY PLACE is where Jesus became the chief cornerstone {Eph 2:20,21} and we are living stones {I Pet 2:5 & 2 Cor 6:16} in the LAST TEMPLE made without hands! {Acts 17:24}
Certainly, the old Jerusalem and the old Temple site are NO LONGER HOLY PLACES. Hebrews 13:12-14: "Jesus suffered outside the city gate to make the people HOLY THROUGH HIS BLOOD. Let us, then, go to Him outside the city, bearing the disgrace He bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the CITY {THE NEW JERUSALEM} that is to come." {See Heb 11:10,13-16; Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12b; 21:2,10-27; 22:1-5; 2 Pet 3:13} Gal 4:25,26: "Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem {Called Sodom in Rev 11:8} because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is ABOVE is free, and she is our mother." {The New Jerusalem}:applause::angel::peace:
Ella, why do I say that Moses and Elijah could NOT be the two witnesses during the tribulation:
They are souls now (spiritual bodies). Because their human bodies died!!!!
They should be resurrected yet!!!! And when they will be resurrected with all Christians, they cannt die!!! Their bodies will be immortal like body of angels and Jesus, according to the Scripture.
It means the two witnesses during the tribulation could be ONLY human men who didn�t die yet!!!!!! It means they are definitely not Moses and Elijah!!!!!!
