Behold I Will Send You Elijah The Prophet

http://en.fairmormon.org/Temples/Elias_and_Elijah_at_the_Kirtland_Temple

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachi 4:5-6

What do we know about Malachi's prophecy about Elijah coming back? The Jews suggest that he is still supposed to return by setting an extra plate at their table during the "passover." ... but only one Church has recorded a visit from this prophet as he came to the temple in Kirtland, Ohio to visit the prophet Joseph Smith.

Some suggest John the Baptist was Elias but they do not understand the scriptures; Malachi also describes the latter-day gathering of Israel in part of his 3rd chapter in Malachi. He goes from current to Messianic and then to latter-day prophecy nearly as often as Isaiah does.

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. (Nahum 1:6)

This prophecy of Malachi indeed is a "latter-day" prophecy for he used words such as,

"Who shall abide the day of his coming?" and "Who shall be able to stand?" in reference to the massive destruction predicted shall happen shortly before the return of the Messiah.

The full account of Jesus Christ coming to the temple and the visitation of Elijah is as follows;

Doctrine and Covenants Section 110

The veil was taken from our minds, and the eyes of our understanding were opened.
2 We saw the Lord standing upon the breastwork of the pulpit, before us; and under his feet was a paved work of pure gold, in color like amber.
3 His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah, saying:
4 I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father.
5 Behold, your sins are forgiven you; you are clean before me; therefore, lift up your heads and rejoice.
6 Let the hearts of your brethren rejoice, and let the hearts of all my people rejoice, who have, with their might, built this house to my name.
7 For behold, I have accepted this house, and my name shall be here; and I will manifest myself to my people in mercy in this house.
8 Yea, I will appear unto my servants, and speak unto them with mine own voice, if my people will keep my commandments, and do not pollute this holy house.
9 Yea the hearts of thousands and tens of thousands shall greatly rejoice in consequence of the ablessings which shall be poured out, and the endowment with which my servants have been endowed in this house.
10 And the fame of this house shall spread to foreign lands; and this is the beginning of the blessing which shall be poured out upon the heads of my people. Even so. Amen.
11 After this vision closed, the heavens were again opened unto us; and Moses appeared before us, and committed unto us the keys of the gathering of Israel from the four parts of the earth, and the leading of the ten tribes from the land of the north.
12 After this, Elias appeared, and committed the dispensation of the gospel of Abraham, saying that in us and our seed all generations after us should be blessed.
13 After this vision had closed, another great and glorious vision burst upon us; for Elijah the prophet, who was taken to heaven without tasting death, stood before us, and said:
14 Behold, the time has fully come, which was spoken of by the mouth of Malachi—testifying that he [Elijah] should be sent, before the great and dreadful day of the Lord come—
15 To turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to the fathers, lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse—
16 Therefore, the keys of this dispensation are committed into your hands; and by this ye may know that the great and dreadful day of the Lord is near, even at the doors.

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[queenjahh]

i heard E.G.WHITE is the prophet Elijah

[THELDSLIFE]

@queenjahh - Who is E. G. White? Human?

Elijah would come back as Elijah...

[academysounds]

I am the prophet that God promised to send to the Levites to heal and purify them them. I am the Spiritual alchemist. I am the one that God promised to send for the children and we delivered the covenant to Israel in 2007. I am the one that called the gathering on the holy hill in Israel. I am the one the Jewish people were waiting for. That is why 5 million trees burned down in Israel and Queensland was flooded.

[THELDSLIFE]

@academysounds - then you've got a lot of work ahead of you, responsibilities to attend, and a Savior's return to prepare for... Good luck!

[academysounds]

No Joseph Smith was not the Messenger of the Covenant, he didn't meet the timeline or the criteria. Nor did he deliver the covenant that God promised for the children.

[THELDSLIFE]

@academysounds - Elijah has already returned to do that which had been promised by the prophet Malachi. If he has come to you or in body, has appeared in some other place, then perhaps your comment might hold a little water... But since no contrary source or visitation by the said prophet has been recorded or you are aware of such a meeting, then you can't honestly suggest that it hasn't already happened.

It's like saying, "I know for a fact that there is no China!" based on never being there.

[omiolo]

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 3:1, 2-5)

[LDSapologist71]

HOPEFULLY churches survived the catastrophe

[sprophetelijah]

I am here, Prophet Elijah, before the end, help me to help you aromotha

[kamal8525]

@THELDSLIFE god already send the prophet. the prophet was Muhammad

[academysounds]

Christ taught his followers how to save themselves and as he said 'One that is not lost does not need to be saved'.

The scriptures were correct, the dead in Christ arose first. His spiritual community that followed his true way of healing the self. As he said 'The Kingdom of God is within YOU'.

[THELDSLIFE]

@academysounds - if Joseph Smith was not a prophet during the 1820's - 1840's, then who was?