Comments on: Moses and Elijah, Malachi and John http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/ A blog focused on LDS scriptures and teaching Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:55:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joe Spencer http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22155 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:27:59 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22155 Robert, I really like the idea of connecting Ezekiel 37 up with Revelation 11. That deserves further thought for sure. I have definitely thought at some length about the pairing of Moses and Elijah in terms of the law and the prophets, but there is always more to think about there. Perhaps richest here, is this highlighting of the Gentile/Israelite distinction and its connection to the church/kingdom distinction. This might especially be taken up in the context of the Judaizing/Gentilizing of the Church debate during which Barker, at least, sets the writing of the Apocalypse. Hmmm….

]]> By: Clark http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22150 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:48:45 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22150 The big question is whether they are new figures raised up, much like John is of the type of Elijah (and then the two Elijah problem: Elias and Elijah). Or is this the resurrected Moses and Elijah? (Or someone else – the identity varied somewhat also including Enoch)

My personal feeling is that these will be new figures who are in the manner of the old.

]]> By: robf http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22149 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:46:52 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22149 The title of this post almost sounds like the start of a bad joke:

“Moses, Elijah, Malachi, and John walk into a bar…”

]]> By: Robert C. http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22088 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:52:38 +0000 http://feastuponthewordblog.org/2007/12/15/moses-and-elijah-malachi-and-john/#comment-22088 Joe, I was thinking you’d take the two trees of Rev 11:4 as a reference to Joseph and Judah, like in Ezekiel 37. Thoughts?

Also, I got to thinking about the phrase “the law and the prophets”—if the Law was given through Moses is there any reason to think of Elijah as representing the prophets?

Also, I read something interesting in The Oxford Bible Commentary about Rev 11:1-2 where “given unto the Gentiles” suggests a distinction between the Kingdom and the “outward experience of the church exposed to persecution by the kingdom of the nations,” which reminded me of some of your “four discourses” ideas posted to lds-herm about this kind of a split between the kingdom and the church….

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