And I would suggest, your suggestion is smack on as I have been trying to Drag this one out of him, his motives.
The best I have been able to workout or Suspect, his version is vital to
enable his prophet to fit in.
Expect also, it's part of his thin edge of the wedge, so to speak, to enable him to steadily, slowly but surely, manoeuvre a said Christian into his faith.
Better known in the Bible, as the Wolf in Sheep's clothing
, setting a trap, one might say.
Despite John himself clearly stating He was Not Elijah and despite the true wording of Jesus, He does NOT say, John was Elijah.
For one to come in the spirit of Elijah is as exactly the same as me accepting and abiding in the ways of Whereu, where I could then say, I come in the spirit of Whereu.
Jesus refers to Elijah did come, yes he did as in the past, OT times and Jesus would suffer similar things and more as He, Elijah did.
