Ques. 5.-Is the prophet Elijah to revisit the earth again after the Bride of Christ has been translated to glory ? Malachi 4:5. Matt. 17:11. What time do these scriptures refer to?

Ans.-It is plain from Malachi 4:5 that Elijah-that is, one with Elijah's characteristic ministry-was, after Malachi's day, to be sent to Israel to bring them again to the right condition of soul toward Jehovah, that He might give them the blessing and glory intended tor them.

It is equally plain from Matt. 17:11-13 that the coming of John the Baptist was the fulfilment of this, but as the effect of his ministry was yet left of God to the responsibility of Israel, with the receiving or rejecting also of the claims of Jesus as their King, both were rejected, and both are again to appear. This, of course, can only be after the Church has been taken to heaven, as the re-grafting of Israel in her own olive tree can only be after the cutting off of a fallen Christendom (Rom. xi). Then God will send again an Elijah, and the King, and in sovereign grace this time all prophecies concerning them shall be fulfilled, as also all the promises toward Israel, " for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance."