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In the spirit and power of Elijah
Malachi ended the prophets with a promise that Elijah would come before the great day of the Lord. Gabriel told Zechariah that his son would come in Elijah's spirit and power to prepare the way.
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New TestamentLuke 1:17Open this recordRead the earlier witness
5“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” Read the later witness
And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Why FaithGraph draws this line
Luke 1:17 alludes to Malachi 4:5-6.
Gabriel says John will go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers to children, the language of Malachi's closing promise.
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