The Prophet of the Chariot of Fire lived in 870 B.C. He is the prophet who stands up for the poor and lost souls of his land and defended those who suffered violence and injustice. The following insights to the significance of Elijah’s revelations are found at (www//144000.net/chariot.htm). I share them with you now. In the Gospel of Mathew, Jesus tells His disciples that Elijah, who was to come according to the prophecy of Malachi, at that moment had already come, and the disciples understood that He was talking of John the Baptist.” He quotes Luke 1:17, telling us that an angel appears before Zacharias to announce that, regardless of the advanced age of his wife and him, a son would be granted to them by God...and he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah...”

Reincarnation of the spirit was held by many religious beliefs systems before the time of John the Baptist. When he is questioned by priests and Levites (priests were like the Sadduceans of later time) if he was Elijah, the prophet answered, “I am not.” At this moment he was John the Baptist, but within him was the power and spirit of Elijah and Jesus would later reveal this to the apostles. Isaiah 62:2 sees this incarnation to come when he says, “and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name...”

Refusal to accept the reincarnation or embodiment of the spirit of Elijah in John the Baptist which was accepted by most important early Fathers of the Church, does not deny the fact of this prophesy and it’s fulfillment did seem to happen.