“It seems Elijah will have a pivotal role in the coming of the Messiah, specifically in reminding a future generation of the importance of the Law of Moses,” wrote Joseph Farah in his article The Mystery of Elijah – And His Return on World Net Daily.
“What is Elijah going to do before Jesus returns?” Farah asks.
Paraphrasing Scripture, his answer is that Elijah will remind his generation about the Law of Moses, turning the hearts of children to their fathers and vice versa. However, that’s the watered-down version, because Scripture said to not only remember The Law, but to return to it.
Malachi 4:4 Remember ye and return to The Law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, [with] the Statutes and Judgments.
Elijah’s generation is warned to Return to the Law of Moses AND to God’s Statutes and Judgments. All these can be found in The Torah, the first five Books of The Bible, given to Moses by God....