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30 references to Elijah in the New Testament Most pertain to a doctrinal importance as opposed to an exemplary importance Elijah the Tishbite Elijah.

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Page 1: 30 references to Elijah in the New Testament Most pertain to a doctrinal importance as opposed to an exemplary importance Elijah the Tishbite Elijah.

Sermon on the Mount:

Law and Prophets Fulfilled

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Fulfill the Law and Prophets

Fulfilling the Prophecies of Him

Satisfy the missing requirements

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2 Peter 1:16-18

Luke 9:28-32

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30 references to Elijah in the New Testament

Most pertain to a doctrinal importance as opposed to an exemplary importance

Elijah the Tishbite

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79 references to Moses in the New Testament

Most pertain to a doctrinal importance as opposed to an exemplary importance

Moses

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The Mount of Transfiguration

Jesus

MosesElijah

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Their Bodies Were Preserved

JesusActs 2:31

MosesJude 9

Elijah2 Kings 2:11

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Prophesied Return

JesusActs 1:11

MosesDeuteronomy 18:15

ElijahMalachi 4:5

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Forty Day Fast

JesusMatthew 4:2

MosesExodus 34:28

ElijahI Kings 19:8

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“The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat”

Matthew 23:2

Jesus

MosesElijah

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Moses = Personification of the Law

Jesus

MosesElijah

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“(Elisha) also took up the mantle of Elijah”

2 Kings 2:13

Jesus

MosesElijah

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"The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." 2 Kings 2:15

Jesus

MosesElijah

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Elijah = Personification of the Prophets

Jesus

MosesElijah

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"Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill”.

Matthew 5:17

Jesus

MosesElijah

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Why the Transfiguration?

The Superiority of Christ

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

Hebrews 8:6

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The Purpose of the Old Testament

To bring us to Christ

Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

Galatians 3:24-25

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The Purpose of the Old Testament

So when they had appointed him a day, many came to him at his lodging, to whom he explained and solemnly testified of the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus from both the Law of Moses and the Prophets, from morning till evening.

Acts 28:23

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The Purpose of the Old Testament

"Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.'“ Luke 16:29-31