84: Was St. Elijah Assumed into Heaven? Will He Return Before the Coming of Christ?

Tradition holds that St. Elias was assumed into Heaven and will come again as the forerunner of Christ to do battle with the Antichrist. This is all about that!

“And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold, a fiery chariot and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven.” (2 Kings 2:11)

Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he. (Ecclesiasticus 48:13)

Behold, I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema. (Mal 4:5–6)

And there appeared to them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter answering, said to Jesus: Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. (Mk 9:3–4)

And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if any man will hurt them, fire shall come out of their mouths and shall devour their enemies. And if any man will hurt them, in this manner must he be slain. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. (Re 11:3-6)

Sermon St. John Chrysostom http://www.documentacatholicao....mnia.eu/03d/0345-040
St. John of Damascus https://www.orthodox.net/fathe....rs/exactiv.html#BOOK
Whether the witnesses of the transfiguration were fittingly chosen? ST III q. 45 a. 3 https://www.newadvent.org/summa/4045.htm
Propers for the Feast of St. Elias according to the Carmelite Rite Mass
Elias the Prophet - I – July 20 Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
The Fiery Sword of the Prophet Elias by Renato Murta de Vasconcelos
https://www.tfp.org/the-fiery-....sword-of-the-prophet
ST. III, q. 49, a. 5. Whether Christ opened the gate of heaven to us by His Passion? https://www.newadvent.org/summa/4049.htm#article5
Yes, Enoch and Elijah Went to Heaven JIMMY AKIN • 3/3/2015 https://www.catholic.com/magaz....ine/online-edition/y

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