ELIJAH – GOD’S MAN FOR THE AGES

NEW TESTAMENT ADVENTURES OF OLD TESTAMENT HEROES #3

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE TRANSFIGURATION [Mark 9]

1. The Companions of Glory [v. 1-4]

2. The Christ of Glory [v. 5-8]

3. The Cross of Glory [Lk. 9:30-31, Galatians 6:14]

And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

II. THE SUBSTITUTION [Mk. 6, 8, 9]

1. The Company of Saints & the Saviour [Mk. 6:15, 8:27-28]

2. The Conditions of Substitution [Mk. 9:9-13, Lk. 1:13-17, Mt. 17:11-13]

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

3. The Coming of Saviour’s Servants [Mk. 9:12]

III. THE TRIBULATION [Rev. 11]

1. The Witness for Jesus [v. 1-3, 1:1]

2. The Power from Jesus [v. 3-6, Acts 1:7-11]

And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up , behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

3. The Ascension to Jesus [v. 7-12]