(29) The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which
taketh away the sin of the world. (30) This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is
preferred before me: for he was before me.
(31) And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come
baptizing with water.
(32) And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it
abode upon him.
(33) And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon
whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth
with the Holy Ghost.‖ (John 1:1-33)
Yochanan worked by the spirit and power of Eliyah and not in the body of Elijah.
If we take the Bible literally when it says that Elijah must return before ―the day of the Lord comes‖
(Mal 4:5), then Elijah must manifest in the body.
The ―Day of the Lord‖ is the Tribulation period (see Rev 1:10).
The Orthodox Jews are currently waiting for Elijah to return to prepare the way for the Messiah.
Every Passover, Jews set a place at their seder meal in anticipation of the prophet‘s return, leaving a door or
window slightly ajar in the hopes that this will be the year of Elijah‘s entrance to usher in the Messianic
kingdom.
They recently started to fill the Jewish Passover cup for Elijah, which was left empty all these years.
Based on this, Elijah then must first return in person; or else the (Orthodox) Jews will not accept the
Antichrist as the Messiah. (And we know they will accept the Antichrist because the Y‘shua says so in
John 5:39-43).
It is then accepted that the two witnesses will make their debut first, then the Antichrist will come on the
scene, and only then will he be accepted as the Messiah and allow the Temple to be rebuilt.
The two witnesses will perform their duties in the first half of the Tribulation period.
17:14-17 I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him
―(14) And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him,
and saying, (15) Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into
the fire, and oft into the water. (16) And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. (17)
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long
shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.‖
As the subsequent verses indicate, the "fault" was with the disciples. Y‘shua's words imply that they should
have been able to deal with this.
17:18-19 And Jesus rebuked the devil
―(18) And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very
hour. (19) Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?‖
As mentioned earlier, this was a time of great "demonic activity" as it was in the time of Abraham and Moses;
and will be again upon the return of Y‘shua at the end of the age.
17:20 If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed
―And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and
nothing shall be impossible unto you.‖
The potential for "walking in the Kingdom" is outlined here in an amazing fashion. This begs the question,
why aren't we seeing these kinds of miracles today? Obviously, the twelve apostles had a unique
relationship; but a good reason for the lack of the truly miraculous today is the rejection of the Torah by those
who claim to be following YHWH for the past 1,900 years. This applies to both Gentiles who mainly follow a
theology of an anti-Torah messiah figure; as well as most Jews who don't recognise the Torah in the flesh –
Y‘shua.
Many people jump to the conclusion that what is meant here with the ―mustard seed‖ is that it refers to its
small size. The point that Y‘shua makes is: if your faith is as ―whole‖ as the mustard seed, you will move
mountains. It is not amazing that the mustard seed is one of the few seeds that does not have a ―cut‖ (seam)
in it.