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[[image:Elias.jpg|thumb|right|The Prophet Elijah (Elias)]][[Image:Prophet Elijah - Chariot of Fire.jpg|thumb|right|Prophet Elias ascending into Heaven in the chariot of fire with horses of fire (2 Kings 2:11).]]The glorious Prophet '''Elijah''' (�?ֱלִיָּהוּ "Whose/my God is the Lord", Standard Hebrew Eliyyáhu, Tiberian Hebrew Ĕliyy�?hû: אליהו), also '''Elias''' ([[New Testament|NT]] Greek Hλίας), is a [[prophet]] of the Hebrew Bible or [[Old Testament]]. His name has been variously translated as "whose God is the Lord," "God the Lord," "the strong Lord," "God of the Lord," "my God is the Lord," "the Lord is my God," and "my God is Jehovah." His [[feast day]] is celebrated on [[July 20]].
== Old Testament ==
== New Testament references ==
Elijah is frequently mentioned in the [[New Testament]]. In [[Gospel of John|John]] 1:25 the priests and Levites said to [[John the Baptist]], "Why [[baptism|baptizest]] thou, if thou be not that [[Christ]], nor Elias?" Paul ([[Book of Romans|Romans]] 11:2) refers to an incident in his history to illustrate his argument that God had not cast away his people. (See also [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 4:25; 9:54.)
Elijah was similar to John the Baptist in the sternness and power of his reproofs (Luke 9:8). According to [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 11:11, he was the Elijah that "must first come" (Matt. 11:11, 14). In John the Baptist one can see "the same connection with a wild and wilderness country; the same long retirement in the desert; the same sudden, startling entrance on his work (1 Kings 17:1; Luke 3:2); even the same dress, a hairy garment, and a leather girdle about the loins (2 Kings 1:8; Matt. 3:4)."
Also, Elijah's appearance in glory on Mount Tabor at the [[Transfiguration]] does not seem to have startled the [[disciple]]s. They were "sore afraid," but not apparently surprised.
According to prophecies of the holy Fathers, God will send Elijah and Enoch before coming of the [[Antichrist]] to bear witness for Christ on the earth and to strengthen the faithful.
== Elijah in local traditions ==
:by your command you held back the rain!
:Pray for us to the only Lover of mankind!
== Sources Source ==
*[[Wikipedia:Elijah|''Elijah'' at Wikipedia]]
==External links==
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102060 Holy, Glorious Prophet Elijah] ([[OCA]])
* [https://www.goarch.org/chapel/saints?contentid=135 The Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah)] ([[GOARCH]])
* [[Augustine of Hippo]]. ''[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.iv.XX.29.html Chapter 29.—Of the Coming of Elias Before the Judgment, that the Jews May Be Converted to Christ by His Preaching and Explanation of Scripture].'' In: '''CITY OF GOD'''. Book XX, Chapter 29. NPNF1-02.
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