In other words, the remaining areas of Scripture, all New Covenant text, need to strictly comply to the words of Malakyah, no? Of course, Yahshua often heightened truth with his many comments such as “You have heard it said…but I tell you…” In this he certainly may have given extra detail, but never contradiction. Let’s now discover more about the New Covenant texts, keeping Malakyah 4 in the front seat of our minds:

Matthew 11:10-15 — “(10) For this is he (who is it?) about whom it is written (written where?): ‘Behold I will send my messenger (again, who is this, and where?), and he will prepare the way before you. (11) Truly I say to you: Among those born of women, there has been none who is greater than Yahchanan the Immerser, but he who is least in the Kingdom (of Heaven or of Yahweh) is greater than he. (12) And from the time of Yahchanan the Immerser until now, the Kingdom of
Yahweh has been advancing forcefully, and forceful men lay hold of it. (13) For all the prophets (from Torah and the minor prophets) are the law (Torah specifically) prophesied (spoken reVelation) until (is a change taking place?) Yahchanan. (14) And if you are willing to accept it, (now to the NIV version) he is the Elijah who was to come. (15) He who has ears to hear, let him hear.'”

Remember, we are attempting to dissect the verses to prove that the man, the prophet Elijah, is coming again.

Having only Malakyah, Chapter 4 from the Old Covenant, we must find the balance, or expose the imbalance, between the two Covenants. In the above verses we are told the one being written about is the one described in Malakyah 4:5: “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you. The first verse, verse

10 of Matthew 11, seems to be speaking of Elijah, no? If in fact we are told it is he whom “it is written” of, and there is no other reference in the old Covenant to say otherwise, then it seemingly leaves us no choice but to say “It is speaking of Elijah.” The confusion enters in with the revelations of the New Covenant text. In verse 11 of Matthew 11, we quickly switch to Yahchanan the Immerser, and verse 12 heightens the confusion by incorporating a timeline “from the time of Yahchanan the Immerser until now.” That time is less than one year that Yahshua speaks of, and as we proceed to verse 13, we again see the introduction of another important timeline.