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Matthew 27: 46-49 — “(46) And about the ninth hour Yahshua cried out with aloud voice, saying, ‘Yli! Yli! Lamah ozabatniy?! Which means: My strength! My strength! Why have you forsaken me?’ (47) Some who stood there, when they heard, said, ‘He calls for Yliyah.’ (48) Then immediately one of them ran and took a sponge, filled with vinegar; placed it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink. (49) The rest said, ‘Leave him alone! Let us see if Yliyah will come to save him.'”

The NIV would use the name spelled as “Elijah” in all the verses, and verse 46 is written as such: “…Eli! Eli!”
According to my original statements, it behooves us to now point out each area of interest we will be exploring in order to affect all three mentioned categories of “believer” in regards to the above Scriptures. The overwhelmingly held view is that the Yliyah (Elijah) being discussed is the literal man, and that each Scripture pertains to him as a man.

The extremely narrowly held view is that none of the above Scriptures refer to a man at all, and that the matter being discussed is purely spiritual principle. Again, the widely held view — that Elijah is a man who is to return — is more often spoken of among those who would classify themselves as of the Christian and Messianic crowds. Christianity itself never really deals with the above Scriptures, and is comfortable with doing no more than a cursory review of the subject, while the Messianics attempt to dig a little deeper.

Let’s take a look at Yliyah (Elijah) from the common Messianic perspective.

Most Messianics would firmly agree that the Old Covenant (commonly called “Testament” in Christianity) is what sets the stage for any and all “truths” being discussed in the New Covenant. They would tell you that it is all one cohesive Book, and that any discrepancies between the Old and the New would need to defer to the Old Covenant and its intent in order to cipher out the truth. In this, most Messianics and their movements would be 100% correct. Yahshua the Messiah himself spoke of such truth often, but none more captivating than his words in the book of Yahchanan (John), Chapter 5,

verses 46 and 47: “For had you believed Mohshe, you would have believed me, for he wrote about me. But you do not believe his writings, so how will you believe my words?” The writings Yahshua refers to is commonly known as “Torah”. Torah is the first five books of the Old Covenant: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. These are the writings of Mohshe, and in every way are the expressions of the life to be lived by Yahshua, the Messiah to come. Other than the Torah, we have what is known as the books of the “minor prophets”, the “Psalms”, and the “Proverbs”.

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