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QUESTION: Since the Bible teaches that Elijah must return before the coming of the Messiah, and it also teaches that John the Baptizer was the fulfillment of that prophecy, what was the importance of Elijah and his work? ANSWER: Elijah makes his appearance at a time of great crisis in the history of ancient Israel (1 Kings 17-19 and 2 Kings 1-2). Elijah makes an abrupt entrance into the text in…