“See!
I will send you
The prophet Elijah
Before the great day
Of Yahweh comes,
Before the terrible day
Of Yahweh comes.”
Yahweh, via Malachi, said that he was going to send the prophet Elijah before this great and terrible day of Yahweh would come. For the New Testament followers of Jesus Christ, the question of Elijah was often asked about John the Baptist.