Malachi 4:5

Elijah the prophet. Called thus, only here, and in 2 Chronicles 21:12 . Elsewhere, always "Elijah the Tishbite", to indicate his own person; but here "Elijah the prophet "because had Israel received Messiah, John the Baptist would have been reckoned as Elijah (see notes on Matthew 17:9-13 , Mark 9:11-13 ): and, at His last supper, the wine, representing His blood, would have been (as it will yet be) reckoned as "the blood of the (New) Covenant", as foretold in Jeremiah 31:31-34 .Hebrews 8:8-13 ; Hebrews 10:15-17 ; Hebrews 12:24 ).

day of the LORD . See note on Isaiah 2:12 , Isaiah 2:17 ; Isaiah 13:6 , &c.

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 .