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[[File: | [[File:Elijah taken up in a chariot of fire, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Elijah taken up in a chariot of fire, with Elisha watching, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta]] | ||
The ascended master '''John the Baptist''' had two embodiments that are recorded in the Bible: the Old Testament prophet '''Elijah''', and John the Baptist in the New Testament. Jesus himself declared that John the Baptist was Elijah come again.<ref>Matt. 11:14; 17:12.</ref> | The ascended master '''John the Baptist''' had two embodiments that are recorded in the Bible: the Old Testament prophet '''Elijah''', and John the Baptist in the New Testament. Jesus himself declared that John the Baptist was Elijah come again.<ref>Matt. 11:14; 17:12.</ref> | ||
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After Elisha witnessed his teacher’s ascension, he took up “the mantle of Elijah that fell from him” and he smote the waters of Jordan. When the waters parted and Elisha went over, the sons of the prophets saw that the spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha. From that time on, Elisha performed many miracles, feats of alchemy that were prophetic of the triumph of his Spirit over matter during his final embodiment as Jesus. The accounts of Elisha healing the waters, multiplying the widow’s oil, opening the womb of the Shunammite and later the raising of her son from the dead, the multiplying of the loaves of barley and the curing of Naaman of leprosy are recorded in the second book of Kings together with other demonstrations of the Law by this “Man of God.” | After Elisha witnessed his teacher’s ascension, he took up “the mantle of Elijah that fell from him” and he smote the waters of Jordan. When the waters parted and Elisha went over, the sons of the prophets saw that the spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha. From that time on, Elisha performed many miracles, feats of alchemy that were prophetic of the triumph of his Spirit over matter during his final embodiment as Jesus. The accounts of Elisha healing the waters, multiplying the widow’s oil, opening the womb of the Shunammite and later the raising of her son from the dead, the multiplying of the loaves of barley and the curing of Naaman of leprosy are recorded in the second book of Kings together with other demonstrations of the Law by this “Man of God.” | ||
[[File:Guercino 006.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|''John the Baptist'', Guercino (1641]] | |||
== John the Baptist == | == John the Baptist == | ||