So they answered him, “A hairy man wearing a leather belt around his waist.”
And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.” v.8
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Elijah was hairy man and probably means long beard and long head hair. It's interesting to compare Elijah's appearance and that of John the Baptist; "Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist;" (Matthew 3:4). This seems to be the look of prophets after Elijah, "And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive." (Zechariah 13:4). Just because one could dress the part didn't mean they could act the part, that had to come about by the Holy Spirit. Prophets didn't always speak messages people wanted to hear; being a prophet is a heavy burden when having to deliver a hard message that people will get mad at and try to kill the messenger than submitting to the One who actually gave the message. What are some "looks" of knowing who's a Christian today? How can these be false sometimes and how can they be comforting?
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