Mat 17:10	And his disciples asked him, saying,  Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
	Mat 17:11	And Jesus answered and said unto them,  Elias truly shall first come,  and restore all things.
	Mat 17:12	But I say unto you,  That Elias is come already,  and they knew him not,  but have done unto him whatsoever they listed.  Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
	Mat 17:13	Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. John the Baptist had an "Elijah" message John the Baptist was preparing God's people for Messiah  Luk 1:17 And he shall  go before him  in the spirit and power of Elias,  to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,  and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. John the Baptist and Elijah had powerful messages in their day  Mal 4:5 Behold,  I will send you Elijah the prophet  before the coming of the  great and dreadful day of the LORD: right now God is raising up a powerful message to all nations  1Th 4:16 For the  Lord himself  shall descend  from heaven with a  shout, with the  voice of the archangel,  and with the  trump of God:  and the dead in  Christ shall rise first: