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Although scholars disagree concerning how widespread and early was the explicit view of Elijah as the Messiah's forerunner, his end-time function in general is clear from Malachi 4:5-6 (compare Sirach 48:10; see note on 3:4 above), which also presents him as a "restorer."
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