the appearing of their King in His glory some seven years after His humiliation and death. But, of course God had foreknown that the condition of the Jews at this time would render it impossible for John to accomplish this work; hence, He had previously announced that He would send Elijah to do so a little before the great and dreadful Day of the Lord. By the words, “If ye will receive him,” the Lord threw upon the Jews themselves the whole of the responsibility for the long delay and weary exile