Some promote the view that these are real human beings from Heaven, such as Moses and Elijah, that will eventually come back to Earth in the future. Let’s look at why this doesn’t make sense.
Some point to Malachi 4:5 as proof Elijah is coming back, but that’s not what the Bible teaches. Luke and Jesus both state this is referring to John the Baptist:
And he (John the Baptist) shall go before him (Jesus) 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.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Luke 1:17, Matthew 11:12-14
Think about this – why would God send a person now perfect and with a new body (spirit, not flesh), and enjoying heaven, back to this sinful world? To literally suffer pain and torture and actually die and lay dead for a few days? Come on, that’s ridiculous. God wouldn’t do that. It’s symbolic language referring to the OT and NT.
The fire and turning water into blood mentioned in Revelation were events recorded in the Old Testament with Moses and Elijah. But they are not physically coming back to this dark world, it’s symbolic.
And how can they be Moses and Elijah? If you keep reading, they’re further described as the Olive Trees and Candlesticks that are symbolically standing before the Lord, so again – how can they be Moses and Elijah? That makes zero sense:
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation 11:4