text: john the baptist/elijah rejected by jews? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ahgygeykajesabdhyxjjflnsy6ix?qid=1006040413495  something is not matching up here...why does these teaching not resemple the ot prophets and why the aggressive christians when questions are being asked?...are they hiding something? according to the jews the prophet elijah never died and instead went up to heaven alive. also they state that the last prophet was malachi and the next prophet will be the messiah. that is why you will find jews rejecting this whole concept.