In the Bible, Elijah does not die (he goes up to heaven in a chariot – see 2 Kings, chapter 2). Therefore he is the prophet our tradition assumes will return to announce the coming of the Messiah.

One shows Elijah, the Old Testament prophet, ascending to heaven on a chariot engulfed with flames. The other depicts Daniel praying for God to save him from the lions’ den.

If the latter, the question remains whether horses get an “all dogs go to heaven” sort of automatic pass, or instead the Almighty demands more of them. The ideas pictured in the song elicit a ...