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Also asked on
[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/platinumend/comments/r7qgxl/is_platinum_end_meant_to_refer_to_the_biblical/).

Re Elijah:

  1. <http://web.mit.edu/jywang/www/cef/Bible/NIV/NIV_Bible/1KGS+19.html>
  2. <https://ibpf.org/the-prophet-elijah-was-depressed/>
  3. <https://bible.org/seriespage/15-crisis-elijah-1-kings-194-14>
  4. <https://wordsbymatthew.com/blog/7-lessons-depression-elijah-suicidal-prophet>
  5. <https://believehim.org/how-god-dealt-with-elijahs-depression/>

I looked up just now "platinum end" "elijah" but wasn't able to find anything
(except [the
obvious](https://www.reddit.com/r/platinumend/comments/r7qgxl/is_platinum_end_meant_to_refer_to_the_biblical/)).
Is Platinum End supposedly a reference to Elijah specifically? Or is this some
common thing in religion or mythology, where a deity sends an angel to a
suicidal person? (Of course we are very blessed that deities send angels to us
everyday through our struggles in life, esp during this pandemic. These angels
are what we call some fellow humans.)


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Is Platinum End meant to refer to the Biblical story of Elijah (1 Kings 19:4-7) who was suicidal and God sent an angel?


It was mentioned by another user
([Valorum](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/users/20774/valorum), who is free
to post h own answer) that that angels' appearing to suicidal humans is a
pretty common trope in fiction, for example in the 1946 film [It's a Wonderful
Life](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life).

Perhaps it's more appropriate to ask not if the movie or the trope in general
originates from the story of Elijah, which of course would be the subject for
another post.


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