Bob Feather June 30th, 2009
Get ready. The King is coming.
Malachi 3
- The concept of and “advance team” is nothing new. God announced that he would send someone to prepare for the coming of the Messiah (v. 1).
- The arrival of the Messiah would be both earth-shattering and life-changing (v. 2-6).
- But before the Christ arrives, the people need to consider how they have offended God by stealing from Him (v. 8-12) and complaining about God’s rules (v. 13-15).
- God will judge the wicked and save His people; mark it down (v. 16-18).
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Bob Feather June 29th, 2009
We weary God when we extol the wicked
Malachi 2
- A priest, in many eyes, is a person who can talk with God and get you out of trouble. As such, we expect our priests to be of impeccable character approaching sainthood. This clearly was not the condition of the priests in Malachi’s day. Instead of turning many away from iniquity, they themselves departed out of the way, caused many to stumble at God’s law and corrupted God’s covenant (v. 1-9).
- Just in case you think that marriage, albeit crucial to the furtherance of the species, is not so important in the overall plan of God, be sure to see what He has to say about marrying unbelievers and divorcing your first wife (v. 10-17).
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Bob Feather June 28th, 2009
Not so, Lord
Evolutionists are right in observing change in man.
But they are wrong on two points: Continue Reading »
Bob Feather June 28th, 2009
How does the first half of the book end?
Many people know how the New Testament begins; but not many now how the Old Testament ends. Malachi, the last written prophet of the Old Testament speaks about the sins of a people who rebel against God, and he introduces us to the prophet link between the Old Testament and Christ.
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