Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. BEHOLD. Calling especial attention to the momentous tru... [ Continue Reading ]
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING? - (; ; ). The Messiah would come, not, as they expected, to flatter the theocratic nation's prejudices, but to subject... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. AND HE SHALL SIT AS A REFINER AND PURIFIER OF SILVER. The purifier sits before the crucible, fixing his ey... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. THEN SHALL THE OFFERING OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM BE PLEASANT UNTO THE LORD, AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD - (Malachi 1:11; Malachi 2:5). The "offering" ( minchaah (H4503), Hebrew) is not... [ Continue Reading ]
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. FOR I AM THE LORD - Yahweh: a name implying his immutable faithfulness in fulfilling His promises: the covenant-name of God to the Jews (), called here "the sons of Jacob," in reference to God's covenant with that patr... [ Continue Reading ]
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Reproof for the non-payment of tithes and offerings, which is the cause of their national ca... [ Continue Reading ]
Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? He notices the complaint of the Jews, that it is of no profit to serve Yahweh, for that the ungodly-proud are happy; and declares he will soon bring the day when it shall be known that He... [ Continue Reading ]