Verse Malachi 3:2. _BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING?_] Only they who shall believe on his name; for they that _will_ not, shall be blinded, and the unbelieving nations shall be destroyed by th...
AND WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING? AND WHO SHALL STAND WHEN HE APPEARETH? - The implied answer is, “No one;” as in the Psalm Psalms 130:3, “If Thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall...
4. THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MESSENGER AND THE DAY OF THE LORD CHAPTER 3:1-6 In this chapter and in the next we have the prophecies of Malachi as to the Messiah and His forerunner. The last verse of th...
MALACHI 2:17 TO MALACHI 3:6. THE COMING OF JUDGMENT. This passage is addressed to those of the prophet's contemporaries who were so perplexed by the state of things around them that they had become sc...
BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING? As the light of the sun reveals the stains and pollution that may be upon our garments, so the Sun of righteousness reveals the heart with its moral pollution....
_a refiner's fire_ Comp. Matthew 3:12. _fullers" sope_ "The process of fulling or cleansing cloth, so far as it may be gathered from the practice of other nations, consisted in treading or stamping on...
_THE MESSENGER AND THE MESSIAH -- MALACHI 3:1-5:_ Messiah would come. However, before His coming there would be one to prepare His way. Malachi wrote, "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall p...
DISCOURSE: 1272 THE EFFECTS OF CHRIST’S ADVENT Malachi 3:1. 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 people, eve...
BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY, &C.— Though the Jews promised themselves great felicity from the coming of the Messiah, yet he was to be considered by them in the character of a severe and just judge: for,...
CHAPTER XLV THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD THE LORD WILL SEND A MESSENGER TO PREPARE FOR HIS DAY. Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:6. RV. Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we we...
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 Messi...
3:2 endure (f-4) Or 'be fit for.'...
3 The Speedy Judgment 1. This v. is closely connected with the preceding. It is the answer to the question, 'Where is the God of judgment?' The messenger is evidently a prophet or a succession of pro...
MY *MESSENGER MALACHI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ CHAPTER 3 V1 ‘Look at me! I will send my *messenger. He will prepare the way for me. Then, suddenly, the *Lord that you are looking for will come to his...
REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (MALACHI 2:17 TO MALACHI 3:18). (17) A new section of the prophecy begins with this verse. The prophet now directs his reproofs against the people...
This coming of the Lord to His temple acts as a crucial test (comp. Luke 2:35); the people ought, therefore, seriously to have considered how far they were prepared for that advent before they desired...
וּ מִ֤י מְכַלְכֵּל֙ אֶת ־יֹ֣ום בֹּואֹ֔ו וּ
Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:1 PROPHECY WITHIN THE LAW "MALACHI" 1-4 BENEATH this title we may gather all the eight sections of the Book of "Malachi." They contain many things of perennial i...
5. "WHERE IS THE GOD OF JUDGMENT?" Malachi 2:17; Malachi 3:1 In this section "Malachi" turns from the sinners of his people to those who weary Jehovah with the complaint that sin is successful, or, a...
A PURGING FROM EVIL Malachi 3:1-12 The opening verses of this chapter stir the heart like the call of a trumpet. We remember how literally they were fulfilled in the presentation of our Lord in the T...
The last division of the Book contains the prophet's announcement of the coming of Messiah. It falls into three sections, one dealing with the coming One, one dealing with the Coming Day, and one utte...
But who (d) 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: (d) He shows that the hypocrites who wish so much for th...
Coming. This may be explained of [John] the Baptist, (Luke iii. 7.) or of the second coming of Christ; though his first coming shewed the hypocrisy of the Jews. They would not acknowledge him, but sou...
The question is solemn, who may abide the day of his coming, whether we consider the Lord's first coming to a sinner in a way of grace, or hereafter in a day of judgment. Who can describe the soul exe...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The Lord has not been pleased to give us much express information of the prophets in general, with the exception of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, and in a me...
The Prophet in this verse contends more sharply with the Jews, and shows that it was a mere presence that they so much expected the coming of the Mediator, for they were far different from him through...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 4. The prophecy of Malachi deals with the people brought back from the captivity of Babylon, and is most important as shewing the moral condition of...
BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING?.... When he should be manifest in Israel, and come preaching the Gospel of the kingdom; who could bear the doctrines delivered by him, concerning his deity and...
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: Ver. 2. _But who may abide the day of his coming?_] The prop...
_But who may abide the day of his coming_ The LXX. read, τις υωομενει ημεραν εισοδου αυτου, _who shall be able to bear the day of his coming?_ So also the Chaldee. “Quare hoc?” “Why this?” says Grotiu...
But who may abide the day of His coming? be able to endure that Day of Judgment upon the disobedient and secure? Cf Matthew 3:8; Luke 3:9. AND WHO SHALL STAND WHEN HE APPEARETH? Cf Joel 2:11. FOR HE I...
THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD. Jehovah's Messenger and the Angel of the Covenant....
1-6 The first words of this chapter seem an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is Christ's harbinger. He shall prepare the way before hi...
BUT, _Heb. And._ WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING? among the Jews were two sorts of inquirers after the day of the Messiah's coming: some inquired with doubt of the truth of the promises, that he s...
Malachi 3:2 endure H3557 (H8772) day H3117 coming H935 (H8800) stand H5975 (H8802) appears H7200 ...
THE COMING ACTIVITY OF GOD (MALACHI 3:1) The question, ‘Where is the God of Justice?' (Malachi 2:17) was obviously a two-edged one, but it is questionable whether the people of Judah wanted God to be...
Malachi 3:1 Interpreting this prediction by the event, let us read what it says, I. As to the manner of the Saviour's coming. (1) He was to come announced by a forerunner. (2) He was to come to fulf...
Malachi 3:1. _Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:_ The name Malachi means «my messenger.» The reference here is, of course, to John the Baptist, who was to prepa...
CONTENTS: Mission of John the Baptist, and Christ's first advent foretold. Israel exhorted to return to God. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Malachi, John the Baptist. CONCLUSION: Those who deny God His pa...
Malachi 3:1. _Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me._ John the baptist, as our Saviour himself expounds this passage. Matthew 11:7. _The Lord whom ye seek,_ and for whom...
_But who may abide the day of His coming?_ THE COMING OF THE LORD Look at this subject in two points of view. I. As a question of solemn remonstrance. That the Lord has come, we know; that the Lord...
_Behold, I will send My messenger._ MESSIAH’S MESSENGER The coming of the Messiah was in the time of the world’s deepest wants. As in all instances of national degeneracy, two special causes bore th...
CRITICAL NOTES.] MESSENGER] The prophet, in first instance; applied to the Baptist (Matthew 11:10; Luke 7:27). PREPARE] Clear away, like a pioneer before an Eastern prince. SUDDENLY] Unexpectedly. MAL...
EXPOSITION MALACHI 3:1 BEHOLD, I WILL SEND (_I send_) MY MESSENGER. God answers that he is coming to show himself the God of judgment and justice. Are they ready to meet him and to bear his sentence?...
Now the promise of the coming of John the Baptist as the forerunner to Jesus Christ. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenl...
1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:8; Acts 7:52; Amos 5:18;...
VITAL QUESTIONS Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:1; Malachi 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Malachi presents questions asked by God. In response, instead of a direct answer, the chosen people, Israel, ask...
THE TITHE CHAPTER Malachi 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When one reads the Book of Malachi he would think that the Holy Spirit was writing a message to the churches of the twentieth century, especially to...
Abide — Who shall be able to stand under the weight of those crosses which in that day, will fall on all sorts of men? The day — This day was from his preaching, 'till the utter destruction of Jerusal...