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CHAPTER III
_In allusion to the custom of sending pioneers to prepare the_
_way for the march of an eastern monarch, the coming of_
_Christ's forerunner is described, and then the coming of_
_Chri...
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God answers their complaints of the absence of His judgments, that
they would come, but would include those also who clamored for them.
For no one who knew his own sinfulness would call for the judgme...
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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...
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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...
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MESSIAH'S MESSENGER.-- Malachi 3:1-6; Malachi 4:1-6.
GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Behold,. will send my messenger, and he shall prepare
the way before me._ -- Malachi 3:1. TIME. --About B. C. 408. PLACE.
--Jerusa...
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BEHOLD,. WILL SEND, &c.. Behold Me sending, &c. Quoted in Matthew
11:10; Mark 1:2.Luke 1:76; Luke 7:27. Not to that then present
generation, but to the "generat
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Malachi 3:1. God Himself takes up (Malachi 3:1) the challenge, "Where
is the God?" &c.
_my messenger_ They had been provided, in the priests, with a standing
order of "messengers" of Jehovah (Malachi...
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_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...
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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...
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BEHOLD, I WILL SEND MY MESSENGER, &C.— Here is a description of two
persons whom God promises to send to the Jews. The one God calls _my
angel_ or _messenger,_ whose errand is said to be to prepare th...
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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...
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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...
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3:1 messenger, (d-5) Angel (d-28) _ Malach_ , i.e. messenger or angel.
covenant, (e-31) See Exodus 32:34 ....
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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...
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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...
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הִנְנִ֤י שֹׁלֵחַ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔י וּ
פִנָּה ־דֶ֖רֶךְ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Behold, I will send my (a) messenger, and he shall prepare the way
before me: and the (b) Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his
temple, even the (c) messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight...
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My angel, viz., John the Baptist, the messenger of God, and forerunner
of Christ. (Challoner) --- His purity and office procure him this
title. (Worthington) --- Afterwards Christ himself shall come,...
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CONTENTS
The Prophet is here opening to the Church some precious views of the
Lord Jesus Christ, in description of his person, glory, majesty and
grace; as he was to appear in the days of his flesh t...
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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...
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_THE FORERUNNER AND THE MESSENGER_
‘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...
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Here the Prophet does not bring comfort to the wicked slanderers
previously mentioned, but asserts the constancy of his faith in
opposition to their blasphemous words; as though he had said,
“Though t...
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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...
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BEHOLD, I WILL SEND MY MESSENGER,.... These are the words of Christ,
in answer to the question put in the last verse of the preceding
chapter Malachi 2:17, "Where [is] the God of judgment?" intimating...
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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,...
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_Behold_, &c. To silence the cavils of unbelievers, spoken of in the
last verse of the preceding chapter, the prophet here foretels the
coming of the Messiah, who should set things in order; and of hi...
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Behold, I will send My messenger, the special prophet spoken of Isaiah
40:3, the passage upon which the present statement is evidently
founded, AND HE SHALL PREPARE THE WAY BEFORE ME, Mark 1:3; AND TH...
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THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD.
Jehovah's Messenger and the Angel of the Covenant....
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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...
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MALACHI CHAPTER 3 The forerunner, and coming of the Messiah to cleanse
his church, and to judge the wicked, ZECHARIAH 3:1. The people are
warned to repent, and turn from their sins, ZECHARIAH 3:7;
par...
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Malachi 3:1 send H7971 (H8802) messenger H4397 prepare H6437 (H8765)
way H1870 before H6440 Lord H113 seek...
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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...
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LORD
The first verse of Malachi 3 (Malachi 3:1) is quoted of John the
Baptist; (Matthew 11:10); (Mark 1:2); (Luke 7:27), but the second
clause, "th
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 3:1 Apparently Israel was repeating the
error of Amos’s listeners (Amos 5:18). They supposed that the
Lord’s coming would be only for blessing. They did not realize that
the Lo...
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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...
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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?...
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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...
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Acts 13:24; Acts 13:25; Acts 19:4; Acts 7:38; Exodus 23:20;...
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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...
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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...
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I — The Messiah. My messenger — John the Baptist. The Lord — The
Messiah. Whom ye seek — Whom ye, who truly fear God, long and wait
for. Suddenly come — After the coming of his fore — runner. To his
t...