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Verse Malachi 2:5. _MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM OF LIFE AND PEACE_]
These are the _two_ grand blessings given to men by the NEW
_Covenant_, which was shadowed by the OLD. To man, excluded from the
favou...
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MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM LIFE AND PEACE; - literally “the life and
the peace;” that, which alone is true “life and peace.” The
covenant was not with Levi himself, but with Aaron, his
representative, w...
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THE REBUKE OF THE PRIESTS
CHAPTER 1:6-2:9
The priests, the religious leaders of the people, are described first
in their evil ways, and rebuked. But the rebuke includes the entire
people, for it is t...
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MALACHI 1:6 TO MALACHI 2:16. ISRAEL'S DISREGARD OF THIS LOVE. This
section falls into two parts, one dealing with the priesthood (Malachi
1:6 to Malachi 2:9),
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MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers
25:10.Deuteronomy 33:8; Deuteronomy 33:9; Deuteronomy 33:10).
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_My covenant_&c. Comp. Numbers 25:12-13; Nehemiah 13:29.
for _the fear wherewith he feared me_ Lit. _I gave them_(viz. life
and peace: I fulfilled my part of the covenant) _to him_(as) _fear_,
(i.e....
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_THIS COMMANDMENT IS FOR YOU - MALACHI 2:1-6:_ The priests must accept
and respect God's commandments. These teachings applied to them just
as they applied to the people. The priests had not done well...
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DISCOURSE: 1271
THE MINISTERIAL OFFICE
Malachi 2:5. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave
them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before
my name. The law of tr...
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MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM, &C.— Here the word _covenant_ is taken in
a good sense; for in this and the two following verses, the nature of
the covenant of God with Levi is explained, as in the eighth v...
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ISRAEL IS UNFAITHFUL. Malachi 1:6 to Malachi 2:9
RV. A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master; if then I am
a father, whereis mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear?
saith Jehov...
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My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him
for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
He describes the promises, and also the conditions of the cove...
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The Degeneracy of the Priesthood
1. A reminder to the priests that they are to blame for the laxity
denounced in Malachi 1:13; Malachi 1:14. They are responsible for the
offering of fit victims, w...
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MY *MESSENGER
MALACHI
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 2
V1 ‘And now, priests, this command is for you. V2 If you do not
listen (to me)’ says the *LORD of Everything, ‘then I will send a
*curse on you...
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OF LIFE AND PEACE. — Better, _life and peace_ — _i.e._, by it life
and peace were guaranteed to him.
LIFE in its highest sense.
PEACE as the sum total of blessing: the “fruit of the Spirit is
love,...
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II.
(1-9) The decree against the priests....
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בְּרִיתִ֣י ׀ הָיְתָ֣ה אִתֹּ֗ו הַֽ
חַיִּים֙ וְ...
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3. THE PRIESTHOOD OF KNOWLEDGE
Malachi 2:1
In the third section of his book "Malachi" addresses himself to the
priests. He charges them not only with irreverence and slovenliness in
their discharge o...
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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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THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE COVENANT
Malachi 2:1-17
As a contrast to the disgraceful attitude which the prophet had
described as characteristic of the priesthood, he paints the picture
of the noble prie...
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In dealing with the priests, he declared their corruption, and
indicated the line of their punishment. He charged them with
profanity, in that they had despised the name of Jehovah; with
sacrilege, in...
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All that is here said of Levi, must be understood only as typical of
the Lord Jesus Christ; for never could it be said of any other but
Christ, that iniquity was not found in his lips. And though it b...
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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 Prophet now proves more clearly how God violates not his covenant,
when he freely rebukes the priests, and exposes also their false
attempts in absurdly applying to themselves the covenant of God,...
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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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MY COVENANT WAS WITH HIM OF LIFE AND PEACE,.... Not with Aaron, nor
with Phinehas; nor is it to be understood of a covenant, promising
temporal life and outward prosperity to either of them; Aaron liv...
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My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him
[for] the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
Ver. 5. _My covenant was with him of life and peace_] Now God'...
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_My covenant was with him_ The prophet here speaks of the succession
of the ancient priests, such as Aaron, Eleazar, Phineas, and their
successors, as of one single person, under the name of Levi, (se...
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My covenant was with him of life and peace, with the promise of life
and peace attached; AND I GAVE THEM, namely, life, deliverance, and
salvation, TO HIM FOR THE FEAR WHEREWITH HE FEARED ME, as a rew...
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CONCLUSION OF THE REBUKE TO THE PRIESTS...
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1-9 What is here said of the covenant of priesthood, is true of the
covenant of grace made with all believers, as spiritual priests. It is
a covenant of life and peace; it assures all believers of al...
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Here is one covenant that is more particular than any, a covenant of
priesthood between God and a particular tribe. WITH HIM: Levi is named
ZECHARIAH 2:4, and I will rest there, though I know some wou...
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Malachi 2:5 covenant H1285 life H2416 peace H7965 gave H5414 (H8799)
fear H4172 feared H3372 (H8799) reverent...
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CONTENTS: The message to the priests concerning their sins. The evils
among the people.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Malachi.
CONCLUSION: Woe to those appointed to be God's mouth to the people,
but...
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Malachi 2:1. _Oh ye priests if ye will not hear the Lord will send a
curse upon you._ Sins in the sanctuary are always put among the most
grievous sins. Eli's sons lost the ark, the Hebrew priests fil...
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_My covenant was with him of life and peace._
UNSPEAKABLE BLESSINGS
The covenant which God made with Levi now belongs to all men. The
benign purposes in every ancient covenant find their fulfilment...
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_That My covenant might be with Levi._
THE MINISTER OF DIVINE TRUTH
I. As he always should be.
1. A man divinely called.
2. A man of profound reverence.
3. A man of moral truthfulness.
4. A man...
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MALACHI—NOTE ON MALACHI 2:2 Since the priests failed to guard the
temple’s purity, the Lord threatens to punish them. Because they
“despised” (Malachi 1:6) the Lord’s NAME
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CRITICAL NOTES.] The charge is still urged against the priests, who
are warned if they do not reform they will be deprived of enjoyments,
and made objects of shame.
MALACHI 2:2. A] Lit. _the_ curse de...
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EXPOSITION
MALACHI 2:1
_§ 4. For these derelictions of duty the priests are threatened with
punishment._
MALACHI 2:1
THIS COMMANDMENT. The threat or announcement is called a commandment,
because Go...
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Now He addresses Himself to the priests.
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. And if you will
not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my
name, saith the LORD...
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Deuteronomy 33:8; Deuteronomy 33:8; Exodus 32:26; Ezekiel 34:25;...
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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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With him — With Levi. Peace — Of long life, and prosperous,
assured to the Levites in their due ministrations before God. Before
my name — Behaved himself with reverence before God....