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
sceptical of God's justice. The times were out of joint, prosperity
was the lot of the wicked instead... [ Continue Reading ]
TITHES AND THE DIVINE BLESSING. The people cannot hope to win God's
favour so long as they Withhold God's dues. When the tithes
(Deuteronomy 12:17 f; Deuteronomy 14:22 *, Numbers 18:21 *, Leviticus
27:30 *; see p. 99 Malachi presupposes the stricter legislation of P
as represented in the two latter... [ Continue Reading ]
MALACHI 3:13 TO MALACHI 4:3. THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. The
prophet here returns to the complaint of those who thought that
religion did not pay (with Malachi 3:14; cf. Malachi 2:17). They had
kept God's charge, faithfully observing their religious duties, and
even wearing the sackcloth and... [ Continue Reading ]