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Verse Malachi 3:18. _THEN SHALL YE RETURN_] To your _senses_, when
perhaps _too_ _late_; and _discern_-see the difference which God
makes, _between the_ _righteous and the wicked_, which will be most...
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THEN SHALL YE RETURN, OR TURN - , not, “return” in the sense of
returning to God, for in that day will be the time of judgment, not of
repentance; nor yet, “then shall ye again see;” for this is what...
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THE REMNANT AND THE CONCLUDING PROPHECY
CHAPTER 3:16-4:6
In the midst of all these moral conditions, the apostasy of the
masses, we find a pleasing picture of a godly portion, whom the Lord
mentions...
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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....
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_return, and discern_ When "judgment shall _return_unto righteousness"
(Psalms 94:15), when, that is, the judgement of God shall not only be,
as it ever is, but be seen to be righteous, then not only...
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_THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE -- MALACHI 3:16-18:_ The message of this
chapter ends with God reminding the people that He would remember
those who serve him in righteousness. This book of remembrance
conta...
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THEN THEY THAT FEARED THE LORD— Houbigant remarks, that by the word
_jewels_ in Malachi 3:17 are meant those who feared God, and embraced
the faith of the Gospel. This, says he, is principally to be
u...
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IF THE PEOPLE WILL RETURN IN DEVOTION TO GOD HE
WILL YET BLESS THEM. Malachi 3:7-12
RV. From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine
ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me...
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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...
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3:18 discern (b-6) Or 'shall again discern.'...
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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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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...
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וְ שַׁבְתֶּם֙ וּ רְאִיתֶ֔ם בֵּ֥ין
צַדִּ֖יק לְ
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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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WICKEDNESS AND PRIDE SHALL FIND JUDGMENT
Malachi 3:13-18; Malachi 4:1-6
The day cometh! either in the fall of Jerusalem or in some terrible
catastrophe yet future. Whenever it comes may we be reckone...
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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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I include the whole of these verses under one reading, in order to
observe in them what the last verse expresseth, the discerning between
the righteous and the wicked. And what can more strikingly set...
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! behold in this Chapter the gracious goodness of the Lord, in
promising to send his Herald, to prepare the way of the Lord! And mark
the corresponding event with the prediction, in...
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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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This verse at the first view seems to be addressed to the faithful;
for there never has been a turning as to the reprobate: but as the
word has a wide meaning, the passage may be suitably applied to 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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THEN SHALL YE RETURN,.... Either the wicked, who will be "converted"
z, as some render the word, and will have a different view of things,
and change their minds and language; or they that feared the...
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Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the
wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Ver. 18. _Then shall ye return and discern_] You wicked blasphemers,...
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_Then shall ye_ Ye contemners of God and religion; _return and
discern_ See clearly, and distinguish perfectly; _between the
righteous and the wicked_ Between the characters and the portion of
the tru...
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Then shall ye, those who were now grumbling, RETURN AND DISCERN
BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED, noting the difference between
the two classes, also in the manner in which God dealt with them,
BE...
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THE WAYS OF GOD VINDICATED...
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13-18 Among the Jews at this time, some plainly discovered themselves
to be children of the wicked one. The yoke of Christ is easy. But
those who work wickedness, tempt God by presumptuous sins. Judg...
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THEN, when that day of the Lord punishing the Jews by the Romans shall
come, and he shall do thus for his jewels, shall ye, the blasphemous
scoffers, proud contemnors of God and. religion, return; ret...
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Malachi 3:18 again H7725 (H8804) discern H7200 (H8804) righteous H6662
wicked H7563 serves H5647 (H8802) God...
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GOD
Summary of the Old Testament Revelation of Deity:
God is revealed in the Old Testament.
(1) through His names, as follows:
English Form Hebrew Equivalent Primary God LORD Lord El, Elah, or
Elo...
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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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_And discern between the righteous and the wicked._
THE CHARACTERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED CONTRASTED
The time alluded to by the prophet appears to be the awful day of
judgment. Then shall ye...
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Malachi 3:13.] Impatient murmuring is most unreasonable; the day is
coming which will bring to light the distinction between the righteous
and the wicked.
MALACHI 3:13. STOUT] (bold)...
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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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1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; Acts 16:17; Acts 27:23;...
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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...