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. --Jerusalem. HELPFUL READINGS. -- Isaiah 40:1-5; Luke 3:1-18; Matthew 3:1-12; Joel 2:28-32;... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Who could stand the searching ordeal of his presence and his words? Not the corrupt priesthood, or... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL SIT AS. REFINER AND PURIFIER OF SILVER. In Boulder, Colorado, the writer watched the silver ore as it was heated and melted in the furnace. As the fires became intense the precious metal and the impure earth parted, the refiner watched the process with the closest attention, until he saw b... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THE OFFERING OF JUDAH AND JERUSALEM BE PLEASANT TO THE LORD. It will then be acceptable as in the old days when Israel was faithful. Malachi declares (chap. 1:7) that they were wont to offer polluted bread on the altar, and blind, lame and sick beasts for sacrifice, while the law require... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. WILL COME NEAR YOU TO JUDGMENT. Their various sins are catalogued and denounced: Sorcery, adultery, perjury and oppression. The last sill was shown in injustice to the hireling, the widow, the orphan and the stranger. The Lord has always been on the side of the oppressed. At this time every ma... [ Continue Reading ]
AM THE LORD,. CHANGE NOT; THEREFORE YE SONS OF JACOB ARE NOT CONSUMED. Of old the Lord had made. covenant in which he had promised that in the seed of Abraham all nations should be blessed. The Lord, hence, did not blot out Israel for its sins, but would keep covenant, and preserve the nation until... [ Continue Reading ]