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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
3:1 messenger, (d-5) Angel (d-28) _ Malach_ , i.e. messenger or angel. covenant, (e-31) See Exodus 32:34 ....
3 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...
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...
III. (1) I WILL SEND. — Or, _I send._ It is the participle used as the prophetic present. (Comp. Note on Malachi 1:11.) MY MESSENGER. — Heb., _Malachi, my angel,_ or _my messenger,_ with a play on th...
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...
הִנְנִ֤י שֹׁלֵחַ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔י וּ פִנָּה ־דֶ֖רֶךְ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
_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...
THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD. Jehovah's Messenger and the Angel of the Covenant....
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...
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...
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...
Malachi 3:1 send H7971 (H8802) messenger H4397 prepare H6437 (H8765) way H1870 before H6440 Lord H113 seek...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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?...
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...
Acts 13:24; Acts 13:25; Acts 19:4; Acts 7:38; Exodus 23:20;...
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...
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...
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...