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Verse Malachi 3:6. _I_ am _the Lord, I change not_] The new
dispensation of grace and goodness, which is _now_ about to be
introduced, is not the effect of any _change_ in my _counsels_; it is,
on th...
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I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT - , better, more concisely, “I, the Lord
I CHANGE NOT - . The proper name of God, “He who Is,” involves His
unchangeableness. For change implies imperfection; it changes to...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_For I am the Lord, I change not_ Rather: FOR I, THE LORD, CHANGE NOT:
THEREFORE (lit. AND) YE, SONS OF JACOB, ARE NOT CONSUMED. The
unchangeableness of Him, whose name, Jehovah, " I AM," is the expon...
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_THE SIN OF INGRATITUDE -- MALACHI 3:6-12:_ The people did not see
that they had any need to repent. Malachi moved to discuss in more
details two specific sins of the Jews. The first was that they wer...
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DISCOURSE: 1273
THE IMMUTABILITY OF GOD
Malachi 3:6. _I, the Lord, change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed_.
THERE is not any thing in the whole creation that is in itself
immutable....
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FOR I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT— "Because I am the same yesterday,
to-day, and for ever, and am true to the promises given to your
fathers, therefore you still continue a people, and are not consumed...
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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...
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For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
FOR I AM THE LORD - Yahweh: a name implying his immutable
faithfulness in fulfilling His promises: the covenant-name o...
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I CHANGE NOT] better, 'I have not changed.' The THEREFORE in the
following clause is wrong: the Heb. has 'but you' (emphatic) 'are not
consumed.' As this yields no antithesis, it is not improbable tha...
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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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כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֣א שָׁנִ֑יתִי
וְ אַתֶּ
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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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6. REPENTANCE BY TITHES
Malachi 3:6
This section ought perhaps to follow on to the preceding. Those whom
it blames for not paying the Temple tithes may be the skeptics
addressed in the previous secti...
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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...
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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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For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob (f) are
not consumed.
(f) They murmured against God, because they did not see his help which
was ever present to defend them: and therefo...
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_Change. Hebrew also, (Haydock) "hate or recommence." I do not strike
the fallen. Did I spare Sennacherib? &c. Have I not protected the
posterity of Jacob? How then can you say that I am indifferent a...
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Here we have the confirmation of that glorious truth, which is the
distinguishing character of Jehovah, his unchangeableness. And,
Reader! amidst the perpetual fluctuating, dying, and perishing
circum...
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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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Here the Prophet more clearly reproves and checks the impious
waywardness of the people; for God, after having said that he would
come and send a Redeemer, though not such as would satisfy the Jews,
n...
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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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FOR I [AM] THE LORD,.... Or Jehovah; a name peculiar to the most High,
and so a proof of the deity of Christ, who here speaks; and is
expressive of his being; of his self-existence; of his purity and...
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For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed.
Ver. 6. _For I am the Lord, I change not_] I am Jehovah. This is
God's proper and incommunicable name. It imports three...
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_I am the Lord_ Hebrew, _Jehovah; I change not_ In my nature or
perfections there is no change, or _shadow of turning_, and therefore
I have and always must have an unchangeable hatred to all sin: and...
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THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD.
Jehovah's Messenger and the Angel of the Covenant....
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For I am the Lord, I change not, the name Jehovah itself indicating
that He is the same from everlasting to everlasting; THEREFORE YE SONS
OF JACOB ARE NOT CONSUMED, literally, "and ye, the Sons of Ja...
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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...
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This introduceth the final and full confirmation of what hath been
foretold in the verses before, the God of judgment will come, &c. I
CHANGE NOT: as he loved righteousness, and hath purposed to defen...
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Malachi 3:6 LORD H3068 change H8138 (H8804) consumed H3615 (H8804)
sons H1121 Jacob H3290
I am -...
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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...
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Malachi 3:6
We can all of us, perhaps, look back to occasions when, if God had
been pleased suddenly to call us away, in the state in which we were
living at that moment, we could only have put our ha...
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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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_For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore, ye sons of Jacob are not
consumed._
THE DIVINE UNCHANGEABLENESS
Here, in the land of our exile, we must live by faith, not by sight.
Fear of Him who is th...
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_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...
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MALACHI 3:6 Fifth Dispute: How Shall We Repent? Can a Man Rob God?
Malachi returns to the subject of Israel’s offerings, which he first
addressed in the second dispute (Malachi 1:6). When Israe
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CRITICAL NOTES.
Malachi 3:6. I Jehovah] am unchangeable in gifts and calling,
therefore sons of JACOB] (contrasted with Jehovah) will not be
destroyed. “The Divine immutability secured the preservati...
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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 Samuel 15:29; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; Exodus
3:14;...
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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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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...
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I change not — I have an unchangeable hatred to sin: and my long
suffering also changeth not, therefore you are not consumed in your
sins. Not consumed — God is the same in his wisdom to order the
rew...