Malachi 3:1

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Malachi 3:1

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Summary

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, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

I will

John 1:6

And he

And

Even

Acts 7:38

He shall come

Haggai 2:7

General references

Bible References

I will

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

This is the one about whom it is written,
‘Behold, I send My messenger

ahead of You,

Who will prepare Your way before You.’

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“Behold, I send My messenger

ahead of You,

Who will prepare Your way;

“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
For you will go on before the Lord to

prepare His ways;

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet.

There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

And he

A voice is calling,

“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.

And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”

You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’

after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

And

A Psalm of David.

The Lord says to my Lord:

“Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name

Immanuel.

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us;
And the government will rest on His shoulders;
And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.

for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is

Christ the Lord.

Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?”

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,

And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

Even

He blessed Joseph, and said,
“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,

“Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

In all their affliction

He was afflicted,

And the angel of His presence saved them;
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,
And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
And in his maturity he contended with God.

This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.

He shall come

I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.

General references

Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give him My covenant of peace;

‘Behold, days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

This is the one about whom it is written,
‘Behold, I send My messenger

ahead of You,

Who will prepare Your way before You.’

But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.