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 it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

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

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

And he

A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

And

The Lord said to my lord, Be seated at my right hand, till I put all those who are against you under your feet.

For this cause the Lord himself will give you a sign; a young woman is now with child, and she will give birth to a son, and she will give him the name Immanuel.

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;

And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats:

Even

And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

See, I am sending an angel before you, to keep you on your way and to be your guide into the place which I have made ready for you.

It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.

He shall come

And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.

General references

So say to them that I will make with him an agreement of peace:

See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give effect to the good word which I have said about the people of Israel and the people of Judah.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.