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

The priests should teach the true knowledge of God. They are the messengers of Jehovah of Hosts. Therefore the people should learn (my will) the law from them.

Behold! I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible Day of Jehovah comes.

This is he of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.'

The prophet Isaiah wrote: I am sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare your way.

Your child will be called the prophet of the Most High. You will go in advance of Jehovah God to make his ways ready. (Malachi 3:1)

What did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes I tell you and much more than a prophet.

God sent a man named John. (Malachi 3:1)

And he

A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming:

His disciples asked him: Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

Great numbers of the children of Israel will return to Jehovah their God because of him. (1 Samuel 7:3)

John traveled in the region near the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

John spoke about him and declared: He is the one I said would come after me. He is greater than I am because he lived before me.

You bear witness that I said I am not the Christ. I have been sent before him.

Before Jesus came John preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Paul said: John baptized with the baptism of repentance. He told the people they should believe in Jesus, the one who came after John.

And

([Psalm of David]) Jehovah said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.

Therefore Jehovah will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (God with us).

For unto us a child is born. Unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

I will shake all the nations and make them afraid. The treasures of all the nations will be brought here. I will fill this house with glory.

Christ (Messiah) the Lord, a Savior, is born this day in the city of David.

John sent two of his disciples to the Lord. They asked, Should we look for another or are you the one?

Everyday he taught in the temple. The chief priests, scribes and other important men of the people looked for ways to destroy him.

He found the merchants who sold oxen, sheep and doves. The moneychangers were sitting nearby.

Even

Jacob blessed Joseph. He said: May God, in whose presence my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac walked, may this God who has been my shepherd all my life to this very day,

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

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

Their ancestor Jacob held on to his brother's heel while the two of them were in their mother's womb. When Jacob became a man, he struggled with God.

This one was with our father in the congregation in the wilderness. The angel spoke to him on Mount Sinai. He received the living oracles to give to us.

He shall come

I will shake all the nations and make them afraid. The treasures of all the nations will be brought here. I will fill this house with glory.

General references

Tell Phinehas that I now make a promise of peace to him.

Jehovah said: 'The time is coming when I will fulfill the promise that I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

This is he of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.'

I say to you, one greater than the Temple is here.

Then they asked him how is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

Great numbers of the children of Israel will return to Jehovah their God because of him. (1 Samuel 7:3)