Your words have been stout against me, saith the lord. Thus we have the robbing god of offerings mentioned in malachi chapter 3 verse 8. The tithes were brought to the temple, and laid up in the chambers built to receive them see nehemiah 10. This meant all the jewish people when malachi wrote his book.
And the lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Chapter 3, then, begins with gods promise to do exactly what israel ishypocriticallyasking for. A governor of the king of persia is reigning in the land malachi 1. God will send a messenger to proclaim the imminent arrival of the messiah malachi 3.
In the christian old testament, the prophetic books are placed last, making book of malachi the last old testament book before the new testament. He does not give any detail about time and duration of his ministry. Pastor paul leboutillier of calvary chapel ontario oregon teaches through the bible from the hebrew old testament book of malachi. Test me in this, says the lord almighty, and see if i will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. When the right question is asked, everyone in the conversation is given an open door to say what they are thinkingand to learn in the process. I praise and thank you for all that you are and all that you have done for me, and i pray that my heart would be open before you and that you would develop in me a loving and giving heart and a spirit of generosity. Malachi 3, new living translation nlt the bible app. The same hebrew word malachi is translated malachi in chap. One can take from the book however that the temple in jerusalem has been rebuilt and that the priests are offering sacrifices malachi 1. And, one day, that promised one will rule with all of gods power. The similitude is continued which was taken from a prince or governor, malachi 1. I would encourage you to read deuteronomy chapter 28 to see this principle.
And the lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. So it appears that the section on tithing in malachi 3. Some do not hold malachi as a first name but a designation. They claimed that the reality was just the opposite of what was said in verse 10they claimed that it was the arrogant who were blessed by god, that the wicked prospered, and that even those who put god to the test escaped. Malachi 3, new international version niv the bible app. The view has been supported by appeal to the prechristian greek translation of the ot the septuagint.
This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet malachi, and is a part of the book of the twelve minor prophets. Malachi bible book with full chapters king james version. Bring all the tenth parts into the storehouse, that there may come to be food in my house. Malachi 3, new king james version nkjv the bible app. That passage reads, you are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you. Return to me, and i will return to you, says the lord of hosts. Malachi is the last of the three postexile prophets.
We looked yesterday at the historical context of malachi 3, where we saw that the priest eliashib was stealing the tithes from the temple storehouse. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my temple. The old testament prophet, malachi, knew the art of conversation. All the proud and all the evildoers will be the stubble, and the day, when it comes, will set them ablaze, says yahweh sabaoth, leaving them neither root nor branch. Follow gods redemptive plan as it unfolds throughout scripture. Bring ye make a punctual and full payment of all tithes. Malachi chapter 3 behold i send my messenger youtube.
All the iniquitous behavior in the verse are evidence that these are people who do. At the time that malachi wrote this book the children of israel were in a terrible spiritual state. The book may be a reference to the book of life in which the names of gods. It might be an abbreviation of malachjah which has the meaning of messenger of jehovah. Robbing god 7 yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from my statutes and have not kept them. Malachi 3 is a popular passage that pastors and churches use to defend the practice of the 10% tithe. It is as if god wanted to underline his last message and we find 25 times thus says jehovah in the whole book. The coming messenger behold, i send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. When studying a book of the bible, one of the primary things to look for is who the book is. The tithes were brought to the temple, and laid up in the chambers built to receive them. But when we study the passage in context, a completely different picture emerges. As with verses 8 and 9, this entire discussion is directed at israel, and within. A chapterbychapter bible study of the book of malachi 3 introduction to malachi questions are a great way to start a conversation.
Malachi 2 is the second chapter of the book of malachi in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. This, however, will be a day of judgment and division. And suddenly the lord whom you seek will come to his temple. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the lord of hosts, if i will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe, says the lord of heaven s armies. Malachi 4 is the fourth chapter of the book of malachi in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. New testament church was not in existence and the is no comparison to israel here. The distinction between the righteous and the wicked. Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field.
Malachi with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Yet ye say, what have we spoken so much against thee. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of malachi in the bible king james version. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the lord of hosts, if i will not open you the. Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and try me in this, saith the lord. Verse 1 behold, i am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Employing a wordplay on the name of malachi, the lords messenger, the lord. Next 1 look, i shall send my messenger to clear a way before me.
We know this because in malachis day the temple was already rebuilt malachi 1. The book of malachi was written between 440 and 400 b. That there may be meat for the priests and levites to. We know this because the jews were under a civil ruler the governor of malachi 1. So either this means the priests, or perhaps the people that they served. Choose a chapter and verse from malachi to begin your versebyverse study of gods word using the more than 100 commentaries available on. This was gods warning through malachi to tell the people to turn back to god. That these verses are speaking specifically to the priests is clear from the little. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and. Malachi was the writer of the book of malachi, the last book of the neviim prophets section in the jewish tanakh. These are all of the chapters of the book of malachi. Malachi chapter 3 explained discover the 66 books of the. Malachi, the name of the last book of the ot, means my messenger.
1594 811 319 483 1475 1226 767 1450 1025 1042 1488 604 468 859 949 1028 1612 932 710 558 709 34 1157 350 1260 1486 524 1385 218 752 163 177 1126