We have come to the final word of the Book of the XII, and the end of the Old Testament for Christians, where the Lord delivered his last plea to his people for them to remain loyal to him and follow Torah. He did not plea on his own behalf, but on behalf of the…
Category: Malachi
The people fail when the priests do not teach: Malachi 2
After the general rebuke over cultic matters in the last chapter (Malachi 1), the Lord aimed the present chapter at the priests. The priests did not teach Torah. The people rejected each other, and the priests abandoned their wives. They broke brotherhood and marriage through faithlessness. As they rejected each other as creations of the…
The Lord desires honor, not fear: Malachi 1
Zechariah described what would change about human institutions in the eschaton. All government and rule would be based on Torah. Individual human behavior would have to change, too. This is the topic of Malachi. The people’s incorrect and non-chalant attitude towards service of the Lord would need to look much different if they were going…