“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.
Against their blasphemous murmuring that God has deceived or forsaken them, I assert that His covenant shall not fail. Though men are perfidious, God remains true to His own nature and cannot depart from it; He triumphs gloriously over their slanders by accomplishing His promises in their due time.
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Commenting on Malachi 3:1-18
The scoffers demanded, Where is the God of judgment? The answer comes sharp and clear: He stands at the door. The long-expected Messiah is ready to appear, and He says, For judgment have I come into this world. John the Baptist, God's commissioned messenger, will clear the path before Him, calling men to repentance and reformation.
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Commenting on Malachi 3:1-6
Christ Himself answers the mockers: I will send My messenger before Me. John the Baptist, called a messenger by office not nature, proves Christ's power to send forth ministers, His superior excellence, and His existence before the incarnation. That Christ sent John proves Christ's deity: the Judge is coming, and His herald announces it.
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