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The Right View of JUDGMENT
The people to whom Malachi is writing are living between the Babylonian Captivity and the First Advent of Christ.
Undoubtedly many of them were believers in the Lord but had strayed – in a number of ways – from fellowship with God.
In these next three sections God is correcting and responding to His people.
“Where is the God of Justice?”
Note .
Mal 2:17
The word translated here justice is the Hebrew word מִשְׁפָּט mishpat = judgment.
It is also found in
Mal 3:5
which states:
In other words, the people were complaining that God seemed to be aloof and unconcerned about all of the evil that was going on in their world.
He was not concerned with JUDGING the evil that was obviously prevalent.
But God responds with a powerful message in .
This verse is speaking, prophetically, of both John the Baptist[i] and Jesus Christ[ii].
Actually, the phrase “My messenger” is the Hebrew word מַלְאָכִ֔י Malachi – clearly an allusion to the prophet’s name.
But “the Messenger of the Covenant” is certainly Jesus Christ Who is the “Mediator of the New Covenant”[iii].
But immediately he speaks also of Jesus’ Second Coming = THE DAY OF THE LORD.
See Mal 3:2-4.
Who fulfilled “My messenger” in the New Testament?
Who is “the Messenger of the Covenant”?
What does “the Day of His coming” refer to?
[i] Cf and .
[ii] This is “the Messinger of the Covenant” which is The New Covenant that Jesus inaugurated (, , etc.).
[iii] .
That is, Jesus, the Messiah, will MOST CERTAINLY come in JUDGMENT.
Jesus Christ, in The Day of the LORD, will certainly judge Israel[i] and indeed the whole world[ii].
The people of Malachi’s day could never complain that YAHWEH was lax in JUDGMENT for He certainly will judge both Israel and the world for their sin.
He will ultimately purify both the Levites [verse 3] and the entire nation [verse 4].
YAHWEH is an UNCHANGABLE GOD.[iii]
He will never forget His promises and purposes.
Otherwise, Israel would have already been consumed.
[i] Ezek 34:2024, , .
Only 1/3 of Israel will be delivered [].
[ii] Cf , ; , , etc.
[iii] .
Application for Us Today
We also are awaiting The Day of the Lord[1] and also The Judgment-Seat of Christ[2] The Lord is not slack in these things.[3]
Therefore, we also should be living in the fear of the Lord[4] and not be unaware of His JUDGMENT.
He wants, today, to purify our lives and present us blameless at the Bema.[5]
What application does this passage have for us today?
[1] Cf
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