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Malachi 3:1-18
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commentaryMatthew Henry on Malachi 3:1-6The first words of this chapter seem an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is Christ's harbinger. He shall prepare the way before him, by calling men to rep…Matthew HenrycommentaryEvangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. (b. c. 400.)EVANGELICAL PREDICTIONS; THE ADVENT OF CHRIST PREDICTED. (B. C. 400.) The first words of this chapter seem a direct answer to the profane atheistical demand of the scoffers of those days which closed the foregoing chapt…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Malachi 3:1Preparation work. "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me." It is fully recognized that the allusion here is to the ministry of John the Baptist. In him was realized the fulfilment of t…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send (I send) my messenger. God answers that he is coming to show himself the God of judgment and justice. Are they ready to meet him and to bear his sentence? Who this "messenger" is is disputed. That no…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Malachi 3:1-4Christ as a spiritual Reformer. "Behold, I will send my messenger," etc. This passage seems to be an answer to the question of the sceptic in the last verse of the preceding chapter, "Where is the God of judgment?" It i…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Malachi 3:1The unexpectedness of the advent. "Shall suddenly come" Two messengers are spoken of in this verse. John, the messenger, prepares the way for Jesus; and Jesus, the Messenger, prepares the way for God. Each was a sent an…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Malachi 3:2Who may abide the day of his comings? They had expected him to come and judge the heathen; the prophet warns them that they themselves shall be first judged (comp. Amos 5:18). "Malachi, like John the Baptist, sees the f…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Malachi 3:2The severe side of Messiah's mission. "Like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap." It is usually shown that the triumphant side of Messiah's mission wholly occupied the mind of the Jews, and that consequently the st…Joseph S. Exell and contributors