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In the Old Testament, Malachi is the last of the twelve prophets, and that Book comes before the Book of Psalms. In the Old Testament, the Second Chronicles is the last book, whereas in the Christian Bible, Malachi is positioned as the last Book in the Old Testament. After this Book comes the Book of Matthew. Was this a strategic move on the part of the early Christians? To be sure, in accordance with 2 Timothy 3:16 it is the Word of God regardless of where it is positioned. Another fact to share is the belief that the Book of Malachi was written around 454 B.C. If so, it would be almost 580 years before Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
The Holy Trinity, that is, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost is believed to be God Himself, or at least the Son and the Holy Ghost could be perceived as an extension of God thereof. So, what does this have to do with Chapter 3 of the Book of Malachi?
In Malachi 3:1, God says, “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.” So, the next thing you know, the New Testament starts with the Book of Matthew who explains the birth and Gospel of Jesus. Considering alone the position of the Books of Malachi and Matthew in the Christian Bible, one may conclude that the Messenger is Jesus, since if these Books are chronologically placed, there was no “messenger” pre se that appears between the time that Malachi is believed to be written, and the Book of Matthew.
The Book of John pretty much confirms Jesus as the Messenger when in John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This could rightfully be seen as a follow-up to Malachi 3:1. That is, Jesus comes to “prepare the way” of God, and those who believe in God will benefit by His appearance.
But Malachi doesn’t just stop at Verse 1. Later on, in Verse 16 (Could it be a coincidence that Malachi 3:16 lines up with JOHN 3:16?) it says “Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.”
Then we have Malachi 3:17 in which God says “They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, on the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.” And what does it say in JOHN 3:17? It says, “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Those who are saved are God’s “treasured possession.”
Many of us who are familiar with the Book of Malachi have accepted on faith that the Messenger is Jesus, and we have further accepted Jesus’ standing alongside God and the Holy Ghost. And without faith in God, there is no belief in Him even if every word in the Bible is committed to memory.
The Holy Trinity, that is, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost is believed to be God Himself, or at least the Son and the Holy Ghost could be perceived as an extension of God thereof. So, what does this have to do with Chapter 3 of the Book of Malachi?
In Malachi 3:1, God says, “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.” So, the next thing you know, the New Testament starts with the Book of Matthew who explains the birth and Gospel of Jesus. Considering alone the position of the Books of Malachi and Matthew in the Christian Bible, one may conclude that the Messenger is Jesus, since if these Books are chronologically placed, there was no “messenger” pre se that appears between the time that Malachi is believed to be written, and the Book of Matthew.
The Book of John pretty much confirms Jesus as the Messenger when in John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” This could rightfully be seen as a follow-up to Malachi 3:1. That is, Jesus comes to “prepare the way” of God, and those who believe in God will benefit by His appearance.
But Malachi doesn’t just stop at Verse 1. Later on, in Verse 16 (Could it be a coincidence that Malachi 3:16 lines up with JOHN 3:16?) it says “Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name.”
Then we have Malachi 3:17 in which God says “They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, on the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.” And what does it say in JOHN 3:17? It says, “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Those who are saved are God’s “treasured possession.”
Many of us who are familiar with the Book of Malachi have accepted on faith that the Messenger is Jesus, and we have further accepted Jesus’ standing alongside God and the Holy Ghost. And without faith in God, there is no belief in Him even if every word in the Bible is committed to memory.
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