The Messenger Of The Covenant

Minister Monardo said:

Malachi 3:
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way
before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple,
even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in:
behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
2 But who may abide, on the day of his coming?
and who shall stand when he appears?
For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver:
and he shall purify the sons of Levi,
and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer
unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant
unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

Only the first verse can be attributed to John the baptist, who came “in the spirit
and power of Elijah”. The rest is to come, as it is written in the Gospel:
Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 As it is written in the Prophets: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His
paths straight.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness is of course, Isaiah 40:3.
John was very precise in claiming which words of prophecy
applied to his ministry.
John 1:
19 Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites
from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?
20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not.
Are you the Prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then they said to him, Who are you, that we may give an answer to those
who sent us? What do you say about yourself?
23 He said: I, The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight
the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said.

If Elijah were to come now for final fulfillment of Malachi 3, to what temple does
he “suddenly come”? The apostle Paul has made it clear that the temple of the Lord
is now the hearts of His elect.

Romans 11:
2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know
what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,
3 Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left,
and they seek my life.
4 But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for Myself seven
thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the
election of grace.

There is more than double that number in Israel today who identify themselves
as Messianic Jews. We cannot know for sure how many are true elect, for only
the One who can see and know our hearts can identify “the seal of the Spirit”,
and His true elect. If there are 7,000 now, and I am not saying there has to be,
but just for discussion, is that not who the Messenger would appear unto when
He comes? Many say another temple must be built. The scriptures say that the
Lord is building His own temple in the spirit using the “spirits of just men made perfect”.
Will the messenger come to an orthodoxy, or a true remnant? We may soon know,
if we are anticipating his arrival.

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Minister Monardo said:

Thank you, brother dq, good to hear from you. We have been discussing Malachi 4 prophecy
the past couple of days here:
When Elijah Comes
I posted a follow up on the topic overnight.
Luke 1:17 does not fulfill Malachi 4
This thread is a part 3 to the discussion. I thoroughly search out Malachi 3 as it applies to
the Gospel narrative, so it is more of a prequel to the other two.
All blessings to you today!

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Minister Monardo said:

You do well to read and meditate on Revelation, for there is a blessing in it.
Rev 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.
On the other hand, I avoid commenting on or teaching from Revelation as much as possible,
lest I come into condemnation, for it is also written:
Revelation 22:
18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds
to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;
19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away
his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and the things which are written in this book.
I have a genuine concern that many are adding to or taking away from this book in trying to offer
their interpretation, to their own hurt. I will point out one thing from the chapter to which you are
inquiring as relevant to me, and perhaps to you as the Holy Spirit reveals to you.

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DavidPT said:

Revelation 22:18 For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone addsto these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;
19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away
his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and the things which are written in this book.


The text indicates that this is based on a certain condition that has to be met first, that being that one first hears the words of the prophecy of this book, as in fully understands the words, then if they add to any of these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book.


Let's stop here and think about this for a moment.


Let's suppose that there were some in the first century, some in the 2nd century, some in the 3rd century, some in the 19th century, some in the 20th century, and some in the 21st century, that heard the words of the prophecy of this book, thus fully understood the words of the prophecy then added to these things. How then is it that God added to each of them the plagues that are written in this book when all of them didn't even live in the same era of time when they added to the book, and that most of them are long dead and gone by now in this scenario, and that the last 7 plagues, for example, these are still future?

Even if someone were to argue that the last 7 plagues are not still future but have already been fulfilled, but not only those plagues, every plague mentioned in the book has already been fulfilled, so what about a scenario where one hears the words of the prophecy of the book in the 21th century then adds to these things? How does God fulfill adding to them the plagues written in the book if none of the plagues are future but all of them are past and already fulfilled?

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