Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Malachi,1,1,"Malachi was a prophet","MALACHI,PROPHET" Malachi,1,1,"Prophecy comes from God, not from men","COMES,GOD,MEN,NOT,PROPHECY" Malachi,1,1,"The prophecies given to Malachi are said to be a burden","BURDEN,GIVEN,MALACHI,PROPHECIES,SAID" Malachi,1,1,"These prophecies are the words of the Lord, not the words of Malachi","LORD,MALACHI,NOT,PROPHECIES,THESE,WORDS" Malachi,1,1,"This book contains the prophecies of Malachi","BOOK,CONTAINS,MALACHI,PROPHECIES" Malachi,1,1,"This prophecy was specifically given to Israel","GIVEN,ISRAEL,PROPHECY,SPECIFICALLY" Malachi,1,2,"God chose to love Jacob","CHOSE,GOD,JACOB,LOVE" Malachi,1,2,"God has loved the nation of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL,LOVED,NATION" Malachi,1,2,"God has loved the nation of Israel from the beginning","BEGINNING,GOD,ISRAEL,LOVED,NATION" Malachi,1,2,"Jacob had a brother named Esau","BROTHER,ESAU,JACOB,NAMED" Malachi,1,2,"The Israelites are the descendants of Jacob","DESCENDANTS,ISRAELITES,JACOB" Malachi,1,2,"The Israelites questioned God's love for them, saying that Esau was Jacob's brother; they did not believe that God had a special love for them","BELIEVE,BROTHER,ESAU,GOD,ISRAELITES,JACOB,LOVE,NOT,QUESTIONED,SAYING,SPECIAL" Malachi,1,3,"Dragons are a real creature that actually existed at one point in history","ACTUALLY,CREATURE,DRAGONS,EXISTED,HISTORY,ONE,POINT,REAL" Malachi,1,3,"Dragons lived in the wilderness and in desolate places","DESOLATE,DRAGONS,LIVED,PLACES,WILDERNESS" Malachi,1,3,"God chose to hate Esau","CHOSE,ESAU,GOD,HATE" Malachi,1,3,"God destroyed the territory of the Edomites and turned it over to dragons","DESTROYED,DRAGONS,EDOMITES,GOD,TERRITORY,TURNED" Malachi,1,3,"God destroyed the territory that was possessed by the children of Esau","CHILDREN,DESTROYED,ESAU,GOD,POSSESSED,TERRITORY" Malachi,1,3,"God loved Jacob and hated Esau; He showed great love to the descendants of Jacob, but He hated the descendants of Esau and destroyed their territory","DESCENDANTS,DESTROYED,ESAU,GOD,GREAT,HATED,HE,JACOB,LOVE,LOVED,SHOWED,TERRITORY" Malachi,1,3,"God put a difference between Jacob and Esau, and between Jacob's descendants and Esau's descendants; even though Jacob and Esau were brothers He treated them differently","BETWEEN,BROTHERS,DESCENDANTS,DIFFERENCE,DIFFERENTLY,ESAU,GOD,HE,JACOB,PUT,TREATED" Malachi,1,3,"The descendants of Esau resided in the mountains","DESCENDANTS,ESAU,MOUNTAINS" Malachi,1,3,"The reason God destroyed the territory of the Edomites was because He hated Esau","BECAUSE,DESTROYED,EDOMITES,ESAU,GOD,HATED,HE,REASON,TERRITORY" Malachi,1,4,"God has an everlasting hatred for the Edomite people","EDOMITE,EVERLASTING,GOD,HATRED,PEOPLE" Malachi,1,4,"God hates the Edomites and will never allow them to successfully rebuild","ALLOW,EDOMITES,GOD,HATES,NEVER,REBUILD,SUCCESSFULLY" Malachi,1,4,"God hates the Edomites forever; He will always have indignation against them","AGAINST,ALWAYS,EDOMITES,FOREVER,GOD,HATES,HE,INDIGNATION" Malachi,1,4,"God is the God of armies","ARMIES,GOD" Malachi,1,4,"God said that the Edomites were going to rebuild what had been destroyed","DESTROYED,EDOMITES,GOD,GOING,REBUILD,SAID,WHAT" Malachi,1,4,"God said that when the Edomites rebuilt what had been destroyed, He would destroy it yet again","AGAIN,DESTROY,DESTROYED,EDOMITES,GOD,HE,REBUILT,SAID,WHAT,WHEN" Malachi,1,4,"God was the one who would destroy the Edomites yet again after they rebuilt what they had lost; it would be His doing","AFTER,AGAIN,DESTROY,DOING,EDOMITES,GOD,HIS,LOST,ONE,REBUILT,WHAT,WHO" Malachi,1,4,"The border of the Edomites would be called the border of wickedness","BORDER,CALLED,EDOMITES,WICKEDNESS" Malachi,1,4,"The Edomite people do not have a future; God is their enemy and will always oppose them","ALWAYS,DO,EDOMITE,ENEMY,FUTURE,GOD,NOT,OPPOSE,PEOPLE" Malachi,1,4,"The Edomites claimed that they were going to rebuild their destroyed homeland","CLAIMED,DESTROYED,EDOMITES,GOING,HOMELAND,REBUILD" Malachi,1,4,"The Edomites had become impoverished","BECOME,EDOMITES,IMPOVERISHED" Malachi,1,4,"The Edomites would forever be associated with wickedness","ASSOCIATED,EDOMITES,FOREVER,WICKEDNESS" Malachi,1,4,"The homeland of the Edomites had been made desolate","DESOLATE,EDOMITES,HOMELAND,MADE" Malachi,1,4,"There are some nations that do not have a future","DO,FUTURE,NATIONS,NOT,SOME,THERE" Malachi,1,4,"There are some nations that God hates","GOD,HATES,NATIONS,SOME,THERE" Malachi,1,4,"There are some nations that God will hate forever, and will always oppose","ALWAYS,FOREVER,GOD,HATE,NATIONS,OPPOSE,SOME,THERE" Malachi,1,4,"There are some nations that rebuild after God has destroyed them; however, God may then choose to destroy them yet again","AFTER,AGAIN,CHOOSE,DESTROY,DESTROYED,GOD,NATIONS,REBUILD,SOME,THERE" Malachi,1,5,"God believes in national borders","BELIEVES,BORDERS,GOD,NATIONAL" Malachi,1,5,"God hated the Edomites and was against them; however, God loves Israel","AGAINST,EDOMITES,GOD,HATED,ISRAEL,LOVES" Malachi,1,5,"God will use Israel to magnify Himself","GOD,HIMSELF,ISRAEL,MAGNIFY,USE" Malachi,1,5,"The border of Edom would be called the border of wickedness, but the border of Israel would magnify the Lord","BORDER,CALLED,EDOM,ISRAEL,LORD,MAGNIFY,WICKEDNESS" Malachi,1,5,"The nation of Edom does not have a future, but the nation of Israel does","EDOM,FUTURE,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT" Malachi,1,5,"The people of Israel would see God magnify Himself from their border","BORDER,GOD,HIMSELF,ISRAEL,MAGNIFY,PEOPLE,SEE" Malachi,1,5,"The people of Israel would see God's promise to them fulfilled with their own eyes","EYES,FULFILLED,GOD,ISRAEL,OWN,PEOPLE,PROMISE,SEE" Malachi,1,5,"The people of Israel would see that God was against the Edomites, but favored the people of Israel","AGAINST,EDOMITES,FAVORED,GOD,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,SEE" Malachi,1,5,"The people of Israel would see with their own eyes that God loved them and hated the Edomites","EDOMITES,EYES,GOD,HATED,ISRAEL,LOVED,OWN,PEOPLE,SEE" Malachi,1,5,"The people of Israel would testify that God will be magnified from their border","BORDER,GOD,ISRAEL,MAGNIFIED,PEOPLE,TESTIFY" Malachi,1,6,"At the time this prophecy was given, Israel had priests","GIVEN,ISRAEL,PRIESTS,PROPHECY,TIME" Malachi,1,6,"God becomes angry when His people do not fear Him","ANGRY,BECOMES,DO,FEAR,GOD,HIM,HIS,NOT,PEOPLE,WHEN" Malachi,1,6,"God becomes angry when His people do not honor Him","ANGRY,BECOMES,DO,GOD,HIM,HIS,HONOR,NOT,PEOPLE,WHEN" Malachi,1,6,"God is our father","FATHER,GOD,OUR" Malachi,1,6,"God is our master","GOD,MASTER,OUR" Malachi,1,6,"God was angry with Israel's priests","ANGRY,GOD,ISRAEL,PRIESTS" Malachi,1,6,"Servants should honor their master","HONOR,MASTER,SERVANTS,SHOULD" Malachi,1,6,"Since God is our father, we should honor Him","FATHER,GOD,HIM,HONOR,OUR,SHOULD,SINCE" Malachi,1,6,"Since God is our master, we should fear Him","FEAR,GOD,HIM,MASTER,OUR,SHOULD,SINCE" Malachi,1,6,"Sons should honor their father","FATHER,HONOR,SHOULD,SONS" Malachi,1,6,"The priests of Israel claimed that they did not despise the Lord, and asked why God was angry with them","ANGRY,ASKED,CLAIMED,DESPISE,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD,NOT,PRIESTS,WHY" Malachi,1,6,"The priests of Israel despised the Lord","DESPISED,ISRAEL,LORD,PRIESTS" Malachi,1,6,"The priests of Israel did not fear God their master","FEAR,GOD,ISRAEL,MASTER,NOT,PRIESTS" Malachi,1,6,"The priests of Israel did not honor God their father","FATHER,GOD,HONOR,ISRAEL,NOT,PRIESTS" Malachi,1,7,"At the time this prophecy was given, priests were making offerings on God's altar","ALTAR,GIVEN,GOD,MAKING,OFFERINGS,PRIESTS,PROPHECY,TIME" Malachi,1,7,"At the time this prophecy was given, the altar of God existed","ALTAR,EXISTED,GIVEN,GOD,PROPHECY,TIME" Malachi,1,7,"God becomes angry with whoever offers Him a polluted sacrifice","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,HIM,OFFERS,POLLUTED,SACRIFICE,WHOEVER" Malachi,1,7,"God hates polluted sacrifices","GOD,HATES,POLLUTED,SACRIFICES" Malachi,1,7,"It is a wicked thing to call God's table contemptible","CALL,CONTEMPTIBLE,GOD,TABLE,THING,WICKED" Malachi,1,7,"It is an evil thing to offer something polluted on God's altar","ALTAR,EVIL,GOD,OFFER,POLLUTED,SOMETHING,THING" Malachi,1,7,"Our actions reveal our heart","ACTIONS,HEART,OUR,REVEAL" Malachi,1,7,"Since the priests despised the table of the Lord, they were offering polluted sacrifices","DESPISED,LORD,OFFERING,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,SINCE,TABLE" Malachi,1,7,"Since the priests had no respect for God, they were offering polluted sacrifices","GOD,NO,OFFERING,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,RESPECT,SACRIFICES,SINCE" Malachi,1,7,"The priests despised the Lord by offering polluted bread on God's altar","ALTAR,BREAD,DESPISED,GOD,LORD,OFFERING,POLLUTED,PRIESTS" Malachi,1,7,"The priests were abusing the sacrificial system","ABUSING,PRIESTS,SACRIFICIAL" Malachi,1,7,"The priests were claiming that the table of the Lord was contemptible; they held the sacrificial system in contempt, even though they were priests; this greatly dishonored God","CLAIMING,CONTEMPT,CONTEMPTIBLE,DISHONORED,GOD,GREATLY,HELD,LORD,PRIESTS,SACRIFICIAL,TABLE" Malachi,1,7,"The priests were demonstrating that they held God's table in contempt by offering polluted sacrifices","CONTEMPT,DEMONSTRATING,GOD,HELD,OFFERING,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,TABLE" Malachi,1,7,"The sacrifices that the priests offered revealed their true feelings about God","FEELINGS,GOD,OFFERED,PRIESTS,REVEALED,SACRIFICES,TRUE" Malachi,1,8,"At this point in history Israel had a governor, not a king","GOVERNOR,HISTORY,ISRAEL,KING,NOT,POINT" Malachi,1,8,"God does not want gifts that are so bad that no one else will accept them","ACCEPT,BAD,GIFTS,GOD,NO,NOT,ONE,WANT" Malachi,1,8,"God requires us to honor Him above others, including above rulers","ABOVE,GOD,HIM,HONOR,INCLUDING,REQUIRES,RULERS" Malachi,1,8,"If the priests had offered a blind, lame, or sick animal to their governor as a meal he would have rejected it, and yet that is precisely what they were offering to God; in doing this they showed God that they despised Him and revered Him less than their governor","ANIMAL,BLIND,DESPISED,DOING,GOD,GOVERNOR,HE,HIM,IF,LAME,LESS,MEAL,OFFERED,OFFERING,PRIESTS,REJECTED,SHOWED,SICK,WHAT" Malachi,1,8,"It was evil to offer blind animals as a sacrifice to God","ANIMALS,BLIND,EVIL,GOD,OFFER,SACRIFICE" Malachi,1,8,"It was evil to offer lame animals as a sacrifice to God","ANIMALS,EVIL,GOD,LAME,OFFER,SACRIFICE" Malachi,1,8,"It was evil to offer sick animals as a sacrifice to God","ANIMALS,EVIL,GOD,OFFER,SACRIFICE,SICK" Malachi,1,8,"The priests were offering blind animals as sacrifices in violation of the Mosaic Law","ANIMALS,BLIND,LAW,MOSAIC,OFFERING,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,VIOLATION" Malachi,1,8,"The priests were offering lame animals as sacrifices in violation of the Mosaic Law","ANIMALS,LAME,LAW,MOSAIC,OFFERING,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,VIOLATION" Malachi,1,8,"The priests were offering sick animals as sacrifices in violation of the Mosaic Law","ANIMALS,LAW,MOSAIC,OFFERING,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,SICK,VIOLATION" Malachi,1,9,"God was not going to show any respect for their polluted offerings","ANY,GOD,GOING,NOT,OFFERINGS,POLLUTED,RESPECT,SHOW" Malachi,1,9,"God was not going to show any respect to people who despised Him and gave Him polluted gifts","ANY,DESPISED,GAVE,GIFTS,GOD,GOING,HIM,NOT,PEOPLE,POLLUTED,RESPECT,SHOW,WHO" Malachi,1,9,"The Israelites were to pray that God would be gracious to them, and would not treat them the way they deserved","DESERVED,GOD,GRACIOUS,ISRAELITES,NOT,PRAY,TREAT" Malachi,1,10,"At this point in history the priesthood of Israel was wholly corrupt","CORRUPT,HISTORY,ISRAEL,POINT,PRIESTHOOD,WHOLLY" Malachi,1,10,"At this point in history the priests were going through the motions, but their heart was far from God","FAR,GOD,GOING,HEART,HISTORY,MOTIONS,POINT,PRIESTS" Malachi,1,10,"God despises those who only 'serve the Lord' because they are being paid a salary to do so; even though they may be doing work, God does not accept their offering and has no respect for them at all","ACCEPT,ALL,BECAUSE,BEING,DESPISES,DO,DOING,GOD,LORD,NO,NOT,OFFERING,ONLY,PAID,RESPECT,SALARY,SERVE,WHO,WORK" Malachi,1,10,"God despises those who only serve Him because it makes them rich to do so, and because they crave money","BECAUSE,DESPISES,DO,GOD,HIM,MAKES,MONEY,ONLY,RICH,SERVE,WHO" Malachi,1,10,"God does not accept all offerings that are made to Him","ACCEPT,ALL,GOD,HIM,MADE,NOT,OFFERINGS" Malachi,1,10,"God does not respect all people who serve Him","ALL,GOD,HIM,NOT,PEOPLE,RESPECT,SERVE,WHO" Malachi,1,10,"God is concerned about our motives as well as our actions; He is interested in why we are serving Him and where our heart truly lies","ACTIONS,CONCERNED,GOD,HE,HEART,HIM,INTERESTED,LIES,MOTIVES,OUR,SERVING,TRULY,WHERE,WHY" Malachi,1,10,"God will not accept offerings from people who despise Him","ACCEPT,DESPISE,GOD,HIM,NOT,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,WHO" Malachi,1,10,"God will not accept offerings from people who do not love Him, and who are only working because they are being paid to work","ACCEPT,BECAUSE,BEING,DO,GOD,HIM,LOVE,NOT,OFFERINGS,ONLY,PAID,PEOPLE,WHO,WORK,WORKING" Malachi,1,10,"Since the priests despised the Lord, God had no pleasure in them","DESPISED,GOD,LORD,NO,PLEASURE,PRIESTS,SINCE" Malachi,1,10,"Since the priests despised the Lord, God refused to accept any of the offerings that they made","ACCEPT,ANY,DESPISED,GOD,LORD,MADE,OFFERINGS,PRIESTS,REFUSED,SINCE" Malachi,1,10,"The priests openly despised the Lord and only did their jobs because they were getting paid to do them; they did not love the Lord and they had no heart or desire to serve Him","BECAUSE,DESIRE,DESPISED,DO,HEART,HIM,JOBS,LORD,LOVE,NO,NOT,ONLY,OPENLY,PAID,PRIESTS,SERVE" Malachi,1,10,"The priests were only willing to work in the temple if they got paid to do so","DO,IF,ONLY,PAID,PRIESTS,TEMPLE,WILLING,WORK" Malachi,1,11,"Even though the Israelites despised the Lord and did not honor His name, the day was coming when the Gentiles would honor the Lord and fear His name","COMING,DAY,DESPISED,FEAR,GENTILES,HIS,HONOR,ISRAELITES,LORD,NAME,NOT,WHEN" Malachi,1,11,"Even though the Israelites offered polluted sacrifices, the day was coming when all Gentile nations would offer pure sacrifices","ALL,COMING,DAY,GENTILE,ISRAELITES,NATIONS,OFFER,OFFERED,POLLUTED,PURE,SACRIFICES,WHEN" Malachi,1,11,"God always planned on saving the Gentiles and drawing all nations to Him; this was prophesied about in the Old Testament","ALL,ALWAYS,DRAWING,GENTILES,GOD,HIM,NATIONS,OLD,PLANNED,PROPHESIED,SAVING,TESTAMENT" Malachi,1,11,"God's name will be great among all nations of the world, from the place the sun rises to the place the sun sets","ALL,AMONG,GOD,GREAT,NAME,NATIONS,PLACE,RISES,SETS,SUN,WORLD" Malachi,1,11,"God's name will be great among the Gentiles","AMONG,GENTILES,GOD,GREAT,NAME" Malachi,1,11,"It is God's will for both the Jews and the Gentiles to worship Him, honor Him, and fear Him","FEAR,GENTILES,GOD,HIM,HONOR,JEWS,WORSHIP" Malachi,1,11,"The day is coming when all Gentile nations will honor the Lord and fear Him","ALL,COMING,DAY,FEAR,GENTILE,HIM,HONOR,LORD,NATIONS,WHEN" Malachi,1,11,"The day is coming when all Gentile nations will offer God pure sacrifices","ALL,COMING,DAY,GENTILE,GOD,NATIONS,OFFER,PURE,SACRIFICES,WHEN" Malachi,1,11,"The day is coming when all Gentile nations will offer incense unto God's name","ALL,COMING,DAY,GENTILE,GOD,INCENSE,NAME,NATIONS,OFFER,WHEN" Malachi,1,12,"God was angry with the Jews for showing contempt for His altar","ALTAR,ANGRY,CONTEMPT,GOD,HIS,JEWS,SHOWING" Malachi,1,12,"The Jews had profaned the table of the Lord by offering polluted sacrifices","JEWS,LORD,OFFERING,POLLUTED,PROFANED,SACRIFICES,TABLE" Malachi,1,12,"The Jews had shown contempt for the table of the Lord by offering polluted sacrifices","CONTEMPT,JEWS,LORD,OFFERING,POLLUTED,SACRIFICES,SHOWN,TABLE" Malachi,1,13,"God refused to accept the polluted sacrifices of the Jews","ACCEPT,GOD,JEWS,POLLUTED,REFUSED,SACRIFICES" Malachi,1,13,"The animals that the Jews brought to give to God were polluted; even the Jews didn't want them","ANIMALS,BROUGHT,GIVE,GOD,JEWS,POLLUTED,WANT" Malachi,1,13,"The Jews despised the sacrificial system so much that they brought lame animals","ANIMALS,BROUGHT,DESPISED,JEWS,LAME,MUCH,SACRIFICIAL" Malachi,1,13,"The Jews despised the sacrificial system so much that they brought sick animals","ANIMALS,BROUGHT,DESPISED,JEWS,MUCH,SACRIFICIAL,SICK" Malachi,1,13,"The Jews despised the sacrificial system so much that they brought torn animals","ANIMALS,BROUGHT,DESPISED,JEWS,MUCH,SACRIFICIAL,TORN" Malachi,1,13,"The Jews thought that the sacrificial system was a burden; they hated it","BURDEN,HATED,JEWS,SACRIFICIAL,THOUGHT" Malachi,1,14,"God cursed the person who made a vow to the Lord and had a high quality animal to sacrifice, and instead offered a polluted animal that even he didn't want","ANIMAL,CURSED,GOD,HE,HIGH,INSTEAD,LORD,MADE,OFFERED,PERSON,POLLUTED,QUALITY,SACRIFICE,VOW,WANT,WHO" Malachi,1,14,"God is the God of armies","ARMIES,GOD" Malachi,1,14,"God is the great King","GOD,GREAT,KING" Malachi,1,14,"God's name is dreadful among the heathen","AMONG,DREADFUL,GOD,HEATHEN,NAME" Malachi,1,14,"It is evil to give something corrupt and polluted to the Lord when we have in our possession something better","BETTER,CORRUPT,EVIL,GIVE,LORD,OUR,POLLUTED,POSSESSION,SOMETHING,WHEN" Malachi,1,14,"The person who makes a vow to the Lord, and who has a high quality gift to give, and who instead gives a gift that is so polluted that no one wants it, is a deceiver","DECEIVER,GIFT,GIVE,GIVES,HIGH,INSTEAD,LORD,MAKES,NO,ONE,PERSON,POLLUTED,QUALITY,VOW,WANTS,WHO" Malachi,1,14,"We should give God our best gifts, not our worst ones","BEST,GIFTS,GIVE,GOD,NOT,ONES,OUR,SHOULD,WORST" Malachi,1,14,"When people give God the worst gifts that they have, they are treating Him with disrespect and dishonor","DISHONOR,GIFTS,GIVE,GOD,HIM,PEOPLE,TREATING,WHEN,WORST" Malachi,2,1,"Since the priests despised the Lord's offerings and offered polluted and disgusting animals as sacrifices, God had a message for them","ANIMALS,DESPISED,DISGUSTING,GOD,LORD,MESSAGE,OFFERED,OFFERINGS,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,SINCE" Malachi,2,1,"The Lord did not accept or overlook the sins of the priests","ACCEPT,LORD,NOT,PRIESTS,SINS" Malachi,2,1,"The priests did not have a license to sin; God did not allow them to do whatever they wanted","ALLOW,DO,GOD,LICENSE,NOT,PRIESTS,SIN,WANTED" Malachi,2,2,"God commanded the priests to give glory to His name","COMMANDED,GIVE,GLORY,GOD,HIS,NAME,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,2,"God commanded the priests to hear His words","COMMANDED,GOD,HEAR,HIS,PRIESTS,WORDS" Malachi,2,2,"God commanded the priests to lay His words to heart and take them seriously","COMMANDED,GOD,HEART,HIS,LAY,PRIESTS,SERIOUSLY,TAKE,WORDS" Malachi,2,2,"God had already cursed the priests; if they did not change their ways then He would curse them even more","CHANGE,CURSE,CURSED,GOD,HE,IF,NOT,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,2,"God was warning the priests what would happen if they continued in their wicked ways; He was offering them mercy by giving them a chance to repent and warning them what would happen if they didn't","CHANCE,CONTINUED,GIVING,GOD,HAPPEN,HE,IF,MERCY,OFFERING,PRIESTS,REPENT,WARNING,WHAT,WICKED" Malachi,2,2,"If the priests did not stop their wicked actions and glorify God through obedience, God would curse them","ACTIONS,CURSE,GLORIFY,GOD,IF,NOT,OBEDIENCE,PRIESTS,STOP,WICKED" Malachi,2,2,"If the priests refused to obey God, there would be severe consequences; God would curse their blessings","BLESSINGS,CONSEQUENCES,CURSE,GOD,IF,OBEY,PRIESTS,REFUSED,SEVERE,THERE" Malachi,2,2,"There are consequences when the religious leaders of a nation refuse to give glory to God and instead disobey Him and profane His name","CONSEQUENCES,DISOBEY,GIVE,GLORY,GOD,HIM,HIS,INSTEAD,LEADERS,NAME,NATION,PROFANE,REFUSE,RELIGIOUS,THERE,WHEN" Malachi,2,2,"There are times when God curses religious leaders for their sin","CURSES,GOD,LEADERS,RELIGIOUS,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Malachi,2,2,"We must give glory to His name","GIVE,GLORY,HIS,MUST,NAME" Malachi,2,2,"We must hear God's words","GOD,HEAR,MUST,WORDS" Malachi,2,2,"We must take God's words seriously","GOD,MUST,SERIOUSLY,TAKE,WORDS" Malachi,2,3,"Because the priests were disobedient and offering polluted sacrifices, God considered the solemn feasts of Israel to be dung in His sight; He found the feasts extremely disgusting and revolting","BECAUSE,CONSIDERED,DISGUSTING,DISOBEDIENT,DUNG,EXTREMELY,FEASTS,FOUND,GOD,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,OFFERING,POLLUTED,PRIESTS,REVOLTING,SACRIFICES,SIGHT,SOLEMN" Malachi,2,3,"If the priests continued in their disobedience then God would corrupt their children","CHILDREN,CONTINUED,CORRUPT,DISOBEDIENCE,GOD,IF,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,3,"If the priests continued in their disobedience then God would spread dung on their faces","CONTINUED,DISOBEDIENCE,DUNG,FACES,GOD,IF,PRIESTS,SPREAD" Malachi,2,3,"If the priests continued in their disobedience then they would be taken away","AWAY,CONTINUED,DISOBEDIENCE,IF,PRIESTS,TAKEN" Malachi,2,3,"Since the priests offered unclean sacrifices, He would make the priests themselves unclean","HE,MAKE,OFFERED,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,SINCE,UNCLEAN" Malachi,2,3,"Since the priests offered unclean sacrifices, the solemn feasts of Israel had become unclean as well","BECOME,FEASTS,ISRAEL,OFFERED,PRIESTS,SACRIFICES,SINCE,SOLEMN,UNCLEAN" Malachi,2,3,"When people despise the Lord and refuse to obey Him, He considers their offerings to be dung in His sight","CONSIDERS,DESPISE,DUNG,HE,HIM,HIS,LORD,OBEY,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,REFUSE,SIGHT,WHEN" Malachi,2,4,"God made the covenant of the priesthood with Levi","COVENANT,GOD,LEVI,MADE,PRIESTHOOD" Malachi,2,4,"When these judgments fell upon the priests, they would know that God was responsible for them","FELL,GOD,JUDGMENTS,KNOW,PRIESTS,RESPONSIBLE,THESE,WHEN" Malachi,2,5,"God rewards those who fear Him","FEAR,GOD,HIM,REWARDS,WHO" Malachi,2,5,"God wants people to fear Him and His great name","FEAR,GOD,GREAT,HIM,HIS,NAME,PEOPLE,WANTS" Malachi,2,5,"It is a good thing to fear the Lord","FEAR,GOOD,LORD,THING" Malachi,2,5,"The covenant that God made with the tribe of Levi was a covenant of life","COVENANT,GOD,LEVI,LIFE,MADE,TRIBE" Malachi,2,5,"The covenant that God made with the tribe of Levi was a covenant of peace","COVENANT,GOD,LEVI,MADE,PEACE,TRIBE" Malachi,2,5,"The reason God made a covenant with the tribe of Levi was because they feared Him","BECAUSE,COVENANT,FEARED,GOD,HIM,LEVI,MADE,REASON,TRIBE" Malachi,2,6,"It is a good thing to teach people the truth","GOOD,PEOPLE,TEACH,THING,TRUTH" Malachi,2,6,"It is a good thing to turn people away from iniquity","AWAY,GOOD,INIQUITY,PEOPLE,THING,TURN" Malachi,2,6,"It is a good thing to walk with God","GOD,GOOD,THING,WALK" Malachi,2,6,"The tribe of Levi taught people what was right and good","GOOD,LEVI,PEOPLE,RIGHT,TAUGHT,TRIBE,WHAT" Malachi,2,6,"The tribe of Levi taught the truth","LEVI,TAUGHT,TRIBE,TRUTH" Malachi,2,6,"The tribe of Levi turned many people away from iniquity","AWAY,INIQUITY,LEVI,MANY,PEOPLE,TRIBE,TURNED" Malachi,2,6,"The tribe of Levi walked with God in equity","EQUITY,GOD,LEVI,TRIBE,WALKED" Malachi,2,6,"The tribe of Levi walked with God in peace","GOD,LEVI,PEACE,TRIBE,WALKED" Malachi,2,7,"God expects people to go to the priests in order to learn about His Law","EXPECTS,GO,GOD,HIS,LAW,LEARN,ORDER,PEOPLE,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,7,"God requires priests to be knowledgeable about His Law","GOD,HIS,KNOWLEDGEABLE,LAW,PRIESTS,REQUIRES" Malachi,2,7,"Priests are messengers of the Lord","LORD,MESSENGERS,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,8,"It is an evil thing to cause other people to stumble","CAUSE,EVIL,PEOPLE,STUMBLE,THING" Malachi,2,8,"It is an evil thing to depart from God's ways","DEPART,EVIL,GOD,THING" Malachi,2,8,"The priests had become a source of evil and sin; they were no longer a source of truth and righteousness","BECOME,EVIL,LONGER,NO,PRIESTS,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,SOURCE,TRUTH" Malachi,2,8,"The priests had corrupted the covenant that God had made with them","CORRUPTED,COVENANT,GOD,MADE,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,8,"The priests had departed from the ways of the Lord; they were now breaking His Law","BREAKING,DEPARTED,HIS,LAW,LORD,NOW,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,8,"The priests were no longer turning people away from iniquity; instead they were causing people to stumble","AWAY,CAUSING,INIQUITY,INSTEAD,LONGER,NO,PEOPLE,PRIESTS,STUMBLE,TURNING" Malachi,2,8,"When the religious leaders become corrupted, it has a big impact on the rest of the nation","BECOME,BIG,CORRUPTED,IMPACT,LEADERS,NATION,RELIGIOUS,REST,WHEN" Malachi,2,9,"God has the power to destroy people's reputation and cause them to be held in contempt","CAUSE,CONTEMPT,DESTROY,GOD,HELD,PEOPLE,POWER,REPUTATION" Malachi,2,9,"It is a terrible sin to show partiality","PARTIALITY,SHOW,SIN,TERRIBLE" Malachi,2,9,"It is a terrible thing when religious leaders show partiality","LEADERS,PARTIALITY,RELIGIOUS,SHOW,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Malachi,2,9,"Since the priests showed contempt for God by breaking His Law, the Lord destroyed their reputation and caused the nation to view the priests with contempt","BREAKING,CAUSED,CONTEMPT,DESTROYED,GOD,HIS,LAW,LORD,NATION,PRIESTS,REPUTATION,SHOWED,SINCE,VIEW" Malachi,2,9,"The priests had not kept the ways of God","GOD,KEPT,NOT,PRIESTS" Malachi,2,9,"The priests had shown partiality","PARTIALITY,PRIESTS,SHOWN" Malachi,2,9,"There are times when God dishonors those who dishonor Him","DISHONOR,DISHONORS,GOD,HIM,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO" Malachi,2,10,"All of us have been created by God","ALL,CREATED,GOD" Malachi,2,10,"All of us have one father (the Lord)","ALL,FATHER,LORD,ONE" Malachi,2,10,"God expects family members to treat one another well","ANOTHER,EXPECTS,FAMILY,GOD,MEMBERS,ONE,TREAT" Malachi,2,10,"God expects the human race to act like a family, and treat one another well","ACT,ANOTHER,EXPECTS,FAMILY,GOD,HUMAN,LIKE,ONE,RACE,TREAT" Malachi,2,10,"Since we have one father, and since God has created all of us, we must not deal treacherously with one another","ALL,ANOTHER,CREATED,DEAL,FATHER,GOD,MUST,NOT,ONE,SINCE,TREACHEROUSLY" Malachi,2,10,"The people had profaned the covenant that God had made with their ancestors","ANCESTORS,COVENANT,GOD,MADE,PEOPLE,PROFANED" Malachi,2,10,"The rest of mankind are our brothers, because we were all created by God and we all have the same father","ALL,BECAUSE,BROTHERS,CREATED,FATHER,GOD,MANKIND,OUR,REST,SAME" Malachi,2,10,"There are not many different races; instead we are all one family","ALL,DIFFERENT,FAMILY,INSTEAD,MANY,NOT,ONE,THERE" Malachi,2,11,"An abomination had been committed in Israel, and in Jerusalem","ABOMINATION,COMMITTED,ISRAEL,JERUSALEM" Malachi,2,11,"At one point Judah had loved the Lord, but now Judah had profaned God's holiness","GOD,HOLINESS,JUDAH,LORD,LOVED,NOW,ONE,POINT,PROFANED" Malachi,2,11,"It is an abomination to profane God's holiness","ABOMINATION,GOD,HOLINESS,PROFANE" Malachi,2,11,"It is an abomination to seek other gods","ABOMINATION,GODS,SEEK" Malachi,2,11,"Judah had a covenant with God, but profaned it by having a relationship with false gods","COVENANT,FALSE,GOD,GODS,JUDAH,PROFANED,RELATIONSHIP" Malachi,2,11,"Judah had a covenant with God, but treacherously violated that covenant and sought after false gods","AFTER,COVENANT,FALSE,GOD,GODS,JUDAH,SOUGHT,TREACHEROUSLY,VIOLATED" Malachi,2,11,"Judah had been treacherous","JUDAH,TREACHEROUS" Malachi,2,11,"Judah is said to have married the daughter of a strange god; her idolatrous relationship with false gods is compared to a marriage","COMPARED,DAUGHTER,FALSE,GOD,GODS,HER,IDOLATROUS,JUDAH,MARRIAGE,MARRIED,RELATIONSHIP,SAID,STRANGE" Malachi,2,12,"God does not allow people to offer sacrifices to Him and to other gods as well; those who do such wicked things will be cut off","ALLOW,DO,GOD,GODS,HIM,NOT,OFF,OFFER,PEOPLE,SACRIFICES,THINGS,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,2,12,"God holds people accountable for idolatry; He does not give a free pass to sin to anyone","ACCOUNTABLE,ANYONE,FREE,GIVE,GOD,HE,HOLDS,IDOLATRY,NOT,PASS,PEOPLE,SIN" Malachi,2,12,"God requires that He alone be worshiped","ALONE,GOD,HE,REQUIRES,WORSHIPED" Malachi,2,12,"God said that He would cut off any individual who sought after false gods; this included both the master and the scholar","AFTER,ANY,FALSE,GOD,GODS,HE,INCLUDED,INDIVIDUAL,MASTER,OFF,SAID,SCHOLAR,SOUGHT,WHO" Malachi,2,12,"The people were worshiping both God and idols; that disobedience profaned the Lord's name and angered Him","ANGERED,DISOBEDIENCE,GOD,HIM,IDOLS,LORD,NAME,PEOPLE,PROFANED,WORSHIPING" Malachi,2,13,"God had rejected the offerings that people had made; He refused to receive them","GOD,HE,MADE,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,RECEIVE,REFUSED,REJECTED" Malachi,2,13,"God had rejected the tears the people had shed","GOD,PEOPLE,REJECTED,SHED,TEARS" Malachi,2,13,"God had rejected the weeping and crying out that the people had been doing","CRYING,DOING,GOD,PEOPLE,REJECTED,WEEPING" Malachi,2,13,"If you want God to have respect for your offerings then you must be doing what is right in His sight","DOING,GOD,HIS,IF,MUST,OFFERINGS,RESPECT,RIGHT,SIGHT,WANT,WHAT,YOU,YOUR" Malachi,2,13,"If you want God to have respect for your tears then you must be doing what is right in His right","DOING,GOD,HIS,IF,MUST,RESPECT,RIGHT,TEARS,WANT,WHAT,YOU,YOUR" Malachi,2,13,"When people are doing evil, God will not accept their offerings","ACCEPT,DOING,EVIL,GOD,NOT,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,WHEN" Malachi,2,13,"When people are doing evil, God will not accept their tears or weeping or crying out","ACCEPT,CRYING,DOING,EVIL,GOD,NOT,PEOPLE,TEARS,WEEPING,WHEN" Malachi,2,14,"God considers divorce to be an act of treachery","ACT,CONSIDERS,DIVORCE,GOD,TREACHERY" Malachi,2,14,"God expected people to get married while they were still young (the 'wife of thy youth')","EXPECTED,GOD,MARRIED,PEOPLE,WHILE,WIFE,YOUNG,YOUTH" Malachi,2,14,"God requires people to remain married and not divorce their wives; those who break their marriage covenant are committing a terrible sin, and God will hold them accountable for that","ACCOUNTABLE,BREAK,COMMITTING,COVENANT,DIVORCE,GOD,HOLD,MARRIAGE,MARRIED,NOT,PEOPLE,REMAIN,REQUIRES,SIN,TERRIBLE,WHO,WIVES" Malachi,2,14,"Marriage is a covenant that is made in the sight of God; those who divorce are profaning that covenant and doing something evil in the sight of God","COVENANT,DIVORCE,DOING,EVIL,GOD,MADE,MARRIAGE,PROFANING,SIGHT,SOMETHING,WHO" Malachi,2,14,"Marriages are done in the sight of the Lord; He is the one who will hold people accountable for the vows they have made, and who will bring consequences if that relationship is broken","ACCOUNTABLE,BRING,BROKEN,CONSEQUENCES,DONE,HE,HOLD,IF,LORD,MADE,MARRIAGES,ONE,PEOPLE,RELATIONSHIP,SIGHT,VOWS,WHO" Malachi,2,14,"The Lord will not accept the offerings of those who sin by divorcing their wives; even if those people continue to give things to the Lord, He will not accept them","ACCEPT,CONTINUE,DIVORCING,GIVE,HE,IF,LORD,NOT,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,SIN,THINGS,WHO,WIVES" Malachi,2,14,"The reason God rejected the offerings and tears of the people is because the people had sinned by divorcing their wives","BECAUSE,DIVORCING,GOD,OFFERINGS,PEOPLE,REASON,REJECTED,SINNED,TEARS,WIVES" Malachi,2,14,"Wives are to be companions for their husbands; husbands must not divorce them","COMPANIONS,DIVORCE,HUSBANDS,MUST,NOT,WIVES" Malachi,2,15,"Divorce is an act of treachery in the sight of God; even in the Old Testament the Lord condemned it","ACT,CONDEMNED,DIVORCE,GOD,LORD,OLD,SIGHT,TESTAMENT,TREACHERY" Malachi,2,15,"God actually does expect married people to have children","ACTUALLY,CHILDREN,EXPECT,GOD,MARRIED,PEOPLE" Malachi,2,15,"God forbids husbands from divorcing their wives","DIVORCING,FORBIDS,GOD,HUSBANDS,WIVES" Malachi,2,15,"God is actively involved in marriages","ACTIVELY,GOD,INVOLVED,MARRIAGES" Malachi,2,15,"In marriage, God takes two people and unites them together","GOD,MARRIAGE,PEOPLE,TAKES,TWO" Malachi,2,15,"The purpose of marriage is to produce godly children","CHILDREN,GODLY,MARRIAGE,PRODUCE,PURPOSE" Malachi,2,15,"The reason God created the institution of marriage was because He wanted a godly seed; He created marriage so that it might produce godly children, and a godly nation","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,CREATED,GOD,GODLY,HE,MARRIAGE,MIGHT,NATION,PRODUCE,REASON,SEED,WANTED" Malachi,2,15,"There is a spirit within us that we must learn to control","CONTROL,LEARN,MUST,SPIRIT,THERE" Malachi,2,16,"God considers divorce to be an act of violence","ACT,CONSIDERS,DIVORCE,GOD,VIOLENCE" Malachi,2,16,"God hates divorce","DIVORCE,GOD,HATES" Malachi,2,16,"God is the God of Israel","GOD,ISRAEL" Malachi,2,16,"It is wrong for husbands to divorce their wives","DIVORCE,HUSBANDS,WIVES,WRONG" Malachi,2,16,"We must learn to control our spirit","CONTROL,LEARN,MUST,OUR,SPIRIT" Malachi,2,16,"We must not deal treacherously with one another","ANOTHER,DEAL,MUST,NOT,ONE,TREACHEROUSLY" Malachi,2,17,"God becomes weary when people say false things about Him","BECOMES,FALSE,GOD,HIM,PEOPLE,SAY,THINGS,WEARY,WHEN" Malachi,2,17,"God does not delight in those who do evil","DELIGHT,DO,EVIL,GOD,NOT,WHO" Malachi,2,17,"God was angry with the people for teaching that He delights in evildoers","ANGRY,DELIGHTS,EVILDOERS,GOD,HE,PEOPLE,TEACHING" Malachi,2,17,"God was angry with the people for teaching that He did not object to evil","ANGRY,EVIL,GOD,HE,NOT,OBJECT,PEOPLE,TEACHING" Malachi,2,17,"God was angry with the people for teaching that He does not punish evil or judge evildoers","ANGRY,EVIL,EVILDOERS,GOD,HE,JUDGE,NOT,PEOPLE,PUNISH,TEACHING" Malachi,2,17,"God was angry with the people for teaching that those who did evil were good in His sight","ANGRY,EVIL,GOD,GOOD,HIS,PEOPLE,SIGHT,TEACHING,WHO" Malachi,2,17,"God will indeed judge the wicked for everything they have done","DONE,EVERYTHING,GOD,JUDGE,WICKED" Malachi,2,17,"It is an evil thing to accuse God of approving of evildoers","ACCUSE,APPROVING,EVIL,EVILDOERS,GOD,THING" Malachi,2,17,"It is an evil thing to accuse God of not caring about the evil in this world","ACCUSE,CARING,EVIL,GOD,NOT,THING,WORLD" Malachi,2,17,"It is an evil thing to say false things about the Lord","EVIL,FALSE,LORD,SAY,THING,THINGS" Malachi,2,17,"It is an evil thing to say that God doesn't judge the wicked","EVIL,GOD,JUDGE,SAY,THING,WICKED" Malachi,2,17,"It is possible for God to become wearied with us","BECOME,GOD,POSSIBLE,WEARIED" Malachi,2,17,"The Lord holds us accountable for the things that we say","ACCOUNTABLE,HOLDS,LORD,SAY,THINGS" Malachi,2,17,"The people had wearied the Lord with their words","LORD,PEOPLE,WEARIED,WORDS" Malachi,2,17,"Those who do evil are not good in the sight of God","DO,EVIL,GOD,GOOD,NOT,SIGHT,WHO" Malachi,3,1,"Before the Messiah appeared, God would send a messenger who would prepare the way for the Messiah","APPEARED,BEFORE,GOD,MESSENGER,MESSIAH,PREPARE,SEND,WHO" Malachi,3,1,"God said that He would send His messenger into this world, and that messenger would prepare the way before Him; (this is a prophecy of John the Baptist)","BAPTIST,BEFORE,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,JOHN,MESSENGER,PREPARE,PROPHECY,SAID,SEND,WORLD" Malachi,3,1,"God said that the messenger (John the Baptist) was going to prepare the way for Him; this indicated that the Messiah was going to be divine","BAPTIST,DIVINE,GOD,GOING,HIM,INDICATED,JOHN,MESSENGER,MESSIAH,PREPARE,SAID" Malachi,3,1,"God said that the Messiah was coming","COMING,GOD,MESSIAH,SAID" Malachi,3,1,"God said that the Messiah whom Israel sought was actually going to be God Himself; the Messiah was going to be divine","ACTUALLY,DIVINE,GOD,GOING,HIMSELF,ISRAEL,MESSIAH,SAID,SOUGHT,WHOM" Malachi,3,1,"God told the corrupt and wicked priesthood that the Messiah was coming, that He would suddenly come into His temple, and that the Messiah was divine","COME,COMING,CORRUPT,DIVINE,GOD,HE,HIS,MESSIAH,PRIESTHOOD,SUDDENLY,TEMPLE,TOLD,WICKED" Malachi,3,1,"The Messiah was going to be the messenger of the covenant","COVENANT,GOING,MESSENGER,MESSIAH" Malachi,3,1,"The temple actually belonged to the Messiah; it was His temple","ACTUALLY,BELONGED,HIS,MESSIAH,TEMPLE" Malachi,3,1,"When the Messiah came, He would suddenly come into His temple","COME,HE,HIS,MESSIAH,SUDDENLY,TEMPLE,WHEN" Malachi,3,1,"When the Messiah came, there would be a temple","MESSIAH,TEMPLE,THERE,WHEN" Malachi,3,2,"Few people were going to be able to withstand the appearance of the Messiah","ABLE,APPEARANCE,FEW,GOING,MESSIAH,PEOPLE" Malachi,3,2,"God compared the Messiah to a refiner's fire","COMPARED,FIRE,GOD,MESSIAH,REFINER" Malachi,3,2,"God compared the Messiah to fullers' soap","COMPARED,FULLERS,GOD,MESSIAH,SOAP" Malachi,3,2,"God said that the Messiah 'is', not 'will be'; the Messiah was already alive when God gave this prophecy to Malachi, which was more evidence of His divine nature","ALIVE,DIVINE,EVIDENCE,GAVE,GOD,HIS,MALACHI,MESSIAH,NATURE,NOT,PROPHECY,SAID,WHEN,WHICH" Malachi,3,2,"It was going to be very difficult for people to survive the day of the Messiah's appearance","APPEARANCE,DAY,DIFFICULT,GOING,MESSIAH,PEOPLE,SURVIVE" Malachi,3,3,"After God purified the Levites they would offer Him pure offerings","AFTER,GOD,HIM,LEVITES,OFFER,OFFERINGS,PURE,PURIFIED" Malachi,3,3,"God compared the Messiah to the refining process of silver; the refining process burns away the dross and impurities and leaves behind pure silver","AWAY,BEHIND,BURNS,COMPARED,DROSS,GOD,IMPURITIES,LEAVES,MESSIAH,PROCESS,PURE,REFINING,SILVER" Malachi,3,3,"God is not going to put an end to the priestly job of the Levites; they are going to continue to serve Him even after the appearance of the Messiah","AFTER,APPEARANCE,CONTINUE,END,GOD,GOING,HIM,JOB,LEVITES,MESSIAH,NOT,PRIESTLY,PUT,SERVE" Malachi,3,3,"God said the Messiah was one who would burn away impurities and leave behind only that which was pure","AWAY,BEHIND,BURN,GOD,IMPURITIES,LEAVE,MESSIAH,ONE,ONLY,PURE,SAID,WHICH,WHO" Malachi,3,3,"God was not going to utterly destroy the Levites; instead He was going to purify them","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,INSTEAD,LEVITES,NOT,PURIFY" Malachi,3,3,"Once God purified the Levites, they would be able to offer Him pure offerings","ABLE,GOD,HIM,LEVITES,OFFER,OFFERINGS,ONCE,PURE,PURIFIED" Malachi,3,3,"Only that which was pure would survive the Messiah's purifying fire","FIRE,MESSIAH,ONLY,PURE,PURIFYING,SURVIVE,WHICH" Malachi,3,3,"Only the righteous can offer pure offerings to God","CAN,GOD,OFFER,OFFERINGS,ONLY,PURE,RIGHTEOUS" Malachi,3,3,"The corrupt Levites would not always remain corrupt; the Messiah was going to purify them, but it would take an intense fire; (this seems to be speaking of the seven-year tribulation)","ALWAYS,CORRUPT,FIRE,GOING,LEVITES,MESSIAH,NOT,PURIFY,REMAIN,SEEMS,SEVEN-YEAR,SPEAKING,TAKE,TRIBULATION" Malachi,3,3,"The Levites had to be made righteous by the Messiah before they could offer pure offerings","BEFORE,LEVITES,MADE,MESSIAH,OFFER,OFFERINGS,PURE,RIGHTEOUS" Malachi,3,3,"The Levites were not going to purify themselves, or repent of their own accord; instead the Messiah was going to purify them by sending them through an intense fire","ACCORD,FIRE,GOING,INSTEAD,LEVITES,MESSIAH,NOT,OWN,PURIFY,REPENT,SENDING" Malachi,3,3,"The Levites will continue to serve God even after the Messiah comes; it is God's will for them to be purified, so they can offer Him pure offerings","AFTER,CAN,COMES,CONTINUE,GOD,HIM,LEVITES,MESSIAH,OFFER,OFFERINGS,PURE,PURIFIED,SERVE" Malachi,3,3,"The Levites would be able to offer God pure offerings once the Messiah has put them through the refiner's fire and made them righteous","ABLE,FIRE,GOD,LEVITES,MADE,MESSIAH,OFFER,OFFERINGS,ONCE,PURE,PUT,REFINER,RIGHTEOUS" Malachi,3,3,"The Messiah will purify the corrupt and impure sons of Levi, as silver and gold are purified in the refining fire","CORRUPT,FIRE,GOLD,IMPURE,LEVI,MESSIAH,PURIFIED,PURIFY,REFINING,SILVER,SONS" Malachi,3,3,"The reason God is going to purify the Levites is so they can offer pure offerings","CAN,GOD,GOING,LEVITES,OFFER,OFFERINGS,PURE,PURIFY,REASON" Malachi,3,3,"The refining process does not change one thing into another; instead it burns away impurities entirely","ANOTHER,AWAY,BURNS,CHANGE,ENTIRELY,IMPURITIES,INSTEAD,NOT,ONE,PROCESS,REFINING,THING" Malachi,3,3,"The refining process that God speaks of involves an intense fire","FIRE,GOD,INVOLVES,PROCESS,REFINING,SPEAKS" Malachi,3,4,"God has a future planned for the city of Jerusalem","CITY,FUTURE,GOD,JERUSALEM,PLANNED" Malachi,3,4,"God has a future planned for the tribe of Judah","FUTURE,GOD,JUDAH,PLANNED,TRIBE" Malachi,3,4,"God is not planning on destroying the Jews, nor will He allow them to be destroyed; instead He will refine and purify them","ALLOW,DESTROYED,DESTROYING,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,JEWS,NOR,NOT,PLANNING,PURIFY,REFINE" Malachi,3,4,"God is not planning on destroying the Levites, nor will He allow them to be destroyed; instead He will refine and purify them","ALLOW,DESTROYED,DESTROYING,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,LEVITES,NOR,NOT,PLANNING,PURIFY,REFINE" Malachi,3,4,"Offerings will still be made in the city of Jerusalem after the Messiah has come and purified the Levites","AFTER,CITY,COME,JERUSALEM,LEVITES,MADE,MESSIAH,OFFERINGS,PURIFIED" Malachi,3,4,"Once the Messiah has come and purified the Levites, the offerings of the tribe of Judah and the city of Jerusalem will be pleasant to the Lord","CITY,COME,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,LEVITES,LORD,MESSIAH,OFFERINGS,ONCE,PLEASANT,PURIFIED,TRIBE" Malachi,3,4,"The offerings of the Levites were pleasant to the Lord in the days of old, but that was no longer the case in the time of Malachi","CASE,DAYS,LEVITES,LONGER,LORD,MALACHI,NO,OFFERINGS,OLD,PLEASANT,TIME" Malachi,3,4,"The offerings of the Levites will not be pleasant to the Lord until the Messiah has come and purified them in His refiner's fire","COME,FIRE,HIS,LEVITES,LORD,MESSIAH,NOT,OFFERINGS,PLEASANT,PURIFIED,REFINER,UNTIL" Malachi,3,4,"The tribe of Judah will still exist after the Messiah has purified the Levites","AFTER,EXIST,JUDAH,LEVITES,MESSIAH,PURIFIED,TRIBE" Malachi,3,5,"God cares about the fatherless, the widows, the strangers, and hirelings; Christians must as well","CARES,CHRISTIANS,FATHERLESS,GOD,HIRELINGS,MUST,STRANGERS,WIDOWS" Malachi,3,5,"God considers those who do not have a father to be at a disadvantage, and to need special care","CARE,CONSIDERS,DISADVANTAGE,DO,FATHER,GOD,NEED,NOT,SPECIAL,WHO" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish the adulterers","ADULTERERS,GOD,GOING,PUNISH" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish the sorcerers","GOD,GOING,PUNISH,SORCERERS" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish those who are fatherless","FATHERLESS,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,WHO" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish those who deny strangers their rights","DENY,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,STRANGERS,WHO" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish those who do not fear Him","DO,FEAR,GOD,GOING,HIM,NOT,PUNISH,WHO" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish those who oppress the hireling","GOD,GOING,HIRELING,OPPRESS,PUNISH,WHO" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish those who oppress the widow","GOD,GOING,OPPRESS,PUNISH,WHO,WIDOW" Malachi,3,5,"God is going to punish those who swear falsely","FALSELY,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,SWEAR,WHO" Malachi,3,5,"God judges cities and punishes them for their sins","CITIES,GOD,JUDGES,PUNISHES,SINS" Malachi,3,5,"God judges nations and punishes them for their sins","GOD,JUDGES,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SINS" Malachi,3,5,"God's judgment against Judah and Jerusalem will be swift","AGAINST,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,JUDGMENT,SWIFT" Malachi,3,5,"In the day of the Messiah's coming, God will come to judge Judah and Jerusalem","COME,COMING,DAY,GOD,JERUSALEM,JUDAH,JUDGE,MESSIAH" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to be a sorcerer; Christians must not do that","CHRISTIANS,DO,MUST,NOT,SORCERER,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to be an adulterer; Christians must not do that","ADULTERER,CHRISTIANS,DO,MUST,NOT,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to deny people their rights; Christians must not do that","CHRISTIANS,DENY,DO,MUST,NOT,PEOPLE,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to not fear the Lord; Christians must not do that","CHRISTIANS,DO,FEAR,LORD,MUST,NOT,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to oppress a hireling (either by withholding his wages or taking them away from him); Christians must not do that","AWAY,CHRISTIANS,DO,HIM,HIRELING,HIS,MUST,NOT,OPPRESS,TAKING,THING,WAGES,WICKED,WITHHOLDING" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to oppress the fatherless; Christains must not do that","DO,FATHERLESS,MUST,NOT,OPPRESS,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to oppress widows; Christians must not do that","CHRISTIANS,DO,MUST,NOT,OPPRESS,THING,WICKED,WIDOWS" Malachi,3,5,"It is a wicked thing to swear falsely; Christians must not do that","CHRISTIANS,DO,FALSELY,MUST,NOT,SWEAR,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,6,"God does not change","CHANGE,GOD,NOT" Malachi,3,6,"The Jews are the descendants of Jacob","DESCENDANTS,JACOB,JEWS" Malachi,3,6,"The Jews will never be destroyed; this is because God does not change","BECAUSE,CHANGE,DESTROYED,GOD,JEWS,NEVER,NOT" Malachi,3,6,"The reason the Jews have not been utterly destroyed is because God does not change","BECAUSE,CHANGE,DESTROYED,GOD,JEWS,NOT,REASON" Malachi,3,7,"God commanded the Jews to return to Him","COMMANDED,GOD,HIM,JEWS,RETURN" Malachi,3,7,"If the Jews returned to Him then He would return to them","HE,HIM,IF,JEWS,RETURN,RETURNED" Malachi,3,7,"The commandments that the Israelites were given came from God; when the Israelites broke them they were sinning against God and breaking His commandments","AGAINST,BREAKING,BROKE,COMMANDMENTS,GIVEN,GOD,HIS,ISRAELITES,SINNING,WHEN" Malachi,3,7,"The Israelites did not keep God's commandments in Malachi's day, and they did not keep them in the time of Moses either; the Israelites never kept God's commandments","COMMANDMENTS,DAY,GOD,ISRAELITES,KEEP,KEPT,MALACHI,MOSES,NEVER,NOT,TIME" Malachi,3,7,"The Jews were self-righteous; they believed that they weren't doing anything wrong","ANYTHING,BELIEVED,DOING,JEWS,WRONG" Malachi,3,8,"God required the Israelites to pay the tithe that was contained in the Mosaic Law; not paying that tithe was a serious sin","CONTAINED,GOD,ISRAELITES,LAW,MOSAIC,NOT,PAY,PAYING,REQUIRED,SERIOUS,SIN,TITHE" Malachi,3,8,"Refusing to give someone something that you owe them is a form of theft","FORM,GIVE,OWE,REFUSING,SOMEONE,SOMETHING,THEFT,YOU" Malachi,3,8,"The Jews of Malachi's day were robbing God","DAY,GOD,JEWS,MALACHI,ROBBING" Malachi,3,8,"The Jews were robbing God by not paying the tithe that the Mosaic Law required them to pay; since they did not give God what He was owed, they were robbing God","GIVE,GOD,HE,JEWS,LAW,MOSAIC,NOT,OWED,PAY,PAYING,REQUIRED,ROBBING,SINCE,TITHE,WHAT" Malachi,3,9,"Because the Jews were not paying the tithe, God cursed them","BECAUSE,CURSED,GOD,JEWS,NOT,PAYING,TITHE" Malachi,3,9,"God cursed the entire nation for robbing Him","CURSED,ENTIRE,GOD,HIM,NATION,ROBBING" Malachi,3,9,"God required the nation to pay the tithe that was in the Mosaic Law even though the priests were evil; the Mosaic Law did not allow the Israelites to stop paying the tithe if the priests were wicked","ALLOW,EVIL,GOD,IF,ISRAELITES,LAW,MOSAIC,NATION,NOT,PAY,PAYING,PRIESTS,REQUIRED,STOP,TITHE,WICKED" Malachi,3,9,"In this book, God first confronted the priests with their sins, and then He confronted the nation with not paying the tithe (which was what paid the salaries of the priests and Levites)","BOOK,CONFRONTED,FIRST,GOD,HE,LEVITES,NATION,NOT,PAID,PAYING,PRIESTS,SINS,TITHE,WHAT,WHICH" Malachi,3,9,"It is a serious sin to rob God","GOD,ROB,SERIOUS,SIN" Malachi,3,9,"The entire nation was refusing to pay the tithe","ENTIRE,NATION,PAY,REFUSING,TITHE" Malachi,3,9,"There are times when God curses an entire nation because of its sin","BECAUSE,CURSES,ENTIRE,GOD,NATION,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Malachi,3,10,"God commanded the Israelites to pay the tithe that was required by the Mosaic Law","COMMANDED,GOD,ISRAELITES,LAW,MOSAIC,PAY,REQUIRED,TITHE" Malachi,3,10,"God has the ability to bless people","ABILITY,BLESS,GOD,PEOPLE" Malachi,3,10,"God promised the Jews that if they brought food to His temple then He would bless them so greatly that they would not have enough room to receive the blessing","BLESS,BLESSING,BROUGHT,FOOD,GOD,GREATLY,HE,HIS,IF,JEWS,NOT,PROMISED,RECEIVE,ROOM,TEMPLE" Malachi,3,10,"God promised to bless the Jews if they paid the tithe that was required by the Mosaic Law","BLESS,GOD,IF,JEWS,LAW,MOSAIC,PAID,PROMISED,REQUIRED,TITHE" Malachi,3,10,"God told the Jews to put Him to the test: if they paid the tithe they would be greatly blessed","BLESSED,GOD,GREATLY,HIM,IF,JEWS,PAID,PUT,TEST,TITHE,TOLD" Malachi,3,10,"The Jews were to pay the tithe by bringing food to God's temple in Jerusalem","BRINGING,FOOD,GOD,JERUSALEM,JEWS,PAY,TEMPLE,TITHE" Malachi,3,10,"The promised blessing would only come if the people paid all of the tithe","ALL,BLESSING,COME,IF,ONLY,PAID,PEOPLE,PROMISED,TITHE" Malachi,3,10,"The purpose of paying the tithe was to provide food for the priests","FOOD,PAYING,PRIESTS,PROVIDE,PURPOSE,TITHE" Malachi,3,10,"The tithe was an offering of food; it was not a monetary amount","AMOUNT,FOOD,MONETARY,NOT,OFFERING,TITHE" Malachi,3,10,"There are times when God blesses people for obedience","BLESSES,GOD,OBEDIENCE,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Malachi,3,11,"God has the power to bless crops and stop them from being destroyed","BEING,BLESS,CROPS,DESTROYED,GOD,POWER,STOP" Malachi,3,11,"If the Jews paid all of the tithe then God would not destroy the fruits of the land","ALL,DESTROY,FRUITS,GOD,IF,JEWS,LAND,NOT,PAID,TITHE" Malachi,3,11,"If the Jews paid all of the tithe then their vines would not cast off their fruit early","ALL,CAST,EARLY,FRUIT,IF,JEWS,NOT,OFF,PAID,TITHE,VINES" Malachi,3,11,"If the Jews wanted bountiful harvests then they had to pay the tithe in the Mosaic Law","BOUNTIFUL,HARVESTS,IF,JEWS,LAW,MOSAIC,PAY,TITHE,WANTED" Malachi,3,11,"There are times when God blesses crops and preserves them in order to bless a nation for obedience","BLESS,BLESSES,CROPS,GOD,NATION,OBEDIENCE,ORDER,PRESERVES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Malachi,3,11,"There is a devourer who destroys crops","CROPS,DESTROYS,DEVOURER,THERE,WHO" Malachi,3,12,"God has the power to bless an entire nation","BLESS,ENTIRE,GOD,NATION,POWER" Malachi,3,12,"God has the power to increase a nation's reputation, and cause others to think highly of them","CAUSE,GOD,HIGHLY,INCREASE,NATION,POWER,REPUTATION,THINK" Malachi,3,12,"God has the power to turn a nation's land into a great delight","DELIGHT,GOD,GREAT,LAND,NATION,POWER,TURN" Malachi,3,12,"If the Jews paid all of the tithe then their land would become a great delight","ALL,BECOME,DELIGHT,GREAT,IF,JEWS,LAND,PAID,TITHE" Malachi,3,12,"If the Jews paid all of the tithe then they would be so greatly blessed that all the nations of the world would call them blessed","ALL,BLESSED,CALL,GREATLY,IF,JEWS,NATIONS,PAID,TITHE,WORLD" Malachi,3,13,"Even though the Jews had spoken against the Lord, they denied it and claimed they hadn't","AGAINST,CLAIMED,DENIED,JEWS,LORD,SPOKEN" Malachi,3,13,"It is a wicked thing to speak against the Lord","AGAINST,LORD,SPEAK,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,13,"The Jews had spoken against the Lord","AGAINST,JEWS,LORD,SPOKEN" Malachi,3,13,"The sins of the Jews were very obvious to God, and they angered Him, but the Jews didn't think they were sinning at all; God had to point out their very obvious sins (which were all blatant violations of the Mosaic Law)","ALL,ANGERED,GOD,HIM,JEWS,LAW,MOSAIC,OBVIOUS,POINT,SINNING,SINS,THINK,VIOLATIONS,WHICH" Malachi,3,13,"We must not speak against the Lord","AGAINST,LORD,MUST,NOT,SPEAK" Malachi,3,14,"It is a wicked thing to claim that God does not bless those who obey Him, or that He does not reward those who fear Him","BLESS,CLAIM,FEAR,GOD,HE,HIM,NOT,OBEY,REWARD,THING,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,3,14,"The Jews claimed that God did not care about His followers, and God refused to bless those who served Him","BLESS,CARE,CLAIMED,FOLLOWERS,GOD,HIM,HIS,JEWS,NOT,REFUSED,SERVED,WHO" Malachi,3,14,"The Jews claimed that it was not profitable to obey the Lord","CLAIMED,JEWS,LORD,NOT,OBEY,PROFITABLE" Malachi,3,14,"The Jews spoke against God by claiming there was no point to serving Him, because He did not bless those who obeyed Him and walked in His ways","AGAINST,BECAUSE,BLESS,CLAIMING,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,JEWS,NO,NOT,OBEYED,POINT,SERVING,SPOKE,THERE,WALKED,WHO" Malachi,3,15,"It is an evil thing to look at the prosperity of the wicked, and the suffering of the righteous, and interpret that to mean that God hates the righteous and loves the wicked","EVIL,GOD,HATES,INTERPRET,LOOK,LOVES,MEAN,PROSPERITY,RIGHTEOUS,SUFFERING,THING,WICKED" Malachi,3,15,"The Jews claimed that God blessed proud people with happiness, even though the Bible teaches that God hates pride","BIBLE,BLESSED,CLAIMED,GOD,HAPPINESS,HATES,JEWS,PEOPLE,PRIDE,PROUD,TEACHES" Malachi,3,15,"The Jews claimed that God blessed wicked people, even though the Bible teaches that God is angry with the wicked","ANGRY,BIBLE,BLESSED,CLAIMED,GOD,JEWS,PEOPLE,TEACHES,WICKED" Malachi,3,15,"The Jews claimed that God rescued evildoers from punishment, even though the Bible teaches that God will send evildoers into everlasting torment","BIBLE,CLAIMED,EVERLASTING,EVILDOERS,GOD,JEWS,PUNISHMENT,RESCUED,SEND,TEACHES,TORMENT" Malachi,3,15,"The Jews spoke against God by claiming that He had no regard for those who served Him, and instead blessed the wicked and delivered them from trouble","AGAINST,BLESSED,CLAIMING,DELIVERED,GOD,HE,HIM,INSTEAD,JEWS,NO,REGARD,SERVED,SPOKE,TROUBLE,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,3,16,"A book of remembrance was written in Heaven for those who feared the Lord","BOOK,FEARED,HEAVEN,LORD,REMEMBRANCE,WHO,WRITTEN" Malachi,3,16,"God is watching the righteous","GOD,RIGHTEOUS,WATCHING" Malachi,3,16,"God remembers those who fear Him, and think upon His name","FEAR,GOD,HIM,HIS,NAME,REMEMBERS,THINK,WHO" Malachi,3,16,"One of the characteristics of the righteous is that they often speak to one another","ANOTHER,CHARACTERISTICS,OFTEN,ONE,RIGHTEOUS,SPEAK" Malachi,3,16,"There were some who feared the Lord","FEARED,LORD,SOME,THERE,WHO" Malachi,3,16,"Those who feared the Lord often spoke with one another","ANOTHER,FEARED,LORD,OFTEN,ONE,SPOKE,WHO" Malachi,3,16,"When those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, the Lord heard it","ANOTHER,FEARED,HEARD,LORD,ONE,SPOKE,WHEN,WHO" Malachi,3,17,"In the day of judgment, God will spare those who fear Him","DAY,FEAR,GOD,HIM,JUDGMENT,SPARE,WHO" Malachi,3,17,"In the day when the Lord makes His jewels, those who fear Him will belong to Him","BELONG,DAY,FEAR,HIM,HIS,JEWELS,LORD,MAKES,WHEN,WHO" Malachi,3,17,"It is not true that God blesses the wicked and is against the righteous; instead God is going to save those who fear Him","AGAINST,BLESSES,FEAR,GOD,GOING,HIM,INSTEAD,NOT,RIGHTEOUS,SAVE,TRUE,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,3,17,"It is very important to fear the Lord; God puts a difference between those who fear Him and those who do not","BETWEEN,DIFFERENCE,DO,FEAR,GOD,HIM,IMPORTANT,LORD,NOT,PUTS,WHO" Malachi,3,17,"Those who fear the Lord belong to Him","BELONG,FEAR,HIM,LORD,WHO" Malachi,3,18,"In the day of judgment it will become very obvious who God is for and who God is against","AGAINST,BECOME,DAY,GOD,JUDGMENT,OBVIOUS,WHO" Malachi,3,18,"It is far better to fear the Lord than to be wicked; this is true even though the wicked seem to be more prosperous in this life than the righteous","BETTER,FAR,FEAR,LIFE,LORD,PROSPEROUS,RIGHTEOUS,SEEM,TRUE,WICKED" Malachi,3,18,"It is foolish to look at the current prosperity of the wicked, and the current suffering of the righteous, and interpret that to mean that God is for the wicked and against the righteous; in the day of judgment only those who fear the Lord will be saved; the apparent prosperity of the wicked is a mirage","AGAINST,DAY,FEAR,FOOLISH,GOD,INTERPRET,JUDGMENT,LOOK,LORD,MEAN,ONLY,PROSPERITY,RIGHTEOUS,SAVED,SUFFERING,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,3,18,"Those who do not serve God and do not fear Him will not be saved; for that reason it is terrible to be wicked, no matter what material wealth the wicked might have in this world","DO,FEAR,GOD,HIM,MATERIAL,MATTER,MIGHT,NO,NOT,REASON,SAVED,SERVE,TERRIBLE,WEALTH,WHAT,WHO,WICKED,WORLD" Malachi,3,18,"Those who serve God and fear Him will be saved; for this reason there is great profit in serving the Lord","FEAR,GOD,GREAT,HIM,LORD,PROFIT,REASON,SAVED,SERVE,SERVING,THERE,WHO" Malachi,3,18,"When the Jews complained that God was blessing the wicked with prosperity and delivering them from trouble, God pointed to the final judgment to demonstrate that the wicked were not as blessed as they seemed to be","BLESSED,BLESSING,COMPLAINED,DELIVERING,DEMONSTRATE,FINAL,GOD,JEWS,JUDGMENT,NOT,POINTED,PROSPERITY,SEEMED,TROUBLE,WHEN,WICKED" Malachi,4,1,"God compares the proud and the wicked (who the Jews claimed were blessed) to stubble that will quickly burn away in the coming fires of His judgment","AWAY,BLESSED,BURN,CLAIMED,COMING,COMPARES,FIRES,GOD,HIS,JEWS,JUDGMENT,PROUD,QUICKLY,STUBBLE,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,4,1,"God hates pride and is going to punish it","GOD,GOING,HATES,PRIDE,PUNISH" Malachi,4,1,"God hates wickedness and is going to punish it","GOD,GOING,HATES,PUNISH,WICKEDNESS" Malachi,4,1,"In the coming judgment, all of the wicked will be burned up","ALL,BURNED,COMING,JUDGMENT,UP,WICKED" Malachi,4,1,"In this time of judgment, all of the proud will be consumed","ALL,CONSUMED,JUDGMENT,PROUD,TIME" Malachi,4,1,"In this time of judgment, all of the wicked will be consumed","ALL,CONSUMED,JUDGMENT,TIME,WICKED" Malachi,4,1,"The coming day of judgment will burn like an oven; it will be a time of fire","BURN,COMING,DAY,FIRE,JUDGMENT,LIKE,OVEN,TIME" Malachi,4,1,"The current prosperity of the wicked does not mean that God approves of them or is rewarding them; instead the wicked are going to face a terrible fiery judgment that will utterly consume all of them","ALL,CONSUME,FACE,FIERY,GOD,GOING,INSTEAD,JUDGMENT,MEAN,NOT,PROSPERITY,TERRIBLE,WICKED" Malachi,4,1,"The wicked will be so thoroughly destroyed in the coming judgment that nothing will be left; both root and branch will be utterly wiped out","BRANCH,COMING,DESTROYED,JUDGMENT,LEFT,NOTHING,ROOT,THOROUGHLY,WICKED,WIPED" Malachi,4,1,"There is a day of judgment coming; (this seems to be a reference to the seven year tribulation period)","COMING,DAY,JUDGMENT,REFERENCE,SEEMS,SEVEN,THERE,TRIBULATION,YEAR" Malachi,4,2,"God compared those who feared Him to young calves that were not yet grown, and promised that He would watch over them and raise them to maturity","CALVES,COMPARED,FEARED,GOD,GROWN,HE,HIM,MATURITY,NOT,PROMISED,RAISE,WATCH,WHO,YOUNG" Malachi,4,2,"God promised that the Messiah would come and bring healing to all those who feared Him","ALL,BRING,COME,FEARED,GOD,HEALING,HIM,MESSIAH,PROMISED,WHO" Malachi,4,2,"God was going to bless those who feared Him; they would grow up and prosper","BLESS,FEARED,GOD,GOING,GROW,HIM,PROSPER,UP,WHO" Malachi,4,2,"The Messiah is called the Sun of righteousness; (in other words, the light of the world)","CALLED,LIGHT,MESSIAH,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SUN,WORDS,WORLD" Malachi,4,2,"There are great blessings in store for those who fear the Lord","BLESSINGS,FEAR,GREAT,LORD,STORE,THERE,WHO" Malachi,4,2,"Those who fear the Lord will not be consumed in the coming fiery judgment; instead God will bless them and they will prosper","BLESS,COMING,CONSUMED,FEAR,FIERY,GOD,INSTEAD,JUDGMENT,LORD,NOT,PROSPER,WHO" Malachi,4,3,"God is the one who is going to break the power of the wicked, and give power to those who fear Him","BREAK,FEAR,GIVE,GOD,GOING,HIM,ONE,POWER,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,4,3,"God is the one who is going to reduce the wicked to ashes","ASHES,GOD,GOING,ONE,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,4,3,"In the end the wicked will be reduced to ash and trodden underfoot, but those who fear the Lord will be blessed with healing and prosperity","ASH,BLESSED,END,FEAR,HEALING,LORD,PROSPERITY,TRODDEN,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,4,3,"The day is coming when the wicked will no longer have any power over the righteous at all; instead they will be trodden underfoot","ALL,ANY,COMING,DAY,INSTEAD,LONGER,NO,POWER,RIGHTEOUS,TRODDEN,WHEN,WICKED" Malachi,4,3,"The day is coming when those who fear the Lord will tread down the wicked","COMING,DAY,DOWN,FEAR,LORD,TREAD,WHEN,WHO,WICKED" Malachi,4,3,"The reason the world is going to change is because God is going to change it; it will be done by the will of God, not the will of men","BECAUSE,CHANGE,DONE,GOD,GOING,MEN,NOT,REASON,WORLD" Malachi,4,4,"God commanded the Jews to remember His commandments","COMMANDED,COMMANDMENTS,GOD,HIS,JEWS,REMEMBER" Malachi,4,4,"God gave His Law to all of Israel","ALL,GAVE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,LAW" Malachi,4,4,"God gave His Law to Moses at mount Horeb","GAVE,GOD,HIS,HOREB,LAW,MOSES,MOUNT" Malachi,4,4,"God gave His Law, His statutes, and His judgments to all of Israel","ALL,GAVE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENTS,LAW,STATUTES" Malachi,4,4,"God used Moses to give His Law to Israel","GIVE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,LAW,MOSES,USED" Malachi,4,4,"Moses was a real person who actually existed","ACTUALLY,EXISTED,MOSES,PERSON,REAL,WHO" Malachi,4,4,"Moses was the servant of God","GOD,MOSES,SERVANT" Malachi,4,4,"The book of Exodus really happened; it is a true record of history","BOOK,EXODUS,HAPPENED,HISTORY,RECORD,TRUE" Malachi,4,5,"As of the time that God spoke to Malachi (which was after the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar), the day of the Lord had not yet come","AFTER,COME,DAY,FALL,GOD,JERUSALEM,LORD,MALACHI,NEBUCHADNEZZAR,NOT,SPOKE,TIME,WHICH" Malachi,4,5,"Before the day of the Lord begins, God is going to send Elijah back into this world; (this seems to be a reference to the tribulation period)","BACK,BEFORE,BEGINS,DAY,ELIJAH,GOD,GOING,LORD,REFERENCE,SEEMS,SEND,TRIBULATION,WORLD" Malachi,4,5,"Elijah really existed","ELIJAH,EXISTED" Malachi,4,5,"Elijah was a prophet","ELIJAH,PROPHET" Malachi,4,5,"God is going to send Elijah back into this world","BACK,ELIJAH,GOD,GOING,SEND,WORLD" Malachi,4,5,"The day of the Lord is coming","COMING,DAY,LORD" Malachi,4,5,"The day of the Lord will be very dreadful","DAY,DREADFUL,LORD" Malachi,4,5,"The day of the Lord will be very great","DAY,GREAT,LORD" Malachi,4,6,"Christians should care about nurturing the relationship between fathers and their children, and should do what they can to build it","BETWEEN,BUILD,CAN,CARE,CHILDREN,CHRISTIANS,DO,FATHERS,RELATIONSHIP,SHOULD,WHAT" Malachi,4,6,"God has the ability to curse the whole world","ABILITY,CURSE,GOD,WHOLE,WORLD" Malachi,4,6,"God is specifically concerned about the relationship between children and their fathers","BETWEEN,CHILDREN,CONCERNED,FATHERS,GOD,RELATIONSHIP,SPECIFICALLY" Malachi,4,6,"God said that if the relationship between fathers and their children was not mended then He would return to this world and curse it","BETWEEN,CHILDREN,CURSE,FATHERS,GOD,HE,IF,NOT,RELATIONSHIP,RETURN,SAID,WORLD" Malachi,4,6,"God wants children to love their fathers","CHILDREN,FATHERS,GOD,LOVE,WANTS" Malachi,4,6,"God wants fathers to love their children","CHILDREN,FATHERS,GOD,LOVE,WANTS" Malachi,4,6,"It is a very serious matter to God if the relationship between fathers and children is broken; it is so serious that God said He would curse the whole world if it was not mended","BETWEEN,BROKEN,CHILDREN,CURSE,FATHERS,GOD,HE,IF,MATTER,NOT,RELATIONSHIP,SAID,SERIOUS,WHOLE,WORLD" Malachi,4,6,"Once history reaches a point where the seven-year tribulation period is about to begin, the antichrist is about to rise to power, and the worst time the world has ever seen is about to start (which will see the death of the vast majority of mankind), God will become so concerned about the relationship between fathers and their children that He will send Elijah back into this world in order to mend it","ANTICHRIST,BACK,BECOME,BEGIN,BETWEEN,CHILDREN,CONCERNED,DEATH,ELIJAH,FATHERS,GOD,HE,HISTORY,MANKIND,MEND,ONCE,ORDER,POINT,POWER,REACHES,RELATIONSHIP,RISE,SEE,SEEN,SEND,SEVEN-YEAR,START,TIME,TRIBULATION,VAST,WHERE,WHICH,WORLD,WORST" Malachi,4,6,"The ministry of Elijah is not over; one day he will return to this world","DAY,ELIJAH,HE,MINISTRY,NOT,ONE,RETURN,WORLD" Malachi,4,6,"When Elijah returns he is going to have a family ministry that will focus on the relationship between fathers and their children","BETWEEN,CHILDREN,ELIJAH,FAMILY,FATHERS,FOCUS,GOING,HE,MINISTRY,RELATIONSHIP,RETURNS,WHEN" Malachi,4,6,"When God sends Elijah back into this world before the great and dreadful day of the Lord begins, his ministry will be to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers","BACK,BEFORE,BEGINS,CHILDREN,DAY,DREADFUL,ELIJAH,FATHERS,GOD,GREAT,HEARTS,HIS,LORD,MINISTRY,SENDS,TURN,WHEN,WORLD"