Mal.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 the day of his
coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? 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.
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and
I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers,
and against false swearers, and against those that
oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and
that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
From
this passage what needs to be purged from the sons of Levi that will allow them
to offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness?
I
will be a swift witness against:
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the sorcerers, |
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against the adulterers |
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against false swearers |
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against those that oppress: |
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the hireling in his wages |
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the widow, and the fatherless, |
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and that turn aside the stranger from
his right, |
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Bring ye all the tithes
into the storehouse |
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What is the basis/foundations from which
these actions are being judged?
Malachi 3 Commandment Statute
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sorcerers |
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Ex.22:18 |
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adulterers |
Ex.20:14 |
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false swearers |
Ex. 20:16 |
(1-1) |
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oppress: the hireling in his
wages |
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Lev.19:13 |
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the widow, and the fatherless, |
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Ex.22:22 |
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turn aside the stranger from his
right |
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Ex.23:9 |
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Bring ye all the tithes
into the storehouse |
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Lev.27:30 |
Mal.3:18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the
righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth
God and him that serveth him not.
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
How many groups of people are indicated in
this passage?
List 3 characteristics of each group.
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righteous |
wicked |
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serve God |
serve not God |
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fear my name |
proud |
In conclusion: According to this study, compliance to which two bodies of God’s law will purify those who fear His name?
Mal.4:4
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and
judgments.
Mal.4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Mal.4:6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children,
and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth
with a curse.
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