Malachi 4: The Great Day

• v.1 A Day of Judgment will come
• v.2,3 The Righteous Remnant will rise up and trample the wicked underfoot
• v.4-6 Moses gave the Law, at the end Elijah will come to apply it

v.1 A Day of Judgment will come

v.1 “Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 

[Notes: The day of judgment WILL come with all wrong doers held to account.]

v.2,3 The Righteous Remnant will rise up and trample the wicked underfoot

v.2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. 

v.3 Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty. 

[Notes: The faithful remnant will be blessed and will rise up in joy putting down all who do wrong.]

v.4-6 Moses gave the Law, at the end Elijah will come to apply it

v.4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. 

v.5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. 

v.6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

[Notes: There is a distinct link between Moses & Elijah. The Law is to be brought to the fore again and before the day of judgment comes (the spirit of) Elijah will come and bring conviction that will be life transforming. Those who refuse to respond will be destroyed.]

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