II. THE MAN, MALACHI

A. “Malachi” Means: 1. “My messenger” II. THE MAN, MALACHI A. “Malachi” Means: 1. “My messenger”

A. “Malachi” Means: 2. “My angel” II. THE MAN, MALACHI A. “Malachi” Means: 2. “My angel”

A. “Malachi” Means: 3. “The messenger of Jehovah” II. THE MAN, MALACHI A. “Malachi” Means: 3. “The messenger of Jehovah”

B. Malachi Was The Last Of The Old Testament Prophets II. THE MAN, MALACHI B. Malachi Was The Last Of The Old Testament Prophets 1. He says nothing about himself

B. Malachi Was The Last Of The Old Testament Prophets II. THE MAN, MALACHI B. Malachi Was The Last Of The Old Testament Prophets 2. He speaks only of himself as “a bearer of the burden of the Word Of God”

The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. Malachi 1:1 KJV

The oracle of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. Malachi 1:1 ESV

C. There Are Twelve Writing Minor Prophets II. THE MAN, MALACHI C. There Are Twelve Writing Minor Prophets

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament a. Hosea – God’s Salvation For The Backslidden

I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them. Hosea 11:4 ESV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament b. Joel – Messiah (Christ) Will Restore

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions Joel 2:28 KJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament c. Amos – God’s Judgment Against Idolatry And Social Injustice

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” Amos 8:11 NKJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament d. Obadiah – God’s Judgment On Edom

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; you who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’ Though you ascend as high as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” says the Lord. Obadiah 3-4 NKJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament e. Jonah – The Repentance Of Nineveh

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12:40 NKJV

But the Lord said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?” Jonah 4:10-11 NKJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament f. Micah – The Hope Of Looking For Messiah

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2 NKJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament g. Nahum – God’s Jealousy For Us

God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies Nahum 1:2 NKJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament h. Habakkuk – God Is My Salvation

Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 NKJV

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:17 KJV

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. Galatians 3:11 KJV

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. Hebrews 10:38 KJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament i. Zephaniah – The Day Of The Lord – Terror And Redemption

The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing Zephaniah 3:17 KJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament j. Haggai – Christ The Desire Of All Nations

Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways! “You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.” Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways! Haggai 1:5-7 NKJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament k. Zechariah – Christ In His Coming Glory

Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Return to Me,” says the Lord of hosts, “and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 1:3 NKJV

The Twelve Minor Prophets Of The Old Testament l. Malachi – What God Expects From Us

For I am the Lord, I do not change; therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. Malachi 3:6 NKJV

Will a man rob God. Yet you have robbed Me Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. Malachi 3:8 NKJV

D. Malachi Was Closely Associated With Nehemiah II. THE MAN, MALACHI D. Malachi Was Closely Associated With Nehemiah

D. Malachi Was Closely Associated With Nehemiah II. THE MAN, MALACHI D. Malachi Was Closely Associated With Nehemiah 1. Haggai and Zechariah were associated with Zerubbabel And Ezra

D. Malachi Was Closely Associated With Nehemiah II. THE MAN, MALACHI D. Malachi Was Closely Associated With Nehemiah 2. The book of Nehemiah should be read with the book of Malachi