TL;DR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) Practical application: Love God and Love People, because one day God will return.
Find the original NIV Version of Malachi 4.
Short chapter.
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.
Judgement day is coming. Be ready.
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. 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.
God is going to use us to trample the others. I don’t feel awesome about this, but I’m sure God has his reasons.
4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel.
Remember the 10 commandments. Essentially boils down to Love God and Love People.
5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 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.”
Elijah here I believe is Jesus. Jesus will help parents love their children and children love their parents. Or else God will smite us for not loving one another. Sounds fair to me.
Malachi 1 Commentary by Hoo Kang
Malachi 2 Commentary by Hoo Kang
Malachi 3 Commentary by Hoo Kang
Malachi 4 Commentary by Hoo Kang
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