マラキ書 4:1-4 JC

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1

Verse 1 He confirms the previous verse, for he denounces ruin on all the reprobate and the despisers of God; and he also confirms what I have mentioned, — that he sets this threatening in opposition to the slanders which they commonly uttered against God, as though he had ceased to discharge his office as a Judge. Though indeed he speaks in the third person, yet he is not deficient in force when he says, Behold, come shall the day, which shed consume all the ungodly, as a hernia oven the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:2

Verse 2 The Prophet now turns his discourse to the godly; and hence it appears more clearly that he has been hitherto threatening those gross hypocrites who arrogated sanctity to themselves alone, while yet they were continuing to provoke God’s wrath; for he evidently addresses some different from those previously spoken of, when he says, Arise to you, etc.; he separates those who feared God, or the true servants of God, from that multitude with whom he has been hitherto contending. Arise,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:3

Verse 3 When God promises redemption to his Church, he usually mentions what is of an opposite character, even the destruction and ruin of his enemies, and he does this on purpose lest envy should annoy or harass the faithful, while seeing the ungodly prosperous and happy. So also in this place Malachi says, that the ungodly would be trodden under foot by the faithful like the dust; and he says this lest the elect, while lying prostrate under the feet of their enemies and proudly trampled upon... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:4

Verse 4 This passage has not been clearly and fully explained, because interpreters did not understand the design of Malachi nor consider the time. We know that before the coming of Christ there was a kind of silence on the part of God, for by not sending Prophets for a time, he designed to stimulate as it were the Jews, so that they might with greater ardor seek Christ. Our Prophet was amongst the very last. As then the Jews were without Prophets, they ought more diligently to have attended to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1

Burn as an oven ( a furnace ) . Fire is often spoken of in connection with the day of judgment and the advent of the Judge. It is a symbol of the holiness of God, which consumes all impurity, and also represents the punishment inflicted on the ungodly ( Psalms 1:1-6 :8; Isaiah 10:17 ; Isaiah 66:15 , Isaiah 66:16 ; Daniel 7:9 , Daniel 7:10 ; Joel 2:30 ; 1 Corinthians 3:13 ; 2 Peter 3:7 , etc.). The LXX . adds, "and it shall burn them." Stubble (see note on Obadiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1

The Divine fire. "The day cometh that shall bum as an oven." Fire is one of the most familiar figures of the Divine working. It is one of the forces which man most dreads when it gets beyond control. And it is the force on which man most relies for the purifying of the good and the destruction of the evil. The fire of the oven is fire at its intensest. A hole is dug in the ground, a fire of stubble is kindled in it; by this time a large stone is heated, and on the stone the bread can be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

4. The final separation of the evil and the good at the day of judgment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1-3

The day of the world's retribution. "For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven," etc. A graphic representation of these verses is given by Stanley: "The day spoken of was to be like the glorious but terrible uprising of the Eastern sun, which should wither to the roots the insolence and the injustice of mankind; but as its rays extended, like the wings of the Egyptian sun, God should, by its healing and invigorating influences, call forth the good from their obscurity,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The Sun of Righteousness. The sun which is righteousness, in whose wings, that is, rays, are healing and salvation. This Divine righteousness shall beam upon them that fear the Name of God, flooding them with joy and light, healing all wounds, tee moving all miseries, making them incalculably blessed. The Fathers generally apply the title of "Sun of Righteousness" to Christ, who is the Source of all justification and enlightenment and happiness, and who is called ( Jeremiah 23:6 ), "The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

The Sun of Righteousness. In Malachi 4:1 and Malachi 4:2 we are once more presented with the twofold aspect of a Divine fact. (See homilies on Malachi 3:2 and Malachi 3:6 .) "Dies irae, dies ilia. " But "that day" need not be a "day of wrath." It may be memorable, admirable, as the day of full salvation. As the first coming of Christ was for the "rising again" of some, "that they which see not might see" ( John 9:39 ), so at his second coming, though "revealed from heaven in... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Malachi 4:1

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:1

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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 4:2

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