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The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:1-4

Christ as a spiritual Reformer. "Behold, I will send my messenger," etc. This passage seems to be an answer to the question of the sceptic in the last verse of the preceding chapter, "Where is the God of judgment?" It informs us that he will come, but that a preparatory work is necessary. It points to the advent of John the Baptist, the herald of that great Messiah predicted by ancient prophets, and who was the "Desire of all nations" ( Haggai 2:7 , Authorized Version). The passage... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:2

Who may abide the day of his comings? They had expected him to come and judge the heathen; the prophet warns them that they themselves shall be first judged (comp. Amos 5:18 ). "Malachi, like John the Baptist, sees the future Judge in the present Saviour" (Wordsworth); Joel 2:11 . Who shall stand! Who can stand up under the burden of this judgment? The Vulgate Version , Quis stabit ad videndum eum? points to the brightness of his presence, which eye of man cannot endure. Like a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:2

The manifestation of Christ a testing time to all. We may apply this truth— I. TO CHRIST 'S FIRST MANIFESTATION TO THE WORLD . This truth was foreseen by Simeon ( Luke 2:34 , Luke 2:35 ). And when Jesus entered on his public ministry, his preaching and his very presence served as a testing time to all. 1 . His teaching was a process of sifting ( Matthew 3:12 ). Socrates used to go about Athens testing and refining men's ideas, and in his own unrivalled method... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:2

The severe side of Messiah's mission. "Like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap." It is usually shown that the triumphant side of Messiah's mission wholly occupied the mind of the Jews, and that consequently the stern, judgment side needed to be presented vigorously. But some recent accounts of the actual condition of Jewish thought in the first century suggest that the fears of Messiah's time were so extravagant that they needed to be corrected and qualified. The stern things of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:1

God answers their complaints of the absence of His judgments, that they would come, but would include those also who clamored for them. For no one who knew his own sinfulness would call for the judgment of God, as being himself, chief of sinners. Augustine pictures one saying to God, “Take away the ungodly man,” and that God answers, “Which?”Behold, I send My messenger before My face, and he shall prepare My way before Me - they, then, were not prepared for His Coming, for whom they clamored.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:2

And who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appeareth? - The implied answer is, “No one;” as in the Psalm Psalms 130:3, “If Thou, Lord, wilt mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?” Joel had asked the same , “The day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?” “How can the weakness of man endure such might; his blindness, such light; his frailty, such power; his uncleanness, such holiness; the chaff, such a fire? For He is like a refine’s fire. Who... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:1

Malachi 3:1. Behold, &c. To silence the cavils of unbelievers, spoken of in the last verse of the preceding chapter, the prophet here foretels the coming of the Messiah, who should set things in order; and of his harbinger, who should prepare men for his reception. I will send my messenger It is God who speaks here, for John the Baptist, who is here intended, was God’s messenger, and had his commission from heaven and not of men, Matthew 21:25-26; being sent by the same divine... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:2

Malachi 3:2. But who may abide the day of his coming The LXX. read, τις υωομενει ημεραν εισοδου αυτου , who shall be able to bear the day of his coming? So also the Chaldee. “Quare hoc?” “Why this?” says Grotius: “Because he himself shall bear the cross, that he may come to the kingdom, and shall show the same way to his followers.” The day of his coming, with respect to the Jews, includes all the time from the beginning of his preaching, to the total destruction of their temple and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:1-18

Cheating God (2:17-3:18)When the Jews saw surrounding nations prosper while they suffered hardship, they complained that God was not just. Other nations made no effort to keep God’s law, whereas Israel was his people (17). Malachi replies that if justice is what the Jews want, then justice is what they will have; but they must realize that such justice will apply to them as well as to their heathen neighbours. They have asked for the God of justice; now he will come and do his work of justice... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 3:1

Behold, I will send, &c. = Behold Me sending, &c. Quoted in Matthew 11:10 . Mark 1:2 .Luke 1:76 ; Luke 7:27 . Not to that then present generation, but to the "generation" of our Lord's day. See note on Matthew 11:18 . This is the answer to the question "Where? "in Malachi 2:17 . My messenger . John the Baptist (Matthew 3:3 ; Matthew 3:11 , Matthew 3:10 . Mark 1:2 , Mark 1:3 .Luke 1:76 ; Luke 3:4 ; Luke 7:26 , Luke 7:27 , John 1:23 ). Compare Matthew 22:2 , Matthew 22:3 .Isaiah 40:3-5... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Malachi 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Malachi 3:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Malachi 3:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Malachi 3:1-18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Malachi 3:1

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