Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Malachi 3:1-18
The Coming of the Lord Malachi 3:1 Here is a twofold prediction: we have a forerunner of Christ announced in it and then Christ Himself. I. This tells us two things of this forerunner. a. It points out his mission from God. Our Lord Himself refers to this passage, and says that it points to John the Baptist and the ministry of the Baptist b. The work this forerunner was to perform. The very appointment of a messenger to precede Jesus, even in His Humiliation, was a foresight and evidence of... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Malachi 3:10
(10) The emphasis is on the word “all.”Storehouse.—From the time of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:11) there were at the Sanctuary special storehouses built for this purpose; so, too, in the second Temple (Nehemiah 10:38-39; Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:12-13).Meat—i.e., food for the priests and Levites.Open you . . .—According to the promise of Deuteronomy 11:13-15, &c. For a practical commentary on this verse, see 2 Chronicles 31:10. “And Azariah, the chief priest of the house of Zadok,... read more