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Introduction

A.M. 3604. B.C. 400.

In this chapter, which is a continuation of the discourse in the preceding, we have,

(1,) A prediction of the general destruction of the Jewish nation, as a type and emblem of the final destruction of all the impenitent and unbelieving, at the time of the general judgment and final conflagration of the heaven and the earth, Malachi 4:1 .

(2,) The benefit which such as believed on the Messiah, at his coming, and became his subjects and servants among the Jews, should enjoy, while their unbelieving countrymen were given up to destruction: a figure of the final salvation of the righteous at the time of Christ’s second coming, Malachi 4:2 , Malachi 4:3 .

(3,) A solemn charge given to the Jews, in the mean time, strictly to observe the law of Moses till the Messiah should appear, Malachi 4:4 .

(4,) A promise of a further discovery of God’s will by Elijah the prophet, that is, John the Baptist, the harbinger of the Messiah, whose ministry, it is foretold, should produce a happy effect in the reformation of many, both young and old, Malachi 4:5 , Malachi 4:6 .

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