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Texts -- Malachi 4:1-2 (NET)

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4:1 “For indeed the day is coming , burning like a furnace , and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff . The coming day will burn them up ,” says the Lord who rules over all . “It will not leave even a root or branch . 4:2 But for you who respect my name , the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings , and you will skip about like calves released from the stall .

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  • Mal 3:13--4:3 -- Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency

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  • Berlutut di PalunganMu [KJ.115]
  • Bernyanyilah Merdu [KJ.106] ( Good Christian Men, Rejoice / In dulci jubilo )
  • Gapuramu Lapangkanlah [KJ.87]
  • Gita Sorga Bergema [KJ.99] ( Hark! The Herald Angels Sing )
  • Hai Berdandanlah, Jiwaku [KJ.313]
  • Hari Minggu, Hari Kebangkitan [KJ.191]
  • Jurus'lamat, Datanglah [KJ.82]
  • Kau, Yesus, Raja Mahakaya [KJ.297]
  • Kaulah, ya Tuhan, Surya Hidupku [KJ.405] ( Be Thou My Vision )
  • Kiranya Langit Terbelah [KJ.80]
  • Kusongsong Bagaimana [KJ.85]
  • Mahaterpuji Allahku [KJ.79]
  • Mahkota Duri yang Kejam [KJ.219] ( The Head That Once Was Crowned )
  • O, Datanglah, Imanuel [KJ.81]
  • Sekawanan yang Esa [KJ.272]
  • Sinar Fajar Yang Baka [KJ.323]
  • Terbitlah Bintang Timur [KJ.83]
  • Tuhan Allah Hadir [KJ.17]
  • Ya Yesus, Dikau Kurindukan [KJ.84]
  • Yesus Segala-galanya [KJ.396] ( Jesus Is All the World to Me )
  • [Mal 4:2] Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies
  • [Mal 4:2] From God The Father, Virgin-born
  • [Mal 4:2] Hark! The Full-voiced Choir Is Singing
  • [Mal 4:2] Now That The Sun Is Gleaming Bright
  • [Mal 4:2] Roseate Hues Of Early Dawn, The
  • [Mal 4:2] Sometimes A Light Surprises

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • 1:4 Ezekiel saw within the opened heavens a great cloud blown toward him by the north wind with lightning flashing from it almost constantly (cf. 1 Kings 19:11-13; Job 38:1; 40:6; Ps. 29:3-5). Israel's enemies had invaded fro...
  • 9:15 What the Israelites did at Gilgal caused the Lord to hate them. This is covenant terminology meaning He opposed them; personal emotion is not in view. At Gilgal the Israelites practiced the pagan fertility cult (cf. 4:15...
  • References to the work and word of the Lord frame this section. Obadiah announced that a reversal of rolls was coming for Edom and all the nations.v. 15 "The day of the Lord"here is a future day in which God will reverse the ...
  • Malachi prophesied during the times of Nehemiah. The dates of Nehemiah's ministry were about 445-420 B.C. Possibly Malachi ministered during the time when Nehemiah returned to Babylon following the completion of Jerusalem's w...
  • I. Heading 1:1II. Oracle one: Yahweh's love for Israel 1:2-5III. Oracle two: The priests' illicit practices and indifferent attitudes 1:6-2:9A. The priests' sins 1:6-141. Disrespectful service 1:6-72. Disqualified sacrifices ...
  • That another oracle is in view is clear from the question and answer format that begins this pericope, as it does the others. Verse 17 contains the question and answer, and the discussion follows in 3:1-6. The Israelites' cha...
  • 3:17 Almighty Yahweh announced that He would honor those who feared Him as His own on the day He prepared His own possessions. This probably refers to the day of the Lord (cf. v. 2; 4:1, 3) when He will resurrect Old Testamen...
  • The final three verses of the book, which are also the final message in the Old Testament, are sufficiently different from what immediately precedes to indicate another message from Malachi. Essentially Malachi said, Be prepa...
  • 4:2 As soon as John heard this invitation, he entered another ecstatic state (cf. 1:10). His body remained on the earth, but he saw a throne and someone sitting on it in heaven (cf. Ezek. 11:1, 5). "Throne"occurs 45 times in ...
  • 16:8 The fourth trumpet judgment darkened the sun (8:12), but this judgment increased the sun's intensity. There is a definite article before "men"in the Greek text. The men in view are evidently the people who have the mark ...

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