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Malachi
Chapter
2
{Chapter
2: What Causes A Nation To Be Destroyed?} {Note: The principal here is that God always gives a 'grace' warning before judgment. The priests/'teachers of doctrine' are under examination first. Then this 'messenger of God' will warn the people of the nation.}
{Verses
2-3: The Discipline of the Priesthood}
2b~~"I
will even send a curse upon you
2c~~"Yes,
I have cursed them already . . . {Note: Principals: You can not teach what you do not know! It was the Levitical Priest's job to teach the people doctrine. Being unbelievers, they could not understand and learn themselves! We also learn the method of bringing glory to the Lord! Study His Word - apply His viewpoint to life's experiences - means He is producing divine good through you - He gets the glory/credit!}
3~~"Behold,
I will corrupt your seed, {Note: The Levitical priesthood was appointed on the basis of descent from Aaron - only Aaron, not the whole tribe of Levi. The priests since 70 AD have dung in their faces. The dung had to be thrown outside the sacred areas. So, the priests are outside - meaning unbelievers. Next, there is no Levitical priesthood today and there hasn't been since the fifth cycle of discipline began because God obscured the line of Levi and the Jews will not go through the sacraments without a true Levitical priest. Finally, since the Roman crackdown, the Jews have been 'scattered like dung' over the earth - not just scattered but despised wherever they go while under the 5th cycle.}
{Levitical
Covenant/Contract with God}
{Verses
5-6: Function of the Levitical Priesthood}
5b~~"And
I gave them to him {Aaron of the tribe of Levi} {Note: The contract had two characteristics: life and peace. "Life" is eternal life, which means that they had to be born again. "Peace" was the reconciliation by which it was possible - doctrine of reconciliation. The point is: you have to be born again before you can communicate spiritual things.}
{See
also Nehemiah 13:28-30}
{Verses
7-9: Failure of the Priesthood under the Contract} {Note: This verse is saying the Levitical Priests SHOULD be teaching bible doctrine and the Jews SHOULD be listening. The Priest SHOULD be mal'ak - messengers of God. But God had to rise up Malachi - meaning 'My messenger' because they were NOT being messengers of God. So, God is now rising up this man - with the pseudonym of Malachi - as a prophet to communicate God's word to the people this way.}
8a~~"But
you {the Levitical priesthood} have departed out {cuwr} 8b~~"You have caused many to stumble {kashal} at the law {towrah}." {Note: By not properly teaching the Word the people, the priests have 'caused' many to not practice the Ways of God. They turned away from the righteous Way of God - as explained to them by the Mosaic Law and are involved in idolatry, adultery, etc.}."
8c~~"You
have corrupted/'infiltrated with something false that spreads'
{shachath} the covenant of Levi," {Note: Shachath in the piel stem is the Hebrew word that means 'infiltrated with something false that spreads'. The infiltration is legalism. Even though they still have the Word they have the framework of legalism and therefore this neutralizes the possibility of orienting to grace and neutralizes the possibility of understanding the doctrinal issues. The "covenant of Levi" is described in Exodus 32, Numbers 25, and Deuteronomy 33, and it was the basis for the function of the priesthood in communicating doctrine.}
9~~"Therefore
have I also made you contemptible {bazah} {Note: Because they were not teaching the word properly, the people lost respect for the priests. God makes the Truth of the teaching clear to the people. Many recognized the false teaching.}
{Verses
10-17: The Indictment of the People}
10b~~"Has
not one 'El/God created us? "
10c~~"Why
do we deal treacherously/'with deceit' {bagad} {Note: Malachi is addressing believing Jews here. All believers are sons of the same God.}
11a~~"Judah
has dealt with deceit . . .
11b~~"For
Judah has 'mentally despised' {chalal - Piel perfect} {Note: The 'holiness of the Lord' or the sanctuary of Jehovah refers to the temple, the second temple, which was a basis for teaching Bible doctrine to the Jews and it has been "profaned"/despised . . . which is negative volition toward Bible doctrine. Negative volition opens up a vacuum in the soul into which is drawn religion and - as a result of religion - the Phallic Cult form of idolatry is being practiced. And a part of this false type of worship is the practice of fornication (word really means to have sex in conjunction with religion) with unbelievers/'Gentile women'.}
12~~"Jehovah/God
will keep on cutting off {karath} {Note: Personal judgement is the sin unto death. National Judgment is loss of client nation to God status and complete destruction of the nation under the five cycles of discipline. The priestesses/prostitutes get on top of knolls and call to the men to leave their tents and come up and fornicate under idolatry. Those that accept are punished and sometimes killed. Here they are involved in idolatry AND in offering Levitical offerings - one foot in and one foot out of God's Way . . . and that is not acceptable to God.}
13~~And
this have you have manufactured/done {'asah} {Note: The sinner here is going to the temple and making an offering and then going to the groves to fornicate in the Phallic Cult. The spouse is also sinning. They should be leaving it in the hands of the Lord. Instead they are judging and creating other mental attitude sins. As a result, God removes the punishment from the sinner and places it on the judger! So, now God is not free to take care of the situation Himself and none of the offerings going to Him are accepted. All are then facing severe judgment.} 14a~~"Yet you say, Wherefore/'For what reason'?"
14b~~"Because
Jehovah/God
14c~~"Against
whom you have dealt with, with deceit. {Note: Some of the men were saying 'honey I am going to the temple to worship'. Then running to the groves and lying to their wives. This type of man is being deceitful and trying to cover his tracks.}
15a~~"And
did He not manufacture/make {'asah} one {'echad}?"
15b~~"Yet
He had residue {sh@'ar} of breath/spirit { ruwach}!" 15c~~"And why one { 'echad }?"
15d~~"That
he might seek godly children
15e~~"Therefore
guard {shamar}
15f~~"And
let none deal with deceit against your wife! {Note: RBT says this verse brings out it is God's principal for a family to have one husband and one wife. Why? So they can have a stable and orderly home in which to raise 'God obeying' children!}
16a~~"For
the Jehovah/God,
16b~~"For
one 'divorces his wife under the cloak of a legalistic trick'
16c~~"Therefore
give attention to your breath/spirit {ruwach} {Note: In this day, a man usually divorced a woman because he hated her. He would throw her out of the house under a 'cloak of legality'. Under the Mosaic Law, a woman could be divorced if she was found to be 'unclean' (Jesus later would explain this to mean 'spiritually unclean as in committing adultery'). So the husband would have the woman touch a dead animal, declare her unclean (Jews could not touch dead people or animals or would be said to be 'unclean) and then divorce her. God's word again being twisted into legalism for man to do what he wants . . . and pretend that it is 'right with God'.}
17a~~"You
have bored/wearied {yaga`}
17b~~"Yet
you say, "Wherein/'how'
17c~~"When
you say, {Note: This last part is what the injured spouse is thinking and resulting in Mental attitude sins - see next chapter.} ************************************************** This page is sponsored by Kenneth Sidley, CPA. This page is sponsored by Moxxor For Pain Free Living. Moxxor is a highly concentrated Omega 3 product that has reduced inflammation in this writer. Please go to this website to read more about Moxxor.
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