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Malachi
Chapter
3
1b~~"And
the 'Adown/Lord, whom you seek,
1c~~"Behold,
He shall come," {Note: Malak is the Hebrew word meaning 'messenger' with the possessive suffix, it means 'My messenger'. The Old Testament writers had a current day message to give and a message for future generations. Malachi is warning his people of the danger coming. He is also prophesizing about the coming of the Lord. In Matthew 3:3 John the Baptist/Herald is called the 'messenger of the Lord' (see also Matthew 11:10; Luke 1:76; Mark 1:2,3; Luke 3:4; 76:26,27; John 1:23). So we have two factors in the word 'messenger'. 'Behold' means concentrate, to concentrate in a public speaking situation - to the prophet who was living in 420 BC and later on when the herald of the King would be sent. The King is Jesus Christ. The herald comes first and announces Him and then the King will come - both 1st and 2nd Advents. } {Note: See John 2: 13-25 for the sudden coming of the messenger. The 'contract' was when Jesus Christ went to the cross. He became our substitute, our sins were poured out upon Him and judged, and He took our place. In a contract you have two parties. Party of the first part: the members of the Godhead; party of the second part: man. And in the contract or the covenant, God the Father is propitiated by the work of God the Son. That means He is satisfied; man is reconciled. Man expresses his free will choice in a non-meritorious manner: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved" .So we have a contract. And the messenger of the contract is Jesus Christ Who announced to His generation that He would go to the cross and die for the sins of the world and to declare the principle that the cross must come before the crown.}
{Response
to question 'How can Israel Get out of Current Problems?'
{Note:
To give us an example of the Hebrew stems and their effect on
meanings: Kuwl
2b~~"Who
'will be able 'to stand up under judgment'/'be acquitted'
{How
Jesus will Appear and the Prophecy of 'Baptism of Fire'} {Note: Here in 420 BC we have the Jews about to go out under the fifth cycle of discipline so the Malachi says, "Focus your attention now on the 2nd Advent - the Millennium." Jesus Christ is going to return and when He returns there are certain things He will do. He will set up perfect environment, and in doing so will release the divine institutions from their shackles, from such things as socialism. He is going to take the concept of free enterprise and economy and free it from the controls of sincere but misguided government and government agencies. He is going to take these things and release them so that a perfect prosperity can exist. And if that is going to be the situation when Israel reaches its peak, even in the devil's world right now, in 420 BC, we could have these things. In that day they will have them by the personal reign of Jesus Christ on the earth. We can have them now through Bible doctrine. See also Revelation 6:17.} 3a~~"And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
3b~~"And
He shall purify the sons of Levi {Note: Fine metals are heated and the slag rises to the top and is scooped away leaving only the pure metal. This is another analogy that only believers will go into the Millennium with Christ.} {Note: Why does he mention the sons of Levi? Because in 420 BC the sons of Levi were the priests and theoretically the spiritual leaders. The unbelievers are about to be removed by judgement and the believers will go on to the prosperity of the nation. This will occur not only in Malachi's day, but RBT says this will occur at the 2nd Advent. At the 2nd Advent the tribe of Levi will be well represented among the survivors at the end of the Tribulation. The believers of the tribe of Levi will go into the Millennium and will act as priests in Israel. The unbelievers of Levi will be cast off and identified with fire. Attitude toward Christ makes the difference.}
{Stability
Returns with the Purge of the Unbelievers} {Note: This means that believers in the nation are blessed and because of the number of believers in the national entity, the nation is stabilized and God blesses the nation also. The believers become double blessed! Personal and national blessings.}
{The
Cleansing of Israel of Unbelievers - Sins Incompatible With Perfect
Environment in the Millennium are Given as Examples of Classes of Sins}
5b~~"And
I will be a swift witness against:
5c~~"And
against those that oppress:
5d~~"And
those who were caused to turn away from 'the stranger'
5e~~"And
{those who} revere/love/respect not Me
{The
Real Sons of Jacob - Believers - Survive the 'Baptism of Fire'} 6b~~"Therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed."
7a~~"Even
from the days of your fathers {Note: RBT says the Law was broken into three parts - Codex I, II and III. Codex I contained the morality code for believers and unbelievers alike - the Ten Commandments. Codex II was the ordinances of God and was the spiritual doctrine and theology. Codex III was the code of how to live again for believers and unbelievers. Here is Codex II in view from which the believers have turned away.}
7b~~"Return
{double meaning - 'come to salvation' for unbelievers
7c~~"But
you keep on saying, {Note: "The days of your fathers" is a reference to the Jews who have returned under Zechariah, Joshua the high priest, and Zerubbabel the political leader. That took place in 516 BC. From then until about 420 BC everything went fine . . . but apostasy set in.}
{Verses
8-10 Answer to Question - How to manifest Repenting? Verse 8 Principal} {Note: There are different types of words for stealing. This is the white collar guy who all of a sudden gets you to contribute to charity and then takes the money and runs. He is not a life long criminal.} 8b~~"Yet you have constantly defrauded/robbed Me."
8c~~But
you say,
8d~~"In
tithes {income taxes} {Note: The people generally have not paid their income tax, an indication of internal problems. And, believers are not making their offerings because they have rejected Bible doctrine.} 	
{Indictment} {Note: The entire nation was in reversionism and defrauded God.}
{Illustration
and Solution}
10b~~"See
if I will not open to you {Note: Principal all giving must be from pure motivation. Give as you are blessed by God, not some predetermined amount - that is legalism and not acceptable to God. You give freely by GRACE . . . and see what Grace with which God rewards your faithfulness.} ************************************************** Joshua_Sozo and Syndein are the Trademarks of Syndein a California DBA of Kenneth Sidley & Associates, Inc., a California Corporation. All rights reserved. Copyright© Syndein 1982-2010. All rights reserved. This page is sponsored by Kenneth Sidley, CPA, an Orange County California CPA (949) 706-3133. Please call Ken for high quality, low cost CPA services in Orange County California. This includes audit, review, compilation, tax returns, Quickbooks, and business consulting services. 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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