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The Message of Malachi: ‘I Have Loved You,’ Says the Lord is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Malachi fittingly sits in Christian Bibles as the last book of the Old Testament, which it assumes, summarizes, and applies. Yet it also looks forward to the New Testament with its promises of the coming reign of God. A striking feature of the book of Malachi is the way in which every word of God is contradicted or questioned by His people. God’s persistence in speaking to them is a...

What a striking start to this oracle! I have loved you, says the LORD (2) sets the tone of the book, gives reassurance and challenge, and places at the centre of the book the issue of what God has done and what God has revealed. The book does not start with a summary of what the people have done or not done, but what God has done. It does not start with what the people have done to God, but what God has done to the people. He has loved them.
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