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Luther’s lectures on the minor prophets are hardly minor. In fact, they are so prolific as to require three volumes. The first, Hosea-Malachi, is compiled from the so-called Altenburg manuscript, and complemented with a Zwicjau manuscript and a Wittenburg manuscript. These pieces put together present a complete set of commentaries on these minor prophets. These lectures occupied Luther’s lecture...

Stay humble. Let that Messenger prepare you. You see, He will not come in royal garb, as the kings of the world do. He will come before any man will be able to foresee when and how He will come. He will fulfill all things, and no one will know that He is the Christ.” With this the prophet reveals the very great humiliation of the Word and of the Son of God. Still today His coming is like this, unexpected. And who will stand when He appears? With this the prophet is speaking about the stumbling block
Volume 18, Pages 410–411