In the mid-fifth century BC, God’s love was proclaimed by a prophet known to us as Malachi. His name means “messenger” or “angel”—and that’s literally how the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament, the Septuagint, renders it (ἄγγελος, angelos). (If you’re using Logos Bible Software, you can use the Bible Word Study tool to learn how this word is used throughout the Septuagint.) This suggests that “Malachi” may be an anonymous “messenger,”