a warning to the erring Israel of Malachi’s day. Through Paul’s rhetoric, it sounded a note of warning for the Israel of his own day too, buttressing his interpretation of Jacob’s election and its application to the present stage of salvation history as well as some of the rationale for his own ministry. Paul and Malachi certainly agree in their interpretation of Gen. 25:23 as showing God’s sovereignty over election. They also agree
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