Malachi 1

Malachi 1:1

Mal. 1.1

[Personal notes from the wide margin of my ASV Bible. Taken in my FHU class under E. Claude Hall. Recommended Commentaries: Pulpit, Coffman, & Barnes]

Malachi = “ My Messenger” , angel of Yahweh. Malachi was a reformer. GME = “ Prophet of the Universal Worship of God.” 1:1 Burden = message. 1:1 Is “ Malachi” a name, or simply “ my messenger” ? Believe this is his name, the author of this book is not anonymous. Literally = “ by the hand of Malachi.”

Malachi 1:2

Mal. 1.2

1:2 Lesson on Ingratitude. Man often fails to appreciate God’ s love and questions it. 1:2 Lesson: “ Look what God has done for you.” 1:2 Note the question-answer method of Malachi’ s teaching. A dialectic feature (a contrast of contradictions.) Assertion-objection-rebuttal (7 times: 1:2-3; 1:6-7; 2:10-16’ 2:17; 3:7; 3:8; 3:13). There are 23 questions in 55 verses (wg).

Malachi 1:3

Mal. 1.3 1:3 God’ s special care for Israel. cf. Rom. 9:13. 1:3 Jacob = worshiper of God; Esau = robber (Edom)

Malachi 1:4

Mal. 1:4

1:4 Lesson: Wickedness is cursed by God. 1:4 Border of wickedness = “ the land of iniquity”

Malachi 1:5

Mal. 1.5

1:5 (And v.11) All men should worship the God revealed in the Scriptures.

Malachi 1:6

Mal. 1.6

1:6-14 Defective Worship 1:6 The Lord will be magnified from beyond the borders of Israel. By the execution of his judgments upon the wicked; (cf. The oracles against the nations in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Amos. These were fulfilled prophecies.)

1:6 Fifth commandment. Israel dishonored the ancient covenant.

1:6 O priests = To whom is this message chiefly directed. Religious leaders. They had become corrupt, thought they were innocent but unconscious of their sins.

1:6-7 Lesson: Sin has an opiate power.

Malachi 1:7

Mal. 1.7

1:7 Bread = flesh. Table of the Lord = altar where sacrifices were made. Sounds like the table of shewbred, where the priests were to put fresh bread each week. 1:7 Contemptible = “ despised”

Malachi 1:8

Mal. 1.8

1:8 Blind for sacrifice = Deut. 15:21; Leb. 22:19-20. Suppose to offer that without blemish– the best of their flock.

Malachi 1:9

Mal. 1.9

1:9 Insincere Repentance (Irony)1:9 Your = refers to the priests. 1:9 i.e. the evil of offering blemished animals. 1:9 Regard your persons = i.e. will God show favor to any one because you interceded for him?

Malachi 1:10

Mal. 1.10

1:10 Sarcasms1:10 ASV “ Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain!” 1:10 Worship right or Not at all!

Malachi 1:11

Mal. 1.11

1:11 Universal Worship of God in the Messianic Age pictured in Jewish terminology (all day long.) 1:11 Incense = Worship in the messianic age pictured in Jewish terminology (see end of Amos also). 1:11 Pure offering = The only pure offering for the sin of the world in all history = the blood of Christ.

[See notes and Coffman regarding the “ th” suffix = present tense here.

Malachi 1:12

Mal. 1.12

1:12 But ye = contrast - priests with gentiles of v. 11. 1:12 Profaned = corrupted it, not sacred., not by words but by actions. 1:12 Table = altar

Malachi 1:13

Mal. 1.13

1:13 What weariness = “ an intolerable burden.” The priests performed their duties without heart or faith. 1:13 Snuffed = snorted, (pictured as a horse or cow blows through its nose at something it didn’ t like.) 1:13 Which was torn = ASV “ which was taken by violence,” i.e. stolen, or unjustly. 1:13 God says, “ Should I accept that kind of worship?”

Malachi 1:14

Mal. 1.14

1:14 Reason given for the curse. 1:14 Deceiver = 1) Offers a female on pretense he doesn’ t have a male. 2) Vows and pays in blemished sacrifice.. 1:14 Dreadful = ASV “ terrible” - held in awe and reverence. 1:14 Lesson: He whom the Gentiles honor will not permit his own people to profane his name.