Survey of Malachi

Geneva Bible (Introduction) – ‘Malachi spoke to a disillusioned, discouraged, and doubting people whose experience did not harmonize with their understanding of the glorious promises found in the earlier prophets. Their vision of the coming messianic age did not materialize. Instead they experienced poverty, drought, and economic adversity, and they became disillusioned with God and their faith. Malachi's word confronts a people skeptical of the promises and therefore indifferent in their commitment to live in the light of those promises and to worship and serve the Lord with all their hearts.'

Theme: the Coming of the Lord

key verse is (3:1)

Divisions:

Chapters 1-2 – The Lord's Complaints

Chapters 3-4 – The Lord's Coming