The rising Sun

There were many in Israel in the days of Malachi who thought they knew God and did not. There were a few who feared the Lord.

The former demanded that God do something. The latter waited patiently for him to act.

In his closing address, Malachi reminds his hearers that God is acting and will act, in the coming of the day of the Lord. With this day in view, Malachi issues a warning, a promise, and closing counsel.

As the faithful in his own day, believers now must live in obedient faith and wait in expectant hope, trusting in the God of love, justice, mercy, faithfulness, and majesty to bring about all his glorious purposes.