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The Lord's messenger will prepare the way for the Second Coming—Christ will sit in judgment—Israel is commanded to pay tithes and offerings—A book of remembrance is kept—Compare Malachi 3. About A.D. 34.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
he
commanded
them
that
they
should
write
the
words
which
the
Father
had
given
unto
Malachi,
which
he
should
tell
unto
them.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
after
they
were
written
he
expounded
them.
And
these
are
the
words
which
he
did
tell
unto
them,
saying:
Thus
said
the
Father
unto
Malachi—Behold,
I
will
a
send
my
b
messenger,
and
he
shall
prepare
the
way
before
me,
and
the
Lord
whom
ye
seek
shall
suddenly
c
come
to
his
temple,
even
the
d
messenger
of
the
covenant,
whom
ye
delight
in;
behold,
he
shall
come,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts.
2 But
who
may
a
abide
the
day
of
his
coming,
and
who
shall
stand
when
he
appeareth?
For
he
is
like
a
b
refiner's
fire,
and
like
fuller's
soap.
3 And
he
shall
sit
as
a
refiner
and
purifier
of
silver;
and
he
shall
a
purify
the
b
sons
of
Levi,
and
purge
them
as
gold
and
silver,
that
they
may
c
offer
unto
the
Lord
an
offering
in
righteousness.
4 Then
shall
the
offering
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
be
pleasant
unto
the
Lord,
as
in
the
days
of
old,
and
as
in
former
years.
5 And
I
will
come
a
near
to
you
to
judgment;
and
I
will
be
a
swift
witness
against
the
b
sorcerers,
and
against
the
adulterers,
and
against
false
c
swearers,
and
against
those
that
d
oppress
the
hireling
in
his
wages,
the
widow
and
the
e
fatherless,
and
that
turn
aside
the
f
stranger,
and
fear
not
me,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts.
6 For
a
I
am
the
Lord,
I
change
not;
therefore
ye
sons
of
Jacob
are
not
consumed.
7 Even
from
the
days
of
your
fathers
ye
are
gone
away
from
mine
a
ordinances,
and
have
not
kept
them.
b
Return
unto
me
and
I
will
return
unto
you,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts.
But
ye
say:
Wherein
shall
we
return?
8 Will
a
man
rob
God?
Yet
ye
have
robbed
me.
But
ye
say:
Wherein
have
we
robbed
thee?
In
a
tithes
and
b
offerings.
9 Ye
are
cursed
with
a
curse,
for
ye
have
robbed
me,
even
this
whole
nation.
10 Bring
ye
all
the
a
tithes
into
the
storehouse,
that
there
may
be
b
meat
in
my
house;
and
prove
me
now
herewith,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts,
if
I
will
not
open
you
the
c
windows
of
heaven,
and
pour
you
out
a
d
blessing
that
there
shall
not
be
room
enough
to
receive
it.
11 And
I
will
rebuke
the
a
devourer
for
your
sakes,
and
he
shall
not
destroy
the
fruits
of
your
ground;
neither
shall
your
vine
cast
her
fruit
before
the
time
in
the
fields,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts.
12 And
all
nations
shall
call
you
blessed,
for
ye
shall
be
a
delightsome
land,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts.
13 Your
words
have
been
stout
against
me,
saith
the
Lord.
Yet
ye
say:
What
have
we
spoken
against
thee?
14 Ye
have
a
said:
It
is
b
vain
to
serve
God,
and
what
doth
it
profit
that
we
have
kept
his
c
ordinances
and
that
we
have
walked
mournfully
before
the
Lord
of
Hosts?
15 And
now
we
call
the
proud
happy;
yea,
they
that
work
wickedness
are
set
up;
yea,
they
that
tempt
God
are
even
delivered.
16 Then
they
that
feared
the
Lord
a
spake
often
one
to
another,
and
the
Lord
hearkened
and
heard;
and
a
book
of
b
remembrance
was
written
before
him
for
them
that
feared
the
Lord,
and
that
thought
upon
his
name.
17 And
they
shall
be
a
mine,
saith
the
Lord
of
Hosts,
in
that
day
when
I
b
make
up
my
jewels;
and
I
will
spare
them
as
a
man
spareth
his
own
son
that
serveth
him.
18 Then
shall
ye
return
and
a
discern
between
the
righteous
and
the
wicked,
between
him
that
serveth
God
and
him
that
serveth
him
not.
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