Malaquias 4
Warren Wiersbe · Citado em PreceptAustin
Malaquias 4
Wiersbe - Once again, Malachi returns to the theme of the coming Day of the Lord when God will punish all evildoers. Sinners will be burned up the way fire eats up the stubble; they will become like ashes under the feet of the saints! But the true believers will see the dawning of a new day as the “Sun of righteousness” rises (Luke 1:78–79). Then Jesus will reign as King of Kings and His people will frolic like calves let out of their stalls! Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high shall visit us, TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH, To guide our feet into the way of peace.” (Lk 1:78-79) Henry
Malaquias 4
Wiersbe - When we get near the end of the New Testament, we read, “And there shall be no more curse” (Rev. 22:3-note). All of creation is eagerly awaiting the return of the Savior, expecting Him to deliver creation from the bondage of sin (Ro 8:18-23-note). We too should be expecting Him and, while we’re waiting, witness of Him to others. For when the Sun of righteousness arises, it will mean either burning or blessing (Mal. 4:1–2): blessing to those who have trusted Him, burning to those who have rejected Him. Nobody can afford to argue with God the way the Israelites did when they heard Malachi, because God will always have the last word. For you, will that last word be salvation or judgment? (Be Amazed) Malachi 4:4-6 A Family in Trouble - Many of America’s 30 million white-tailed deer find themselves endangered not by guns, but by the cars of our expanding suburbs. I was reminded of their plight when a mature doe dashed through traffic just ahead of me. As I watched, I wondered what had driven her to take such a chance, and why she then stopped on the other side and looked back over her shoulder. As I drove by her, I turned to follow her gaze and saw two small fawns looking helplessly at their mother across the busy street. Instead of following, they turned and walked back into the woods. This family is not alone. We too can find ourselves in circumstances of separation and danger we did not anticipate. Reading Malachi and Matthew reminds us that we are troubled children of troubled parents who desperately need the help of our Father in heaven. Sometimes we need His help to see and avoid repeating the sins of our fathers (Neh. 9:2-3). Sometimes we need His help to turn back to the example and care of loving parents (Luke 15:18). Each day we learn from yesterday Of God’s great love and care; And every burden we must face He’ll surely help us bear. —D. De Haan It’s never too soon to turn back to God. Malachi 4:6 "He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.": restore : Lk 1:16,17,76 so that: Isa 61:2 Da 9:26,27 Zec 11:6, 13:8 14:2 Mt 22:7, 23:35-38, Mt 24:27-30 Mk 13:14-26 Lk 19:41-44, 21:22-27 smite: Dt 29:19-29 Isa 24:6, 43:28, 65:15, Da 9:11 Zec 5:3, 14:12 Mk 11:21 Heb 6:8, 10:26-31 Rev 22:3,20,21 A DIVINE "RESUSCITATION" Note that in the Hebrew Bible this verse (Mal 4:6) is Malachi 3:23 and the last verse, Malachi 3:24, is Mal 4:4. It seems that the Hebrew scholars did not want to end the OT with the word "curse!" He - Elijah (= "My God is Jehovah") and John the Baptist in the "spirit and power of Elijah." (Lk 1:17+) Radmacher - As in every act of God announcing judgment, there is also an offer of His mercy MacArthur on turn… hearts - The very opposite of what occurred at Christ’s first coming (cf. Matt. 10:34–36) anticipates a general societal repentance (cf. Matt. 25:31–46; Rev. 7:9–17; 20:4–6), so that complete destruction might be averted. The earth will be restored to Edenic wonder, the curse reversed, the kingdom established with Messiah reigning, and the righteous Jews and Gentiles entering it. Will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers - Scripture is always the best commentary on Scripture (Compare Scripture with Scripture) and Luke alludes to this passage, as well as directly quoting it in his Gospel… And he (John the Baptist) will turn back (epistrepho) many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God (Read John's call to the multitudes, surely including the hearts of both fathers and sons in Lk 3:7-8). 17 “And it is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN (epistrepho) THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous; so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Lk 1:16-17) Comment: The verb Luke uses for "turn… back" is epistrepho which means to turn about, around or toward and which in context describes a definite turn to God, a genuine conversion (repentance, regeneration). Epistrepho is frequently used of a sinner’s conversion to God (Read Acts 9:35; Acts 14:15; Acts 26:18, 20; 2Cor 3:16; 1Pe 2:25 Ps 22:27 Ps 51:13) Restore (07725)(shub/sub) is a verb used 1060x in 954 verses and means to turn, to return, to go back, to do again, to revert, to change one's mind. It is interesting that a derivative sobeb is used twice in the OT of backsliding. The Lxx uses the verb apokathistemi which means to restore to one's former state, which is also a medical technical term for curing or restoring to health (Mk 3:5), "to return someone to a former place or relationship." (BDAG) The idea of restore in this passage seems to be repentance. Hearts (03820)(leb - see word study) Taylor - Elijah’s coming before the day of the Lord will result in a great revival of faith in Israel, expressed here as fathers and their “children” (or sons, bānîm) “turning” (šûb, the same verb translated “return” in 3:7) their hearts toward each other. The idiom of turning one’s heart is similar to the idiom of placing upon the heart used in Mal 2:2 (“set your heart to honor my name”). Israel’s future repentance after the Lord’s discipline is referred to in Dt 30:1-6 as turning, restoring, or taking (šûb) God’s instruction to one’s heart: So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call (Ed: Hebrew = sub so more literally = “you return to your heart”) them to mind in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you, 2 and you return (Ed: Hebrew = sub) to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons, 3 then the LORD your God will restore (Ed: Restore = Hebrew = sub) you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again (Ed: Again = Hebrew = sub) from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. 4 "If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back (Ed: There has been a partial regathering with the re-birth of Israel but this awaits a complete end times fulfillment). 5 "And the LORD your God will bring you into the land (Ed: the Land of Israel promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, not the church!) which your fathers possessed, and you (Israel - those who have accepted Messiah as their Redeemer in the last days - cf Zech 12:10, 13:9) shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. 6 "Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart (Ed: See Excursus on Circumcision Of the Heart) and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live. (cf. Dt 4:39; 1Kgs 8:47; 12:27; Isa 46:8; La 3:21). (Ed: Bolding added and Dt 30:1-2 expanded to Dt 30:1-6) The expression in Mal 4:6 is literally “and he will return/restore the heart of fathers upon sons and the heart of sons upon their fathers.” The point is that fathers and sons would no longer live self-serving lives, but fathers will take their sons to heart and sons will take to heart their fathers, considering the effects of their actions on one another in the course of their lives. Ezekiel had vividly portrayed a nation under the horrors of divine condemnation when he prophesied a sight of cannibalism during the siege of Jerusalem in the words, “Fathers will eat their children, and children will eat their fathers (Ezek 5:10; cf. Lev 26:29; Deut 28:53; 2 Kgs 6:28–29). Malachi’s portrayal, on the other hand, was of a nation that had returned to the Lord and so had rediscovered the way of peace. Malachi’s Israel was full of men committing acts of treachery and injustice against one another (Mal 2:10; 3:5), but Elijah’s Israel would be full of righteousness and peace; and his day would be one of revelation, repentance, and reconciliation (Ed: A day that can only be realized when the Prince of Shalom returns to set up His Millennium). (Haggai, Malachi- An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture (New American Commentary- Richard A. Taylor, Ray Clendenen) So that - See discussion of value of observing and querying terms of purpose or result - so that, in order that, that, as a result. The land - Refers to Israel, the promised land, but this is a promise they would rather not "actuate!" R C