Malachi

Malachi - Chapter 3 & 4

Malachi - Chapter 3

1.   What was the task of the “messenger” whom God would send? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What did he say in vs. 1 about the Lord whom they sought? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2.   Of whom could the “messenger of the covenant” be referring to? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ (Cf. Heb. 9:15, where he is called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the new covenant.) What are the two metaphors in vs 2 used to describe his work when he comes? 1)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ 2)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3.   Verse 4 indicated to us that righteous worship is _ _ _ _ _ _ in the sight of God. God would be a swift witness against: 1)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Because: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4.   What does vs 6 say the Lord does not do? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ From what had the people (or priests) gone away? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ On what basis would God return to them (to bless and forgive). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5.   Of what were the people accused in vs. 8? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How had they done this? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was the result of their action (v.9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6.   If the people obeyed the Lord what did he say he would do (v.10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What or who do you think the “devourer” of vs. 11 to be? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

7.   From verse 12 what do you think about a nation that will follow and obey the Lord? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

8.   What question were the people (priests) asking in vs. 13? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ They said it was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ to serve God. And didn’t think was any _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in keeping His ordinance. What were they saying of the “proud” and the “wicked”? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

9.   Who are spoken of as having fellowship together in vs 16? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Who heard them? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Who was written in the “book of remembrance”? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What term in vs 17 shows their preciousness to the Lord? _ _ _ _ _ _

10. What kind of people would there be discernment between? 1)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Malachi - Chapter 4

1.   Who would one day be like stubble? 1)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and 2)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

2.   Who would “grow fat like stall-fed calves?” _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3.   What wouls the wicked be under the souls of the righteous? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4.   What were the people (the priests) to remember? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

5.   Whom did God say he would send? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ When would He send him? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6.   What would he “turn” _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(What could this mean? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _)

– Windell Gann - printed: March 1, 2007