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MALACHI CHAPTER ONE

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TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?CYRUS (559-529BC)?BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?DARIUS (511-475BC)?

PROPHET - DATEJONAH (825-785BC)?JOEL (800BC)?HOSEA (785-725BC)?MICAH (785-710BC)?AMOS (784BC)?ISAIAH (701-681BC)?NAHUM (700BC)?ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?DANIEL (606-534BC)?HABAKKUK (598BC)?EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?OBADIAH (588-562BC)?EZRA (536-456BC)?HAGGAI (532-512BC)?ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?ESTHER (485-465BC)?NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?MALACHI (420-397BC)?

BOOK OF MALACHI

JERUSALEM WAS DESTROYED ABOUT 587 BC.

THE LORD SPOKE TO MALACHI ABOUT 433 BC.

MALACHI MEANS ‘MY MESSENGER’

THIS IS THE LAST BOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

THE GOSPELS WERE WRITTEN ABOUT 50–60 AD.

READ: OBADIAH 1-21 586 BC?

READ: JEREMIAH 49:7-22 585 BC?

OUTLINE MALACHI CHAPTER ONE

ISRAEL BELOVED OF GOD V. 1-5

PRIESTS CONDEMNED V. 6-7

POLLUTED OFFERINGS V. 8-10

THE LORD WILL BE HONORED V. 11-14

READ: MALACHI 1:1-3The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.

ISRAEL BELOVED OF GOD 2 ‘I have loved you,’ says the LORD. Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?‘ Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Says the LORD. ‘Yet Jacob I have loved;

3 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.’

READ: MALACHI 1:1MALACHI WAS WRITTEN 450 BC?

AFTER JUDAH WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE 586BC?

WHAT DID MALACHI WRITE?‘The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi’

WHO WAS THIS WRITING FOR? ISRAEL?

READ: NAHUM 1:11 The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. NKJV

WHO WAS THIS WRITING FOR? NINEVEH?

READ: MALACHI 1:1WHAT DID MALACHI WRITE?

‘The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi’

READ: ACTS 7:38-4138 ‘This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us,39 whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 Saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' NKJV

WHAT DID STEPHEN SAY CONCERNING MOSES?‘The Angel spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai’

‘Moses received the living oracles to give to us’



READ: ROMANS 3:1-21 What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the profit of circumcision?2 Much in every way! Chiefly because to them were committed the oracles of God. NKJV

WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE JEWS?

‘The oracles of God were committed to the Jews’



READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1717 If I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have been entrusted with a stewardship. NKJV

READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:1919 God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. NKJV

WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CHURCH?‘I have been entrusted with a stewardship’

‘God has committed to us the word of reconciliation’



READ: GALATIANS 2:77 …. they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter NKJV

WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CHURCH?

‘The gospel for the uncircumcised was committed to me’



READ: TITUS 1:33 God has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior; NKJV

WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO TITUS?

‘God’s word was committed to me by commandment‘



READ: 1 PETER 4:1111 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. NKJV

WHAT DID PETER SAY TO US?‘If anyone speaks, Let him speak as the oracles of God’

THAT‘In all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ’

READ: MALACHI 1:2-3ISRAEL BELOVED OF GOD

2 ‘I have loved you,’ says the LORD. Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?‘ Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Says the LORD. ‘Yet Jacob I have loved;

3 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:2-3ISRAEL BELOVED OF GOD

2 ‘I have loved you,’ says the LORD. Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?‘ Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Says the LORD. ‘Yet Jacob I have loved; 3 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?WHO WAS JACOB? WHO WAS ESAU?

WHY WOULD THE LORD HATE ESAU?READ: OBADIAH 1-21 586 BC?

MALACHI WAS WRITTEN? 450 BC?AFTER JUDAH WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE 586BC?

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:22 ‘I have loved you,’ says the LORD. Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?‘ Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Says the LORD. ‘Yet Jacob I have loved;

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?‘I have loved you’

HOW DID ISRAEL REPLY:'In what way have You loved us?‘

HOW DID THE LORD ANSWER:‘Jacob was Esau’s brother’

‘Yet I loved Jacob ’

READ: GENESIS 25:21-23

21 Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, becauseshe was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, andRebekah his wife conceived.22 The children struggled together within her; and she said, ‘If all is well, why am I like this?’ So she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 The LORD said to her: ‘Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body;One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.’ NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO REBEKAH?‘Two nations are in your womb’

‘Two peoples shall be separated from your body’‘One people shall be stronger than the other’

‘The older shall serve the younger’

READ: GENESIS 25:24-2624 When her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. NKJV

WHO WAS THE FIRST BORN? ESAU?

WHO WAS EDOM? ESAU?

READ: GENESIS 36:11 This is the genealogy of Esau, who is Edom NKJV

ESAU WAS EDOM


27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, butRebekah loved Jacob. NKJV

WHO DID ISAAC LOVE? ESAU?‘Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field’‘Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game’

WHO DID REBEKAH LOVE? JACOB?‘Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents’

‘Rebekah loved Jacob’

DID THIS CAUSE A PROBLEM?


30 Jacob went in to Rachel, and he also loved Rachelmore than Leah. And he served with Laban still another seven years. NKJV31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. NKJV

WHAT DID JACOB DO?‘Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah’

DID THIS CAUSE A PROBLEM?

WHAT DID THE LORD DO? WHY?‘The LORD saw that Leah was unloved’

‘He opened Leahs womb’ BUT ‘Rachel was barren’

READ: DEUTERONOMY 21:15-1715 If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved, 16 then it shall be, on the day he bequeaths his possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn status on the son of the loved wife in preference to the son of the unloved, the true firstborn. 17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE FIRSTBORN?‘If the firstborn son is of her who is unloved’

‘He shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife’‘As the firstborn by giving him a double portion’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:2‘I have loved you’ says the LORD

Yet you say: 'In what way have You loved us?‘

READ: DEUTERONOMY 4:36-3736 Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.37 And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,

WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?‘God loved your fathers’

THEREFORE:‘He chose their descendants after them’

‘He brought you out of Egypt’

READ: DEUTERONOMY 7:6-8

7 The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; 8 But because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, andredeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. NKJV

WHAT DID MOSES SAY TO ISRAEL?‘The LORD set His love on you’

BECAUSE:’The LORD loves you’

AND‘The LORD kept the oath He swore to your fathers’


READ: HOSEA 11:11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

‘When Israel was a child, I loved him’

AND

‘Out of Egypt I called My son’


WHY SHOULD WE LOVE GOD?

READ: 1 JOHN 4:1919 We love Him because He first loved us. NKJV

WHAT DID JOHN SAY?

‘We love God’

BECAUSE

‘He first loved us’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:33 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? ‘Esau I have hated’

WHY WOULD THE LORD HATE ESAU?‘ESAU WAS EDOM’

MALACHI WAS WRITTEN 450 BC?AFTER JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE 586BC?

WHAT DID EDOM DO?

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:3WHAT DID THE LORD SAY? ‘Esau I have hated’

DID THE LORD REALY ‘HATE’ ESAU?OR LOVE HIM LESS?

READ: LUKE 14:2626 If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. NKJV

WHAT DID JESUS SAY?‘If anyone does not hate his family and hate himself’

‘he cannot be My disciple’

WHAT DID JESUS MEAN?‘Anyone who loves family or self, more than Christ’

‘cannot be His disciple’


DID THE LORD REALY ‘HATE’ ESAU?OR LOVE HIM LESS?

READ: MATTHEW 10:3737 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. NKJV

WHAT DID JESUS MEAN?

‘He who loves any family member more than Christ’‘Is not worthy of Christ’


DID THE LORD REALLY ‘HATE’ ESAU?

READ: ROMANS 9:10-1410 …. when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;11 (For the children being not yet born , neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls;)12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. KJV


DID THE LORD REALLY ‘HATE’ ESAU?

READ: HEBREWS 12:14-1714 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16 lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. 17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears. NKJV

WHY WAS ESAU REJECTD?‘he found no place for repentance’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:3WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?

‘Esau I have hated’


READ: EZEKIEL 25:1212 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,’ NKJV

WHAT DID EDOM DO?‘Edom took vengeance against the house of Judah’

‘Edom has greatly offended by avenging itself on them’




READ: JOEL 3:1919 Egypt shall be a desolation, And Edom a desolate wilderness, Because of violence against the people of Judah, For they have shed innocent blood in their land.

WHAT DID EDOM DO?‘Because of violence against the people of Judah’‘For they have shed innocent blood in their land’




READ: AMOS 1:1111 Thus says the LORD: ‘For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment,Because he pursued his brother with the sword, And cast off all pity; His anger tore perpetually, And he kept his wrath forever. NKJV

WHAT DID EDOM DO?‘He pursued his brother with the sword and had no pity’‘His anger tore perpetually’ & ‘He kept his wrath forever’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:3WHY WOULD THE LORD HATE ESAU?

‘ESAU WAS EDOM’THE EDOMITES AND ISREALITES WERE COUSINS?

WHAT DID EDOM DO?EDOM MISTREATED HIS BROTHER JACOB?

READ: OBADIAH 10-11

10 For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever. 11 In the day that you stood on the other side —In the day that strangers carried captive his forces,When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem — Even you were as one of them.


EDOM MISTREATED HIS BROTHER JACOB?

READ: OBADIAH 12-1412 You should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity, Norlaid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress.


‘ESAU WAS EDOM’THE EDOMITES AND ISREALITES WERE COUSINS?

WHAT DID EDOM DO?EDOM MISTREATED HIS BROTHER JACOB?

READ: OBADIAH 15-1615 The day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

16 As you drank on My holy mountain, So shall all the nations drink continually; They shall drink, and swallow, and they shall be as though they had never been. NKJV

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:33 But Esau I have hated, And laid waste his mountains and his heritage For the jackals of the wilderness.’

WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO ESAU?‘He laid waste his mountains and his heritage’

‘For the jackals of the wilderness’

READ: ISAIAH 34:55 My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed it shall come down on Edom, And on the people of My curse, for judgment.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EDOM?‘My sword shall come down on Edom’

‘on the people of My curse, for judgment’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:3WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO ESAU?

‘He laid waste his mountains and his heritage’‘For the jackals of the wilderness’

READ: ISAIAH 34:9-109 Its streams shall be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone; Its land shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night or day; Its smoke shall ascend forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; No one shall pass through it forever and ever. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EDOM?‘From generation to generation it shall lie waste’‘No one shall pass through it forever and ever’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:3WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO ESAU?

‘He laid waste his mountains and his heritage’‘For the jackals of the wilderness’

READ: JEREMIAH 49:17-1817 ‘Edom also shall be an astonishment; Everyone who goes by it will be astonished And will hiss at all its plagues. 18 ‘As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah Andtheir neighbors,’ says the LORD, ’No one shall remain there,’ NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY CONCERNING EDOM?‘Edom also shall be an astonishment’

‘As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah’’No one shall remain there’

READ: MALACHI 1:4-5ISRAEL BELOVED OF GOD

4 Even though Edom has said, ‘"We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places,’ Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.

5 Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, 'The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.'

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:4-54 Even though Edom has said, ‘We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places,’ Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever. 5 Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, 'The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.'

WHAT DID EDOM SAY?HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?

HOW WILL EDOM RESPOND?

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:44 Even though Edom has said, ‘We have been impoverished, But we will return and build the desolate places,’ Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘They may build, but I will throw down; They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness, And the people against whom the LORD will have indignation forever.

WHAT DID EDOM SAY?‘We have been impoverished’

‘But we will return and build the desolate places’

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?‘They may build, but I will throw down’

‘They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness’‘They will have indignation forever’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:4WHAT DID EDOM SAY?

‘We have been impoverished’‘But we will return and build the desolate places’

READ: ISAIAH 9:1010 The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace them with cedars. NKJV

WHAT DID EPHRAIM SAY?‘The bricks have fallen down’

‘But we will rebuild with hewn stones’‘The sycamores are cut down’

‘But we will replace them with cedars’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:4HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?

‘They may build, but I will throw down’‘They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness’

‘They will have indignation forever

READ: EZEKIEL 25:1313 Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO EDOM? ‘I will stretch out My hand against Edom’

‘I will cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate‘



‘They will have indignation forever’

WHO DID THE LORD SEND? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?WHAT WILL NEBUCHADNEZZAR DO?

READ: ISAIAH 11:1414 They shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the West; Together they shall plunder the people of the East; They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; And the people of Ammon shall obey them.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EDOM?‘They shall plunder the people of the East’

‘They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab’




READ: ISAIAH 34:66 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is made overflowing with fatness, With the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. NKJV

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EDOM?The sword of the LORD is filled with blood

‘The LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah’‘And a great slaughter in the land of Edom’




READ: ISAIAH 34:9-109 Its streams shall be turned into pitch, And its dust into brimstone; Its land shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night or day; Its smoke shall ascend forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; No one shall pass through it forever and ever.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EDOM?‘From generation to generation it shall lie waste’‘No one shall pass through it forever and ever’




READ: LAMENTATIONS 4:2222 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished,O daughter of Zion; He will no longer send you into captivity. He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins! NKJV

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EDOM?‘He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom’

‘He will uncover your sins’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:55 Your eyes shall see, And you shall say, 'The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel.'

HOW WILL EDOM RESPOND?'The LORD is magnified beyond the border of Israel’

READ: PSALMS 35:2727 Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, ‘Let the LORD be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.’ NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?‘Let the LORD be magnified

READ: MALACHI 1:6-7PRIESTS CONDEMNED

6 ‘A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name?'

7 ‘You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, 'In what way have we defiled You?‘ By saying, 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.'

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QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:6-7PRIESTS CONDEMNED

6 ‘A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name?' 7 ‘You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, 'In what way have we defiled You?‘ By saying, 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.‘

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRIESTS?

HOW DID THE PRIESTS RESPOND?

HOW DID THE PRIESTS DEFILE THE ALTAR?

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QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:6PRIESTS CONDEMNED

6 ‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name?'

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRIESTS?

‘A son honors his father and A servant his master’If then I am the Father, Where is My honor?

If I am a Master, Where is My reverence?

HOW DID THE PRIESTS RESPOND?

'In what way have we despised Your name?'

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:6WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRIESTS?



READ: EXODUS 4:22-2322 You shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD: ‘Israel is My son, My firstborn.’23 So I say to you, let My son go that he may serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, indeed I will kill your son, your firstborn.’ NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO PHAROAH?‘Israel is My son, My firstborn.’

‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’If you refuse to let him go’

‘I will kill your son, your firstborn’




READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:66 Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you?Has He not made you and established you? NKJV

WHAT DID MOSES ASK ISRAEL?

‘Is not the LORD your Father, who bought you?’‘Has He not made you and established you?’




READ: PSALMS 100:33 Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?

‘Know that the LORD, He is God’

‘It is He who has made us and not we ourselves’

READ: ISAIAH 1:2-4READ: ISAIAH 1:2-4

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: ‘I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me; 3 The ox knows its owner And the donkey its master's crib; But Israel does not know, My people do not consider.’4 Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity,A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?‘I have nourished and brought up children’

‘They have rebelled against Me’‘Children who are corrupters’

‘They have forsaken the LORD‘




READ: ISAIAH 63:1616 Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us.You, O LORD, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. NKJV

WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY?

‘O LORD, You are our Father’‘Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name’




READ: ISAIAH 64:88 O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, andYou our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.

WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY?

‘O LORD, You are our Father’‘We are the clay and You our potter’

‘We are the work of Your hand’




READ: JEREMIAH 31:99 They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, AndEphraim is My firstborn. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?‘I am a Father to Israel’

‘Ephraim is My firstborn’


7 ‘You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, 'In what way have we defiled You?‘ By saying, 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.‘

WHAT WERE THE PRIESTS COMMANDED TO DO?


WHAT DID THEY SAY?'The table of the LORD is contemptible’

WHY WAS IT CONTEMPTIBLE TO THEM?

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:7READ: LEVITICUS 21:6

6 They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God; thereforethey shall be holy. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PRIESTS?‘They shall be holy to their God’

‘They shall not profane the name of their God’

BECAUSE:

‘They offer the offerings of the LORD’‘made by fire and the bread of their God’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:7READ: LEVITICUS 21:8

8 You shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THE PRIESTS?

‘You shall consecrate him’BECAUSE

‘He offers the bread of your God’

‘He shall be holy to you’BECAUSE:

I the LORD am holy’


7 ‘You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, 'In what way have we defiled You?‘ By saying, 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.‘


WHAT DID THEY SAY?'The table of the LORD is contemptible’

WHY WAS IT CONTEMPTIBLE TO THEM?

READ: EZEKIEL 23:40-41

READ: EZEKIEL 23:40-4140 You sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and there they came. And you washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments. 41 You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT THESE PRIESTS?‘You sent for men to come from afar and they came’

‘You washed yourself for them’You painted your eyes’

You adorned yourself with ornaments’THEN:

‘You sat on a stately couch’‘With a table prepared before it’

‘On which you had set My incense and My oil’

READ: MALACHI 1:8-9POLLUTED OFFERINGS

8 And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?’ Says the LORD of hosts.

9 ‘But now entreat God's favor, That He may be gracious to us. While this is being done by your hands, Will He accept you favorably?’ Says the LORD of hosts.

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:8-9POLLUTED OFFERINGS

8 And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?’ Says the LORD of hosts. 9 ‘But now entreat God's favor, That He may be gracious to us. While this is being done by your hands, Will He accept you favorably?’ Says the LORD of hosts.

WHAT DID GOD SAYING ABOUT THEIR OFFERINGS?

WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THE PRIEST TO DO?

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:88 And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?’ Says the LORD of hosts.

WHAT DID GOD SAYING ABOUT THEIR OFFERINGS?

‘When you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil?‘When you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil?

‘Offer it then to your governor!’‘Would he be pleased with you?’Would he accept you favorably?’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:8WHAT DID GOD SAYING ABOUT THEIR OFFERINGS?

‘When you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil?‘When you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil?

READ: LEVITICUS 1:33 If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD.

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd’

‘Let him offer a male without blemish’‘He shall offer it of his own free will at the door’‘of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:8WHAT DID GOD SAYING ABOUT THEIR OFFERINGS?‘When you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil?

‘When you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil?

READ: LEVITICUS 22:19-2019 You shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats. 20 Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?‘You shall offer of your own freewill a male’

‘Without blemish from the cattle, the sheep or the goats’‘Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer’‘It shall not be acceptable on your behalf’

READ: LEVITICUS 22:21-2321 Whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. 22 Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. 23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?‘Any freewill offering of cattle or sheep’

‘Must be perfect to be accepted’‘There shall be no defect in it’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:9POLLUTED OFFERINGS

9 ‘But now entreat God's favor, That He may be gracious to us. While this is being done by your hands, Will He accept you favorably?’ Says the LORD of hosts.

WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THE PRIEST TO DO?‘Entreat God's favor’ THAT ‘He may be gracious to us’

‘While this is being done by your hands’‘Will He accept you favorably’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:9WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THE PRIEST TO DO?

‘Entreat God's favor’ THAT: ‘He may be gracious to us’‘While this is being done by your hands’

‘Will He accept you favorably’

READ: PSALMS 51:1717 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart- These, O God, You will not despise.

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit’

‘A broken and a contrite heart’‘These God will not despise’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:9WHAT DID THE LORD WANT THE PRIEST TO DO?

‘Entreat God's favor’ THAT: ‘He may be gracious to us’‘While this is being done by your hands’

‘Will He accept you favorably’

READ: JEREMIAH 6:2020 For what purpose to Me Comes frankincense from Sheba, And sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.’ NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?

‘Your burnt offerings are not acceptable’‘Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:9READ: MICAH 6:6-7

6 With what shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,10,000 rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

WHAT DID MICAH ASK?‘With what shall I come before the LORD?Shall I bow myself before the High God?

‘Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings?‘Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams?‘Will the LORD be pleased with 10,000 rivers of oil?

‘Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression?‘Shall I give the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:9READ: MICAH 6:8

8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? NKJV

WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE?

‘He has shown you, O man, what is good’

‘What does the LORD require of you?

‘To do justly, To love mercy’

‘To walk humbly with your God’

READ: ROMANS 12:1-21 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. NKJV

WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CHRISTIANS?I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God’

‘That you present your bodies’‘A living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God’

‘Which is your reasonable service’

‘Do not be conformed to this world’But be transformed by the renewing of your mind’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:9

READ: HEBREWS 13:15-1615 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. NKJV

WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE CHRISTIANS?

‘Let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God’‘The fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name’

AND‘Do not forget to do good and to share’

‘For with such sacrifices God is well pleased’


10 ‘Who is there even among you who would shut thedoors, So that you would not kindle fire on My altar invain? I have no pleasure in you,’ Says the LORD ofhosts, ‘Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.

11 For from the rising of the sun, even to its goingdown, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; Inevery place incense shall be offered to My name, And apure offering; For My name shall be great among thenations,’ Says the LORD of hosts.


10 ‘Who is there even among you who would shut the doors, So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you,’ Says the LORD of hosts, ‘Nor will I accept an offering from your hands. 11 For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations,’ Says the LORD of hosts.

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THE PRIESTS?WHY CLOSE THE DOORS?

HOW WILL THE NAME OF THE LORD BE GLORIFIED?

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:1010 ‘Who is there even among you who would shut the doors, So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain? I have no pleasure in you,’ Says the LORD of hosts, ‘Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THE PRIESTS?‘Who is there even among you who would shut the doors’

WHY CLOSE THE DOORS?‘So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?’

‘I have no pleasure in you’‘Nor will I accept an offering from your hands’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:10WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THE PRIESTS?

‘Who is there even among you who would shut the doors’WHY CLOSE THE DOORS?

‘So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?’‘I have no pleasure in you’

‘Nor will I accept an offering from your hands’

READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1313 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

WHAT DID PAUL SAY?‘Those who minister the holy things’

‘Eat of the things of the temple’‘Those who serve at the altar’

Partake of the offerings of the altar’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:10WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THE PRIESTS?

‘Who is there even among you who would shut the doors’‘So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?’

WHY CLOSE THE DOORS?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 28:2424 Ahaz gathered the articles of the house of God, cut in pieces the articles of the house of God, shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. NKJV

WHAT DID AHAZ DO?‘Ahaz gathered the articles of the house of God’

‘He cut in pieces the articles of the house of God’‘He shut up the doors of the house of the LORD’

‘He made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:10‘I have no pleasure in you’


READ: ISAIAH 1:1111 ‘To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?’ Says the LORD. ‘I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed cattle. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs or goats. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?What is the purpose of your sacrifices to Me?

‘I have had enough of burnt offerings’‘of rams and the fat of fed cattle’

‘I do not delight in the blood’‘of bulls or lambs or goats’

READ: ISAIAH 1:13 & 1513 ‘Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies - I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting. 15 When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers,I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. NKJV

HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND?‘Bring no more futile sacrifices’

‘Incense is an abomination to Me’‘I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting’

When you spread out your hands’I will hide My eyes from you’

‘Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear’‘Your hands are full of blood’



READ: JEREMIAH 14:1212 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY?‘When they fast, I will not hear their cry’

‘When they offer burnt offering and grain offering’‘I will not accept them’

‘I will consume them by the sword’‘I will consume them by the famine’

‘I will consume them by the pestilence’



READ: HOSEA 5:66 With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the LORD, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ISRAEL?

‘They shall seek the LORD with their flocks and herds’

‘They will not find Him’

‘He has withdrawn Himself from them’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:11‘From the rising of the sun, even to its going down’

‘My name shall be great among the Gentiles’

READ: PSALMS 113:33 From the rising of the sun to its going down The LORD‘S name is to be praised. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 24:1515 Glorify the LORD in the dawning light, The name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.

HOW WILL THE NAME OF THE LORD BE GLORIFIED?‘From the rising of the sun to its going down’

‘The LORD‘S name is to be praised’‘Glorify the LORD in the dawning light’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:11‘From the rising of the sun, even to its going down’


READ: ISAIAH 59:1919 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. NKJV


‘They shall fear the name of the LORD from the West’‘And His glory from the rising of the sun’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:11‘In every place incense shall be offered to My name’

‘My name shall be great among the nations’


READ: ISAIAH 19:2121 The LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS KNOW?‘The LORD will be known to Egypt’

‘The Egyptians will know the LORD in that day’‘They will make sacrifice and offering’

‘They will make a vow to the LORD and perform it’




READ: ISAIAH 56:66 The sons of the foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name of the LORD, to be His servants — Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, And holds fast My covenant —

WHAT WILL THE GENTILES DO?‘Sons of foreigners will join themselves to the LORD’

‘To serve Him, to be His servants’‘To love the name of the LORD’




READ: ZEPHANIAH 2:1111 The LORD will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations. NKJV

WHAT WILL THE GENTILES DO?‘The LORD will be awesome to them’

‘For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth’‘People shall worship Him’




READ: MATTHEW 8:1111 I say to you that many will come from East and West, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. NKJV

WHAT DID JESUS SAY?‘Many will come from East and West and sit down’

‘With Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’‘In the kingdom of heaven’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:11HOW WILL THE NAME OF THE LORD BE GLORIFIED?

READ: JOHN 4:23-2423 ‘But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 ‘God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.’ NKJV

WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN?‘Worship the Father in spirit and truth’

‘The Father is seeking such to worship Him’‘God is Spirit’

Those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth’




READ: TITUS 2:88 I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting;

WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?‘I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere’

‘Lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting’




READ: HEBREWS 13:15-1615 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. NKJV

WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?‘Let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God’

‘The fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name’




READ: 1 PETER 2:55 ‘You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?

‘Offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God’‘Through Jesus Christ’




READ: 1 PETER 2:1212 having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. NKJV

WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD?

‘Have your conduct honorable among the Gentiles’‘They may glorify God in the day of visitation’


12 But you profane it, In that you say, 'The table of the LORD is defiled; And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.'

13 You also say, 'Oh, what a weariness!‘ And you sneer at it,’ Says the LORD of hosts. ’And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?’ Says the LORD.

14 ‘But cursed be the deceiver Who has in his flock a male, And takes a vow, But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished — For I am a great King,’ Says the LORD of hosts,’ And My name is to be feared among the nations.


12 But you profane it, In that you say, 'The table of the LORD is defiled; And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.'13 You also say, 'Oh, what a weariness!‘ And you sneer at it,’ Says the LORD of hosts. ’And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?’ Says the LORD. 14 ‘But cursed be the deceiver Who has in his flock a male, And takes a vow, But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished — For I am a great King,’ Says the LORD of hosts, And ‘My name is to be feared among the nations.’


‘You profane the table of the LORD’WHEN YOU SAY:

'The table of the LORD is defiled’‘Its fruit, its food, is contemptible'

READ: EZEKIEL 44:1616 They shall enter My sanctuary, and they shall comenear My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep Mycharge. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRIESTS?The priests shall enter My sanctuary’

‘They shall come near My table to minister to Me‘They shall keep My charge’


‘You profane the table of the LORD’

READ: MATTHEW 5:23-2523 If you bring your gift to the altar, and thereremember that your brother has something against you,24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go yourway. First be reconciled to your brother, and then comeand offer your gift. NKJV

WHAT DID JESUS SAY TO HIS DISCIPLES?‘If you bring your gift to the altar’ AND

‘Remember that your brother has something against you’‘Leave your gift at the altar and go your way’

‘First be reconciled to your brother’‘Then come and offer your gift’



READ: HEBREWS 13:1010 We have an altar from which those who serve thetabernacle have no right to eat. NKJV


‘We have an altar from which’‘Those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat’



READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 10:2121 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and ofthe table of demons. NKJV


You cannot drink the cup of the Lord’and the cup of demons’

‘You cannot partake of the Lord's table’‘And of the table of demons’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:1313 You also say, 'Oh, what a weariness!‘ And you sneer at it,’ Says the LORD of hosts. ’And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?’ Says the LORD.

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRIESTS?YOU SAY: 'Oh, what a weariness!’

AND ‘You sneer at it’‘You bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick’

‘Thus you bring an offering!’‘Should I accept this from your hand?’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:13WHAT DID THE PRIEST’S SAY?

'Oh, what a weariness!’

READ: NUMBERS 14:1111 The LORD said to Moses: ‘How long will thesepeople reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me,with all the signs which I have performed among them?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO MOSES?

‘How long will these people reject Me?

‘How long will they not believe Me’



WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?

READ: ISAIAH 43:22-2422 You have not called upon Me, O Jacob; And youhave been weary of Me, O Israel.23 You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings, Norwearied you with incense. 24 You have bought Me no sweet cane with money, Nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices; But you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities. NKJV



READ: MICAH 6:3-43 O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me. 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of bondage; And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO ISRAEL?‘What have I done to you?’

‘How have I wearied you? Testify against Me’‘I brought you up from the land of Egypt’

‘I redeemed you from the house of bondage’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:13WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRIESTS?‘You bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick’

‘Thus you bring an offering!’‘Should I accept this from your hand?’

READ: DEUTERONOMY 15:2121 If there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind or has any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?‘If there is a defect in it, if it is lame or blind’

‘If it has any serious defect’‘You shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:1414 ‘But cursed be the deceiver Who has in his flock a male, And takes a vow, But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished — For I am a great King,’ Says the LORD of hosts, And ‘My name is to be feared among the nations.’

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO THE PRIESTS?‘Cursed be the deceiver’

‘Who has in his flock a male and takes a vow’BUT

‘Sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished’‘I am a great King’

‘My name is to be feared among the nations’


‘Cursed be the deceiver’‘Who has in his flock a male and takes a vow’

AND ‘Sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished’

READ: EXODUS 12:55 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?

Your lamb shall be without blemish


‘Cursed be the deceiver’‘Who has in his flock a male and takes a vow’

AND ‘Sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished’

READ: LEVITICUS 1:1010 If his offering is of the flocks — of the sheep or of the goats — as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish. NKJV

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?

‘He shall bring a male without blemish’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:14WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL?

READ: LEVITICUS 22:19-2319 you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the goats.20 Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it shall not be acceptable on your behalf. 21 Whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. 22 Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. 23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any limb too long or too short you may offer as a freewill offering, but for a vow it shall not be accepted. NKJV


‘Cursed is he who takes a vow’

WHAT DID PETER SAY TO ANANIAS? WHY?READ: ACTS 5:1-4

1 A certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. 2 And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.’ NKJV


‘I am a great King’‘My name is to be feared among the nations’

READ: PSALMS 48:22 Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King. NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?

‘Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth’‘Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north’

‘The city of the great King’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:14‘I am a great King’


READ: PSALMS 95:33 The LORD is the great God, And the great King above all gods. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 72:1111 Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him; All nations shall serve Him. NKJV

WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?‘The LORD is the great God’

‘And the great King above all gods’‘All kings shall fall down before Him’

‘All nations shall serve Him’



READ: OBADIAH 2121 Saviors shall come to Mount Zion To judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the LORD‘S. NKJV

WHAT DID OBADIAH SAY?

‘Saviors shall come to Mount Zion’‘To judge the mountains of Esau’

‘And the kingdom shall be the LORD‘S’

QUESTIONS: MALACHI 1:14‘I am a great King’


READ: MATTHEW 5:33-3533 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'34 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. NKJV

WHAT DID JESUS SAY?Do not swear at all’

‘Neither by heaven, for it is God's throne’‘Nor by the earth, for it is His footstool’

Nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King’



READ: 1 TIMOTHY 6:15-1615 He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

WHAT DID PAUL SAY?‘He will manifest in His own time’

‘He who is the blessed and only Potentate’‘The King of kings and Lord of lords’

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