How does a christian interpret Malachi 3:1-3?

Question

Keeping inmind this is obviously a reference to the lords return to glory, and not a reference to his advent in physical form as the babe in Bethlehem. I say obviously because:

A. as the babe in Bethlehem, He came quietly in the night; with only a few visitors and was not widley accepted as the Savior until 32 years after his birth. And even his ministery took time to build the momentum it did.

B. Jesus at his first coming came as a teacher with love and taught patience. He was not "like a refiner's fire, and like launder's soap" Virtually everyone on earth "[endured] the day of his coming."

C. Jesus at his first coming sat as a teacher to establish his church and preach his gosple of love and faith. In those days he did not sit as a "refiners fire", and he did not "purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver" and the sons of Levi surley did not make any offerings "offerings in riteousness."

The messanger could not have been John the Baptist. when considering ABC

Answer 1

fred
Malachi 3 spoke of John the Baptist coming, as Jesus referred to; why the prophets say, "My messenger." John was Malachi 3, "Behold, I send a messenger before Me to prepare the way." The last thing spoke of him. John the Baptist, His messenger before His face in Malachi 3, planted a former rain and was rejected by the churches, the denominations, the Pharisees and Sadducees in his day. Jesus said in Matthew 11, "If you can receive it, John there was the Elias that was to come," of Malachi 3. He was so sure that the Messiah was in his day, because he was the one that was ordained to introduce this Messiah, because Malachi 3 said so. Now, that was Malachi's prophecy of the coming of the Lord Jesus. That voice in the wilderness, and Malachi 3 being fulfilled, why, it passed right by them, and they never even understood it at all. You know, one time after all the Scriptures Isaiah, Malachi 3, and Isaiah 40, prophesying of the coming of John the Baptist, John came just exactly in line with them Scriptures. We find out in Malachi 3 that He said, "I am God, and I change not." He cannot change His method. God's first way of doing anything, that's God's ever way of doing anything. Now, the Word came to the prophet always; He never changes. Malachi 3, He was to take a messenger sent before the face of the Lord Jesus, which was John. Jesus said John was that Light, Malachi 3. Why didn't they see it? Malachi 3, two Scriptures to a-vindicate him: Malachi 3 and Isaiah 40 and 3. Before Jesus come the first, Elijah come, Elijah of Malachi 3. But, you see, there it was, that prophecy had been fulfilled right before their face, with a forerunner coming, exactly what Malachi said. hey did not believe God's Word of Malachi 3, or they would've seen plainly by the letter that this was that forerunner. "Malachi 3, John the Baptist was His forerunner." He planted the former rain and was rejected by the organizations of his day. Let us particularly note that the prophet of Matthew 11:12, was John the Baptist, who was the one foretold in Malachi 3:1. [Read:Matt. 11:1-12]

Answer 2

The messenger definitely was John the Baptist, and if you'll remember, John was the one who Baptised Jesus.

Your reasoning is faulty, and this is why I say so:

A. It clearly states, "the messenger". Not the savior, Jesus. John was the messenger that heralded Christ's coming.

B. John the baptist, came and heralded Christ's coming like a refiner's fire, Jesus didn't do this when he came. John was a Baptist. What does a Baptist do? He baptises people in the name of the Lord. In the water, like launder's soap, he purified people. The people did endure John, because his words burned through them; like a refiner's fire.

C. And you basically made this point in your C, Jesus at His first coming sat as a teacher and spread the word of love and faith. He did not do the things that the messenger, John the baptist did. King Herod endured John the Baptist, even in prison to have his head chopped off. He endured his talking against Herod for wanting Herodias, a niece of Herod's. Her mother instructed her to ask for John's head on a platter. Possibly to shut him up about it.

The messenger was John the Baptist, and Jesus Christ was the Word of God made flesh.
Don't confuse them.

Answer 3

nicely, there is in straightforward words one God (in 3 persons). That section did not substitute, besides the shown actuality that the understanding of God did, to a level. the justifications for the changes are this: in accordance to Christianity, Jesus is the recent Covenant, which meant that the former regulations were scrapped. you may remember that Jesus were given himself in problem with the help of disobeying a number of them and frustrating their validity ("the guidelines were made for guy, no longer guy for the guidelines"). Christianity teaches that Jesus freed us from the regulation, which no you likely can keep on with besides. It replaced into too confusing. truly, Jesus' lack of existence replaced into, in religious words, a sacrifice to make up for our lack of ability to stay with those regulations, and conception in that sacrifice is what's necessary now truly of tries to stay with the guidelines. Now Jews, as nonbelievers, are nonetheless lower than the former Covenant, with the guidelines, and Moslems are literally not followers of Jesus, so that they are not lower than the recent Covenant both. p.s. the female above is inaccurate - Paul replaced right into a Jew, yet he replaced into the manager mover to open the recent faith as a lot as all comers at the same time as others, like Peter, theory it truly is going to be kept element of Judaism (Peter believed that in case you switched over, you'll even ought to change into Jewish, e.g. with the help of being circumcized if male - there replaced right into a huge controversy over this).

Answer 4

Definately a purging and cleansing by fire. The renewal...new earth and new heaven. Peter talks about it being renewed by fire.

A reference to Purgatory? Also a cleansing and purging of impurities with fire of the soul,....His people