Malachi
appears last in the Old Testament
and is chronologically toward the end of the period, the prophet possibly being
a contemporary of Ezra
and Nehemiah.
By this time, the Jewish
people had been back in Israel for some
time and they were losing their zeal for God.
Malachi called out the people on many of the ways they neglected God
and their calling to be His people. They offered substandard sacrifices. They
married foreigners who worshipped false gods. They refused to tithe. They were
envious of other nations. Even the priests were complicit in the sins of the
people.
He warned of a judgment coming. There was hope for the faithful; their
always is for those who trust God.
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