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Old Testament Survey
D. God's love for Israel: Malachi 1:2-5
1. Essau and Jacob: Malachi 1:2-3
2. God and Edom: Malachi 1:4-5
II. A message to the priests: Malachi 1:6-2:9
A. Their neglect in religious duties: Malachi 1:6-2:4
1. Worthlessness of sacrifices: Malachi 1:6-14
2. Better to shut the temple than engage in worthless worship: Malachi 1:9-10
3. Superior service among the Gentiles: Malachi 1:11
4. Weariness in worship: Malachi 1:12-13 contrasted with wonderful worship in Malachi 1:11.
5. The curse of God: Malachi 1:14-2:4
B. Their faulty teaching of the law: Malachi 2:5-9
1. Covenant with Levi and the ideal priest: Malachi 2:5-7
2. The apostate priests and their disgrace: Malachi 2:8-9
III. A message to the Jewish laymen: Malachi 2:10-4:3
A. A charge of treachery: Malachi 2:10-16
B. Warning of judgment: Malachi 2:17-3:6
1. Their questions: Malachi 2:17
2. God's refining fire: Malachi 3:1-3
3. Purification of the priest and people: Malachi 3:3-5
4. God does not change: Malachi 3:6
C. A call to repentance: Malachi 3:7-12
1. The people's unfaithfulness and God's curse: Malachi 3:7-9
2. God's reward for their respect and faithfulness: Malachi 3:10-12
D. Divine indictment for sin: Malachi 3:13-4:3
1. Complaint: Malachi 3:13-15
2. Separation of the righteous from the wicked: Malachi 3:16-18
3. Utter destruction of the wicked: Malachi 4:1
4. Exaltation and glorification of the righteous: Malachi 4:2-3
IV. Concluding warning: Malachi 4:4-6
A. Keep the law of Moses: Malachi 4:4
B. Look for the second coming of Jesus: Malachi 4:5-6