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Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes, says Yahweh of hosts.
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Two Messengers Foretold
Commentators unanimously agree this verse prophesies two distinct messengers. The first is a forerunner, identified by the New Testament as John the Baptist, who would prepare the people through a call to repentance. The second, called 'the messenger of the covenant,' is the Lord Himself—Jesus Christ.
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Malachi
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God answers their complaints about the absence of His judgments, stating that they would come, but would also include those who clamored for them. …
19th Century
Anglican
I will send.—Or, I send. It is the participle used as the prophetic present. (Compare to Note on Malachi 1:11.)
Baptist
Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me:
The name Malachi means "my messenger." The reference here …
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16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet does not bring comfort to the wicked slanderers previously mentioned, but asserts the constancy of his faith in opposition to thei…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, I will send my messenger These are the words of Christ, in answer to the question put in the last verse of t…
The first words of this chapter seem to be an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is …
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