Synopsis: Malachi
Organisation of the synopsis The Writer The post-exile prophets were Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. Malachi was the last and probably ministered a century after the earlier post-exile prophets. He ministered after the temple was rebuilt. The priests and people in Israel during his ministry had backslidden in their worship of Jehovah. After Malachi, God did not speak to His people for 400 years and the Jews only heard God speaking again when John the Baptist started his ministry. Malachi’s name means “My messenger” and no personal information about him was recorded. Key Verse Malachi 1:2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. The message of Malachi was a stern rebuke to the nation of Israel. The faithless state of Christendom today has much to learn from God’s message to the Jews. The key verse is a good reminder that God loves those that He reprimands. Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Main Theme God’s goodness is being q