MALACHI OUTLINE

--A. Ralph Johnson

 

Theme: Warning because of religious corruption. 

 To Judah, about 430 B.C.

CHAP

KEY WORDS

OUTLINE

1:

LOVE

God’s love rejected (1-5)

Polluted offerings—cursed. (6-14)

2:

CORRUPT

Corruption of the message by the priests (1-9)

Unfaithfulness to God manifested also in unfaithful marriages (10-16)

Justifying the wicked (17)

3:

PREPARE

[MESSIAH] Messenger Coming To Prepare The Way Of The Lord (1-6)

(John the Baptist--  Mat. 11:10; 3:3; John 1:23; Luke 1:76)

Robbery of God (7-12)  (In Tithes And Offerings)

They discount the value of serving God (13-15)

Some fear and are promised Escape (16-18)

4:

ELIJAH

Wicked shall be burned but the righteous blessed (1-3)

[MESSIAH] Elijah will Come (4-6; John the Baptist Luke 1:16-17)