1. November 8, 2015
November 27, 2016

8. Malachi
HOPE For a
Fallen World

10. Timeline of Old Testament Prophets
One hundred years*

11. Malachi
Love
Rebuke
Hope

12. Malachi Love Rebuke Hope Looking Ahead Ch. 1:6-2:9 Ch. 1:1-5
Looking up
Rebuke
Ch. 1:6-2:9
Ch. 2:10-3:18
Called to be Faithful
Looking in
Hope
Looking Ahead

13. 17 You have wearied the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied Him?” you ask.
You have wearied Him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight,
and He is pleased with them.
You have wearied Him by asking,
“Where is the God of justice?”
Malachi 2:17

14. “Look! I am sending My messenger,
and he will prepare the way before Me.

15. and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”
41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”
Luke 1:41-42

16. 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,
“Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’
John 1:29-30

17. “Look! I am sending my messenger, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies
and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The Messenger of the Covenant, whom you look for so eagerly,
is surely coming,” says
the Lord of Heaven’s Armies

18. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God.
And the dead in Christ will rise first.

19. we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another
17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus
we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another
with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

20. 41The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says,
“The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up
like straw. They will be consumed—
roots, branches, and all.”

21. 2 “But for you who fear my name, the Son of Righteousness will rise
with healing in His wings.
And you will go free,
leaping with joy like calves
let out to pasture.

22. 3 On the day when I act, you will
tread upon the wicked as if they were
dust under your feet,” says
the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

24. and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all Israel.
4 “Remember to obey the Law of Moses, My servant—all the decrees
and regulations that I gave him on
Mount Sinai for all Israel.

25. coming of the child who was promised.
“19 Why, then, was the law given?
It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law
was designed to last only until the
coming of the child who was promised.
God gave His law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator
between God and the people.

26. 28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile,
slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And now that you belong to Christ,
you are the true children of Abraham. You are His heirs, and God’s promise
to Abraham belongs to you.
Galatians 3

27. 5 “Look, I am sending you the prophet
Elijah before the great and dreadful
day of the Lord arrives.

28. 6 His preaching will turn the hearts of fathers
to their children, and the hearts of children
to their fathers. Otherwise I will come
and strike the land with a curse.”

29. WHAT NEXT?
3 And I will give power to my two witnesses… and they will prophesy during those 1,260 days.”

30. WHAT NEXT? 5 If anyone tries to harm them,
fire flashes from their mouths and consumes
their enemies. This is how anyone who tries
to harm them must die.

31. WHAT NEXT? 6 They have power to shut the sky so that
no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy.
And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth
with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

32. 7 When they complete their testimony,
WHAT NEXT?
7 When they complete their testimony,
the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he
will conquer them and kill them. 8 And their bodies will lie in the main street
of Jerusalem...

33. God breathed life into them,
WHAT NEXT?
9 And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare
at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them11 But after three and a half days,
God breathed life into them,
and they stood up!

34. WHAT NEXT?
Terror struck all who were staring at them. 12 Then a loud voice from heaven called
to the two prophets, “Come up here!”
And they rose to heaven in a cloud
as their enemies watched.
Revelation 11

35. ONE DAY
170

36. was filled with His praises, One day when sin was
One day when Heaven
was filled with His praises, One day when sin was
as black as could be, Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin, Dwelt among men,
my example is He!

37. Freely forever; One day He’s coming—oh, glorious day!
CHORUS
Living, He loved me;
Dying, He saved me; Buried, He carried my sins far away; Rising, He justified
Freely forever; One day He’s coming—oh, glorious day!

38. conceal Him no longer, One day the stone rolled away
One day the grave could
conceal Him no longer, One day the stone rolled away
from the door; Then He arose,
over death He had conquered; Now is ascended, my Lord evermore!

39. Freely forever; One day He’s coming—oh, glorious day!
CHORUS
Living, He loved me;
Dying, He saved me; Buried, He carried my sins far away; Rising, He justified
Freely forever; One day He’s coming—oh, glorious day!

40. will sound for His coming, One day the skies with His glories
One day the trumpet
will sound for His coming, One day the skies with His glories
will shine; Wonderful day,
my beloved ones bringing; Glorious Saviour, this Jesus is mine!

41. Freely forever; One day He’s coming—oh, glorious day!
CHORUS
Living, He loved me;
Dying, He saved me; Buried, He carried my sins far away; Rising, He justified
Freely forever; One day He’s coming—oh, glorious day!

42. One day He’s coming—
oh, glorious day!

43. WHAT NEXT?

44. your labour is not in vain.
WHAT NEXT?
Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord
your labour is not in vain.