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1 MALACHI Introduction &1:1-5 North York (Chinese) Baptist Church ESC Sunday School October 2, 2011 Pastor Lu-Lu Ling

2 Malachi Historical Background

3 YEAR (B.C.)EVENT 722Israel fell to Assyria 6051 st deportation 5972 nd deportation 586Jerusalem fell, 3 rd deportation 5834 th deportation 539Cyrus – Persian Empire 538-5371 st return (Ezra 1:1-3) ????2 nd return (Ezra 2, 3)

4 YEAR (B.C.)EVENT 536-530Opposition (Ezra 4:1-5) 530Building stopped (Ezra 4:24) 520Building restarted (Ezra 5:2, 6:14; Hag 1:14) 516Temple completed (Ezra 6:15) 4583 rd return: build faith (Ezra 7) 4454 th return: build wall (Neh) 500-430Malachi: holy living

5 God’s Building Projects TempleZerubbabel, Joshua, Haggai, Zechariah 536-516 B.C. PeopleEzra: taught the Law (7:10) 457 B.C. Wall/ People Nehemiah 444 B.C., 432 B.C., ??? PeopleMalachi: Holy Living 500 – 430 B.C. Malachi: Title or Name?

6 SubjectMalachiEzraNehemiah Foreign wives2:10-169-1013:23-27 Social Justice2:17-3:65:1-13 Tithing3:7-1213:1-14 Common Themes in Malachi, Ezra. Nehemiah

7 Malachi Structure 6 questions that God said the people were asking/ thinking

8 #Six Questions & Conclusion7 Questions & Conclusion Introduction 1:1 1 How have you loved us? 1:2-5 2 How have we despised your name? 1:6-2:9 How have we despised your name? 1:6-2:9 3 For what reason? 2:10-16 4 How they have wearied the Lord? 2:17-3:6 How have we wearied the Lord? 2:17-3:6 5 Now should we return? 3:7-12How should we return? 3:7 6 How have we spoken against the Lord? 3:13-15 How have we robbed the Lord? 3:8-12 7 How have we spoken against the Lord? 3:13-15 Conclusion 4:1-6 The Day of the Lord 4:1-3 The Promise 4:4-6

9 Malachi Chiastic Structure A Superscription (1:1) B First Disputation (1:2-5) C Second Disputation (1:6 — 2:9) D Third Disputation (2:10-16) D' Fourth Disputation (2:17 — 3:6) C' Fifth Disputation (3:7-12) B' Sixth Disputation (3:13 — 4:3 A' Summary challenge (4:4-6)

10 Malachi Chiastic Structure A Superscription (1:1): Yahweh has a message for Israel. B First Disputation (1:2-5): God distinguishes between the good and the wicked. The proof of His love is His sparing the righteous and condemning the wicked. C Second Disputation (1:6 — 2:9): Condemnation of improper, begrudging offerings, promise of reversal of blessing, and the greatness of Yahweh's name among the nations. D Third Disputation (2:10-16): The Lord is witness to marital fidelity, and Judah is unfaithful. D' Fourth Disputation (2:17 — 3:6): The Lord is witness to marital fidelity, and Judah is unfaithful. C' Fifth Disputation (3:7-12): Condemnation of improper, begrudging offerings, promise of reversal of blessing, and the greatness of Yahweh's name among the nations. B' Sixth Disputation (3:13 — 4:3): God distinguishes between the good and the wicked. The proof of His love is His sparing the righteous and condemning the wicked. A' Summary challenge (4:4-6): Yahweh has a message for Israel.

11 Malachi 1:2-5 1An oracle: The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. 2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” 4 Edom may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the LORD Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the LORD. 5 You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the LORD—even beyond the borders of Israel!’

12 Structure of Malachi 1:1-5 1:1 An oracle: The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi A. Blessings for Jacob v. 2 B. Judgment for Esau v. 3 C. Edom’s lack of Repentance v. 4a B. Judgment for Esau v.4b A. Blessings for Jacob v. 5

13 Esau and Edom

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15 How has God loved Israel? What is common between Esau and Jacob? What is the difference between Esau/Edom and Israel? Was God fair to Esau? (Paul used this passage in Romans 9:13)


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