The Old Testament: The Book Of Malachi
Throughout the course of the scripture presented in the Old Testament, books were composed by various prophets that are highly notable in religious history. The book of Malachi, known as the last prophet in the Old Testament, can be seen as the last words of God in regard to the people’s disobedience to Him and his covenant. Through describing the historical context behind the composition of the book and what events it is addressing, it will be easier to fully grasp the concepts of the book of Malachi’s primary message along with its relation to other parts in the Bible and key themes in the Deuteronomistic History that it presents. Establishing the historical context and background information about the book of Malachi is very important
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With being able to take a look back into time, they were able to associate the rewards and punishments that came along with their previous actions. Compared to when they had been completely removed from their land in previous scriptures, now, they were able to use what they knew about being faithful or sinning before God to their advantage. But even having this upper hand did not seem to help the people as the book of Malachi explained that the people still had tendencies to disobey the Lord which resulted in them having to pay for their actions, yet again. By the time of Malachi, the Israelites needed help from God even more than before. As the last book presented in the Old Testament, the book of Malachi’s purpose was to predict the judgement God would have on the people in response to their wrong …show more content…
Given the harsh language and nature in the book of Malachi, the description associated with the Levitical priesthood is almost too apparent to doubt. With the sacrifices being brought to God during Malachi 1:6-2:9, the language used in the scripture represented the people being accused of polluting the holy altar with animals that were “lame and sick” and not even the Persian governor would accept (1:8). With all of this said, the sacrifices that were presented before God insult His name which resulted in the prophet stating that God had cursed their generation which was later stated in Malachi
With being able to take a look back into time, they were able to associate the rewards and punishments that came along with their previous actions. Compared to when they had been completely removed from their land in previous scriptures, now, they were able to use what they knew about being faithful or sinning before God to their advantage. But even having this upper hand did not seem to help the people as the book of Malachi explained that the people still had tendencies to disobey the Lord which resulted in them having to pay for their actions, yet again. By the time of Malachi, the Israelites needed help from God even more than before. As the last book presented in the Old Testament, the book of Malachi’s purpose was to predict the judgement God would have on the people in response to their wrong …show more content…
Given the harsh language and nature in the book of Malachi, the description associated with the Levitical priesthood is almost too apparent to doubt. With the sacrifices being brought to God during Malachi 1:6-2:9, the language used in the scripture represented the people being accused of polluting the holy altar with animals that were “lame and sick” and not even the Persian governor would accept (1:8). With all of this said, the sacrifices that were presented before God insult His name which resulted in the prophet stating that God had cursed their generation which was later stated in Malachi