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We continue this verse-by-verse study of Mal. 2:17-4:6 here in Part 7, starting in the middle of the discussion under Mal. 3:1.
This fits perfectly with the prophecy of the coming of "My messenger/Elijah" of Malachi chapters 3, 4. The Lord Jesus Christ will return and the day of judgment will begin in the middle of Daniel's 70th week. The ministry of the two prophets, including the warning judgments that will flow through their ministry, which will powerfully warn mankind that the day of judgment is at hand ((I had a two-paragraph footnote: I have already mentioned part of what Rev. 11:5, 6 say about the attention-getting power that will flow through the ministry of the two prophets. I'll quote the rest of Rev. 11:6, "and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood [reminiscent of Moses in the days preceding the exodus from Egypt], and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire [also reminiscent of Moses in the days preceding the exodus from Egypt]." I consider it probable that the two prophets will announce the sounding of each of the first six trumpets (or maybe all seven trumpets) of the book of Revelation (even as Moses announced the coming of each of the ten plagues in Egypt before the exodus), which will make the sounding of the trumpets much more effective in getting the attention of Israel/Judah and the world, warning with persuasive power that the day of judgment is DEFINITELY close at hand. The seven trumpets will announce the coming of the Lord Jesus and His day of judgment (including the mid-week rapture); He will return and the day of judgment will begin, I believe, at the time of the sounding of the seventh and last trumpet, right in the middle of Daniel's 70th week.
Revelation 11:4 says of the two prophets, "These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth." This verse builds on Zechariah chapter 4 (which is discussed verse-by-verse in this paper on Zechariah and Malachi). These two prophets give much (spiritual) "light" from God and minister powerfully by the Holy Spirit. The olive trees give olive oil (a symbol of the Holy Spirit); this oil was burned in ancient lamps. [The footnote ends here.])), will help put the fear of God in the hearts of many Israelites (and many Gentiles too) and will help wake them up and motivate them to repent and prepare their hearts to be ready to receive the Lord Jesus when He comes to them in the middle of Daniel's 70th week (cf., e.g., Zech. 12:10; Mic. 5:3; and Rev. 11:13). ((I had a footnote: See my book, "The Mid-Week Rapture" on these verses (in the chapter on Zechariah chapters 12-14, the chapter on Mic. 4:9-5:6, and the chapter on Revelation chapter 11). I believe we can see the (mid-week) conversion of the repentant end-time remnant of Israel/Judah in all three verses cited, but that remnant will not be converted in time to be taken in the mid-week rapture.))
"The notion that the great day of the Lord will be preceded by a 'forerunner' is found only here [Mal. 3:1] and in 3:23, 24 (Mal. 4:5, 6 in the English version). In a somewhat different context the idea of the preparation of the way of the Lord is also found in Isa. 40:3 (cf. Isa. 57:14; 62:10). The notion rests upon an eastern custom of sending messengers ahead of a visiting king to inform the inhabitants of his coming and to pave the way, to make it passable, literally to remove all the obstacles. ..." (Peter A. Verhoef, "Books of Haggai and Malachi" [Eerdmans, 1987], page 287).]] And ["Then
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