The prophet Malachi ministered to the Jews who returned from exile. In 586 B.C., Jerusalem was utterly destroyed (see Lamentations), and the final deportations of captives were taken to Babylon. Some captives (about 50,000) began to return under the leadership of Zerubbabel (see Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah). However, the 70-year captivity was not over until the temple was rebuilt and worship resumed in Jerusalem, in 516 B.C. (see 1Ki 8:46–53; Jer 32:36–37; Dan 6:1–17). Many of the sins cited by Malachi were already prominent in the time of Nehemiah (cf. Nehemiah 13) and were corrected by his reforms.
These notes are from the February 2011 conference on Malachi held in Florida.
Malachi – The Choice of a Nation – Florida 2011
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Glory is winning; it is reputation; it's what God wants to reveal and share. Who is sufficient for the things God has called us to? (2Co 2:16). "Sufficient" harkens back to old testament El-Shaddai "the all-sufficient God" in Greek translated sufficiency (2Co 3:3-6). Law tells us we are sinners but it came with glory (2Co 3:7-10) We were created for glory (Isa 43:7, Psa 8:1-9). At the moment of salvation we participated in greater, transforming glory (2Co 3:11-14). As He is so we are in the world (1Jo 4:17). When we look into the word of God , we see ourselves as we are. Dynamic glory -- the treasure of the knowledge of Christ (1Co 4:6-16).
