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A Refiner's Fire: Broken Covenants and a Messenger to Prepare the Way | Malachi 2–4
Episode Overview
Today we finish Malachi, and with it the Old Testament. Chapter 2 opens on the priests, and the language is blunt—a priest's lips ought to preserve knowledge, but these have caused many to stumble. Then Malachi turns to the congregation and names something God says He hates: men divorcing the wives of their youth, breaking faith with the partner of their marriage covenant. The connecting thread across both charges is covenant treated as conditional. Priests, spouses, worshipers—all keeping commitments only while convenient.
Chapter 3 pivots. I will send my messenger, who will…
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