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This reading could be based on Malachi 3:1, "Behold, I will send my messenger...", if "my messenger" is taken literally as the name Malachi. [12] Thus, there is substantial debate regarding the identity of the book's author and many assume that "Malachi" is an anonymous pen-name. However, others disagree.
The form mal'akhi (literally "my malakh") signifies "my messenger"; it occurs in Malachi 3:1 [10] (compare to Malachi 2:7, but this form would hardly be appropriate as a proper name without some additional syllable such as Yah, whence mal'akhiah, i.e. "messenger of Yah". [11] In the Book of Haggai, Haggai is designated the "messenger of the L ORD."
The prophecy of Malachi (4:5, 6) states, "Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord come." This Elijah, who had been taken up into heaven, was believed to precede the coming of the Messiah.
[54] [a] According to Weaver, Branham's "obsession with Luke 17:30 and Malachi 4:5–6 dominated the end of his ministry". [70] In 1964 and 1965 he began to make special emphasis that the Son of Man could only be revealed through the ministry of a prophet.
Peoria Christian's Malachi Persinger (1) shoots over Illini Bluffs' Jayden Washington in the first half of their ICAC Conference basketball game Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 in Glasford. The Tigers ...
His companion would be Elijah the prophet, predicted to return (Malachi 4:5-6) and who prevented it from raining in Israel in the days of Ahab (1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17; Revelation 11:6). These two appeared with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-8; Mark 9:1-8; Luke 9:28-36).
The church teaches that a living person, acting as proxy, can be baptized by immersion on behalf of a deceased person, citing 1 Corinthians 15:29; [140] Malachi 4:5–6; John 5:25; and 1 Peter 4:6 for doctrinal support. [141] These baptisms for the dead are performed in temples.
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