PrayerBits
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Tuesday
Scripture lesson: Malachi 4:5-6 A final comment
Time to reflect: Although the author of these verses had no idea they would be the concluding comment of the Old Testament, the final editor of the “Book of the Twelve” (Hosea through Malachi) would have consciously placed them at the end of this important collection of prophetic books. The gist of the collection is that prophets warned Israel/Judah that their bad behavior was going to lead to their destruction, which it did, but afterward, while in captivity they were given words of hope and assurance and then, on their return, warning not to do it again. These verses are a part of that final warning.
Moving through the day: Meditate on why having generations listen to each other deserved the last word of this collection.
"See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse."
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