Malaquias 4
David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
Malaquias 4
Guzik - In many passages God is related to a planet or star (Psalm 84:11, Isaiah 60:19, Revelation 22:16, Numbers 24:17). Here, the Messiah is not only a Sun, but also the Sun of Righteousness Who brings healing. (Malachi 4 Commentary) Eternal Sun of righteousness, Display Thy beams divine, And cause the glory of Thy face Upon my heart to shine. Light, in Thy light, oh, may I see, Thy grace and mercy prove, Revived, and cheered, and blest by Thee, The God of pardoning love. Lift up Thy countenance serene, And let Thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Father reconciled. On me Thy promised grace bestow, The peace by Jesus giv’n; The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of Heav’n. --Charles Wesley Warren
Malaquias 4
Guzik commenting on Mt 17:11-12: Jesus reassures the disciples that Elijah will indeed come first. But the first coming of Jesus’ did not bring the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Instead, the Malachi 4:5 coming of Elijah is probably best identified with the appearance of the two witnesses of Revelation 11:3-13 (See Who Are the Two Witnesses?), and the Second Coming of Jesus. W A Criswell has a different interpretation: Elijah has come, and the prophecy of Mal. 4:5, 6 has been fulfilled in John the Baptist. Malachi's prophecy had a real fulfillment, but not as Jewish expectation anticipated. The prophecy of Malachi actually meant that an "Elijah-like" character would appear prior to the first coming of the Messiah. Henry