Malachi 4:5-6 – Preaching Christ in the Prophets
This article provides a way of preaching Christ from Malachi 4:5-6.
This article provides a way of preaching Christ from Malachi 4:5-6.
This article considers how to preach Christ from OT prophecy, with Malachi 4:5-6 under consideration.
Was John the Baptist the fulfillment of the promise of Malachi 3 and Malachi 4 concerning the prophet who was to come on the day of the Lord? Kaiser offers a hermeneutical solution to this question as a generic fulfillment, meaning that Elijah has come "in the spirit and power" witnessed in John the Baptist, and will yet come in the future.
This article focuses on Malachi 4:5-6, looking at the promise of the messenger and the fulfillment of this prophecy in John the Baptist.