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Malachi 1:1-5 | I Have Loved You

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I Have Loved You

 

Malachi 1:1-5

Key Verse 1:2

 

“‘I have loved you,’ says the Lord. ‘But you ask, “How have you loved us?”‘ ‘Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?’, the Lord says. ‘Yet I have loved Jacob.’”

 

Read verse 1. “An oracle: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.”  There’s not much we know about the prophet Malachi. His name means messenger of the Lord, or angel of the Lord, whereby angels were considered messengers of God who carry God’s message to the Lord’s people. But Malachi was the last of the Old Testament prophets who lived probably in the 5th century BC. We don’t know if he had any contemporaries, but it is likely that he lived either in the times of Nehemiah the prophet or later. The content of the … Read the rest

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