As God’s beloved people were in very difficult circumstances and doubting God, the LORD spoke to them in Malachi 1:1-5 a simple message: I love you. After they challenged his love, God proved it, but not nearly as extravagantly as he has proved his love to us.
To those who try to impose their own rules on all Christians we should just say “No!”
Jesus fulfilled the entire Old Testament by suffering, rising from the dead, and having forgiveness preached to all the nations.
While David rejoiced in being rescued from an untimely death, his words pointed to his descendant who would experience an untimely death but be...