While the people cynically questioned God’s justice and longed for his intervention, in Malachi 2:17-3:5, God told them he would be coming in judgment after his messenger prepared the way. In the New Testament, we learn who that messenger was and what God did when he showed up, which was a shock to all.
After showing the people in Haggai 2:10-19 that it is easier to get dirty than clean, God pointed the way forward to the only...
Although many Jews did not believe the gospel and many non-Jews did, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
This first parable from Matthew provides the key to understanding all the parables and to entering the kingdom of God.