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.
Although not exactly a parable, the judgment scene that concluded Jesus’ public teaching in Matthew brings together important themes of his parables of the...
The proclamation of the King’s word provokes two opposite responses.
God’s continued rescuing of David from Saul show that God always reserves a remnant of his people and ultimately saves his anointed one from...