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.
To those who try to impose their own rules on all Christians we should just say “No!”
God delights to bring deliverance through unlikely people and in surprising ways.
The abrupt ending of Acts after Paul's arrival in Rome leaves us thinking about the growth of the gospel and where it goes from...
