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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 10 general entries.
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Malachi
Esau. Malachi 1:2 says, "I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob."
The story of Jacob and Esau can be read in the book of Genesis, beginning in Chapter 25.
According to Malachi 1:6 (King James Version), what does a son to do his father? | Malachi
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honoureth his father. Malachi 1:6 says, "A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?"
God is comparing the father/son relation with the people's relation to Him in this verse to help them understand why He should be honored.
Chapter 2 starts with a commandment for whom? | Malachi
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priests. Malachi 2:1 begins, "And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you."
The actual commandment he gives is found in Malachi 2:2: "If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart."
Complete the quote from Malachi 2:10 (King James Version) "Have we not all ____ _________"? | Malachi
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one father . Malachi 2:10 asks, "Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?"
This verse explains why we should learn to get along with one another.
In Malachi 3:1 (King James Version) whom does God say will be sent? | Malachi
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His messenger. Malachi 3:1 announces, "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts."
Christians believe that the first messenger mentioned in this verse is John the Baptist and the "messenger of the covenant" is Jesus.
According to Malachi 3:6 (King James Version), does the Lord ever change? | Malachi
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No. Malachi 3:6 says, "For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."
This is one of the themes throughout the Bible, that God is unchanging.
According to Malachi 3:8, how have the people robbed God? | Malachi
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in tithes and offerings. Malachi 3:8 asks, "Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings."
A tithe is 1/10 of what you earn from working. Since God gave the ability to work and earn money, He says some of that is to be given back to the church.
What shall be "the ashes under the soles of your feet"? | Malachi
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the wicked. Malachi 4:3 says, "And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts."
This verse is interpreted as being in regards to the prophesy that one day Satan will be defeated.
What is the last word of Malachi in the King James Version? | Malachi
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curse. Malachi 4:6 says, "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."
I hope you enjoyed this quiz. The next quiz will be on the book of Matthew.
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