Messenger, refiner & storehouse

Malachi 3:1–12The way prepared · Silver refined · Cloth cleaned · Tithes and blessing

1 A messenger prepares the way
“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me! The Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple. Behold, the messenger… — Malachi 3:1 · WEB
In the commentary The Messenger of the Covenant
2 Refiner’s fire and fuller’s soap
“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap; — Malachi 3:2–4 · WEB
In the commentary The Messenger of the Covenant
3 Judgment for oppression fraud and injustice
I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against… — Malachi 3:5 · WEB
In the commentary The Messenger of the Covenant
4 Tithes enter the storehouse rain blesses the land
Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings. — Malachi 3:6–12 · WEB
In the commentary Bring the Whole Tithe