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MALACHI 3
1. 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.
2. But who may abide the day of his coming?
and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner's fire,
and like fullers' soap:
3. And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier
of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold
and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. |
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Fulfillment
Luke 24
24. And when the messengers of John were
departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went
ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
25. But what went ye out for to see? A man
clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled,
and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
26. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet?
Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
27. This is [he], of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee.
28. For I say unto you, Among those that
are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist:
but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
Jewish Source
Targum Isaiah on Isaiah 40:3 says, "The
voice of the one that crieth, Prepare ye a way in the wilderness before
the people of the Lord, tread down paths in the desert before the congregation
of our God."
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