From the study on the Book of Malachi (מַלְאָכִֽי), chapter 1:1, brother Gideon Levytam introduces us to the last prophet of Israel. Malachi, whose name means “my messenger", is a post-captivity prophet of the LORD, and he delivers God’s message to the people of Israel who have returned from the Babylonian captivity. This final post-captivity prophet of Israel is charging his brethren, sometime between 430 - 400 B.C., as they have once again turned away from their God, and implores them to turn back to Him. God uses the prophet Malachi to point Israel to the coming messenger, (John the Baptizer - יוחנן המטביל), who will introduce the Messiah at His first coming. The Messiah Himself is also called "The messenger of the Covenant”. מַלְאַ֨ךְ הַבְּרִ֜ית Malachi 3:1. The gospels quote Malachi's prophecy in Matthew 11:10, Mark 1:2, and in Luke 7:27, pointing to John the Baptizer, as the one who will introduce Yeshua, Jesus the Messiah, to Israel. From the time of Malachi’s prophecy and the arrival of Yeshua - Jesus, Israel’s promised Messiah, there are some 400 to 450 years of silence.
Malachi 1:1 - Introduction to the Book of Malachi (מַלְאָכִֽי)
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