Transcript Esther and Malachi - GodsCharacter.com

“I loved Jacob…I hated Esau”
(1:2,3)
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586 BC – Fall of Jerusalem
538 BC – Edict of Cyrus to return
520 BC – Haggai and Zechariah
Zerubbabel and Joshua
516 BC – Dedication of the sanctuary
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480 BC – Esther
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458 BC – Ezra arrives in Jerusalem
445 BC – Nehemiah
…..Malachi
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“Bring the full amount of your tithes to
the Temple, so that there will be plenty of
food there. Put me to the test and you
will see that I will open the windows of
heaven and pour out on you in
abundance all kinds of good things.”
(Malachi 3:10)
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“The LORD says to his people, ‘I have
always loved you.’ But they reply, ‘How
have you shown your love for us?’”
(Malachi 1:2)
“The LORD Almighty says to the priests,
‘Children honor their parents, and servants
honor their masters. I am your father---why
don’t you honor me? I am your master--why don’t you respect me? You priests
despise my name, and yet you ask, ‘How
have we despised your name?’” (Malachi
1:6)
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“You have said terrible things about
me,’ says the LORD. But you ask,
‘What have we said about you?’”
(Malachi 3:13)
God doesn’t love us; we despise his
character; we say terrible things
about him
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“The LORD says to his people, ‘I
have always loved you.’ But they
reply, ‘How have you shown your
love for us?’ The LORD answers,
‘Esau and Jacob were brothers, but I
have loved Jacob and his
descendants, and have hated Esau
and his descendants.’” (Malachi 1:2-3
– GN)
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“As it is written, ‘I have loved Jacob, but I
have hated Esau.’” (Romans 9:13)
“I have argued that this passage gives
strong exegetical support to a traditional
Calvanistic interpretation of God’s
election: God chooses those who will be
saved on the bases of his own will and not
on the basis of anything-works or faith,
whether foreseen or not – in those human
beings so chosen.” (“The Epistle to the
Romans”, Eerdmans, 1996, page 587)
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God "… hated the non-elect before their
birth." (Owen, The Death of Christ, p. 227)
"It has been customary to say God loves
the sinner, though He hates His sin. But
that is a meaningless distinction. What is
there in a sinner but sin?" (Pink,
Sovereignty, p. 200)
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“My brother, I have plenty,’ Esau answered. ‘Keep
what you have for yourself.’” (Genesis 33:9)
“Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his
daughters, and all the people of his house, along
with all his livestock and all the possessions he
had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went away
from his brother Jacob to another land. He left
because the land where he and Jacob were living
was not able to support them; they had too much
livestock and could no longer stay together.”
(Genesis 36:6-7)
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“Hyperbole is rhetorical exaggeration
that is not intended to be taken literally
and that produces emphasis in serious
literature…verbal extravagance and
emphasis on the extremes.”
“I am weary with my moaning; every
night I flood my bed with tears (I make
my bed swim); I drench my couch with
my weeping.” (Psalm 6:6 NRSV)
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“I’m so hungry, I could eat a cow”
“I have a ton of homework”
“This is the gospel that you heard and
that has been proclaimed to every
creature under heaven…” (Colossians
1:23)
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“I will punish you by sending a terrible
disease on all your animals---your horses,
donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and
goats…And on the next day the LORD did
so; all the livestock of the Egyptians died,
but of the livestock of the Israelites not one
died.” (Exodus 9:3, 6)
Boils, hail
“The Egyptian army, with all the
horses….” (Exodus 14:9)
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“If anyone comes to Me and does not
hate his father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters, yes, and
his own life also, he cannot be My
disciple.” (Luke 14:26 – NKJV)
“Anyone who comes to me but refuses to
let go of father, mother, spouse, children,
brothers, sisters--yes, even one’s own
self!—can’t be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26 –
The Message)
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“The LORD says, ‘I have abandoned
Israel; I have rejected my chosen nation. I
have given the people I love into the
power of their enemies. My chosen
people have turned against me; like a
lion in the forest they have roared at me,
and so I hate them.’” (Jeremiah 12:7-8)
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“The man who loves his life will lose it,
while the man who hates his life in this
world will keep it for eternal life.” John
12:25
“…anyone who holds on to life just as it
is destroys that life. But if you let it go,
reckless in your love, you’ll have it
forever, real and eternal.” (The Message)
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“Jesus saw his mother and the
disciple he loved standing there…”
(John 19:26)
“The disciple whom Jesus loved said
to Peter…”(John 21:7)
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“The LORD says, ‘The people I love are
doing evil things.’” (Jeremiah 11:15)
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the
prophets and stone the messengers God
has sent you! How many times I wanted
to put my arms around all your people,
just as a hen gathers her chicks under her
wings, but you would not let me!”
(Matthew 23:37)
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As Jesus was starting on his way again, a
man ran up, knelt before him, and asked
him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to
receive eternal life?’” (Mark 10:17)
“Jesus looked straight at him with
love…” (Mark 10:21)
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“The LORD says, "People of Israel, I
think as much of the people of Ethiopia
as I do of you. I brought the Philistines
from Crete and the Syrians from Kir, just
as I brought you from Egypt.” (Amos 9:7)
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“He wants all people to be saved and to
learn the truth.” (1Timothy 2:4)
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"I now realize how true it is that God does not show
favoritism“ Acts 10:34
"For God does not show favoritism.“ Romans 2:11
"As for those who seemed to be important--whatever
they were makes no difference to me; God does not
judge by external appearance.“ Galatians 2:6
"and there is no favoritism with him.“ Ephesians 6:9
"… and there is no favoritism.“ Colossians 3:25
"Since you call on a Father who judges each man's
work impartially …“ 1 Peter 1:17
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“You have heard that it was said, 'Love your
friends, hate your enemies.' But now I tell you:
love your enemies and pray for those who
persecute you, so that you may become the
children of your Father in heaven. For he makes
his sun to shine on bad and good people alike,
and gives rain to those who do good and to those
who do evil.” (Matthew 5:43-45)
“For he is good to the ungrateful and the wicked”
(Luke 6:35)
“You must be perfect---just as your Father in
heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48)
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“I have much more to tell you, but now it
would be too much for you to bear.” (John
16:12)
“I have told you these things in parables
(veiled language, allegories, dark sayings);
the hour is now coming when I shall no
longer speak to you in figures of speech,
but I shall tell you about the Father in plain
words and openly (without reserve).”
(John 16:25 - Amplified)
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“When that time comes, you will make your
requests to him in my own name, for I need
make no promise to plead to the Father for
you… (JB Phillips)
“When that day comes, you will ask him in my
name; and I do not say that I will ask him on
your behalf…” (John 16:26 GNB)
“…and I do not promise to intercede with the
Father for you…” (Goodspeed)
for the Father himself loves you…” (John 16:2530).
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“Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will
prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are
seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The
messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so
eagerly, is surely coming,’ says the Lord Almighty.
‘But who will be able to endure it when he comes?
Who will be able to stand and face him when he
appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines
metal or like a strong soap that whitens clothes. He
will sit and judge like a refiner of silver, watching
closely as the dross is burned away. He will purify
the Levites, refining them like gold or silver, so that
they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the
Lord.” (Malachi 3:1-3 – NLT)
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The law
Bible reading
Church attendance
No foreign wives
No idolatry
Tithe paying
Evangelism
Health reform
The Sabbath
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“Why do you not understand what I say?
It is because you cannot bear to listen to
my message. You are the children of your
father, the Devil, and you want to follow
your father's desires’…They asked Jesus,
‘Were we not right in saying that you are
a Samaritan and have a demon in you?’”
(John 8:43,44,48)
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“Later when Jesus was eating supper at
Matthew’s house with his close followers, a lot
of disreputable characters came and joined
them. When the Pharisees saw him keeping this
kind of company, they had a fit, and lit into
Jesus’ followers. ‘What kind of example is this
from your Teacher, acting cozy with crooks and
riffraff?’” (Matthew 9:10,11 TMB)
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“Then the LORD reached out, touched my lips, and
said to me, ‘Listen, I am giving you the words you
must speak. Today I give you authority over nations
and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy
and to overthrow, to build and to plant.’” (Jeremiah
1:9-10)
“Jeremiah, because these people have said such
things, I will make my words like a fire in your
mouth. The people will be like wood, and the fire
will burn them up.” (Jeremiah 5:14)
“My message is like a fire and like a hammer that
breaks rocks in pieces.” (Jeremiah 23:29)
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“Those who reject me and do not
accept my message have one
who will judge them. The words
I have spoken will be their judge
on the last day!” (John 12:48)
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“ ‘But who will be able to endure it when he
comes? Who will be able to stand and face
him when he appears? For he will be like a
blazing fire that refines metal or like a strong
soap that whitens clothes. He will sit and
judge like a refiner of silver, watching closely
as the dross is burned away. He will purify
the Levites, refining them like gold or silver,
so that they may once again offer acceptable
sacrifices to the Lord.” (Malachi 3:3,4)
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“A person will worship something, have
no doubt about that. We may think our
tribute is paid in secret in the dark
recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That
which dominates our imaginations and
our thoughts will determine our lives, and
our character. Therefore, it behooves us to
be careful what we worship, for what we
are worshiping we are becoming.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“It is the duty of priests to teach the true
knowledge of God. People should go to
them to learn my will, because they are
the messengers of the LORD Almighty.
But now you priests have turned away
from the right path. Your teaching has
led many to do wrong. You have broken
the covenant I made with you.” (Malachi
2:7-8)
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“…Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to
be raised from death and who is also the ruler
of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by
his sacrificial death he has freed us from our
sins and made us a kingdom of priests to serve
his God and Father.” (Revelation 1:5,6 – GN)
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“Come to the Lord, the living stone rejected
by people as worthless but chosen by God as
valuable. Come as living stones, and let
yourselves be used in building the spiritual
temple, where you will serve as holy priests
to offer spiritual and acceptable sacrifices to
God through Jesus Christ. For the scripture
says, ‘I chose a valuable stone, which I am
placing as the cornerstone in Zion; and
whoever believes in him will never be
disappointed.’ This stone is of great value for
you that believe; but for those who do not
believe:
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‘The stone which the builders rejected as
worthless turned out to be the most important
of all.’ And another scripture says, ‘This is the
stone that will make people stumble, the rock
that will make them fall.’ They stumbled
because they did not believe in the word; such
was God’s will for them. But you are the chosen
race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God’s
own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful
acts of God, who called you out of darkness
into his own marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:4-9 –
GN)
“…you can show others the goodness of God.”
(NLT)
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“You have said terrible things about me,’
says the LORD. But you ask, ‘What have
we said about you?’” (Malachi 3:13)
“Then the people who truly respected his
name started discussing these things, and
when God saw what was happening, he
had their names written as a reminder in
his book.” (Malachi 3:16,17)