Surely the day is coming

 Malachi 3:13-4:6

Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty? But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly, evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’

“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.  And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.

“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them. But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty.

“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”

There are still some who encourage one another in the love of the Lord, and he knows and honors them.

The day is surely coming, like so many prophets have foretold when God will even things our once and for all. For some, the fierce brilliance of that day will burn like fire. But those who honor God will rejoice in its healing rays.

Why?

People see the outside feature, but the Lord sees the heart! The offering is outside the ceremony, but how about the heart? Do we really honor the name of the Lord and fear the Lord.

Surely the day is coming! God is announced, In that day the evildoers will be shame and be ashes under the sole of righteousness men's feet. The righteous and evil men will be distinguished.

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1. 人用話來頂撞神v13-16：人做很多惡，自己卻不知道，以為自己的判斷都對！人看見惡人亨通時，憤恨不平。在神所定的日子，意思是人的時間是很短暫的。好像人工作到下個月才領薪水，剛到公司時，到了月底以為自己白做工了。

2. 4v:1-3 神何等看重敬畏祂的人所說的話。神對敬畏他的任一個人也不會忘記！幾十年在神眼中只是一瞬間。

3. v4-6 神是公義的，神還是差遣先知去告訴人，怕人忘記，呼籲人，趕快回轉。還說神是殘忍嗎？我們說執行死刑的人殘忍，但是怎麼不看，之前他是如何殘忍傷害人。

這個以利亞就是施洗約翰！願我們從神的眼光，從更長的眼光來看事情。

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How?

Bear in mind and fear the Lord, the day surely coming!