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THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES Old Testament Prophecy - Angelfire

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on your hearts to give glory to my name," says the almighty Lord, "I will send a curse<br />

upon you, and I will curse your blessing; I will curse it. I will disperse your blessing, and<br />

it will not be among you, for you did not lay it on your hearts. 3 Behold, I am denying<br />

my arm to you. I will scatter carrion over your faces, the carrion of your festivals, and I<br />

will capture you at the same time. 4 You will recognize, since I have sent this command<br />

to you, that my testament is for the Levites," says the almighty Lord. 5 "My testament of<br />

life and peace was with him; I gave it to him so that he might fear me with fear, and so<br />

that he might be dispatched from the presence of my name. 6 The law of truth was in<br />

his mouth, and wrongdoing was not found on his lips. He went straight and walked with<br />

me in peace, and turned many away from wrongdoing. 7 For the lips of a priest will<br />

preserve knowledge; they will seek the law from his mouth because he is a messenger<br />

of the almighty Lord. 8 But you turned from the way and weakened many by legal<br />

action. You ruined the testament of Levi," says the almighty Lord. 9 "I have granted you<br />

to be contemptible and outcast among all the nations, because you did not preserve my<br />

ways, but were taking faces into account in legal action.<br />

10 Did not one God create you? Is there not one Father of you all? Why did each of<br />

you abandon his brother in order to defile the testament of your fathers? 11 Judah was<br />

abandoned, and there was an abomination in Israel and in Jerusalem, because Judah<br />

defiled the holy things of the Lord, by which he showed love, and pursued other gods.<br />

12 The Lord will destroy the man who does these things, so that he may be brought<br />

down from the tents of Jacob and from those who offer a sacrifice to the almighty Lord.<br />

13 You did these things which I hated; you covered the altar of the Lord with tears,<br />

weeping, and groaning due to troubles. Is it still proper to look at a sacrifice, or<br />

acceptable to receive something from your hands?" 14 You said, "Why is this?" Because<br />

the Lord testified between you and the wife of your youth, whom you abandoned. She<br />

is your partner and the wife of your testament. 15 Even a remnant of his Spirit did no<br />

good. A You said, "What else beside seed does God seek?" By the Spirit in you, preserve<br />

and do not abandon the wife of your youth. 16 "But if you hate and banish her," says the<br />

Lord God of Israel, "ungodliness will cover your considerations," says the almighty Lord.<br />

By the Spirit in you, preserve and do not abandon.<br />

17 You provoked God with your words; you said, "In what way did we provoke him?"<br />

When you said, "Everyone who does evil is noble before the Lord, and he was satisfied<br />

with them," and, "Where is the God of righteousness?"<br />

Malachi 3<br />

1 "Behold, I am sending forth my messenger, and he will survey the way before my<br />

face. The Lord, whom you seek, the messenger of the testament, whom you desire, will<br />

suddenly come into his own sanctuary. Behold, he is coming!" says the almighty Lord.<br />

2 Who will wait for the day of his entrance? Who will stand at his appearance? For he is<br />

coming like the fire of a refinery and like the soap of those who do laundry. 3 He will sit<br />

down to refine and cleanse them like silver and like gold. He will cleanse the sons of<br />

A Even a remnant of his Spirit did no good VS ¦ No one else did this, not even one with<br />

a remnant of his Spirit A

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