THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES Old Testament Prophecy - Angelfire

Levi and pour them out like gold and like silver. They will be offering a sacrifice to the
Lord in righteousness. 4 The sacrifice of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord
as in the days of old, as in the previous years. 5 "I will approach you in judgment; I will
be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulteresses, those who swear falsely by
my name, those who hold back the wage of an employee, those who overpower a
widow, those who abuse orphans, those who pervert justice for a visitor, and those
who do not fear me," says the almighty Lord.
6 "For I am the Lord your God; I do not change. You sons of Jacob did not abstain
7 from the unrighteous acts of your fathers. You perverted and did not preserve my
regulations. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the almighty Lord. "You say,
`In what way would we return?´ 8 Will a man step on God? For you step on me. You will
say, `In what way did we step on you?´ Because the tithes and initial offerings are still
with you. 9 You keep looking away, and you step on me. The year A is finished. 10 You
have brought all the produce into the storerooms, and the plundering of it will occur in
its house. Now consider this," says the almighty Lord. "Will I not open for you the
waterfalls of heaven, pour out on you my blessing until you are satisfied, 11 and
dispense food to you? I am not ruining the fruit of your land; your vine in the field will
not weaken," says the almighty Lord. 12 "All the nations will consider you fortunate, for
you will be a desirable land," says the almighty Lord.
13 "You loaded your words on me," says the Lord. "You said, `In what way did we
speak against you?´ 14 You said, `The one who serves God does so in vain; what good
was it that we kept his precepts, and that we walked as petitioners before the almighty
Lord? 15 Now we consider strangers fortunate. All who perform lawless acts are being
built up; they resisted God and were saved.´" 16 Each of those who feared the Lord
spoke against these things with his neighbor. The Lord paid attention, listened, and
wrote a document of remembrance before him for those who fear the Lord and honor
his name. 17 "They will be mine," says the almighty Lord, "on the day which I will set for
possession. I will adopt them in the way a man adopts his son who serves him. 18 You
will return and see the difference between a righteous and a lawless man, and between
one who serves God and one who does not serve.
19 For behold, the day of the Lord B is coming, on fire like a furnace, and it will burn
them up. All the aliens and all those who perform lawless acts will be a reed. The day
which is coming will kindle them," says the almighty Lord. "Neither root nor branch will
be left of them. C 20 The sun of righteousness will rise for you who fear my name, and
healing will be in his wings. You will come out and leap like calves released from bonds.
21 You will trample the lawless, for they will be ash underneath your feet on the day
which I set," says the almighty Lord. 22 "Behold, I am sending forth to you Elijah the
Tishbite before the great and conspicuous day of the Lord comes. 23 He will restore the
heart of a father to his son and the heart of a man to his neighbor, so that I would not
come and slaughter the earth completely. 24 Remember the law of Moses my slave, just
A year VScA ¦ nation S*
B of the Lord A ¦ ~ VS
C 3:19-24 = 4:1-6 EV