Prophesy Fulfilled!

For Tuesday, December 6, 2022:

Malachi 3:1 NLT: “’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 of Heaven’s Armies.”

That messenger, of course, was John-the-Baptist. He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven. All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, John baptized them in the Jordan River. An odd looking man, his clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and for food he ate locusts and wild honey.

What I find interesting is the use of pronouns: “I am sending... prepare the way before ME...” It’s as if Jesus himself was giving the prophesy! Another prophesy says that a Messiah would be coming, and that turns out to be our Jesus! And it just makes sense that the Son of God would teach at the Temple. Everything happened just the way the prophets said.

As Christians, we have one God, known to us in three forms: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Personally I don’t make a big distinction between them, for they all represent the one God. Jesus is a part of the “Lord of Heaven’s Armies.” So it’s possible that Jesus would foretell his own arrival on earth. He would be on a mission trip to offer salvation to mankind! He came to rescue you and me!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship