5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” (Malachi 4)
What a way to end book 1 of God's Revelation to man: "turning the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers." If there is any promise people long to hear, it is one of hope for broken relationships in the home. Refreshing those relationships refreshes the soul. So many revivals in history are marked by people getting right with God, then bringing their loved ones with them, restoring both vertical and horizontal relationships. What a promise to cling to for a few hundred years - several generations of waiting for that renewal. It was precious and powerful enough to find many waiting when John pointed to Jesus and said: "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
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