Malachi 3:16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
This is the closing chapter of the Old Testament, charging the people of Israel with forgetting God. It would be the last they would hear from Him for quite some time. But He was hearing them. There was, as always, a remnant of those who fear God. He would remember them. Jesus used the same promise in Luke 12, where He was also giving warnings and made a distinction between those who trusted in Him and those who rejected Him. God would remember the one who trusts in Him but not remember the ones who rejected Him. God hears and remembers and acts at the right moment. He is not forgetful like us.
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