Malachi 4:1 For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. 3 And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
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.”
These are the closing words of the Old Testament, which kept the people going for a few centuries. Three promises kept them sane: justice against arrogant evildoers, joy at the coming of the Lord, and restoring of relationships who had so long been broken. In a sense, these are the same things people look for today: things to be made right, truly knowing the presence of God, and healing of broken hearts which have been ripped apart. Which one keeps you going and draws you forward?
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