‘Remember the law of Moses’: Malachi 3:22 in prophetic eschatology, with a missional postscript
This study investigates the function of Malachi 3:22 in the context of prophetic eschatology as reflected in Malachi’s message about the delay of the expected Day of the Lord, which focuses on the charge to ‘remember the law of my servant Moses (…) I gave him at Horeb for all Israel’. This article e...
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| description | This study investigates the function of Malachi 3:22 in the context of prophetic eschatology as reflected in Malachi’s message about the delay of the expected Day of the Lord, which focuses on the charge to ‘remember the law of my servant Moses (…) I gave him at Horeb for all Israel’. This article examines the question how this charge serves the purpose of awaiting in the interim time the advent of the Day of the Lord. Firstly, a textual analysis is given of Malachi 3:22 in the context of the body of the book. Secondly, an eschatological application of the text is attempted with the help of selected texts from Deuteronomy 12:5, 11 (on worship) and 24:1–4 (on the treatment of women), addressing the problems in Malachi 1:6–2:9 and 2:10–16. Thirdly, the missional inferences of Malachi 3:22 for the present time are condensed in a postscript. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27143904fbab4fe8a4f4ca2a1d2208462022-12-22T01:55:09ZafrAOSISIn die Skriflig1018-64412305-08532019-07-01531e1e1010.4102/ids.v53i1.24522301‘Remember the law of Moses’: Malachi 3:22 in prophetic eschatology, with a missional postscriptBob Wielenga0Unit Reformed Theology, Faculty of Theology, North-West University, PotchefstroomThis study investigates the function of Malachi 3:22 in the context of prophetic eschatology as reflected in Malachi’s message about the delay of the expected Day of the Lord, which focuses on the charge to ‘remember the law of my servant Moses (…) I gave him at Horeb for all Israel’. This article examines the question how this charge serves the purpose of awaiting in the interim time the advent of the Day of the Lord. Firstly, a textual analysis is given of Malachi 3:22 in the context of the body of the book. Secondly, an eschatological application of the text is attempted with the help of selected texts from Deuteronomy 12:5, 11 (on worship) and 24:1–4 (on the treatment of women), addressing the problems in Malachi 1:6–2:9 and 2:10–16. Thirdly, the missional inferences of Malachi 3:22 for the present time are condensed in a postscript.https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2452Prophetic eschatologyInterim-ethicsLaw of Moses: Dt 12: Name of GodDt 24: Fair treatment of women |
| spellingShingle | Bob Wielenga ‘Remember the law of Moses’: Malachi 3:22 in prophetic eschatology, with a missional postscript In die Skriflig Prophetic eschatology Interim-ethics Law of Moses: Dt 12: Name of God Dt 24: Fair treatment of women |
| title | ‘Remember the law of Moses’: Malachi 3:22 in prophetic eschatology, with a missional postscript |
| title_full | ‘Remember the law of Moses’: Malachi 3:22 in prophetic eschatology, with a missional postscript |
| title_fullStr | ‘Remember the law of Moses’: Malachi 3:22 in prophetic eschatology, with a missional postscript |
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| title_short | ‘Remember the law of Moses’: Malachi 3:22 in prophetic eschatology, with a missional postscript |
| title_sort | remember the law of moses malachi 3 22 in prophetic eschatology with a missional postscript |
| topic | Prophetic eschatology Interim-ethics Law of Moses: Dt 12: Name of God Dt 24: Fair treatment of women |
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