Okay Pilgrim <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> thank you..
On the scripture in Malachi though, I wonder if you could help me with that one. It refers to John the Baptist and how he is preparing the way. I am referring to 4:4-6, but the first three verses are important too I think.
Malachi 4
1 "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the Lord of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. 3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this," Says the Lord of hosts.
4 "Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 6 And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."
and here is Luke
The angel said of John the Baptist:
Luke 1:16,17,
"And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
This sure looks like John the baptist in Malachi 4:4-6, but what is the great and dreadful day of the Lord? I am wondering why would the great and dreadful day of the Lord be only His second coming, or is it His first coming as well? I am even thinking about what John the Baptist said about how "even now the axe is laid to the root." It looks a little bit like verse three! Oh well.. I'm no smartie pants I guess.
I guess I messed up on this over where I am discussing it, because I wrote a bit on this and I was told to go read my bible. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/ugh.gif" alt="" /> It seemed to me that the great and dreadful day of the Lord was when Jesus died. That it didn't necessarily have to be the end of the age in this passage, but I know that it will be a dreadful and terrible day for unbelievers at the end of the age when Jesus comes back in all His glory.
Michele
