Isaiah 40:3

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.

Malachi is the last book of the OT whereby God’s people had to live under the sacrificial or old covenant of bringing animals to the Temple to be sacrificed to God for the forgiveness of their sins. The word Malachi means “My Messenger.” In this verse once again God is reminding his people Israel how there will be someone who will one day come into the world to prepare the way for his son. When I read this verse my mind tends to fast forward to the NT whereby Matthew, Mark, Luke and John all write about John the Baptist preparing the way for the Lord. John the Baptist is the last of the old covenant law and Jesus is the beginning of the new covenant law whereby Jesus, due to the cross event, took all of the sins of the world upon himself, once and for all, so that God’s people would no longer need to provide animal sacrifices for God at the Temple.

Prayer: Almighty God, I thank you for loving me so much you sent your Son into the world so that I would no longer have to provide animal sacrifices for the forgiveness of my sins. I only need to come before your throne of grace, admit my sins and you will forgive me through your son JC. I love you! Amen.

- Rev. Marlene Quinn