Память святого пророка Малахии

The holy prophet Malachi came from the tribe of Zebulun 122. He lived and prophesied during the time of Nehemiah 123 upon the return of the Jews from the captivity of Babylon 124, when the Jerusalem temple was again built, and worship was performed in it and sacrifices were made by the priests. With his pious life he amazed the people, who, seeing that in the purity of his life he was like the Angel of God, called him Malachi, which means Angel of the Lord. Called to prophetic ministry, Malachi was a zealous champion of faith, law and piety. Upon the return of the Jews from captivity, there were many disorders among them in their moral and religious state, which, due to the negligence and carelessness of the priests, multiplied and grew even more, and could not help but outrage and upset the prophet. He made a strong and menacing denunciation of the people and priests. The Prophet denounced the people and the priests for not having proper reverence for God, offering him bad sacrifices (Mal. 1), denouncing the priests for the fact that with their untruths, deviation from the right path, non-observance of the commandments and hypocrisy in the deeds of the law, they dishonor God, causing temptation among the people (Mal. 2: 1-9). Menacingly denouncing the people for their treachery and violation of the covenant of their fathers, that they act lawlessly with their wives, unjustly rejecting legitimate wives, taking foreign wives (Mal. 2:10-16), the holy prophet Malachi threatened them with the judgment of God and for their various other vices, for their sorcery and adultery, for their false oaths, for withholding wages from mercenaries, for oppression of widows and orphans, for rejecting strangers and for not fulfilling the law regarding tithes and offerings to the church of God (Mal. 3:5–12). Finally, the prophet denounced the Jews for their blasphemy, for their impudent and blasphemous words, that it is in vain to serve God, it is useless to keep His decrees and walk before His face in sad clothes, that the wicked and those who do iniquity live happier, manage their affairs better and remain safe (Mal. 3:13–15, 2:17). Exposing these vices, the holy prophet Malachi at the same time foresaw the glory of the second church and most clearly predicted the coming of the Messiah, the appearance of the Forerunner before his coming, the coming judgment of God on the wicked, the glorification of the righteous and the spread of the glory of God before all nations (Mal. 1:5, 11, 2:1–5, 3:16–18, Mal.4). The holy prophet Malachi died at a young age and was buried with his ancestors in his native village of Sufa. He was the last Old Testament prophet, why does St. fathers it is called the seal of the prophets 125. Rich in prophecy, prophetically, you foretold the coming of Christ and the salvation of the world, by whose radiance the world will be enlightened. Zebulun is the sixth son of Patriarch Jacob from Leah. – His tribe occupied the best part of the land to the north of Palestine, from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Gennesaret, bordering on the north with the tribes of Asher and Nepheali and on the south with Issachar, which occupied the great plain of Israel. Nehemiah – Jew, cupbearer of the Persian king Artaxerxes Longiman; Subsequently, he surrounded dilapidated Jerusalem with walls and, together with the learned priest Ezra, who brought many Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem, organized the church and civil life of the Jews in Jerusalem after the captivity. He outlined his deeds in a book known by his name and included in the Bible. Those. approximately 400 years BC. A book remained with the name of the prophet Malachi, the last among the books of the “minor” prophets. It consists of four chapters and sets out one of his prophetic speeches, which in all likelihood expresses the essence of many of his oral speeches. The content of this speech is an exposure of the moral shortcomings of the Jewish people contemporary to the prophet, the threat of God's punishment and the promise of a Savior. The book of the prophet Malachi is replete with messianic prophecies; in accordance with the messianic nature of the content of the book (Mal. 3:1–3, 6–7, 12, 17–18, 4:4–6), which contains prophecies about the coming of the Forerunner of the Lord, they are read as a parimia on all holidays in honor of St. Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John. You might be interested in: