RELATIONAL REFLECTION ON “GOD’S INITIATIVE, MAN’S NEED” -– PART 2 of 2

Abstract

When we read Malachi the main theme is God’s Unchanging Love (Malachi 1:2; 3:6). We also read of two groups of religious people. One group is the arrogant complainers (Mal 3:13-15) and the other the remnant (Mal 3:16-18). Two characteristics of the remnant are: they feared the Lord and they thought on his name. The expression “thought on his name” (hos bi s mo) means “to meditate”, “regard” or “to focus one’s mind”. This is the same expression, which the Greek translations of the Old Testament uses for the Apostle Paul’s expression in Philippians “think on these things” (Phil 4:8) i.e. “take inventory on these things.”