Malachi
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Absurdity in Malachi

  1. The book of Malachi is anonymous; Malachi is just a transliteration of the Hebrew words for "my messenger." 1:1

  2. "Wherein hast thou loved us?" Malachi was addressing the skeptics of his day who questioned God's love for them. Malachi explains that God must love them since he loved Jacob, hated Esau, and will be angry with the Edomites forever. 1:2-4

  3. God hated Esau and gave his inheritance to the dragons. 1:3

  4. "Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces." 2:3

  5. "Ye have wearied the LORD with your words." 2:17

  6. God is robbed by those who don't pay their full tithe. 3:8

  7. God curses the Israelites for "robbing" him by not paying the proper amount of money in tithes. 3:9