And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”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 he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
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… I challenge you to read the last verse of the Old Testament, Malachi 4 and 6, where it says, he will turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the hearts of the children to their parents. or else I will strike the land with total destruction. I want to read that again. Malachi chapter 4, verse number 6. God is going to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the hearts of the children to their parents. I stand before you humbly today to declare to you that this year God is getting ready to turn hearts. He's turning the hearts of your son And turning the hearts of your daughter And turning the heart of your brother And turning the heart of your sister I'm waiting on my worshipers He's turning the heart of your father And turning the heart of your mother He's turning the heart of your child He's turning the heart of your sibling God said watch me work This year will not end without them having a turn of heart. …
… before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes and he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction. This is the fulfillment of that expectation. and it will be met with joy by many. It's also a parable enacted. Think of where this announcement comes when he's in the temple. He's in the holy place among God's holy people. And yet, what do we know from Jesus' ministry about the religion of Israel in the first century? Remember, he curses the fig tree and that's a symbol of clearing out the temple because Israelite religion had become to so many of them dead legalism. It had become just perfunctory ritual. It was like a fig tree that bore no figs. And so here is a picture of the barrenness of Israel's religion to match the barrenness of Zechariah's wife. And maybe even verse 23 is hinting at something. …
… before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. I love this kind of a chapter. We're going to get into verse 2 here in a moment. But I love this kind of... I love this kind of scripture that uses all these different... this imagery of the Lord. He will arise with healing in his wings. Calling him the son of righteousness. S-U-N, not S-O-N. The son of righteousness because it's like the sunrise. And there's this passage in Psalms 19, which says the sun comes out of its tabernacle like a bridegroom coming out of a chamber. and rejoices like a strong man to run his race. Strange picture. That the sun rises in the morning like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber. Malachi says that he is the son of righteousness and he rises with healing in his wings. …