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Lead:

Have you ever wondered why Malachi is the last book of the Christian Old Testament, but isn’t the last book of the Jewish scripture, the “Tanakh?”

Intro:

In short, as Amy-Jill Levine writes a bibleodyssey.com, “… the two canons tell a different story: the Old and New Testaments focus on salvation at the end-time, with the book of Revelation showing the rectification of the “fall” in Eden; the Tanakh speaks of returning to the homeland.”(1)

The book of Malachi is arranged as a series of six disputes, with God saying something, Israel responding poorly, and then God responding. Why? Israel has rebuilt the temple, but they are still a mess.

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Bible segment (read along with The Bible Project):

Passage: Malachi 1-2
Translation: ESV (English Standard Version)
Verses: 34
Words: ~1074

Thinking/reflection segment:

Hope -- A biblical term (Greek elpis) referring to the expectation of the believer that God will fulfill promises made in the past. Biblical hope is more than a simple wish; it entails certainty based on God’s demonstration of faithfulness to people in the history of salvation as recorded in the Scriptures and as experienced by the church. Ultimately the Christian’s future hope lies in the promise of Christ’s return and the anticipation of resurrection from the dead. See also "blessed hope."(2)

Wisdom segment: none

Passage: Psalms 56-57
Translation: ESV (English Standard Version)
Verses: 24
Words: ~394

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-R

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Sources and resources:

(1) https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/tools/bible-basics/what-is-the-difference-between-the-old-testament-the-tanakh-and-the-hebrew-bible

(2) Stanley Grenz, David Guretzki, and Cherith Fee Nordling, Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999), 61.

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