Annotated Outline of Malachi

Malachi

1. God's love for Jacob and hatred for Esau (Jer. 49:7, refs.)  (1:1-14)
   1. Sins of Israel (Mal. 1:6-2:17)  (1:6)
      1. Sins of the priests (Mal. 1:6-2:9)  (1:6)
         1. Despising the name of God  (1:6)
   2. Their sinful offerings  (1:7-10)
   100. God's millennial purpose: a universal pure religion  (1:11)
   4. Their hypocrisy and corrupt offerings to God (cp. Isa. 1:10, refs.)  (1:12-14)
2. Commandment to the priests  (2:1-17)
   1. Judgment on the priests  (2:3-4)
   2. Tenth or Levitic Covenant (Num. 25:10-13; Gen. 1:14, note)  (2:5-7)
   100. Disobedience and judgment  (2:8-9)
   4. Sins of the people (Mal. 2:10-17)  (2:10-11)
      1. Judah's treachery to God and man  (2:10-11)
   5. Judgment for treachery  (2:12)
   6. Judah's hypocrisy  (2:13)
   7. Treachery to wives: warning  (2:14-16)
   8. God accused of injustice  (2:17)
3. First and second advents of the Messiah (Mal. 3:1-6)  (3:1-18)
   1. Messiah's first advent (Mt. 3:1; 11:10; Mk. 1:2; Lk. 1:76; 7:27)  (3:1)
   2. Messiah's second advent: rebels purged from Israel (Joel 2:11)  (3:2-3)
   100. THEN: Israel restored  (3:4)
   4. Full justice will be meted out to all: eight sins of Judah  (3:5-6)
   5. Sins of Israel (Mal. 3:7-15)  (3:7)
      1. Judah's backslidings  (3:7)
   6. Robbery of God: curse  (3:8-9)
   7. Command and challenge  (3:10-12)
      1. Sevenfold blessing  (3:10-12)
   8. Murmuring, insincerity, and continued rebellion against God (cp. Isa. 1:2, refs.)  (3:13-14)
   1. The wicked are exalted and delivered from judgment and justice  (3:15)
   10. The day of the Lord (Mal. 3:16-4:6)  (3:16)
       1. Preparation for the day of the Lord: the faithful remnant (cp. Isa. 1:9, refs.)  (3:16)
   11. Messiah's second advent to make up His jewels  (3:17)
   50. Regathering of Israel (Isa. 11:11, refs.)  (3:18)
4. Destruction of the ungodly (2 Th. 1:7-10; Jude 14)  (4:1-6)
   1. Salvation to the righteous  (4:2)
   2. Wicked to be trodden under the feet of the righteous at Armageddon (Ez. 38:22; 39:6-16)   (4:3)
   100. Last admonition to Judah  (4:4)
   4. Last prophecy to Judah before Messiah's first advent: Elijah in person to return to minister to Judah just before Messiah's second advent (Rev. 11)   (4:5-6)