Lamentations 1:1 — Prelude – Grief vs Joy
3 STARK CONTRASTS BETWEEN SPIRITUAL GRIEF AND SPIRITUAL JOY
Malachi 3:16 – 4:6 — How Will the Righteous Be Clearly Distinguished From the Wicked?
GOD WILL REMOVE THE BLURRING OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED
Malachi 3:13-15 — Have We Spoken Arrogantly Against God?
GOD REBUKES THE SELF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE FOR DENYING THE VALUE OF OBEYING AND SERVING GOD
Malachi 3:7-12 — How Can We Repent If We Don’t Know Where We Have Gone Wrong?
GOD REBUKES THE SELF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE FOR ROBBING HIM OF HIS DUE TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Malachi 2:17 – 3:6 — How Have We Questioned the Integrity of God’s Justice?
GOD PROMISES TO DEMONSTRATE HIS JUSTICE AND PURIFY HIS PEOPLE WHEN HE SENDS HIS SPECIAL MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT TO ESTABLISH RIGHTEOUS WORSHIP
Malachi 2:10-16 — Why Have We Been Denied the Favor of Our God?
THE LORD REBUKES THE SELF RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE FOR PROFANING THE SACRED COVENANT OF MARRIAGE
Malachi 1:6 – 2:9 — How Have We Disrespected the Name of the Lord?
THE LORD REBUKES THE SELF RIGHTEOUS PRIESTS FOR OFFERING SUB-STANDARD WORSHIP
Malachi 1:1-5 — How Has God Loved Us?
THE LORD’S COMPASSION GIVES HOPE AND SOFTENS THE BLOW OF HIS REBUKE OF THE PROUD CRIES OF THE SELF RIGHTEOUS
Zechariah 14:1-21 — King of the Hill – Triumphant Return of the Warrior-King
THE PROMISED MESSIAH WILL RETURN AS THE TRIUMPHANT WARRIOR-KING TO DEFEAT ISRAEL’S ENEMIES AND USHER IN THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM
Zechariah 13:1-9 — National Cleansing for the Remnant of Israel
THE REJECTION OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD LEADS TO A REFINING PROCESS WHERE THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL IS EVENTUALLY CLEANSED AND RESTORED TO ITS LOYAL COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
Zechariah 12:1-14 — Israel Protected and Transformed in the Day of the Lord
THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL BRING SUPERNATURAL DESTRUCTION TO ISRAEL’S ATTACKERS AND DIVINELY INITIATED REPENTANCE TO ALL THE JEWS WHO NOW RECOGNIZE THEIR MESSIAH
Zechariah 11:1-17 — The Rejection of the Worthy Shepherd
GOD’S JUDGMENT ALWAYS ACCOMPANIES THE REJECTION OF HIS WORTHY SHEPHERD AND ALLEGIANCE TOWARDS UNGODLY FALSE SUBSTITUTES