Author Archives: Joseph Malekani

Matthew 2 Commentary http://www.lovingscripyture.com The teachers of the Law weren’t always wrong! They got it right on the birthplace of the Messiah, Bethlehem. According to the scripture. The love/hate affair with Egypt continues. The patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all found themselves in Egypt, mostly for relief. And here we are with the Son fleeingContinueContinue reading “Matthew 2 Commentary”

Matthew 1 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com It is impossible to fully capture the greatness and the significance of the events recorded in the four gospels. It is incomprehensible! “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Great and unsearchable things to the saint and not to the unbeliever.ContinueContinue reading “Matthew 1 Commentary”

Malachi 4 Commentarywww.lovingscripture.comThe scripture calls the day of the LORD ‘great and dreadful’. Great probably because the LORD starts His reign of justice, peace, and righteousness. Dreadful because the evildoers face punishment and banishment – scattering.It is good news to the remnant. Their day of salvation has come. Let them not worry; let them rejoice.ChapterContinueContinue reading “Malachi 4 Commentary”

Malachi 3 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com The “lame and blind” animals of chapter 1 amount to blasphemy. The LORD rejects them. You would think the solution is to improve the quality of the animals at the altar of the LORD. Indeed, this would be an easy solution! Yes, the animals are terrible but that isn’t the coreContinueContinue reading “Malachi 3 Commentary”

Malachi 2 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com Chapter 2 starts with the same thought as chapter 1. In chapter 1, Jacob is loved while Esau is hated. Esau’s gift of ‘hatred’ is similar to what the blasphemous priests get in the opening lines of chapter two. “Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated.” It isContinueContinue reading “Malachi 2 Commentary”

Malachi 1 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com “Great is the Lord—even beyond the borders of Israel!” Or,” My name will be great among the nations.” Or, “I am a great king, and my name is to be feared among the nations.” Chapter 1 is known for these short but powerful statements about the nature and character of theContinueContinue reading “Malachi 1 Commentary”

Zechariah 14 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com Zechariah sticks to his usual complex style. Many thoughts are combined in short packs of information. Verses 1 and 2 are very important because they announce yet another attack on Jerusalem and another exile. Between Zechariah’s time and our time, several things have happened in Jerusalem that may fit Zechariah’s prophecy.ContinueContinue reading “Zechariah 14 Commentary”

Zechariah 13 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com The later chapters of Zechariah describe the appearance of the Messiah in contrasting pictures. But the key themes remain unchanged. It would be a time of righteousness. It comes about because the LORD God would create a fountain to cleanse Jerusalem. Salvation is an initiative of the LORD. We cannot cleanContinueContinue reading “Zechariah 13 Commentary”

Zechariah 12 Commentary http://www.lovingscripture.com Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. But the people of Jerusalem are strong because the LORD Almighty is their God. They will consume all the surrounding peoples right and left. This is what we have known: the rule of the Son comes with victory and peace. Naturally, the saintContinueContinue reading “Zechariah 12 Commentary”

Zechariah 11 Commentarywww.lovingscripture.comThe identity of shepherds in this chapter can be very confusing. Yes, they are rulers but which rulers is the scripture referring to?At some point, the prophet Zechariah is the shepherd, while at some other point, the LORD God seems to be the shepherd. Of course, the bad shepherds would be the badContinueContinue reading “Zechariah 11 Commentary”