to do. The people have these scriptures and now he explains what should
already know and understand. Imagine if he appeared to us in person and
quoted a chapter of the Book of Mormon or a section of the Doctrine and
Covenants. Hearing it from his own lips would be powerful and would
undoubtedly impress our minds and hearts. And yet, if we would read the
scriptures with the Spirit, we could have a powerful experience from time to
time.
In this chapter of Malachi, the Lord says that at his second coming, the
wicked will be burned like a farmer burns the stubble left in his field
after a harvest, while the righteous will be raised with the Lord and he
promises that all will be healed.
At the end of this chapter, Malachi prophesies the coming of Elijah to turn
the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to
the fathers. This sealing power, which led to the geneology work in the
church as well as the sealing power for temple ordninances, was given to
Joseph in the Kirtland Temple. This goes well with this chapter because the
sealing and reuniting of family members will be a marvelous experience when
he comes.
I see I made a mistake in chapter 25. The reason the Savior quoted Malachi 3 and 4 was because the Nephites didn't have these scriptures. Malachi lived over 400 years before Christ so this was nearly 200 years after Lehi left Jerusalem.
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