Malachi 4:1-3
“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts.”
King James Version
The Day of the LORD burning the wicked like stubble in an oven, the great eschatological fire of judgment.
Fulfillment References
Luke 1:78 Matthew 13:40-42
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe day comes that burns as an oven for the proud — 'But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings' (4:2). The Sun of righteousness is the Lord Jesus, the Dayspring from on high (Luke 1:78), the Light of the world whose rising brings healing and life. The same day is judgment to the wicked and salvation to those who fear the Name — the Name revealed in Christ.
JewishThe closing prophecy of the Hebrew Bible's prophets — the coming day burning the wicked, and healing rising for the God-fearing; the 'sun of righteousness' as God's saving advent.
CatholicThe Sun of righteousness fulfilled in Christ (echoed in Advent's 'O Oriens'); the day of judgment and healing.
Protestant'The Sun of righteousness... with healing in his wings' applied to Christ (cf. Luke 1:78; 'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing').
AcademicThe 'sun of righteousness' image has ancient Near Eastern solar-justice background, read messianically in later tradition.
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