Avent- Malachi 4

On Christmas Eve we finish Advent.  We also finish Malachi with chapter 4.  This is a Christmas chapter.

This chapter is all about The Day of the Lord.  On that day the arrogant and evildoer will be set on fire, but those who revere the Lord's name will celebrate.

Verse 2, "But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.  And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall."

The Day of the Lord is the final judgement and Jesus' second coming.  But it all begins with His first coming.  Christmas is a day of celebration.  We should leap for joy because we know who Jesus is and what He will do.  Christmas brings Jesus and Jesus brings justice, salvation, and love to this world.

If you don't have Jesus in your heart this is a scary chapter, but if you do have Him this is awesome.

Christmas is awesome because it is Jesus relating to our circumstance before He comes later to release us from our circumstance.  At Christmas Jesus relates to suffering.  At His second coming He will defeat suffering.  Hallelujah!  This is the Good News of Christ and Christmas.

God bless you and your family on Christmas.  And if you don't have Christ get Him because He is so good.  Celebrate that goodness today!