Malachi 1:12-14

"But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it's all right to defile the Lord's table. You say, 'It's too hard to serve the LORD,' and you turn up your noses at my commands," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. "Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?" asks the LORD. "Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, "and my name is feared among the nations!"

"But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it's all right to defile the Lord's table."

Malachi 1:7  "You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar. Then you ask, 'How have we defiled the sacrifices?' You defile them by saying the altar of the LORD deserves no respect." (see verses 6-14)

"You say, 'It's too hard to serve the LORD,' and you turn up your noses at my commands," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. 

Isaiah 43:22-24  "But dear family of Jacob, you refuse to ask for my help. You have grown tired of me, O Israel! You have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings. You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you with requests for grain offerings and frankincense. You have not brought me fragrant calamus or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults." (see verses 14-28)

Numbers 14:11  And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?" (see verses 1-12)

"Think of it! Animals that are stolen and crippled and sick are being presented as offerings! Should I accept from you such offerings as these?" asks the LORD. 

Malachi 1:10  "How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, "and I will not accept your offerings." (see verses 6-11)

"Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord." 

Exodus 12:5  "The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects." (see verses 1-10)

"For I am a great king," says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, "and my name is feared among the nations!" 

Psalm 72:11  All kings will bow before him, and all nations will serve him. (see verses 9-14)

Psalm 95:13  For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods. (see all Psalm 95)

Obadiah 1:21  "Those who have been rescued will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem to rule over the mountains of Edom. And the LORD himself will be king!" (see all Obadiah)

1 Timothy 6:15  For, 

        At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the

        blessed and only almighty God, King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

        (see verses 11-16)

 

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