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Discover the Arts! Each day a different image from the Literary, Performing, or Visual Arts representing a portion of Scripture plus an explanation with links 2016 April 25
The Father's Curse: The Ungrateful Son (1777)
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
Rococo Style
Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art
Explanation: In Malachi 2 the LORD threatens the unfaithful priests with a curse (1-9). Likewise, the LORD refuses to hear the prayers of the people because of their unfaithfulness to him and their wives and for their mixed marriages with unbelievers (10-17).
[Sermons: John Piper 1. John Piper 2. John Piper 3. John Piper 4. William Still. ].
Today's painting depicts a curse upon ingratitude. Likewise, in today's chapter God pronounces a curse on the priests and the people for their ingratitude and many other sins. As mentioned in yesterday's post, a similar idea of being enslaved and destroyed by a misuse of one's blessings is illustrated in a striking song by Joe Ely -- see Cold Black Hammer Lyrics and Music.
[THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Daniel 9:25. Ezra 2:64. Ezra 9:6-15. Nehemiah 1:3. Nehemiah 6:7. Nehemiah 13:5-6, 15-22, 23-30. Matthew 11:10. Matthew 17:12. Mark 1:2-3. Mark 9:11-12. Luke 1:17. Romans 9:13. ]
[ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]
[ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]
[ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]
Malachi 2
1. Present Sin & Final Judgment: Warning Number 1 (1:1 - 3:6 ) - 433 B.C., Israel
A. Present Sin - (Continued) - (1:1 - 2:17)
3). The Priests Neither Teach Righteousness Nor Administer Justice (2:1-9)
1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial [have lifted up faces, i.e., have respected persons] in the law.
4). Judah Married The Daughter of a False God (2:10-17)
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
17 Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
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