Malachi 3-4

“But for you who fear My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings” (4:2).  Malachi said that those who followed God did not have to fear the coming judgment; God would protect them because their names were written in “the book of remembrance” (3:16).  The prophet’s job was to communicate God’s urgent message of salvation: “Return to Me, and I will return to you” (3:7). 

As we return to God, we find real healing through Jesus Christ, the “sun of righteousness.”  Through Him relationships are restored: between us and our Creator, between fathers and children (4:6), and between husbands and wives.