Books of the Old Testament: Lesson 20 Haggai, Zechariah,
and Malachi (Cloze test 20)

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Most of the Old Testament prophets spoke . Just two, Ezekiel and Daniel, prophesied . These three, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, prophesied .

The of the Temple were the supreme passion of . He rebuked the people for their slowness in rebuilding it, and he encouraged and helped them in the enterprise. His book is a series of written over a period of . His stern was a good tonic. The people arose and began to build the temple (1:12-15).

Zechariah, a young prophet, stood alongside the aged , strengthened the children of Israel as they built the temple and warned them as their fathers had done. He painted in glowing colors the that was coming to Israel in far-off ages.

Zechariah foretold the more than any other prophet except . Looking far into the future he saw Him first in , and again, in .

Malachi is the . A silence of lies between Malachi and the voice of John the Baptist saying “Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” The Old Testament ends with the word “”, while the New Testament closes with a . Following a period of (Neh. 10:28-39), the people had become spiritually cold and . Malachi came as a , and he encouraged while he . Read Malachi’s solemn declaration concerning the , for which we wait, 3:16-4:3.


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