Bible notes

Malachi 4:1-2a; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13; Luke 21:5-19

Malachi 4:1-2a

This short passage from the last chapter of Malachi, a prophet from the period of Persian rule in Judah (c.539–332 BC), mentions two different kinds of heat: the oven that burns the stubble left behind when the ears of wheat had been separated out, and the sun that in the ancient world symbolises justice.

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