Malachi 4:4-6

Malachi 4:4-6

[4] Remember  ye the law  of Moses  my servant,  which I commanded  unto him in Horeb  for all Israel,  with the statutes  and judgments.  [5] Behold, I will send  you Elijah  the prophet  before  the coming  of the great  and dreadful  day  of the LORD:  [6] And he shall turn  the heart  of the fathers  to the children,  and the heart  of the children  to their fathers,  lest I come  and smite  the earth  with a curse. 

What does Malachi 4:4-6 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

"Malachi began with an illustration from Genesis (Jacob and Esau) and spent most of the first half of the book reminding priests and people of the need to keep the Mosaic Law. Now, close to the end of his book, he gives another terse reminder of their continuing obligation to those laws." [1]
"As the motivation provided in Malachi 1:2-5 extends beyond the first address to the whole book ..., this concluding section provides the book"s climactic command. ... Malachi begins by pointing to the past and ends by pointing to the future ( Malachi 4:5-6171329092119), thus appropriately grounding the ethical impact of the book in both redemption and eschatology." [3]