c. 430 BC
Malachi, the last Old Testament prophet, rebuked Israel for corrupt worship, unfaithfulness, and spiritual apathy. He prophesied the coming of a messenger to prepare the way for the Lord and warned of the coming day of judgment.
Malachi closes the Old Testament with both warning and hope. His prophecy of a coming messenger was fulfilled in John the Baptist. After Malachi, four hundred years of prophetic silence followed before the New Testament era.
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