Question: Who is Malachi and what are some prophecies made by him in his book that have already come true?
Wikipedia; Malachi (/ˈmæləkaɪ/ (listen); Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי,
Malʾāḵī, "My messenger", see malakh), also known as Malachias,[1] is the traditional author of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Nevi'im (Prophets) section of the Tanakh. According to the 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary, it is possible that Malachi is not a proper name, as it simply means "messenger".[2]
The editors of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia implied that he prophesied after Haggai and Zechariah and speculated that he delivered his prophecies about 420 BC, after the second return of Nehemiah from Persia,[3] or possibly before his return. No allusion is made to him by Ezra, however, and he does not directly mention the restoration of the Second Temple.
Opinions vary as to the prophet's exact date, but nearly all scholars agree that Malachi prophesied during the Persian period, and after the reconstruction and dedication of the Second Temple in 516 BC. [citation needed] More specifically, Malachi probably lived and laboured during the times of Ezra and Nehemiah. [citation needed] The abuses which Malachi mentions in his writings correspond so exactly with those which Nehemiah found on his second visit to Jerusalem in 432 BC[9] that it seems reasonably certain that he prophesied concurrently with Nehemiah or shortly after.[6]
Malachi describes a priesthood that is forgetful of its duties, a Temple that is underfunded because the people have lost interest in it, and a society in which Jewish men divorce their Jewish wives to marry out of the faith.[10]
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