The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Malachi 4:1-3, “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

2 “But for you who fear My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall.

3 “And you will tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing,” says the LORD of hosts.”

Malachi is the last of the Old Testament prophets. His words relate specifically to the time in which he lived, yet they have a meaning for every generation. The LORD is never pleased with sin. He may seem to some individuals and nations that He has missed seeing their evil behavior, but He has not. At the present, we live under a cloud of unrighteousness. Throughout the world the Christian faith is being ridiculed and assailed by evil doers. Planned Parenthood continues to slaughter babies while they are still in their mothers’ wombs. Iran aids rebel killers who roam about like the devil, devouring lives of all who seek peace. Nations everywhere demonstrate political unrest, so that even the principles of law are ignored, throwing people into utter chaos.

The prophet gives hope to his people and extends it to all in succeeding generations. The Ultimate Hope of the world lies in mankind’s acceptance of Jesus Christ as LORD and Savior. He is the “sun of righteousness” to Malachi’s people and to ours. Malachi forsees the Coming Messiah. We look eagerly for Him, too. The promise is that He will return; and it is then that we will “skip about like calves,” jumping with joy! It is then that the wicked –the unrighteous producers of evil– will be trampled underfoot. Wrongs will be destroyed and rights will be restored. The tears of the oppressed will be replaced with laughter. Hang in there! That Great Day is coming! And every day it comes closer and closer. Keep reading your Bible! Keep praying for Christ’s deliverence! The Day of the LORD’s deliverence will come!

Praying for you as we look for Him,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”