1645.—Fathers and Children. Mal. 4:6.
By Editor
What is the meaning of Mal. 4:6, the fathers to the children? A. C. B. The message is a last-day message of which Elijah and John the Baptist were types. Under it God’s law will be restored, and the symbols of the sacrificial system will make the Gospel light shine clearer. A true, deep reformation will take place among those who heed the teachings of the message, which will take hold of the home life, reconciling and harmonizing—the hardest of all things to reconcile—family estrangements, jealousies, strife, and discord. Some good translations render “with” instead of “to.” For instance, Spurrell’s translation reads: “Behold, I send unto you Elijah the prophet, to precede the advent of the grand and the awful day of Jehovah; that He may convert the heart of the fathers together with the children and the heart of the children together with their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with utter destruction.” God’s last great message must do thorough work.