Malachi does not resolve Israel’s cynicism by softening God’s holiness. He resolves it by revealing the Day.
For the arrogant, the Day burns.
For those who fear the Lord, it rises as healing light.
This sermon traces how Malachi answers the charge that serving God is “useless,” and why faithful waiting was never foolish — only unfinished. What looks delayed is not denied. What looks weak is being preserved.
The Day does not create the distinction.
It reveals it.