>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/mal/4?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#08b04::c08b04) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/malachi/4.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Malachi/4.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/mal/4/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Malachi, a prophet, addresses the people of Israel, warning them of the coming day of the Lord and urging them to remember the law of Moses while prophesying the return of Elijah to restore family bonds. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God promises that a special day is coming when bad people will be in trouble, but those who love God will be happy. He will send Elijah to help families love each other more. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Malachi 4 describes a coming day of judgment where the wicked will be destroyed, and the righteous will be healed and blessed. The Lord instructs the people to remember the law of Moses and foretells the coming of the prophet Elijah, who will restore family relationships before the great day of the Lord. This chapter emphasizes the themes of judgment, righteousness, and the importance of family unity. > >#Gospel/Judgment #Gospel/Families #Gospel/Prophecy ###### 1 1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. ###### 2 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. ###### 3 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. ###### 4 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. ###### 5 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: ###### 6 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.