Jesus Shares Some of Malachi’s Teachings with the Nephites
3 Nephi 24:1–3
1 And it came to pass that he commanded them that they should write the words which the Father had given unto Malachi, which he should tell unto them. And it came to pass that after they were written he expounded them. And these are the words which he did tell unto them, saying: Thus said the Father unto Malachi—Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fuller’s soap.
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote:
“Our Lord is the Messenger of the Covenant (Malachi 3:1). He came in His Father’s name (John 5:43), bearing His Father’s message (John 7:16–17), to fulfil the covenant of the Father that a Redeemer and Savior would be provided for men (Moses 4:1–3; Abraham 3:27–28). Also, through His ministry the terms of the everlasting covenant of salvation became operative; the message He taught was that salvation comes through the gospel covenant.”
(Mormon Doctrine, 2nd ed. [1966], 488.)
