Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Malachi 2

Mal 2:2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

I will curse your blessings

Cf. Deu 28:3-14 with Deu 28:15-35. Israel's distinctive blessings should turn to curses.

Mal 2:5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

My covenant was with him

Num 25:10-13.

Mal 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Have we not all one father?

Cf. Act 17:24-29. In both instances the reference is to creation, not the new birth.

Mal 2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

residue

Deity (names of). Mal 3:18. (Genesis 1:1; Malachi 3:18).

spirit

Summary of the O.T. doctrine of the Holy Spirit:

1. The personality and Deity of the Holy Spirit appear from the attributes ascribed to Him, and from His works.
2. He is revealed as sharing the work of creation
   • and therefore omnipotent (Gen 1:2; Job 26:13; 33:4; Psa 104:30);
   • as omnipresent (Psa 139:7);
   • as striving with men (Gen 6:3);
   • as enlightening (Job 32:8);
   • enduing with constructive skill (Exo 28:3; 31:3);
   • giving physical strength (Jdg 14:6, 19);
   • executive ability and wisdom (Jdg 3:10; 6:34; 11:29; 13:25);
   • enabling men to receive and utter divine revelations (Num 11:25; 2Sa 23:2);
   • and, generally, as empowering the servants of God (Psa 51:12; Joe 2:28; Mic 3:8; Zec 4:6).
3. He is called
   • holy (Psa 51:11);
   • good (Psa 143:10);
   • the Spirit of judgment and burning (Isa 4:4);
   • of Jehovah, of wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, good, knowledge, the fear of the Lord (Isa 11:2);
   • and of grace and supplications (Zec 12:10).
4. In the O.T. the Spirit acts in free sovereignty, coming upon men and even upon a dumb beast as He will, nor are the conditions set forth (as in the N.T.) by complying with which any one may receive the Spirit. The indwelling of every believer by the abiding Spirit is a N.T. blessing consequent upon the death and resurrection of Christ (Jhn 7:39; 16:7; Act 2:33; Gal 3:1-6).
5. The O.T. contains prediction of a future pouring out of the Spirit upon Israel (Eze 37:14; 39:29), and upon "all flesh" (Joe 2:28, 29). The expectation of Israel, therefore, was twofold—of the coming of Messiah-Immanuel, and of such an effusion of the Spirit as the prophets described. See Scofield Matthew 1:18, refs.

Holy Spirit. (Gen 1:2.)