#190: Malachi, Part 6

In Malachi 3:1, we see the term "messenger" used twice: (1) the "my messenger" who prepares the way for God and (2) the "messenger of the covenant." Does "messenger" in both instances refer to the same person or to different persons? How does the chiastic structure of this passage help us answer that question? And how does determining the identity of the "messenger" in both instances help us understand the larger Jewish narrative that Malachi is assuming?

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