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 | | And the thrust of the book of Malachi is ‘how to deliver a nation from spiritual apostasy.’ This apostate period, 420 to 400 BC, was provoked and intensified by the priesthood of the nation of Judah; for the priest were unbelievers (agnostics). |
 | | Then John Hyrcanus I, king-heierach of Judea, 134-104 BC, subjugated Edom in fulfillment of the above prophecies, “that Jacob shall lay Esau by the heel.” Hyrcanus “permitted the Idumeans to remain in their country as free men if they would circumcise their genitals and observe Jewish law.” God’s final whip against the Edomites was Rome. |
 | | Judah, circa 420-400 BC, was a nation of hypocrites; the inhabitants were “false, doctrinaire, artificial, shrill, shallow, uncertain, eclectic, jejune and insincere.” Malachi 2:11 “Judah has broken faith. |
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