TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “…saith the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.” (Malachi 1:6b-7 KJV)

BIBLE TWEET: God’s altar was being polluted by both the priests, who allowed polluted food to be offered on God’s altar, and by the people, who assumed polluted food was an appropriate offering for God’s altar.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: The people were offering stale and moldy bread, which they would not eat themselves, as offerings to God. Like many a churchgoer today, the people of Malachi’s day considered what was not good enough for them, good enough for God, and what was unacceptable to them, acceptable to God.