Explore the Malachi prophecy fulfilled and its significance in preparing the way for the Messiah before Christ’s birth. “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—behold, He is coming, says the LORD of hosts.” (Malachi 3:1) More than four hundred years before Christ’s birth, God spoke through Malachi, promising that a messenger would prepare the way for the Messiah. This divine herald would appear before the Lord Himself came suddenly to His temple. The prophecy was clear: Someone would come before the Christ—and Someone far greater would follow.