Malachi 3:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I — The Messiah. My messenger — John the Baptist. The Lord — The Messiah. Whom ye seek — Whom ye, who truly fear God, long and wait for. Suddenly come — After the coming of his fore — runner. To his temple — That which was the second temple at Jerusalem, lately built by Zerubbabel and Joshua. The messenger — The angel of the covenant, the Messiah, in whose blood the covenant between God and man was confirmed. Whom ye delight in — You Jews, among whom, few there are, who do not please themselves to think of his coming, tho' from various motives.