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Chapter 117: Malachi's Prophecy About the Sacrifices of Christians. It Cannot be Interpreted as Referring to the Prayers of Dispersed Jews.
GOD: anticipating all the sacrifices we offer through this name, which Jesus the Christ commanded us to offer, specifically in the Eucharist of the bread and the cup, and which Christians present everywhere around the world, confirms that they are pleasing to Him.
But He completely rejects those you and your priests present, stating, "I will not accept your sacrifices; for from the rising of the sun to its setting, my name is glorified among the Gentiles; but you profane it." Yet now, in your love of argument, you claim that God does not accept the sacrifices of those who lived then in Jerusalem, called Israelites, but is pleased with the prayers of that nation's individuals then scattered, calling their prayers sacrifices.
I also agree that prayers and giving of thanks, when offered by worthy individuals, are the only perfect and pleasing sacrifices to God. For such alone Christians have committed to offer, in remembrance brought about by their solid and liquid food, which recalls the suffering endured by the Son of God. His name has been profaned and blasphemed over the entire earth by the high priests of your nation and your teachers.
But these filthy garments, placed on all who have become Christians through the name of Jesus, God reveals will be removed from us, when He raises all people from the dead, appointing some to be incorruptible, immortal, and free from sorrow in the eternal and unending kingdom, while sending others to the eternal punishment of fire.
As for you and your teachers deceiving yourselves when interpreting Scripture as referring to those of your nation then scattered, claiming their prayers and sacrifices offered everywhere are pure and pleasing, know that you are falsely speaking and trying to deceive yourselves in every way: for, firstly, even now, your nation does not stretch from the rising to the setting of the sun, and there are nations where none of your race have ever lived. There isn't a single race of people, whether barbarian, Greek, or whatever they are called, nomads, wanderers, or herders living in tents, among whom prayers and giving of thanks are not offered through the name of the crucified Jesus.
Moreover, as the Scriptures indicate, at the time when Malachi wrote this, your current worldwide dispersion had not yet occurred.