The accurate date is unknown, but scholars believe that Malachi, the last prophet of the Old Testament, wrote his book at approximately 430 B.C. Along with Haggai and Zechariah, Malachi is one of the postexilic prophets to the kingdom of Judah (Israel's southern kingdom after the country split circa 930 B.C.). At around 538 B.C., the Jews started returning from Babylon after 70 years of captivity. As God's chosen people returned from exile, it was clear that the insidious, pagan practices of Continue Reading