See I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse. These final verses of Malachi 4 echo a promise and a warning to Gods people. The promise points to the church returning to its relational foundations and bridging the generation gaps. Yet with the curse of lawlessness on the increase and a culture