Malachi 4:5

“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance], so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse [of complete destruction].”

Deuteronomy 30:19-20

19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore, you shall choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, 20 by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding closely to Him; for He is your life [your good life, your abundant life, your fulfillment] and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the Lord promised (swore) to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

• Life = movement towards someone/thing;  revive
• Death = to step away from life
• Blessing = to ADD – like a coin in a scale; pool of prosperity
• Curse = to “cut off the stream”

Five elements of The Blessing:

1. An expressed message (written or spoken).
   1. (Genesis 1:28-30)
2. Meaningful touch (ex: the laying on of hands).
   1. (Genesis 48:8-16)
3. Expressed high value.
   1. Genesis 27:27-29
4. A picture of a great hope and future.
   1. Jeremiah 29:11
   2. Hebrews 11:20-21
5. An active commitment toward fulfillment.
   1. Genesis 28:13-15