William S. Cline , The Problems of Malachi, , Malachi - the last voice of prophecy before the silence that was to last four hundred years. What does this, final voice of God say) What is his message? What were the problems that he dealt with? I will spend no time in answering the modem critics who tell us that Malachi was not a real person All of them collectively have not produced one shred of evidence, and their arguments are only at weighty as feathers. For a good synopsis of such arguments and a brief, but good introduction the reader is referred to Ellicott's Commentary and the Pulpit Commentary.