The Blank Page Between the Testaments.

There’s a blank page in most Bibles — right between Malachi and Matthew.


No words.

No lines.

Just silence.


But I’ve been wondering lately… what if that page isn’t just a divider of testaments — what if it’s a symbol? A reminder of what life becomes when God withdraws? Blank.


In Malachi 2:16, God SAID something raw and direct: “I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel.


He’s talking about covenant-breaking, not just relational splits. And yet, right after that book — God goes quiet. For over 400 years, not a single prophet speaks. No visions. No burning bushes. No thunder from Sinai. Just… silence.


To me, it feels like a separation. I think He actually divorced them.


Israel had repeatedly walked away from Him — idols, injustice, lip service without life change. God had warned, pleaded, sent messengers. And then… He stopped speaking.


He didn’t stop being God.

He didn’t stop loving.

But He stepped back.


And I wonder… is that what divine separation(divorce from God) looks like?


Not always dramatic — just distant.

Not loud judgment — just holy silence.



Then Came John…

Four centuries later, a wild man in camel skin shows up in the wilderness.

His voice booms like thunder on a dry land: “REPENT! For the Kingdom of God is at hand.”


Not, “Hi again.”👋

Not, “Here’s what you missed.”👉

Just one word: Repent. 🤦


It’s like God was saying: “If we’re going to talk again… If we’re going to walk together again… Something in you has to change.”


Repentance was not just the requirement — it was the invitation.

A way back into closeness.

A door into renewed covenant.


Here’s what I’ve been thinking lately: A lot of us live like that blank page. Everything is flowing — the work, the plans, the hustle, the noise. But our faith is stuck.

We’re moving… but not toward God.

We’re active… but spiritually absent.

We’re reading the Word… but not hearing His voice.


John didn’t just call for people to say sorry.

He said, “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.” (Luke 3:8)


In other words: show it.

Let your life prove your turn.

Let the change go beyond tears and into your choices.


The beauty of this story is that the silence didn’t last forever.

After the blank page, after repentance, came Emmanuel — God with us.


You don’t have to stay on that blank page.

Turn to Him.

Return to Him.


And watch as the next chapter begins — not with shame, but with the savior.


> If you live without repentance,

> your life might flow like history,

> but your faith will sit like a blank page.


But if you respond to the call to change —

You’ll hear Him again.

You’ll walk with Him again.

And your story will leap from silence to salvation.

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