Twisted Scripture Malachi 3:1

Jehovah’s Witnesses use this verse to underscore their belief that, in 1918, Jesus returned to cleanse the temple and he did so spiritually by releasing people from their bondage to “Babylon the Great” (false religion), finishing his work by the year 1919. This verse does not teach the return of Christ in 1918 to release persons from the bondage of false religion. The verse does concern false religion, but it concerns God’s judgment on that false religion and his desire for his people to return back to him.