God's disgust with the way His people were worshiping Him was in direct connection with the priests. The priests were not leading the people spiritually and with integrity. Today the church is to be led by godly spiritual men and there are some very good reminders here out of Malachi that can help the church know how the spiritual leaders should be leading.
Israel was in ruins, God's people had lost sight of God's goodness and His love. God used Malachi to remind Israel of the hope that they could have in God. Malachi's message is applicable for the church today in so many ways.