"For, look! the day is coming that is burning like the furnace, and all the presumptuous ones and all those doing wickedness must become as stubble. And the day that is coming will certainly devour them,” Jehovah of armies has said, “so that it will not leave to them either root or bough. 2 And to YOU who are in fear of my name the sun of righteousness will certainly shine forth, with healing in its wings; and YOU will actually go forth and paw the ground like fattened calves.” Mal4:2
Al Gore warned, "We are the generation of consequence." He was talking about the current generation reaping the culmination of man's timeless scientific errors. Jesus fore warned of the final failure/outcome for disregarding Jehovah's "wisdom from above". Ja3:13
"for then there will be great tribulation such as has not occurred since the world’s beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.  In fact, unless those days were cut short, no flesh would be saved; but on account of the chosen ones those days will be cut short." Mt24:21
Malachi is referring to those who honor Jehovah's rightful sovereignty, and will pay attention during thr 1,000 year reign of healing, not making the old mistakes, over and over.