But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
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… even the messenger of the covenant and you now know what that is whom you delight behold he is coming says the lord of hosts you know what if i would have kept reading in malachi 3 verse 2 if i if i get through my notes you'll see that would have been a lot of trouble because verse 2 tells you that he will bring vengeance and judgment upon the nations he stops god's promises Matthew chapter 21. You guys okay? I know this is abusive. You just get a wave of verses after another. But at least it's Bible verses rather than recipes and potluck instructions. Matthew 21, verse 1. Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphagee on the Mount of Olives, Then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied and a colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me. And if anyone says anything to you, you shall say, this is the code word, the Lord has need of them. …
… behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming? And who can stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver and they will bring offerings and righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old, as in former years. Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker and his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts. Let me remind you where we are with this study in the book of Malachi. It's the last book in the Old Testament. …
… is Malachi chapter 3 in the Old Testament. Listen to this. Behold, says Malachi, the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, and who may abide the day of his coming, and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner's fire, and he shall purify his people as gold and silver. This is amazing. Look, the Lord whom you seek. Interesting. I want this God of love in my life. I seek him and all of a sudden he shows up and what? The Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple and who may abide the day of his coming and who can stand when he appeareth. Oh, what does this mean? How does, he says, Malachi says, he's a refiner. He's a goldsmith. How does the goldsmith relate to the gold? Oh, he loves the gold. There is nothing more precious to him than the gold, not just economically. This is his treasure. But how does he relate to the gold? He's always beating it. He's always hitting it. He's always twisting it. He's always putting it through the fire and putting it through the fire and putting it through the fire. …