BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING?
"Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand.” (Joel 2:1). "Behold, I will send My messenger , and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant , Whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. 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: and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness ." (Malachi 3:1-3). About 400 years before John the Baptist was born, or Jesus Christ began his earthly ministry, the prophet Malachi foretold the arrival of these two messengers. The first messenger, John the Baptist, wo