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🧼 🧹😉 when christ returns then the church will really get a clean up 💒
Posted : 16 Aug, 2021 01:40 PM
the significance of the refiner’s fire and launderer’s soap in Malachi 3:2
Malachi 3:2, where the phrase refiner’s fire is used, has been a popular verse in Western society for centuries due to its use in Handel’s famous oratorio Messiah. The verse reads, “But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.” Let’s take a look at the prophet’s similes.
Malachi says that, when the Lord returns, no one will be able to stand before Him. The Lord’s holiness and judgment will be as a refiner’s blazing fire and as a fuller’s bleaching agent. The idea of “standing” before the Lord is associated with “withstanding” or “standing up to”; sinful human flesh will not have the strength, the right, or the desire to resist the Lord in His glory (cf. Psalm 76:7; Revelation 6:17).
The two similes help clarify why no one will be able to stand in the Day of the Lord. First, Malachi 3:2 says the Messiah will be like a refiner’s fire, an allusion to the process of purifying metal. A refiner uses a fire to heat metal to a molten state; then he skims off the dross that floats to the top. The refiner’s fire is, of course, maintained at an extremely high temperature, and such a high degree of heat is the prophet’s picture of the testing people will face on Judgment Day. All judgment has been entrusted to the Son (John 5:22). Upon Christ’s return, the intense flame of God’s judgment will purify the earth, removing the dross of sin.
Second, the Messiah will be like a launderer’s soap. This type of soap was caustic and quite effective in producing bright white clothing. The HCSB translates it as “cleansing lye.” When Christ returns, He will cleanse the world of all impurity. Every stain of sin will be scrubbed away. The account of Jesus’ transfiguration contains a reference to His purity, using language similar to Malachi’s: “He was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them” (Mark 9:2–3).
The goal of Jesus will be to judge wickedness and purify His people: “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the LORD will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness” (Malachi 3:3). Like the refiner’s fire, He will burn away the impurities of the priests. Like launderer’s soap, He will wash away their uncleanness (Deuteronomy 4:29; Isaiah 1:25; Jeremiah 6:29–30; Ezekiel 22:17–22; Zechariah 3:5). The priests in the millennial kingdom will then be able to offer sacrifices from a pure heart. The sacrifices in those days will be similar to those when the temple was first built: “The offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the LORD, as in days gone by, as in former years” (Malachi 3:4).
The refiner’s fire and launderer’s soap indicate the holiness and burning judgment of the Messiah when He returns to reign in Jerusalem at His second coming. His purifying brightness and absolute holiness will affect those who serve Him, creating a cleansed temple and purified priesthood. “See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and his arm rules for him. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him” (Isaiah 40:10)
🧼 🧹😉 when christ returns then the church will really get a clean up 💒
Posted : 16 Aug, 2021 07:15 PM
Moon, where have you been.
As i said, the so called 'church' does not exist in the Word of GOD Almighty.
Moon show where a person called 'pastor' leads the people.
We have a self appointed position called pastor/CEO
How about ASSISTANT PASTOR/ Vice president.
Hmm, worship leader, and band.
How about BOARD ELDERS( Actually they are BORED elders, as they sit under the self appointed pastor).
How about BOARD of DIRECTORS.
Last but not least the SHEEPLE, that actually work to support this man made BUSINESS.
Now let us look at the structure of a business.
CEO/ President of the company
Vice president of the company
Board of directors
Why is the so called 'church' a BUSINESS,in in order to take the 501C3 tax exempt status, that is given to Businesses to not pay taxes.
Yet, Messiah says to pay taxes.
Matthew 17 verses 24 - 27
24 And they having come to Capernaum, those collecting the didrachmas came to Peter and said, “Does your Teacher pay the didrachmas?”
25 He says, “Yes.” And he having entered into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive custom or tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?”
26 And he having said, “From the strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 But that we might not offend them, having gone to the sea, cast a hook and take the first fish having come up, and having opened its mouth, you will find a stater. Having taken that, give it to them for Me and yourself.”
Hmmm, the so called 'church' is a son of the state.
Then the people supposedly give, yet it is with a hook hidden inside called the Tax write off.
These violate what Messiah says.
Of course the so called 'christians' will have some lame excuse for this.
🧼 🧹😉 when christ returns then the church will really get a clean up 💒
Posted : 17 Aug, 2021 05:50 AM
Moon, once again you will not and cannot show in the Scriptures what is called 'church'.
Why, because the so called 'church' in not in the Scriptures, it had been established by the enemt of GOD Almighty to keep the sheeple from knowing the truth about Messiah and His people.
Moon, i will ask just once more, where in the Scriptures will we find 'church' / ORGANIZED Business and enternment centers.
Where do we find the self appointed people called 'pastor' being over the people.
Where is the ASSITANT pastor.
How about the entertainment called 'worship band'
Where is the BOARD of DIRECTORS.
Moon, you and the so called 'christians' want to defend a system that is against GOD Almighty, and cannot be found in the Scriptures.
🧼 🧹😉 when christ returns then the church will really get a clean up 💒
Posted : 17 Aug, 2021 07:23 AM
One passage that is sometimes used against incorporation is worthy of mention here. First Corinthians 7:23 says, "You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men." This verse is irrelevant as an argument against incorporation for a couple of reasons. First of all, it is in the context of human slavery, not church organization. Also, verse 24 states that we are to abide in whatever state God calls us, even if that is slavery. Second, it does give us a warning worth considering in our discussion. Some have argued that when a church incorporates, it places itself under the control of the state (being the servants of men). As the various legal battles over church tax exemption in recent years have shown, there is a possibility of a struggle here, even if it is a remote one. The majority of cases that have come up were because key leaders chose to push the limits of the law (sometimes in order to show that the law was being misinterpreted). Certainly, if the state tries to control the ministries of any individual or church, we are obligated to answer as the apostles did in Acts 5:29, "We must obey God rather than men!"
The underlying question of incorporation is not whether we can or can’t incorporate, but in what way we can best serve God and still honor the God-ordained authority of the state. Yes, there are benefits that we can reap from incorporation, but we have to recognize that there are at least potential costs to those benefits.
In most cases, we will have no trouble honoring the state’s God-given authority while also giving supreme allegiance to God’s higher authority
