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But who may abide the day of his coming? and whoc shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’se fire, and like fullers’ soap:

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Matt. 25:10• ¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feast; and the door was shut. (Matt. 25:10)

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Rev. 6:17• ¹⁷for the great day of his wrath is come; and who is able to stand? (Rev. 6:17)

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1 Cor. 3:13‑15• ¹³the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is to be revealed in fire, and the fire itself shall try the work of each, of what sort it is.
¹⁴If the work of anyone shall abide which he built on [it], he shall receive reward:
¹⁵if the work of anyone shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss, but himself shall be saved but so as through fire. (1 Cor. 3:13‑15)

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Mal. 4:1• ¹For, behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Mal. 4:1)

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Amos 5:18‑20• ¹⁸Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! to what end is it for you? the day of Jehovah is darkness, and not light.
¹⁹As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; and went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
²⁰Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? (Amos 5:18‑20)

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Matt. 3:7‑12• ⁷{i}But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?{/i}
⁸{i}Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.{/i}
⁹{i}And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.{/i}
¹¹{i}I indeed baptize you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;{/i}
¹²{i}whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.{/i} (Matt. 3:7‑12)

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Matt. 21:31‑44• ³¹Which of the two did the will of the father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say to you, that the tax gatherers and the harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.
³²For John came in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him. And ye, when ye saw, regretted not afterward to believe him.
³³Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
³⁴But when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
³⁵And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one and killed another and stoned another.
³⁶Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them likewise.
³⁷And afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will feel respect for my son.
³⁸But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.
³⁹And they took and cast him forth out of the vineyard and killed [him].
⁴⁰When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to these husbandmen?
⁴¹They say to him, He will wretchedly destroy those wretches, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen who shall render him the fruits in their season.
⁴²{i}Jesus says to them,{/i} Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, this was made the corner-stone: of Jehovah this is, and it is marvellous in our eyes.
⁴³Therefore I say to you that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it.
⁴⁴And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. (Matt. 21:31‑44)

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Matt. 23:13‑35• ¹³{i}But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for ye do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.{/i}
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¹⁵{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one proselyte, and when he is become [such], ye make him twofold more [the] son of hell than yourselves.{/i}
¹⁶{i}Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.{/i}
¹⁷{i}Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?{/i}
¹⁸{i}And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.{/i}
¹⁹{i}[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?{/i}
²⁰{i}He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.{/i}
²¹{i}And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.{/i}
²²{i}And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.{/i}
²³{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.{/i}
²⁴{i}Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.{/i}
²⁵{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.{/i}
²⁶{i}Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.{/i}
²⁷{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.{/i}
²⁸{i}Thus also ye, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.{/i}
²⁹{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,{/i}
³⁰{i}and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.{/i}
³¹{i}So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:{/i}
³²{i}and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.{/i}
³³{i}Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?{/i}
³⁴{i}Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will kill and crucify, and [some] of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;{/i}
³⁵{i}so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.{/i} (Matt. 23:13‑35)

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Matt. 25:10• ¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feast; and the door was shut. (Matt. 25:10)

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Luke 2:34• ³⁴And Simeon blessed them, {i}and{/i} said to Mary his mother, Lo, this [child] is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel; and for a sign spoken against (Luke 2:34)

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Luke 3:9,17• ⁹{i}And{/i} now also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
¹⁷whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. (Luke 3:9,17)

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Luke 7:23• ²³and blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. (Luke 7:23)

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Luke 11:37‑47,52‑54• ³⁷{i}But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.{/i}
³⁸{i}But the Pharisee seeing [it] wondered{/i} that he had not first washed before dinner.
³⁹{i}But the Lord{/i} said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inward [parts] are full of plunder and wickedness.
⁴⁰Fools, hath not he who hath made the outside made the inside also?
⁴¹{i}But{/i} rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
⁴²{i}But{/i} woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe the mint and the rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.
⁴³Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-places.
⁴⁴Woe unto you, [scribes, and Pharisees, hypocrites] for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know [it].
⁴⁵{i}And one of the doctors of the law answered{/i} and said to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also.
⁴⁶{i}And he said,{/i} Woe unto you also, doctors of the law! for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
⁴⁷{i}Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.{/i}
⁵²Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have {i}not{/i} entered in and those who were entering in ye have hindered.
⁵³And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to make him speak of many things;
⁵⁴watching him [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth [that they might accuse him]. (Luke 11:37‑47,52‑54)

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Luke 21:36• ³⁶But watch, at every season praying that ye may be deemed worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. (Luke 21:36)

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John 6:42‑44• ⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then doth he say, I am come down out of heaven?
⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.
⁴⁴No one can come unto me except the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:42‑44)

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John 8:41‑48,55• ⁴¹Ye practice the works of your father. They said [therefore] to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one father, God.
⁴²Jesus said to them, If God were your father, ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
⁴³Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.
⁴⁴Ye are of your father, the devil, and ye desire to practice the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: whenever he speaketh the lie, he speaketh out of his own things, because he is a liar, and the father of it.
⁴⁵But because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.
⁴⁶Which of you convinceth me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?
⁴⁷He that is of God heareth the words of God; for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
⁴⁸The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
⁵⁵and ye have not known him, but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like you a liar; but I know him, and keep his word. (John 8:41‑48,55)

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John 9:39‑41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these things , and said to him, Are we blind also?
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remaineth. (John 9:39‑41)

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John 15:22‑24• ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
²³He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
²⁴If I did not among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:22‑24)

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Acts 7:52‑54• ⁵²Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those that announced beforehand of the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye became betrayers and murderers,
⁵³ye, which received the law as ordinances of angels and kept it not.
⁵⁴Now hearing these things they were deeply cut to their hearts, and gnashing their teeth at him. (Acts 7:52‑54)

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Rom. 9:31‑33• ³¹but Israel following after a law of righteousness attained not unto a law of righteousness.
³²Why? Because not by faith but as by works [of law], for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
³³even as it is written, “Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Rom. 9:31‑33)

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Rom. 11:5‑10• ⁵So then in the present time also there hath been a remnant according to election of grace;
⁶and if by grace, no longer by works, since [otherwise] grace becometh no longer grace.
⁷What then? That which Israel seeketh after, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained [it]; but the rest were hardened,
⁸even as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes so as not to see, and ears so as not to hear, until this day.”
⁹And David saith, “Let their table be for a snare and for a trap and for a stumblingblock and for a recompense to them:
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back ever bend thou down.” (Rom. 11:5‑10)

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Heb. 10:28‑29• ²⁸Anyone if he set at nought Moses' law dieth apart from mercy on two or three witnesses:
²⁹of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be judged worthy that trod down the Son of God, and counted common the blood of the covenant whereby he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace? (Heb. 10:28‑29)

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Heb. 12:25• ²⁵Look that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if those did not escape, refusing as they did him speaking oracularly on earth, much more we that turn away from him from [the] heavens; (Heb. 12:25)

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1 Peter 2:7‑8• ⁷To you therefore that believe [is] the preciousness; but to disobedient [ones] a stone which the builders rejected, this became head of corner,
⁸and stone of stumbling, and rock of offence; stumbling as they do at the word, being disobedient, unto which also they were appointed. (1 Peter 2:7‑8)

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Rev. 1:6‑7• ⁶and he made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father: to him {i}be{/i} the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
⁷Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and those which pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall wail on account of him. Yea, Amen. (Rev. 1:6‑7)

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Rev. 6:17• ¹⁷for the great day of his wrath is come; and who is able to stand? (Rev. 6:17)

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Isa. 4:4• ⁴when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. (Isa. 4:4)

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Zech. 13:9• ⁹And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. {i}They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.{/i} (Zech. 13:9)

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Matt. 3:10‑12• ¹⁰{i}And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.{/i}
¹¹{i}I indeed baptize you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;{/i}
¹²{i}whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.{/i} (Matt. 3:10‑12)

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1 Cor. 3:13‑15• ¹³the work of each shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare [it], because it is to be revealed in fire, and the fire itself shall try the work of each, of what sort it is.
¹⁴If the work of anyone shall abide which he built on [it], he shall receive reward:
¹⁵if the work of anyone shall be burnt up, he shall suffer loss, but himself shall be saved but so as through fire. (1 Cor. 3:13‑15)

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Rev. 2:23• ²³And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth reins and hearts; and I will give you each according to your works. (Rev. 2:23)

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Psa. 2:7• ⁷"Let me declare the decree;{HR}Jehovah said unto me,{HR}'Thou art my Son;{HR}This day have I begotten thee.' (Psa. 2:7)

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Isa. 1:18• ¹⁸Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)

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Jer. 2:22• ²²{i}For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.{/i} (Jer. 2:22)

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Mark 9:3• ³and his garments became shining, exceeding white [as snow], such as fuller on earth could not white them. (Mark 9:3)

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Rev. 1:5• ⁵and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)

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Rev. 7:14• ¹⁴And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)

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Rev. 19:8• ⁸And to her it was granted that she should be clothed with fine linen bright [and] pure: for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints. (Rev. 19:8)

• From verses 2-6 we have the character and consequences of His coming; that is, His appearing. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)

• “Where is the God of judgment.” They professed to desire the presence of the God of judgment. They little knew the force of their own words, and hence the prophet says, “Who may abide the day of His coming?” (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)

• He has baptized His Church with the Holy Spirit; He will baptize Israel with fire when He returns. (Compare Matt. 3:10-12; Isa. 4:4; Zech. 13:8-9.) (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But who shall enduref the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ lye.

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Or "be fit for."

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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: