How is Jesus like a refiners fire?
English: Old World Map Near Jerusalem City Council, made by Arman Darian from 180 tiles. Based on a 1585 map by Heinrich Bunting - see http://bigthink.com/ideas/2113 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “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 fullers’ soap.” Malachi 3:2 His first coming was without external pomp or show of power, and yet in truth there were few who could abide its testing might. Herod and all Jerusalem with him were stirred at the news of the wondrous birth. Those who supposed themselves to be waiting for him, showed the fallacy of their professions by rejecting him when he came. His life on earth was a winnowing fan, which tried the great heap of religious profession , and few enough could abide the process. But what will his second advent be? What sinner can endure to think of it? “ And he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the