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Fire and Soap

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“ I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty. 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. 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, and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord , as in days gone by, as in former years.” (Malachi 3: 1-4) Advent. The anticipation of Christmas. The waiting for when “the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come.”     For a fabulous rendition of the central parts of this passage, wonderfully recorded, put on your headphones or ear buds, plug them into the computer and hear Emma Kirkby in Handel’s “But who shall ab