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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Purifying the Church From Sin, continued
And thus all Israel will be saved; just as it is written,"The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will remove ungodliness from Jacob." "And this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins." (Romans 11:26,27—NASB)
God has a program that will remove ungodliness from His elect, that will put an end to sin and bring in everlasting righteousness. We are not speaking of the forgiveness of sins but of the actual removal of ungodly behavior. Satan's shoulders will be pinned to the mat. The wrestling match will be over.
The last three feasts, the Blowing of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the feast of Tabernacles, tell us that God will declare war against His enemies. He will reconcile to Himself those who cooperate with Him. He will remove His enemies from them. Then He will settle down to rest for eternity in His purified Church.
The Lord began to teach me about this some fifty years ago and I have been excited about it ever since.
Let's look at some Scriptures that speak of God purifying His Church.
When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, (Isaiah 4:4 NASB)
The "daughters of Zion," that is, the Church of Jesus Christ, will be purified by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning. There is no question about this, God will purify His Church by His own spirit of judgment. That which we never could do with the best of intentions God will perform by His power.
"See, 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, (Malachi 3:1-3—NIV)
As far we know, the "messenger of the covenant" is the Lord Jesus Christ. Christ will come as a refiner's fire, as strong launderer's soap. He will purify the silver of our redemption and the gold of the Divine Nature that has been born in us.
He will purify the members of the royal priesthood.
Evidently John the Baptist was the messenger preparing the way for the greater messenger, for the New Testament speaks as follows:
The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. "I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire." (Matthew 3:10-12—NIV)
To be continued.