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

And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day. -- Isaiah 10: 17 Consider for a moment the old way of threshing grain: When the winnowing fork throws the harvest upward, it is the wheat that returns to the earth; the chaff is carried away by the wind. Now, upon careful consideration, who wants to be, according to Paul, caught up to meet the Lord in the air? I know ... who would have ever thought that we were lied to when we went to church all those years ago, as kids. But you know, it's said that truth is stranger than fiction. All I can say is that if those abomination's of desolation don't stand down, God will come and smite the land with a curse, or so I've heard. Look for the covenant of Levi. Psalms 2.

This is new to me; please help me to understand. I want to help. And now, for the decision of the court. Back to the Reporter.

This page was first posted on December 9, 2001 and last revised on March 19, 2005.