Behold, I send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord (the Messiah), Whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger or Angel of the covenant Whom you desire, behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts. (Matt.11:10; Luke 1:13-17, 76.) 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; (Rev. 6:12-17) He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver , and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.

But they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and out my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come (Deut. 24:5). So the servant came and reported these (answers) to his master. Then the master of the house said in wrath to his servant, Go quickly into the great streets and the small streets of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame. And the servant (returning) said, Sir, I what you have commanded me to do has been done, and yet there is room. Then the master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and urge and constrain (them) to yield and come in, so that my house may be filled.