4 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branches. 2 But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and frolic like calves from the stall. 3 And you will crush the wicked underfoot, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am preparing,” says the Lord of armies.
4 “Remember the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.
5 “Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and strike the land with complete destruction.”
Though this set of verses is from the Old Testament it has a lot of similarities with the predictions in the Gospels and Revelation and indeed uses some of the same imagery. In the first paragraph the wicked are referred to as 'chaff', just as Jesus said in the Gospels that wheat and chaff would be separated and the latter thrown in the furnace. Verse four reminds people to keep the law of Moses, and verse five tells us that Elijah the prophet will be sent to earth again, leading some people to speculate whether this might refer to Jesus or John the Baptist. The last part of verse six is a warning that complete destruction may in fact happen if people do not do right. Since then Jesus in the Gospels and later the book of Revelation present this utter destruction as a sealed deal, just as verse five in this passage refers to the "great and terrible day of the Lord".
If you want to accept Salvation from Christ here are some resources:
Prayer for Salvation from Christ:
Lord Jesus, I confess my sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please come into my heart as my Lord and Savior. Take complete control of my life and help me to walk in Your footsteps daily by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for saving me and for answering my prayer.
more detailed step by step process:
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