Charles Ellicott Commentary Malachi 3:2

"But who can abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner`s fire, and like fuller`s soap:" — Malachi 3:2 (ASV)

This coming of the Lord to His temple acts as a crucial test ; the people should, therefore, seriously have considered how far they were prepared for that advent before they desired it so eagerly and impatiently.