Mal 3:1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
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Mal 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
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Mal 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
I have done research on fuller's soap and have found that it is a reference to laundry soap of the time....back in ancient times when this prophecy was written, people would wash clothes on stones in the river....
Is this your understanding?
2007-10-22 11:43:42 · 0 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fuller's soap was an alkali made from plant ashes which was also used to clean and full new cloth.
2007-10-22 11:46:25 · answer #1 · answered by Cosmic I 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fullers Soap
2016-10-05 08:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lye soap.
(Heb. borith mekabbeshim, i.e., "alkali of those treading cloth"). Mention is made (Prov. 25:20; Jer. 2:22) of nitre and also (Mal. 3:2) of soap (Heb. borith) used by the fuller in his operations. Nitre is found in Syria, and vegetable alkali was obtained from the ashes of certain plants. (See SOAP.)
Mal 3:2 was probably the vegetable lye called in Arabic el qali (the origin of English alkali). This material, which is a mixture of crude sodium and potassium carbonates, is sold in the market in the form of grayish lumps. It is produced by burning the desert plants and adding enough water to the ashes to agglomerate them. Before the discovery of Leblanc's process large quantities of qali were exported from Syria to Europe.
2007-10-22 11:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by David G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at any rate
soap washes clean
I know about refining into silver and gold, purifying
It is an awesome study to go through
Good question!
I give you a star!!!!!
2007-10-22 11:58:17 · answer #4 · answered by Gifted 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fuller
Strong # 3526
kabac
kaw-bas'
a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative: --fuller, wash(-ing).
2007-10-22 11:54:55 · answer #5 · answered by triximetric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it is a reference to the washing away of sins. Something that will cleanse you or purify you.
2007-10-22 11:49:30 · answer #6 · answered by Millie C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋