St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

As Christ was presented in the Temple, 40 days after his birth, the prophetic church is prefigured, foreshadowed in the ministries of Simeon and Anna the Prophetess. Christ is revealed, worshiped and proclaimed. The Return of Yahweh to His Temple: Malachi 3:1-4 “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years. The Fulfillment of Malachi 3: Luke 2:22-40 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the L