The TRIBULATION is described as a REFINING FIRE, which
God will use to PURIFY ISRAEL "in the LAST TIME" (I Peter 1:5-7 cf.Zechariah 13:8-9)
ISRAEL'S REFINER is said to be "THE MESSENGER OF
THE COVENANT", i.e. THE MESSIAH - in "THE DAY OF HIS COMING" (Malachi 3:1-3) that shall "BURN AS AN OVEN" (Malachi 4:1-2)
In that DAY, the 144,000 DIVINELY SEALED ISRAELITES (Revelation 7:4)
are described as being UNDEFILED and "WITHOUT FAULT" standing "BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD" (Revelation 14:3-5)
The FAITHLESS PHARISEES presided over ISRAEL'S CORRUPT
TEMPLE WORSHIP at MESSIAH'S FIRST COMING (John 2:13-16)
ANTICHRIST with the help of FAITHLESS ISRAEL will preside
over ISRAEL'S CORRUPT TEMPLE WORSHIP prior to MESSIAH'S SECOND COMING (Daniel 8:11-14)
Only those ISRAELITES who "have NOT DEFILED their
garments" (Revelation 3:4) by having "NOT KNOWN THE DEPTHS OF SATAN" (Revelation 2:24)
are given MESSIAH'S PROMISE to "WALK WITH ME IN WHITE" (Revelation 3:4) when He as "THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY REIGNETH" (Revelation 19:6-8)