It's getting deep here on the forum. 
And the thread is probably missing the subtle issue the OP was attempting to raise. As I previously stated, knowing MW Dabbs as well as I do, I strongly suspect his OP has much, much more to do with the Prophecies of Malachi.
The Book of Malachi was the last book of the Old Testament and the last book of the twelve minor prophets. It was written after the Jews returned to Israel after the 70 years of exile into Babylon. The book was written by an anonymus author in approximately 455 BC and is historically important because it gives a picture of life in the Jewish community after they returned from exile in Babylon between the period of Haggai and the reform measures of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The book contains only three chapters and the first two chapters describe the sins of the priests and the sins of the people and the consequences of disobedience. The third and final chapter deals with prophecy and the coming of the messenger of the covenant. There is however, reference to fire and judgment upon the wicked.
" . . . 19 For lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all the evil doers will be stubble,
And the day that is coming will set them on fire,
leaving them neither root nor branch,
says the Lord of hosts.
20 But for you who fear my name, there will arise
the sun of justice with its healing rays;
And you will gambol like calve out of the stall
21 and tread down the wicked;
They will become ashes under the soles of your feet,
on the day I take action, says the Lord of hosts." . . .
Malachi 3:19-21
In the Book of Matthew, Jesus quotes from Malachi and instructs that the prophesy in Malachi was about the coming of John the Baptist who is said to have paved the way for he coming of Christ's three year ministry.
I do not know if OP was referring to Malachi in starting this thread, but the predictions of Malachi were directed at the Jews that were living under the law. Since the coming of Christ, we no longer live under the law, but instead we live under grace. So, the prophecy is no longer valid to the followers of Christ since their sins have been covered by the blood of the lamb and they live under grace and not the law of Moses.