In modern times, this prophecy evidently started to be fulfilled in 1918 when Jehovah, along with “the messenger of the covenant, ” Jesus Christ, inspected the spiritual temple.
وَيُخْبِرُنَا مَلَاخِي بِمَا يَحْدُثُ حَالَمَا يَنْتَهِي هذَا ٱلتَّطْهِيرُ ،‏ قَائِلًا :‏ « تَرْجِعُونَ وَتُمَيِّزُونَ بَيْنَ ٱلْبَارِّ وَٱلشِّرِّيرِ ،‏ بَيْنَ مَنْ يَخْدُمُ ٱللهَ وَمَنْ لَا يَخْدُمُهُ » .‏