Malachi 3:1-2
King James Version
3 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.
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:
Who shall refine us, from all our dross?
The LORD JESUS will.
These verses testify to that:
Zechariah 13:8-9
King James Version
8 And it shall come to pass,
that in all the land,
saith the Lord,
two parts therein shall be cut off and die;
but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire,
and will refine them as silver is refined,
and will try them as gold is tried:
they shall call on my name,
and I will hear them:
I will say, It is my people:
and they shall say,
The Lord is my God.
Malachi 3:3-4
King James Version
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.
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem
be pleasant unto the Lord,
as in the days of old,
and as in former years.
Matthew 3:10-12
King James Version
10 And now also the axe is laid
unto the root of the trees:
therefore every tree
which bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down,
and cast into the fire.
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance.
but he that cometh after me is mightier than I,
whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost,
and with fire:
12 Whose fan is in his hand,
and he will throughly purge his floor,
and gather his wheat into the garner;
but he will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire.
Luke 3:16
King James Version
16 John answered,
saying unto them all,
I indeed baptize you with water;
but one mightier than I cometh,
the latchet of whose shoes
I am not worthy to unloose:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost
and with fire:
Luke 12:49
King James Version
49 I am come to send fire on the earth;
and what will I,
if it be already kindled?
John 15:1-3
King James Version
15 I am the true vine,
and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit
he taketh away:
and every branch that beareth fruit,
he purgeth it,
that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word
which I have spoken unto you.
Titus 2:13-14
King James Version
13 Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us,
that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
1 Peter 1:7
King James Version
7 That the trial of your faith,
being much more precious
than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire,
might be found unto praise and honour and glory
at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Revelation 1:14-16
King James Version
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool,
as white as snow;
and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass,
as if they burned in a furnace;
and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars:
and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword:
and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
The next post is on the purpose of affliction.
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Updated 17 February 2023
