In order to purify gold or silver, one must burn it with intense heat to separate the impurities.
Proverbs 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth [the material for] a vessel for the silversmith [to work up].
Isaiah 4:3 And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life. 4 After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and BLAST OF BURNING AND SIFTING.
We must be baptized by the Holy Ghost Fire so that the Fire can help us be a Holy people bringing us into full repentance so that our lives will be an offering of righteousness.
Malachi 3:3 (AMP) He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.
In the OT, when the offering was accepted, God would send the FIRE from heaven.
2 Chronicles 6:36-41 If they sin against You—for there is no man who does not sin—and You are angry with them and give them to enemies who take them captive to a land far or near;37 Yet if they repent in the land to which they have been carried captive, and turn and pray there, saying, We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have dealt wickedly;38 If they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity, and pray facing their land which You gave to their fathers and toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your Name;39 Then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Your people, who have sinned against You. 40 Now, O my God, I beseech You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this temple.41 So now arise, O Lord God, and come into Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength and power. Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Your saints (Your zealous ones) rejoice in good and in Your goodness.
If we repent and return to HIM with ALL our heart and soul, then He will hear us form heaven. Verse 41 is asking God to come into His resting place.
2 Chronicles 7:1-2 When Solomon had finished praying, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 2 The priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.
This prayer was from Solomon after the temple was built. He was asking God to come and rest in His resting place. The prayers were made with an offering and God sent FIRE from heaven to acknowledge and accept filling the temple with His Glory.
Today, we are His Temple. WE are to be His Resting Place.
2 Chronicles 7:11-15 Thus Solomon finished the Lord’s house and the king’s house; all that [he] had planned to do in the Lord’s house and his own house he accomplished successfully.12 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.13 If I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.
If we humble ourselves, pray, seek, crave and require of necessity His face turning from our wicked ways, He will hear us from heaven and forgive our sins and heal our land (verse 14). We are to repent and return to HIM with ALL our heart and soul, then when God accepts your prayers He will send FIRE down on to the sacrifice which is now you. But you must be willing to sacrifice ALL and your BEST offering. You are to sacrifice all of your life to HIM and as He sends His Fire on to you, He will rest in YOU and His Glory will fill the temple! You are now the temple in which He desires to rest. Let His Glory rise from you so that you may be the salt and light of the world. Hallelujah!
Send your Fire onto us Lord!
Fire of God Ministries
Steve Yong Kim
July 15, 2012
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