refining fire and purging 2026

John 15:2

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 . 

The Hebrew word for purge is Barar meaning to select or purify and the Hebrew word Ba'ar meaning to burn away , remove completely it signifies cleansing of sin , moral impurity or evil from the community. it implies consuming

God wants us to be a healthy branch connected to the VINE bearing much fruit .

A healthy branch will have fruitfulness growth and divine blessing .

A broken branch signifies judgment 

Branch in Hebrew means growth, genealogy, messianic figure, as I am studying refining fire fullers soap and purging looking up meanings of words in the Hebrew when I searched the hebrew meaning of branch and saw that genealogy is in definition I thought on the verse I was reading John 15:2  Yeshua ( Jesus) is the VINE we are the branches back to the definition of branch genealogy I was blown away when I read genealogy as definition of branch because there in that verse by definition of branch it scriptures are saying to you and I that we are the genealogical branches of the Vine YESHUA (CHRIST ) 

we are called to abide in HIM 

ABIDE - the Hebrew word for abide is Yashab meaning to sit, dwell, remain, inhabit. context implies enduring , waiting , staying securely in relationship or location indicating consistent abiding lasting fellowship with GOD HIS presence 

The purging refining fire of God is all consuming and will purge away burn away and completely remove stain, wrinkle , spot and blemishes anything unfruitful in us.

The purging refining fire of GOD will bring us under correction by the leadership of the HOLY SPIRIT 

Refiners fire fullers soap

 Malachi 3:2-3

But who may abide the day of HIS coming ? and who shall stand when HE appeareth ? for HE is like a refiners fire, and like a fullers soap . 

And HE shall sit as a refiners 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 and offering in righteousness . 

tsaraph is the Hebrew word used for refiners . it means to smelt , refine, purge away, try , melt.

compared to the process of purifying precious metals like silver or gold. testing is proof of value 

the fire that burns away who we were the fire that refines who we are and the fire preparing us for who we are becoming - total transformation 

trials and tests are not punishment they are purification .heat and pressure cause the impurities in gold to surface impurities that weren't previously seen impurities that were well hid in gold . fiery trials cause any impurities in us to surface and its for purification that such things must not be hid but come to surface 

the fire of GOD frees us from bondages burns away the dross 

silver refiners heat the metal until all the impurities rise to the surface the dross the contamination everything that weakened the silver. they they scrape it off and repeat the process again and again until they see their own reflection in the silver and that is when they know it is pure. likewise the process is with us in the hands of our FATHER until the LORD sees HIS pure image and reflection in us .

GOD is going to burn away everything in us that cannot stand before HIM.

testing for purity refining fire to purge away the dross

Isaiah 1:25 

I will turn MY hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away thy tin. 

Dross in Hebrew means the waste materials, impurities,

tin in Hebrew means mud miry clay 

Zechariah 13:9 

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. 

Here HE says through the fire why ? the purpose to refine them as silver is refined. so again the Hebrew word is Tsaraph and means to test through fire to melt down to purify to sanctify 

silver refiners heat the metal until all the impurities rise to the surface all the dross all the waste all the contaminants that weaken it . then they scrape it off and repeat this process again and again until they see their own reflection in the silver that is when they know it is pure when it reflects their image looking into it and upon it

the Hebrew word for try used in Zechariah 13:9 the Hebrew word for try is bachan which means to test , try , examine, prove . it implies a thorough examination to determine quality or character such as testing gold. 

Psalm 66:10

For thou, O GOD, hast proved us : thou hast tried us as silver is tried .

Psalm 12:6 

The words of the LORD are pure words : as silver is tried in a furnace of earth , purified seven times. 

I treat it like a garden

I treat it like a garden I have been graciously given the gift of life and from my relationship with the Lord reading His word learning of Him and His ways I treat it like a garden I cherish and labor in maintaining the soil ( self examination) following instructions from the word of life ( being renewed in the spirit of my mind with the word of God ) I water it feed it daily and do what I know from scripture to maintain it all and to keep the garden growing blooming bringing forth new life and harvesting the fruits . 

Some times I pull away from people conversations social media to be refilled and refreshed or just to kind of fast from it all . 

The foundation we build on is Christ and we must build how He says . Many like the Pharisees look for the kingdom of God to come and Jesus said it's not coming by observation the kingdom of God is in you.  

Many still don't realize we are not here to live according to the course of this world or our own ways plans dreams goals Jesus said lose your life for His sake and then we will find it . He who tries to save his life will lose it he who loses it for Christs' sake shall find it

It comes down to desire with a lot . Some lack desire some simply lack faith and trust . Without faith it's impossible to please God. And without trust faith will be conditional in God.

If you lack trust then your faith is going to be conditional in God

If you lack trust then your faith is going to be conditional in God having no root it will be often uprooted by the smallest things. 

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart : and lean not unto thine own understanding. 

In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.

Often we lack patience and have need of more patience.

 Lack of patience is a evidence of lack of trust . 

Lack of trust and conditional faith often end up entangled with disappointments unstableness confusion torments panic and anxiousness 

You must become rooted in Christ and grounded in Christ . You'll never become rooted if you're not feeding your faith and renewing your mind with the word of God.

Too many treat God like a quick read devotional or a Jeanie in a bottle for their every selfish request while rejecting everything God asks of them. 

Too many don't know God . Get to know Him in His word and you're going to learn your faith will be tested and that's going to prove what you can be trust with to steward . You'll learn God might say to the devil like He did with Job have you considered My servant....

God invited Satan to consider Job . 

God is more than just love get to know Him intimately what He like and dislikes what He accepts and what He condemns get to know what's required and what you need to forsake in this word. 

God isn't there to make the life you want to live easier He plan is to make you into His image a physical living walking example and representation of who Christ is bringing the kingdom of God near to those who are without 

Get to know Jesus and you learn He comes in His way in His timing and all that He does and gives us not as the world gives. His peace isn't the same as the world His love isn't the same as the world's none of His ways are the same as the world's. Get to know the Christ you profess to believe in and you're going to learn you'll suffer for His Names sake you'll be hated rejected by your own rejected by many 

Many have an idea of Christ but many do not know Him and many have made a Christ of their own image and their own ways . Repent and be converted repent and believe the Gospel he who believes not is condemned already it is written and the wrath of God abides on the children of disobedience but there is grace there is mercy there is a space available still this day to repent but the space to repent will soon be no more

Forms of Godliness deny the power thereof.

Forms of Godliness deny the power thereof. 

The kingdom of God dwells in us if you believe you'll receive if not you watch for something to come that lives in you. 

Christ is not powerless and if His spirit dwells in us by the faith given to us we can walk and live in His power it requires submitting to God with the whole heart being born again of water and spirit . Crucifying the flesh yielding to and walking in the Holy Spirit where the power is. 

When we talk about this some deceived indoctrinated " Christians " attach a label to it word of faith they say. And Jesus says to them O ye of little faith. Jesus said to the Pharisees the kingdom of God cometh not with observation the kingdom of God is within you. 

We are instructed to grow in this grace given and add virtue to our faith . Virtue is power. Faith cometh by hearing and by hearing the word of God some have a hearing problem and an abiding problem and trouble yielding they have committment issues. They deny the power of Christ that they profess to believe while professing to be filled with the holy Spirit they live without the power . The word of God is quick and powerful 

The power is Jesus the Living active powerful word of God that dwells in us. We who have been given power to walk and live in do so according to our faith.

Jesus was a be it according to your faith kind of man so in your spewing of twisted teachings realize the power that is lacking in you is because of your unbelief

only purpose remains

Only purpose remains burning with this flame word of God like a fire shut up in my bones all that I've endured is for God's glory. Every test every trial all of the hardships and struggles every obstacle taking care of my mom til her last breath through stage 4 cancer losing my job losing my apartment being homeless living in a tent in vehicles slept on benches and beaches all of the betrayals hurt and pain none of these things were able to  steal kill or destroy my faith the times of crushing produced a faith more precious than gold and oil that doesn't come easy . 

My house this body this spiritual house of mine is founded upon the rock of Christ . When the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon the house it fell not for it was founded upon a rock . 

The things we endure all of the things that happen in life reveal our foundation and our spiritual condition. All of these things will strengthen us and draw us closer to Christ all of these things are used to mold us and through much suffering obedience is learned . 

Ask yourself what thing what rains floods and winds have been beating upon your house and is your faith found in these times or do you lose faith stop praying stop talking to God stop praising and worshipping Him do you continue in these things or stop does the storms draw you closer to God do you seek Him more from His word or does your Bible close until you " feel better " this isn't to condemn or shame it's to build you . 

Plenty of times in life thing beat me down to a place where I stopped seeking God He never stopped pursuing me but plenty of times I hardened my heart or acted like a kid throwing a fit plenty of times I've fallen short and I thank God for keeping me and keeping me seeking after Him . 

God has given us all that pertains to life and Godliness Jesus is the power and authority that causes us to overcome. If we struggle to overcome any hits because we have an abiding issue . When we abide in Christ and yield to His spirit walk in His spirit and follow after His spirit there is no defeat . 

We too often lay down or lay aside the very weapons we have been given to be more than conquerors to overcome and endure . Often we have need of more patience. Truly patience is a virtue. 

The scriptures prove pretrib is false teaching.

The scriptures prove pretrib is false teaching. The scriptures prove we will be here in great tribulation and even the immediately after when the sun is darkened .

Acts 2:17-20

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

Matthew 24:21-25

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Behold, I have told you before.

POV 1 : Jesus said those days are shortened for the sake of the elect 

POV 2 : in acts it is said And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

When : in the last days 

What will these days look like : Acts 2:19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

What can we expect to see among those declared signs in the heavens : Acts 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

When will the sun be turned to darkness : before the great notable day of the Lord . 

Keep oil in your lamp and be ready always mind on things above study to show thyself approved work out thy own salvation with fear and treambling no man knows the day nor hour and many think they'll not be here for such things that are coming and near at hand . 

Shortening of the times is acceleration of the times which has been ongoing since 2019 that I've noticed 

Take heed how you hear study the scriptures see if these things be so and pray about it always to rightly divide the word of truth .