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Our God is a 'consuming fire' in the sense in which we have taken the word; and thus he enters in as a 'refiner's fire' to refine the rational nature, which has been filled with the lead of wickedness, and to free it from the other impure materials which adulterate the natural gold or silver, so to speak, of the soul. [30]
The Air for soprano, alto, or bass, as a human reaction to the words of God, shows the trembling in the expectation of the Lord's appearance twofold in a dramatic scene. The Air begins with the pensive question "But who may abide" and continues, in a sharp shift of time and tempo "Prestissimo", with the statement "For He is like a refiner's fire".
Hell-fire preaching is a religious term that refers to preaching which calls attention to the final destiny of the impenitent, which usually focuses extremely on describing the painful torment in the Hereafter as a method to invite people to religion.
For he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap; 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; and there shall be they that shall offer unto the L ORD offerings in righteousness.
Some Christian leaders disputed the church's assertion that the manifestations were divine in origin. [46] A leading critic was Hank Hanegraaff who wrote a book, Counterfeit Revival, which charged the church with promoting heresy. [47] However, other Christian leaders endorsed the "blessing" as a genuine work of God. [46]
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The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge University Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-521-56564-6. Climate Change and the Course of Global History: A Rough Journey. Cambridge University Press. 2014. ISBN 978-0-521-69218-2. There Is A North. Massachusetts Press. 2019. ISBN 978-1-62534-447-2.
As a verb, this word means to move forward on the hands and knees (close to the ground). OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give it away before revealing the answer!