Numbers 31:21-24 ESV
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men in the army who had gone to battle: “This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded Moses: only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified with the water for impurity. And whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water. You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.”
There are a variety of metals that will pass through the fire of the Lord. The refining fire of His life will affect different people in different ways, according to their metal, or composition.
Some will not be able to pass through the fire of the Lord, but can become clean through washing with the water of repentance. We all drink from the same cup of mercy, but the effect will depend on the person, though all will be clean.
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