Jesus’s eyes are described as fire (Rev. 1:14; 2:18; 19:12). Fire acts as a testing, refining, and purifying agent, removing the chaff from our lives (chaff is on the wheat; it is not the wheat itself (Is. 48:10; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17; 1 Pet. 1:7; Rev. 3:18). The Israelites were refined in a fiery furnace (Deut. 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Is. 31:9; 48:10; Jer. 11:4). Fire “destroys” enemies,** lawbreakers, hypocrites, those who ignore the needs of the poor, and slackers (Matt. 3:10; Matt. 7:19; Matt. 13:40–43; Matt. 25:31–46; Heb. 10:27). Everyone who separates from Jesus is thrown into fire (John
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